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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
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
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Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
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Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
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Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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textual records
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ARCH166518
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14 feuillets: Copies de la lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 4 janvier 1991 4 feuillets: Lettre à Pierre-Luc Dumas du projet Faubourg Québec 11 janvier 1991 14 feuillets: Notes manuscrites et croquis à la mine de plomb: " Quelques notes de recherche" 10 feuillets: Rapport sous forme de maquette de travail 8 feuillets: notes manuscrites et croquis 12 dessins: Plans de la ville photocopies laser 28 feuillets: Copie originale du rapport d'étude 4 pages: 1 dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec" publié par la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 28 x43 cm 4 factures 1 plan de planche de présentation 2 disquettes 3.5"
ARCH166518
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14 feuillets: Copies de la lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 4 janvier 1991 4 feuillets: Lettre à Pierre-Luc Dumas du projet Faubourg Québec 11 janvier 1991 14 feuillets: Notes manuscrites et croquis à la mine de plomb: " Quelques notes de recherche" 10 feuillets: Rapport sous forme de maquette de travail 8 feuillets: notes manuscrites et croquis 12 dessins: Plans de la ville photocopies laser 28 feuillets: Copie originale du rapport d'étude 4 pages: 1 dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec" publié par la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 28 x43 cm 4 factures 1 plan de planche de présentation 2 disquettes 3.5"
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janvier-février 1991
janvier-février 1991
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Lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal
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ARCH166518
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14 feuillets: Copies de la lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 4 janvier 1991 4 feuillets: Lettre à Pierre-Luc Dumas du projet Faubourg Québec 11 janvier 1991 14 feuillets: Notes manuscrites et croquis à la mine de plomb: " Quelques notes de recherche" 10 feuillets: Rapport sous forme de maquette de travail 8 feuillets: notes manuscrites et croquis 12 dessins: Plans de la ville photocopies laser 28 feuillets: Copie originale du rapport d'étude 4 pages: 1 dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec" publié par la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 28 x43 cm 4 factures 1 plan de planche de présentation 2 disquettes 3.5"
Lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal
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ARCH166518
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14 feuillets: Copies de la lettre de Jacques Rousseau à Pierre Desjardins de la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 4 janvier 1991 4 feuillets: Lettre à Pierre-Luc Dumas du projet Faubourg Québec 11 janvier 1991 14 feuillets: Notes manuscrites et croquis à la mine de plomb: " Quelques notes de recherche" 10 feuillets: Rapport sous forme de maquette de travail 8 feuillets: notes manuscrites et croquis 12 dessins: Plans de la ville photocopies laser 28 feuillets: Copie originale du rapport d'étude 4 pages: 1 dépliant "Le Faubourg Québec" publié par la Société d'Habitation et de Développement de Montréal 28 x43 cm 4 factures 1 plan de planche de présentation 2 disquettes 3.5"
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textual records
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janvier-février 1991
janvier-février 1991
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
13 June 2008 to 5 October 2008
13 June 2008 to 5 October 2008
Title:
Will Alsop: OCAD, An Urban Manifesto
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Will Alsop: OCAD, An Urban Manifesto
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
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exhibitions
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13 June 2008 to
5 October 2008
13 June 2008 to
5 October 2008
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
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Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
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exhibitions
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21 May 2014 to
5 October 2014
21 May 2014 to
5 October 2014
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Main galleries
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
Date:
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
Title:
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
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exhibitions
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24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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exhibitions
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Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
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The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks
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Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks
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Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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17 June 1997 to
28 September 1997
17 June 1997 to
28 September 1997
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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drawings
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31 panneau(x)
drawings
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31 panneau(x)
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Planches de présentation
Planches de présentation
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ARCH211125
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27 planches de présentation : incluant une sculpture dessinée par Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, Unité d'habitation, La Tourette, Place Ville-Marie, Maison Lever, Brasilia, l'hôtel de ville de Toronto, Musée Guggenheim, l'édifice Seagram, "Chambre des Communes - régime Victoria", et d'autres édifices non-identifiés. 4 planches de présentation : Édifices modernes incluant la Tourette et Chandigarh par Le Corbusier.
ARCH211125
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27 planches de présentation : incluant une sculpture dessinée par Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, Unité d'habitation, La Tourette, Place Ville-Marie, Maison Lever, Brasilia, l'hôtel de ville de Toronto, Musée Guggenheim, l'édifice Seagram, "Chambre des Communes - régime Victoria", et d'autres édifices non-identifiés. 4 planches de présentation : Édifices modernes incluant la Tourette et Chandigarh par Le Corbusier.
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ARCH211125
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27 planches de présentation : incluant une sculpture dessinée par Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, Unité d'habitation, La Tourette, Place Ville-Marie, Maison Lever, Brasilia, l'hôtel de ville de Toronto, Musée Guggenheim, l'édifice Seagram, "Chambre des Communes - régime Victoria", et d'autres édifices non-identifiés. 4 planches de présentation : Édifices modernes incluant la Tourette et Chandigarh par Le Corbusier.
Planches de présentation
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ARCH211125
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27 planches de présentation : incluant une sculpture dessinée par Le Corbusier, Chandigarh, Unité d'habitation, La Tourette, Place Ville-Marie, Maison Lever, Brasilia, l'hôtel de ville de Toronto, Musée Guggenheim, l'édifice Seagram, "Chambre des Communes - régime Victoria", et d'autres édifices non-identifiés. 4 planches de présentation : Édifices modernes incluant la Tourette et Chandigarh par Le Corbusier.
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drawings
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31 panneau(x)
drawings
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31 panneau(x)
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Speed Limits
Speed Limits
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Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
20 May 2009 to 8 November 2009
20 May 2009 to 8 November 2009
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Speed Limits
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Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
Speed Limits
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Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
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exhibitions
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20 May 2009 to
8 November 2009
20 May 2009 to
8 November 2009
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
22 October 1997 to 15 February 1998
22 October 1997 to 15 February 1998
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954-1997
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954-1997
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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22 October 1997 to
15 February 1998
22 October 1997 to
15 February 1998
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Main galleries
Main galleries
