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What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Vassos emigrated from Greece and arrived in the United States(...)
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What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Vassos emigrated from Greece and arrived in the United States(...)
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John Vassos: industrial design for modern life
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What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Vassos emigrated from Greece and arrived in the United States in 1918. His career spans the evolution of central forms of mass media in the twentieth century and offers a template for understanding their success. This is Vassos’s legacy—shaping the way we interact with our media technologies. Other industrial designers may be more celebrated, but none were more focused on making radio and television attractive and accessible to millions of Americans.
John Vassos: industrial design for modern life
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What should a television look like? How should a dial on a radio feel to the touch? These were questions John Vassos asked when the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) asked him to design the first mass-produced television receiver, the TRK-12, which had its spectacular premier at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Vassos emigrated from Greece and arrived in the United States in 1918. His career spans the evolution of central forms of mass media in the twentieth century and offers a template for understanding their success. This is Vassos’s legacy—shaping the way we interact with our media technologies. Other industrial designers may be more celebrated, but none were more focused on making radio and television attractive and accessible to millions of Americans.
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April 2016
April 2016
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Design Monographs
Design Monographs
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175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie’s work in Israel.(...)
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175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie’s work in Israel.(...)
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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April 2006, Baden
April 2006, Baden
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Yad Vashem : Moshe Safdie - the architecture of memory
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175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie’s work in Israel. The architect, a student of Louis Kahn who began his career with the sensational residential complex Habitat at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair, maintains offices in Boston, Toronto, and Jerusalem. The museum, its architecture, and its series of interior spaces with their carefully designed exhibition facilities are documented in an indepth photo essay and are illustrated with texts and plans.
Yad Vashem : Moshe Safdie - the architecture of memory
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175 meters long, the museum bores like a triangular beam through the Har Hazikaron, or Mount of Remembrance. It juts out from the hillside at either end, allowing visitors to enter and look out. This spectacular architecture is the setting for a lavish and impressive exhibition commemorating the Holocaust. The structure is the culmination of Moshe Safdie’s work in Israel. The architect, a student of Louis Kahn who began his career with the sensational residential complex Habitat at the 1967 Montreal World’s Fair, maintains offices in Boston, Toronto, and Jerusalem. The museum, its architecture, and its series of interior spaces with their carefully designed exhibition facilities are documented in an indepth photo essay and are illustrated with texts and plans.
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April 2006, Baden
April 2006, Baden
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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approximately 11,764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1,795 photographic materials, 8.75 linear meters of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key, This...
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approximately 11,764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1,795 photographic materials, 8.75 linear meters of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key, This...
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- Barott, Ernest Isbell, 1884-1966.,
- Architecture Canada.,
- Architecture Québec (Province),
- Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal 20th century.,
- Architecture New Brunswick 20th century.,
- Architecture Ontario 20th century.,
- Architecture British Columbia.,
- Architecture Alberta 20th century.,
- Architecture Nova Scotia 20th century.,
- Architecture Manitoba 20th century.,
- Architecture Saskatchewan 20th century.,
- Architecture New York (State),
- Architecture Connecticut 20th century.,
- Architecture Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island 20th century.,
- Architecture Bahamas 20th century.,
- Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Nouveau-Brunswick 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Ontario 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Colombie-Britannique.,
- Architecture Alberta 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Nouvelle-Écosse 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Manitoba 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Saskatchewan 20e siècle.,
- Architecture New York (État),
- Architecture Connecticut 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Bahamas 20e siècle.,
- Architecture,
- Alberta,
- Bahamas,
- British Columbia,
- Canada,
- Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island,
- Connecticut,
- Manitoba,
- New Brunswick,
- New York (State),
- Nova Scotia,
- Ontario,
- Québec,
- Québec Montréal,
- Saskatchewan,
- Agricultural buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts.,
- Agricultural buildings Canada Québec (Province) Lachute.,
- Apartment houses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Barracks Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada New Brunswick Saint John.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Ontario Brantford.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Ontario Ottawa.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Bridges (built works) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Bungalows Bahamas Hogg Island.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- City halls Canada Ontario Berlin.,
- Urban planning Canada New Brunswick Saint John.,
- Urban planning Canada Alberta Namao.,
- Urban planning Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Colleges Canada Nova Scotia Rockingham.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Lennoxville.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Stanstead.,
- Community centers Canada Alberta Exshaw.,
- Community centers Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Cottages Canada New Brunswick Flatlands.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Argenteuil.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Rapide de Cap-Saint-Jacques.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Georgeville.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Philipsburg.,
- Country clubs Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.,
- Curling (game) clubhouses Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Department stores Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Department stores Canada Saskatchewan Regina.,
- Department stores Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Department stores Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Dwellings Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island.,
- Dwellings Canada British Columbia Victoria.,
- Dwellings Canada New Brunswick Saint Andrews.,
- Dwellings Canada New Brunswick Shediac Bay.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Hampstead.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Knowlton.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lachine.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lac-Mégantic.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lac Massawippi.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Mont-Saint-Hilaire.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Mascouche.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Saint Patricks.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Senneville.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Westmount.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Léry.,
- Dwellings United States New York (State) Canastota.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Laurent.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) Île Rock.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Baie-d'Urfé.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Cowansville.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Lachute.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts.,
- Fire stations Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Fraternity houses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Geneviève.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Métis-sur-Mer.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Greenhouses Canada Québec (Province) Hampstead.,
- Hangars Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Jovite.,
- Hangars Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- High schools Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Hospitals Canada Nova Scotia Halifax.,
- Hospitals Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Banff.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Exshaw.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Lake Louise.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada New Brunswick St. Andrews.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Housing Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Housing projects United States Connecticut New Haven.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Ontario Merriton.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Ontario Windsor.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Beauharnois.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Granby.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Magog.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Mont-Royal.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Terrebonne.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Industrial housing Canada Ontario Iroquois Falls.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Libraries (buildings) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Motels Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Museums Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Office buildings Canada British Columbia Vancouver.,
- Office buildings Canada Ontario Ottawa.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Bedford.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Grand-Mère.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Hubert.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Jovite.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Shawinigan.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Post offices United States New York (State) New York.,
- Terminals Canada British Columbia Vancouver.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) I̋le-Rock.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Prévost.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Stanstead.,
- Service stations Canada Québec (Province) Magog.,
- Stations Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Stores Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Tennis clubs Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Stores Canada Québec (Province) Métic-sur-Mer.,
- Theaters Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Town halls Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Universities Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Warehouses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- War memorials Canada Ontario Welland.,
- Workshops (work spaces) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- World's fair buildings United States New York (State) New York.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada 1910-1970.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) 1910-1970.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Fonds (collections),
- Architectural drawings (visual works),
- Drawings.,
- Photographs.,
- Artifacts (object genre),
- Reproductions.,
- Documents.,
- Project files.
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Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1963.
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approximately 11,764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1,795 photographic materials, 8.75 linear meters of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key, This...
Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1963.
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approximately 11,764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1,795 photographic materials, 8.75 linear meters of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key, This...
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archives
archives
Subject:
- Barott, Ernest Isbell, 1884-1966.,
- Architecture Canada.,
- Architecture Québec (Province),
- Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal 20th century.,
- Architecture New Brunswick 20th century.,
- Architecture Ontario 20th century.,
- Architecture British Columbia.,
- Architecture Alberta 20th century.,
- Architecture Nova Scotia 20th century.,
- Architecture Manitoba 20th century.,
- Architecture Saskatchewan 20th century.,
- Architecture New York (State),
- Architecture Connecticut 20th century.,
- Architecture Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island 20th century.,
- Architecture Bahamas 20th century.,
- Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Nouveau-Brunswick 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Ontario 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Colombie-Britannique.,
- Architecture Alberta 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Nouvelle-Écosse 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Manitoba 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Saskatchewan 20e siècle.,
- Architecture New York (État),
- Architecture Connecticut 20e siècle.,
- Architecture Bahamas 20e siècle.,
- Architecture,
- Alberta,
- Bahamas,
- British Columbia,
- Canada,
- Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island,
- Connecticut,
- Manitoba,
- New Brunswick,
- New York (State),
- Nova Scotia,
- Ontario,
- Québec,
- Québec Montréal,
- Saskatchewan,
- Agricultural buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts.,
- Agricultural buildings Canada Québec (Province) Lachute.,
- Apartment houses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Barracks Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada New Brunswick Saint John.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Ontario Brantford.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Ontario Ottawa.,
- Banks (buildings) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Bridges (built works) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Bungalows Bahamas Hogg Island.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Churches Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- City halls Canada Ontario Berlin.,
- Urban planning Canada New Brunswick Saint John.,
- Urban planning Canada Alberta Namao.,
- Urban planning Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Colleges Canada Nova Scotia Rockingham.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Lennoxville.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Colleges Canada Québec (Province) Stanstead.,
- Community centers Canada Alberta Exshaw.,
- Community centers Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Cottages Canada New Brunswick Flatlands.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Argenteuil.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Rapide de Cap-Saint-Jacques.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Georgeville.,
- Cottages Canada Québec (Province) Philipsburg.,
- Country clubs Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.,
- Curling (game) clubhouses Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Department stores Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Department stores Canada Saskatchewan Regina.,
- Department stores Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Department stores Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Dwellings Cayman Islands Grand Cayman Island.,
- Dwellings Canada British Columbia Victoria.,
- Dwellings Canada New Brunswick Saint Andrews.,
- Dwellings Canada New Brunswick Shediac Bay.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Hampstead.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Knowlton.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lachine.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lac-Mégantic.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Lac Massawippi.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Mont-Saint-Hilaire.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Mascouche.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Saint Patricks.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Senneville.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Westmount.,
- Dwellings Canada Québec (Province) Léry.,
- Dwellings United States New York (State) Canastota.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Laurent.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Factories Canada Québec (Province) Île Rock.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Baie-d'Urfé.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Cowansville.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Lachute.,
- Farm buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts.,
- Fire stations Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Fraternity houses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Garages Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Geneviève.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Métis-sur-Mer.,
- Golf clubs (built complexes) Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Greenhouses Canada Québec (Province) Hampstead.,
- Hangars Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Jovite.,
- Hangars Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- High schools Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Hospitals Canada Nova Scotia Halifax.,
- Hospitals Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Banff.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Exshaw.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Alberta Lake Louise.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada New Brunswick St. Andrews.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Québec (Province) Québec.,
- Hotels (public accommodations) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Housing Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Housing projects United States Connecticut New Haven.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Ontario Merriton.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Ontario Windsor.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Beauharnois.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Granby.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Magog.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Mont-Royal.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) Terrebonne.,
- Industrial buildings Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Industrial housing Canada Ontario Iroquois Falls.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Industrial housing Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.,
- Libraries (buildings) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Motels Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Museums Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Office buildings Canada British Columbia Vancouver.,
- Office buildings Canada Ontario Ottawa.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Bedford.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Grand-Mère.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Saint-Hubert.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Sainte-Jovite.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) Shawinigan.,
- Office buildings Canada Québec (Province) LaSalle.,
- Post offices United States New York (State) New York.,
- Terminals Canada British Columbia Vancouver.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Arvida.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Pointe-Claire.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) I̋le-Rock.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Prévost.,
- Schools Canada Québec (Province) Stanstead.,
- Service stations Canada Québec (Province) Magog.,
- Stations Canada Manitoba Winnipeg.,
- Stores Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Tennis clubs Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Stores Canada Québec (Province) Métic-sur-Mer.,
- Theaters Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Town halls Canada Québec (Province) Beaconsfield.,
- Universities Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Warehouses Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- War memorials Canada Ontario Welland.,
- Workshops (work spaces) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- World's fair buildings United States New York (State) New York.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada 1910-1970.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) 1910-1970.,
- Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) Montréal.,
- Fonds (collections),
- Architectural drawings (visual works),
- Drawings.,
- Photographs.,
- Artifacts (object genre),
- Reproductions.,
- Documents.,
- Project files.
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The Urban Spectator is a lively and utterly fascinating exploration of the ways in which technologies have influenced our collective conception of the American city, as well as our relationship with urban space and architecture. Eric Gordon argues that the city, developing late and in conjunction with a range of modern media, produced a particular way of seeing--what he(...)
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The Urban Spectator is a lively and utterly fascinating exploration of the ways in which technologies have influenced our collective conception of the American city, as well as our relationship with urban space and architecture. Eric Gordon argues that the city, developing late and in conjunction with a range of modern media, produced a particular way of seeing--what he(...)
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The urban spectator: American concept-cities from Kodak to Google
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The Urban Spectator is a lively and utterly fascinating exploration of the ways in which technologies have influenced our collective conception of the American city, as well as our relationship with urban space and architecture. Eric Gordon argues that the city, developing late and in conjunction with a range of modern media, produced a particular way of seeing--what he labels "possessive spectatorship." Lacking the historical rootedness of European cities, the American city was open to individual interpretation, definition, and ownership. Beginning with the White City of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the efforts to commodify the concept city through photography, Gordon shows how the American city has always been a product of the collision between the dominant conceptualization, shaped by contemporary media, and the spectator. From the viewfinder of the Kodak camera, to the public display of early cinema, to the speculative desire of network radio, all the way to machine-age utopianism, nostalgia, and America's "rerun" culture, the city is an amalgam of practice and concept. All of this comes to a head in the "database city" where urban spectatorship takes on the characteristics of a Google search. In new urban developments, the spectator searches, retrieves, and combines urban references to construct each experience of the city.
The urban spectator: American concept-cities from Kodak to Google
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The Urban Spectator is a lively and utterly fascinating exploration of the ways in which technologies have influenced our collective conception of the American city, as well as our relationship with urban space and architecture. Eric Gordon argues that the city, developing late and in conjunction with a range of modern media, produced a particular way of seeing--what he labels "possessive spectatorship." Lacking the historical rootedness of European cities, the American city was open to individual interpretation, definition, and ownership. Beginning with the White City of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the efforts to commodify the concept city through photography, Gordon shows how the American city has always been a product of the collision between the dominant conceptualization, shaped by contemporary media, and the spectator. From the viewfinder of the Kodak camera, to the public display of early cinema, to the speculative desire of network radio, all the way to machine-age utopianism, nostalgia, and America's "rerun" culture, the city is an amalgam of practice and concept. All of this comes to a head in the "database city" where urban spectatorship takes on the characteristics of a Google search. In new urban developments, the spectator searches, retrieves, and combines urban references to construct each experience of the city.
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books
books
Publication:
February 2010
February 2010
Subject:
Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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Title:
Displaying the marvelous : Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist exhibition installations
Displaying the marvelous : Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist exhibition installations
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Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the (...)
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Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the (...)
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Displaying the marvelous : Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist exhibition installations
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Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the Marvelous, Lewis Kachur explores this development by analyzing three elaborate Surrealist installations created between 1938 and 1942. The first two, the "Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme" (1938) and the "Dream of Venus" at the New York World's Fair (1939), dealt with the fetishization of the female body. The third, "First Papers of Surrealism" (1942), focused not on the figure but on the entire expanse of the exhibition space, thus contributing to the development of nonfigurative art in New York. Kachur presents a full visual and verbal reconstruction of each of the exhibitions, evoking the sequence that the contemporary viewer would have encountered. The book considers Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí, two artists who are not usually compared, within a common framework. Duchamp specialized in frustrating the spectator, using his ironic wit to call into question the definition of the work of art. Dalí was a master at disorienting the senses by establishing and then undermining everyday spatial and object properties. The Surrealist challenge, as voiced by André Breton, was to evoke the marvelous. Duchamp and Dalí extended that challenge to the physical and commercial realm of the exhibition installation.
Displaying the marvelous : Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist exhibition installations
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Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the Marvelous, Lewis Kachur explores this development by analyzing three elaborate Surrealist installations created between 1938 and 1942. The first two, the "Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme" (1938) and the "Dream of Venus" at the New York World's Fair (1939), dealt with the fetishization of the female body. The third, "First Papers of Surrealism" (1942), focused not on the figure but on the entire expanse of the exhibition space, thus contributing to the development of nonfigurative art in New York. Kachur presents a full visual and verbal reconstruction of each of the exhibitions, evoking the sequence that the contemporary viewer would have encountered. The book considers Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dalí, two artists who are not usually compared, within a common framework. Duchamp specialized in frustrating the spectator, using his ironic wit to call into question the definition of the work of art. Dalí was a master at disorienting the senses by establishing and then undermining everyday spatial and object properties. The Surrealist challenge, as voiced by André Breton, was to evoke the marvelous. Duchamp and Dalí extended that challenge to the physical and commercial realm of the exhibition installation.
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June 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
June 2001, Cambridge, Mass.
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Lucky Dip.
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In 2015, the storied fashion house Fendi moved its headquarters into the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, a stark white cube perforated by symmetrical arches. Originally commissioned as part of an exhibition on Roman civilization for the 1942 world’s fair, the architects took their cues from ancient history to create a building that was quintessentially Roman yet(...)
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In 2015, the storied fashion house Fendi moved its headquarters into the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, a stark white cube perforated by symmetrical arches. Originally commissioned as part of an exhibition on Roman civilization for the 1942 world’s fair, the architects took their cues from ancient history to create a building that was quintessentially Roman yet(...)
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Fendi: Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome
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In 2015, the storied fashion house Fendi moved its headquarters into the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, a stark white cube perforated by symmetrical arches. Originally commissioned as part of an exhibition on Roman civilization for the 1942 world’s fair, the architects took their cues from ancient history to create a building that was quintessentially Roman yet decidedly modern, earning its nickname “the Square Colosseum.” Because of its striking appearance and iconic status, the palazzo subsequently made appearances in a number of films by directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, and Peter Greenaway. The building remained relatively abandoned throughout much of its existence, until its recent inhabitance by the always forward-thinking house of Fendi, an experience which Karl Lagerfeld has likened to being “on a spaceship transported into the future.” Featuring photographs by famous artists such as Gabriele Basilico, Franco Fontana, and Lagerfeld, this gorgeously illustrated volume takes the reader on a fascinating tour through art, architecture, culture, and history.
Fendi: Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome
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In 2015, the storied fashion house Fendi moved its headquarters into the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, a stark white cube perforated by symmetrical arches. Originally commissioned as part of an exhibition on Roman civilization for the 1942 world’s fair, the architects took their cues from ancient history to create a building that was quintessentially Roman yet decidedly modern, earning its nickname “the Square Colosseum.” Because of its striking appearance and iconic status, the palazzo subsequently made appearances in a number of films by directors such as Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, and Peter Greenaway. The building remained relatively abandoned throughout much of its existence, until its recent inhabitance by the always forward-thinking house of Fendi, an experience which Karl Lagerfeld has likened to being “on a spaceship transported into the future.” Featuring photographs by famous artists such as Gabriele Basilico, Franco Fontana, and Lagerfeld, this gorgeously illustrated volume takes the reader on a fascinating tour through art, architecture, culture, and history.
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September 2017
September 2017
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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The history of European landscape design has its beginnings in the early cultures of the Mediterranean. Again and again, especially during the Renaissance, ancient parks and gardens have been imitated as archetypes. The park is still a site of design activity today: human beings use living material to create an artificial landscape, a paradise. This book not only(...)
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The history of European landscape design has its beginnings in the early cultures of the Mediterranean. Again and again, especially during the Renaissance, ancient parks and gardens have been imitated as archetypes. The park is still a site of design activity today: human beings use living material to create an artificial landscape, a paradise. This book not only(...)
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Sensations : a time travel through garden history
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The history of European landscape design has its beginnings in the early cultures of the Mediterranean. Again and again, especially during the Renaissance, ancient parks and gardens have been imitated as archetypes. The park is still a site of design activity today: human beings use living material to create an artificial landscape, a paradise. This book not only recounts the history of the garden—it conjures it up before the reader’s eyes, from the Garden of Eden and the Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezzar to the first book on botany and the gardens of the Renaissance, from the invention of the lawnmower to the land art movement in the United States, Hängende Gärten II (Hanging Gardens II) at the Hanover Expo by the Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, and the Gazebo-Berg (Gazebo Mountain) of the Swiss artist couple Studer/van den Berg at the 2005 world’s fair in Japan. Every single "station" of this journey through gardens and time is illustrated by an entire double page, with pointedly written texts and an abundance of historical and contemporary images.
Sensations : a time travel through garden history
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The history of European landscape design has its beginnings in the early cultures of the Mediterranean. Again and again, especially during the Renaissance, ancient parks and gardens have been imitated as archetypes. The park is still a site of design activity today: human beings use living material to create an artificial landscape, a paradise. This book not only recounts the history of the garden—it conjures it up before the reader’s eyes, from the Garden of Eden and the Hanging Gardens of Nebuchadnezzar to the first book on botany and the gardens of the Renaissance, from the invention of the lawnmower to the land art movement in the United States, Hängende Gärten II (Hanging Gardens II) at the Hanover Expo by the Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, and the Gazebo-Berg (Gazebo Mountain) of the Swiss artist couple Studer/van den Berg at the 2005 world’s fair in Japan. Every single "station" of this journey through gardens and time is illustrated by an entire double page, with pointedly written texts and an abundance of historical and contemporary images.
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October 2006, Basel
October 2006, Basel
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up(...)
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up(...)
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
Architecture since 1900, Europe
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September 2006, Stuttgart
September 2006, Stuttgart
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Luminous buildings : architecture of the night
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up their ever-taller works in all the major cities of the world. Both European and American architects wanted to distance their buildings from the garish electric signage that had come to dominate the street-level cityscape, so they worked with more delicately colored floodlights. Contemporary architects use many of the same techniques today, aided by technological advances that allow them to be implemented in particularly dramatic ways. "Luminous Buildings: Architecture of the NIght" opens a dialogue on the often overlooked but exciting connections between architecture, technology and light, offering points of reference in historical buildings and utopias, more recent designs, paintings and photographs of nighttime facades, and scholarly texts.
Luminous buildings : architecture of the night
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At the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris, the newly erected Eiffel Tower became one of the first icons of illuminated architecture, a nocturnal "lighthouse." It was not until decades later, in the 1920s, when a building’s evening façade became a central issue for residential and commercial architects, who began to look for avant-garde and aesthetically striking ways to light up their ever-taller works in all the major cities of the world. Both European and American architects wanted to distance their buildings from the garish electric signage that had come to dominate the street-level cityscape, so they worked with more delicately colored floodlights. Contemporary architects use many of the same techniques today, aided by technological advances that allow them to be implemented in particularly dramatic ways. "Luminous Buildings: Architecture of the NIght" opens a dialogue on the often overlooked but exciting connections between architecture, technology and light, offering points of reference in historical buildings and utopias, more recent designs, paintings and photographs of nighttime facades, and scholarly texts.
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September 2006, Stuttgart
September 2006, Stuttgart
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Architecture since 1900, Europe
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For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Each year, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a(...)
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For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Each year, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a(...)
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
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April 2007, New York
April 2007, New York
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Coney island : the parchute pavilion competition
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For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Each year, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a game of three-card Monte on the legendary boardwalk. The advent of air-conditioning, concerns about Coney's "tawdry" entertainment, and faster transportation to other beaches hastened the demise of what had become a uniquely American icon of entertainment and a defining terminus of New York at the water's edge. In an effort to revitalize the area, the Van Alen Institute, in concert with the Coney Island Development Corporation, held the Parachute Pavilion Competition, a contest to design a year-round pavilion in the shadow of the Parachute Jump, a landmark built for the 1939 World's Fair. Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition presents all 864 submissions—from the feasible to the fantastic—received from around the world. The winning design by London-based Carmody Groarke Hardie is a mesmerizing attraction in its own right, composed of two provocative trapezoids illuminated by thousands of colored light bulbs. The design respects the historic icon under which it is located but also promises to become an icon in its own right and bring the fun-loving spirit of Coney Island into the twenty-first century. Featuring essays, photographic documentation, and jury comments, Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition is a critical resource for students, designers, city officials, and anyone interested in Coney Island and the reinvention of the historic recreation sites of our cities.
Coney island : the parchute pavilion competition
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For almost 100 years, Coney Island was the most popular seaside destination in the United States. Each year, millions escaped the heat of New York City to savor the thrills of the Cyclone roller coaster and Wonder Wheel at the Astroland amusement park. They came to sample an original Nathan's Famous hot dog, witness the first demolition derby, or to take a chance at a game of three-card Monte on the legendary boardwalk. The advent of air-conditioning, concerns about Coney's "tawdry" entertainment, and faster transportation to other beaches hastened the demise of what had become a uniquely American icon of entertainment and a defining terminus of New York at the water's edge. In an effort to revitalize the area, the Van Alen Institute, in concert with the Coney Island Development Corporation, held the Parachute Pavilion Competition, a contest to design a year-round pavilion in the shadow of the Parachute Jump, a landmark built for the 1939 World's Fair. Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition presents all 864 submissions—from the feasible to the fantastic—received from around the world. The winning design by London-based Carmody Groarke Hardie is a mesmerizing attraction in its own right, composed of two provocative trapezoids illuminated by thousands of colored light bulbs. The design respects the historic icon under which it is located but also promises to become an icon in its own right and bring the fun-loving spirit of Coney Island into the twenty-first century. Featuring essays, photographic documentation, and jury comments, Coney Island: The Parachute Pavilion Competition is a critical resource for students, designers, city officials, and anyone interested in Coney Island and the reinvention of the historic recreation sites of our cities.
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April 2007, New York
April 2007, New York
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Museums and Universal Exhibitions
Museums and Universal Exhibitions
