16 October 2008
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza travelled to Peru in 1995 with his usual baggage: only a few changes of clothes, some books of poetry, and a single sketchbook. This was the toolkit he used to interpret the voyage and integrate it into his architecture. More than half a century earlier, Peruvian photographer Martín Chambi had taken his famous series of portraits of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
26 January 2012 to 29 April 2012
Alturas de Machu Picchu: Martín Chambi – Álvaro Siza at work
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Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza travelled to Peru in 1995 with his usual baggage: only a few changes of clothes, some books of poetry, and a single sketchbook. This was the toolkit he used to interpret the voyage and integrate it into his architecture. More than half a century earlier, Peruvian photographer Martín Chambi had taken his famous series of portraits of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
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10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
14 September 2014 , 3pm
Cornelia Oberlander and Susan Herrington want to speak with you
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The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
Michael Wilford presents the design interests and strategies initially developed in partnership with James Stirling that have been expanded in his practice since Stirling’s death in 1992. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
11 September 2014 , 6pm
Michael Wilford wants to speak with you
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Michael Wilford presents the design interests and strategies initially developed in partnership with James Stirling that have been expanded in his practice since Stirling’s death in 1992. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
In a lecture titled The Architecture of Error, Francesca Hughes considers the tools that architects developed to manage fears of physical error and examines some of the ways in which these tools, and the fears they barely conceal, intersect with the rise of redundant precision in architecture during the twentieth century. The series They want to speak with you invites(...)
7 May 2015 , 6pm
Francesca Hughes wants to speak with you
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In a lecture titled The Architecture of Error, Francesca Hughes considers the tools that architects developed to manage fears of physical error and examines some of the ways in which these tools, and the fears they barely conceal, intersect with the rise of redundant precision in architecture during the twentieth century. The series They want to speak with you invites(...)
SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)
30 October 2014 , 6pm
SO–IL wants to speak with you
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SO–IL is led by partners Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu and Ilias Papageorgiou, who have worked on the master plan of a cultural campus in Shanghai, student housing in Athens, the Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California in Davis, the Frieze Art Fair in NYC, and Kukje Gallery in Seoul. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture(...)
Juan José Castellón presents his latest research on the application of design methods that integrate structural and spatial parameters and, in particular, the development of stereotomic prototypes in architecture. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
23 October 2014 , 6pm
Juan José Castellón wants to speak with you
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Juan José Castellón presents his latest research on the application of design methods that integrate structural and spatial parameters and, in particular, the development of stereotomic prototypes in architecture. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
29 January 2015 , 6pm
L’OEUF, Joe Lobko, and Florence Portes want to speak with you
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L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen of Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative present the group’s methodologies and discuss the need to rethink the terms of humanitarian design. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.
9 July 2015 , 6pm
Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen want to speak with you
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Ijlal Muzaffar and Edward Eigen of Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative present the group’s methodologies and discuss the need to rethink the terms of humanitarian design. The series They want to speak with you invites design and architecture professionals to discuss their most recent projects.