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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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15 November 2000 to 1 April 2001
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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Panos Mantziaras, City Landscape, H. Thünen's Isolierte Staat, R. Schwarz, Von der Bebauung der Erde, Visiting Scholar
19 October 2001
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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Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
24 September 2015 to 22 May 2016
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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Álvaro Siza, Punt en Komma, The Hague, Bonjour Tristesse, Berlin
The greystone buildings standing in Montreal today are essential tools for understanding the city. A deep study of their material history from the late 17th century to the early 20th demonstrates how geology, topography, politics, ethnicity, culture, as well as changes in economy and technology, have shaped the city through the centuries. Conceived as a photographic(...)
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Greystone, Phyllis Lambert, Montréal, photography, Richard Pare
13 October 2017 to 4 March 2018
Greystone: Tools for Understanding the City
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The greystone buildings standing in Montreal today are essential tools for understanding the city. A deep study of their material history from the late 17th century to the early 20th demonstrates how geology, topography, politics, ethnicity, culture, as well as changes in economy and technology, have shaped the city through the centuries. Conceived as a photographic(...)
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Greystone, Phyllis Lambert, Montréal, photography, Richard Pare
Senior Mellon Fellow Antoine Picon argues that in order to contribute fruitfully to the construction of smart cities, design must start from the changing nature of the urban subject and the urban experience.
1 May 2014
Antoine Picon: Smart Cities: A New Challenge for Design
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Senior Mellon Fellow Antoine Picon argues that in order to contribute fruitfully to the construction of smart cities, design must start from the changing nature of the urban subject and the urban experience.
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City
AP144.S2.D182
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File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a travelling exhibition entitled "Cities on the Move". Price exhibited in the exhibition, and was involved in its design. Material in this file deals primarily with the exhibitions held at the Hayward Gallery in London, England; at the Louisiana museum in Humlebæk, Denmark; at the Nykytaiteen museo in Helsinki, Finland; and at various locations in Bangkok, Thailand. Included in this file is material connected with Price's lecture and visit to the opening of the Helsinki exhibition (DR2004:0336). Also included in this file are views of a presentation panel entitled "City of the Future" which was exhibited in Helsinki and possibly elsewhere (DR2004:0337). Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2000, but predominantly in 1999. File contains textual records and photographic materials.
1999-2000, predominant 1999
City
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AP144.S2.D182
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a travelling exhibition entitled "Cities on the Move". Price exhibited in the exhibition, and was involved in its design. Material in this file deals primarily with the exhibitions held at the Hayward Gallery in London, England; at the Louisiana museum in Humlebæk, Denmark; at the Nykytaiteen museo in Helsinki, Finland; and at various locations in Bangkok, Thailand. Included in this file is material connected with Price's lecture and visit to the opening of the Helsinki exhibition (DR2004:0336). Also included in this file are views of a presentation panel entitled "City of the Future" which was exhibited in Helsinki and possibly elsewhere (DR2004:0337). Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2000, but predominantly in 1999. File contains textual records and photographic materials.
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1999-2000, predominant 1999
Theme: Health/City Recipients: Michael Faciejew, McGill University Avery Guthrie, University of Toronto Caner Öktem, University of British Columbia
June 2011 to August 2011
Master’s Students Program: Health/City
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Theme: Health/City Recipients: Michael Faciejew, McGill University Avery Guthrie, University of Toronto Caner Öktem, University of British Columbia
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AP206.S4.053
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This is likely a plan of Chandigarh.
circa 1980s-2000s
City plan of unidentified city
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AP206.S4.053
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This is likely a plan of Chandigarh.
drawings
circa 1980s-2000s