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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
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Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
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exhibitions
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14 May 2000 to
15 October 2000
14 May 2000 to
15 October 2000
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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28 February 2008 to 25 May 2008
28 February 2008 to 25 May 2008
Title:
Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered
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Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered
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Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
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exhibitions
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28 February 2008 to
25 May 2008
28 February 2008 to
25 May 2008
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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Second Nature
Second Nature
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As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
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26 January 2017 to 7 April 2017
26 January 2017 to 7 April 2017
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Second Nature
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As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
Second Nature
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As part of the exhibition It’s All Happening So Fast, an interactive workshop is offered to cegep and university groups in order to explore the complex and contradictory relationships that Canada maintains with the environment. By taking a stand and speaking on behalf of entities motivated by a multiplicity of interests—ecosystems, architecture, ethics, economic systems,(...)
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26 January 2017 to
7 April 2017
26 January 2017 to
7 April 2017
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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exhibitions
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5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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John Soane 1753-1837
John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
16 May 2001 to 3 September 2001
16 May 2001 to 3 September 2001
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John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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exhibitions
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16 May 2001 to
3 September 2001
16 May 2001 to
3 September 2001
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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15 November 2000 to 1 April 2001
15 November 2000 to 1 April 2001
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New York: CCA Competition for the Design of Cities
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
New York: CCA Competition for the Design of Cities
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
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exhibitions
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15 November 2000 to
1 April 2001
15 November 2000 to
1 April 2001
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
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27 November 2013
27 November 2013
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In conversation: Yto Barrada & Takashi Homma
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On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
In conversation: Yto Barrada & Takashi Homma
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On the occasion of the opening of How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh the two featured photographers Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma join a conversation with the exhibition curators. They discuss how inhabitants take ownership of the city and urban life in Casablanca and Chandigarh.
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27 November 2013
27 November 2013
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First, the Forests
First, the Forests
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*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
4 October 2012 to 6 January 2013
4 October 2012 to 6 January 2013
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First, the Forests
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*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
First, the Forests
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*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
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4 October 2012 to
6 January 2013
4 October 2012 to
6 January 2013
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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Dessin préliminaires
Dessin préliminaires
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ARCH7773
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Dessin préliminaires : croquis de plans comparatifs d'hôpitaux et institutions d'enseignement montréalais. Dessins de développement du design : plan de creusage pour le grand perron de l'aile L; plan de l'entrée et élévation de la partie supérieure de l'aile D', 1929 et 1931; plan détaillé de l'étage E'4 et H'4; plans de finition d'un plancher; plan d'étage non-identifié comprenant un bureau de médecin; plan électrique non identifié. Dessins d'exécution préliminaires : détails de la couverture des gaines de ventilation ailes D et D'; modifications au plan des ailes K et L, 1928; détails de portes temporaires dans l'aile B' pour le compte de l'exposition de l'artisanat, 1941; plan et coupe de la salle de l'incinérateur et de la " sorting room ", détails de plinthes et marches pour des corridors et des escaliers, détails de portes intérieures en chêne. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier, 11 mars 1931 / Cresswell Pomeroy Ltd., Montréal. Plan clef du pavillon principal (dessin 1) / Wallace Sandstone Quarries, Philipsburg, Québec. Lambrissage du mur postérieur de la salle des promotions, 20 avril 1934 /[M. Prévost?]. Nivellement de la terrasse no. 2 et des cours anglaises ailes A et A', plans du mur de soutènement et de la " maison de Monseigneur ", 1931 / M. Aubert.
ARCH7773
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Dessin préliminaires : croquis de plans comparatifs d'hôpitaux et institutions d'enseignement montréalais. Dessins de développement du design : plan de creusage pour le grand perron de l'aile L; plan de l'entrée et élévation de la partie supérieure de l'aile D', 1929 et 1931; plan détaillé de l'étage E'4 et H'4; plans de finition d'un plancher; plan d'étage non-identifié comprenant un bureau de médecin; plan électrique non identifié. Dessins d'exécution préliminaires : détails de la couverture des gaines de ventilation ailes D et D'; modifications au plan des ailes K et L, 1928; détails de portes temporaires dans l'aile B' pour le compte de l'exposition de l'artisanat, 1941; plan et coupe de la salle de l'incinérateur et de la " sorting room ", détails de plinthes et marches pour des corridors et des escaliers, détails de portes intérieures en chêne. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier, 11 mars 1931 / Cresswell Pomeroy Ltd., Montréal. Plan clef du pavillon principal (dessin 1) / Wallace Sandstone Quarries, Philipsburg, Québec. Lambrissage du mur postérieur de la salle des promotions, 20 avril 1934 /[M. Prévost?]. Nivellement de la terrasse no. 2 et des cours anglaises ailes A et A', plans du mur de soutènement et de la " maison de Monseigneur ", 1931 / M. Aubert.
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1924 - 1947
1924 - 1947
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Dessin préliminaires
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ARCH7773
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Dessin préliminaires : croquis de plans comparatifs d'hôpitaux et institutions d'enseignement montréalais. Dessins de développement du design : plan de creusage pour le grand perron de l'aile L; plan de l'entrée et élévation de la partie supérieure de l'aile D', 1929 et 1931; plan détaillé de l'étage E'4 et H'4; plans de finition d'un plancher; plan d'étage non-identifié comprenant un bureau de médecin; plan électrique non identifié. Dessins d'exécution préliminaires : détails de la couverture des gaines de ventilation ailes D et D'; modifications au plan des ailes K et L, 1928; détails de portes temporaires dans l'aile B' pour le compte de l'exposition de l'artisanat, 1941; plan et coupe de la salle de l'incinérateur et de la " sorting room ", détails de plinthes et marches pour des corridors et des escaliers, détails de portes intérieures en chêne. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier, 11 mars 1931 / Cresswell Pomeroy Ltd., Montréal. Plan clef du pavillon principal (dessin 1) / Wallace Sandstone Quarries, Philipsburg, Québec. Lambrissage du mur postérieur de la salle des promotions, 20 avril 1934 /[M. Prévost?]. Nivellement de la terrasse no. 2 et des cours anglaises ailes A et A', plans du mur de soutènement et de la " maison de Monseigneur ", 1931 / M. Aubert.
Dessin préliminaires
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ARCH7773
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Dessin préliminaires : croquis de plans comparatifs d'hôpitaux et institutions d'enseignement montréalais. Dessins de développement du design : plan de creusage pour le grand perron de l'aile L; plan de l'entrée et élévation de la partie supérieure de l'aile D', 1929 et 1931; plan détaillé de l'étage E'4 et H'4; plans de finition d'un plancher; plan d'étage non-identifié comprenant un bureau de médecin; plan électrique non identifié. Dessins d'exécution préliminaires : détails de la couverture des gaines de ventilation ailes D et D'; modifications au plan des ailes K et L, 1928; détails de portes temporaires dans l'aile B' pour le compte de l'exposition de l'artisanat, 1941; plan et coupe de la salle de l'incinérateur et de la " sorting room ", détails de plinthes et marches pour des corridors et des escaliers, détails de portes intérieures en chêne. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier, 11 mars 1931 / Cresswell Pomeroy Ltd., Montréal. Plan clef du pavillon principal (dessin 1) / Wallace Sandstone Quarries, Philipsburg, Québec. Lambrissage du mur postérieur de la salle des promotions, 20 avril 1934 /[M. Prévost?]. Nivellement de la terrasse no. 2 et des cours anglaises ailes A et A', plans du mur de soutènement et de la " maison de Monseigneur ", 1931 / M. Aubert.
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1924 - 1947
1924 - 1947
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
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Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
Date:
24 September 2015 to 22 May 2016
24 September 2015 to 22 May 2016
Title:
Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities. Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
Corner, Block, Neighbourhood, Cities. Álvaro Siza in Berlin and The Hague
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Wohnhaus Schlesisches Tor—also known as Bonjour Tristesse—in Berlin and Punt en Komma in The Hague are Álvaro Siza’s first built works outside his native Portugal. The two projects resemble one another in size, scale, program, and ambition: both were built in the 1980s, both are results of a distinct attitude towards the city, and both were social housing projects(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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24 September 2015 to
22 May 2016
24 September 2015 to
22 May 2016
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Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
