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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH193290
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
entre avril et novembre 1956
Album de photographies relatives au barrage McCormick, Rivière Manicouagan, à l'ouest de Baie Comeau, Québec
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
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entre avril et novembre 1956
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ARCH193291
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
entre novembre 1956 et août 1957
Album de photographies relatives au barrage McCormick, Rivière Manicouagan, à l'ouest de Baie Comeau, Québec
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
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entre novembre 1956 et août 1957
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ARCH193292
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
entre août 1957 et décembre 1957
Album de photographies relatives au barrage McCormick, Rivière Manicouagan, à l'ouest de Baie Comeau, Québec
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ARCH193292
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Excavation, rock excavation, crushing plant, screen units, drafts tube formwork for power house, draft tubes, mucking machine in tunnel, channel, joy drill, mobile crane, batching plant, tunnel work, conduit tunnel, shaft sinking, cribwork, suspended drilling, photos of movement and placing intake form for headblock #6, headblock #6 and #7, aerial view of tailrace, bailey bridges, powerhouse, photos of flood during strike, steel liners going into powerhouse, generators shafts, turbines, lowering rotor into final position, control room, blasting the plug, general view of tailrace from powerhouse, generator start-up, tailrace at low tide, permanent equipment in powerhouse (also Gilles Leonard later mayor of Baie Comeau).
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entre août 1957 et décembre 1957
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Bijoy Jain fonds
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The Bijoy Jain fonds documents eight projects by Bijoy Jain and the firm Studio Mumbai carried out between 2009 and 2015. Represented work includes courtyard houses in Maharashtra, Ahmedabad, and Chennai, live-work complexes in Mumbai and Dehradun, as well as two research-based projects, one for migrant housing and another an investigation of building demolition. The fonds consists of reproduced and original drawings, photographs, models, material samples, and several video recordings.
2008-2015
Bijoy Jain fonds
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The Bijoy Jain fonds documents eight projects by Bijoy Jain and the firm Studio Mumbai carried out between 2009 and 2015. Represented work includes courtyard houses in Maharashtra, Ahmedabad, and Chennai, live-work complexes in Mumbai and Dehradun, as well as two research-based projects, one for migrant housing and another an investigation of building demolition. The fonds consists of reproduced and original drawings, photographs, models, material samples, and several video recordings.
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2008-2015
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Children playing in a deconstructed little house.
1967
View of children playing at Children's Creative Centre Playground, Canadian Federal Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
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Children playing in a deconstructed little house.
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ARCH280818
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Group consists of photographs of government housing in Chandigarh, India. There are two photographs of the House Type 12-JB in sector 22 or 23, a photograph of the House for Senior officers (House Type 5-J) in sector 16. The group also includes two photographs of the House for Chief Minister (House Type 1) in sector 6 (a view of the Governor's offices) and a photograph of the Circuit House in sector 6.
ca. 1956-1966
Photographs of government housing in Chandigarh, India
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Group consists of photographs of government housing in Chandigarh, India. There are two photographs of the House Type 12-JB in sector 22 or 23, a photograph of the House for Senior officers (House Type 5-J) in sector 16. The group also includes two photographs of the House for Chief Minister (House Type 1) in sector 6 (a view of the Governor's offices) and a photograph of the Circuit House in sector 6.
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ca. 1956-1966