Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 August 1996 to 24 November 1996
Luigi Ghirri/Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves
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Luigi Ghirri / Aldo Rossi: Things Which Are Only Themselves presents a visual dialogue between two leading figures in contemporary Italian art and culture. Their discussion is based on a sympathy between photographer and architect that is grounded in a shared fascination for a region—the Padana of northern Italy—and a common belief both in the autonomous eye of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
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10 June 1992 to 2 August 1992
Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925
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Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings, photographs
PH1998:0013:001-048
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- All of the projects in album PH1998:0013:001-048 were designed by Solomon Lisagor, some in collaboration with other architects, from 1923 through 1938 for various locations in Soviet Union. The photographs and magazine clippings show drawings and models for and views of twenty projects including: the Palace of Soviets, Moscow (10 pages); the Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium for the Ministry of the Oil Industry in Kislovodsk, Soviet Union (now Russia) (8 pages); the "Worker" RZhSKT [the "Worker" Worker's Housing Construction Cooperative Trust] in Saratov, Soviet Union (now Russia) (5 pages); the Limeny resort, Crimea, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (4 pages); the Rostov Institute of Engineers of Transport [?], Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union (now Russia) (3 pages); the House-commune of transitional type, Rostokino, Moscow (3 pages); a Building of People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry (Narkomtyazhprom), Moscow (3 pages); a Type F unit apartment, 8 Gogolevskii Boulevard, Moscow (2 pages); a development scheme for the southern coast of Crimea, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (2 pages). Several other projects are represented on single album pages: a workers settlement in Kashira, a circus, and a Red Army Dormitory; a Sovtorgflot building, Arkhangel'sk, Soviet Union (now Russia); a typical experimental single-family house; prefabricated housing; a single-family house, a public rest room and two bus stops; a development scheme for the Ufa region, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia); and housing constructed from larger stone blocks [krupnye kamennye bloki]. One of the album pages is unused.
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between 1923 and 1943
Album of photographs and magazine clippings of projects by Solomon Lisagor, some designed in collaboration with other architects, Soviet Union (now in Russia and Ukraine)
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- All of the projects in album PH1998:0013:001-048 were designed by Solomon Lisagor, some in collaboration with other architects, from 1923 through 1938 for various locations in Soviet Union. The photographs and magazine clippings show drawings and models for and views of twenty projects including: the Palace of Soviets, Moscow (10 pages); the Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium for the Ministry of the Oil Industry in Kislovodsk, Soviet Union (now Russia) (8 pages); the "Worker" RZhSKT [the "Worker" Worker's Housing Construction Cooperative Trust] in Saratov, Soviet Union (now Russia) (5 pages); the Limeny resort, Crimea, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (4 pages); the Rostov Institute of Engineers of Transport [?], Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union (now Russia) (3 pages); the House-commune of transitional type, Rostokino, Moscow (3 pages); a Building of People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry (Narkomtyazhprom), Moscow (3 pages); a Type F unit apartment, 8 Gogolevskii Boulevard, Moscow (2 pages); a development scheme for the southern coast of Crimea, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (2 pages). Several other projects are represented on single album pages: a workers settlement in Kashira, a circus, and a Red Army Dormitory; a Sovtorgflot building, Arkhangel'sk, Soviet Union (now Russia); a typical experimental single-family house; prefabricated housing; a single-family house, a public rest room and two bus stops; a development scheme for the Ufa region, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia); and housing constructed from larger stone blocks [krupnye kamennye bloki]. One of the album pages is unused.
drawings, photographs
between 1923 and 1943
architecture
books
dpr-barcelona 2020
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dpr-barcelona 2020
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224 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 24 cm
London : Thames and Hudson, ©1975.
The autonomous house : design and planning for self-sufficiency / Brenda and Robert Vale.
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224 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 24 cm
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London : Thames and Hudson, ©1975.
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[3], 25 pages illustrations 22 cm.
Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Architecture, Technical Research Division, 1973.
Integration of autonomous and industrialized building systems.
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[3], 25 pages illustrations 22 cm.
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Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Architecture, Technical Research Division, 1973.
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[1], 57 pages illustrations, chart, maps, plans 21 cm.
Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Architecture, Technical Research Division, 1973.
Services for an autonomous research community in Wales [by] Robert J.D. Vale.
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[1], 57 pages illustrations, chart, maps, plans 21 cm.
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Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Architecture, Technical Research Division, 1973.
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Autonomous group functioning; an exploration in behaviour theory and measurement [by] P.G. Herbst.
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xiii, 271 pages illustrations 23 cm
[London] Tavistock [1962]
Autonomous group functioning; an exploration in behaviour theory and measurement [by] P.G. Herbst.
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xiii, 271 pages illustrations 23 cm
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[London] Tavistock [1962]
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256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2000.
The new autonomous house : design and planning for sustainability / Brenda and Robert Vale.
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256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2000.