John Soane 1753-1837
Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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16 May 2001 to 3 September 2001
John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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In Response
In Response is a series of public seminars that mark the final weeks of the exhibition The Other Architect. If the exhibition presents alternative approaches and models that have challenged traditional design practices, the seminars offer alternative curatorial views on the exhibition and accompanying publication. Respondents include: Felicity Scott (Thursday 10 March),(...)
Main galleries
10 March 2016 to 1 April 2016
In Response
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In Response is a series of public seminars that mark the final weeks of the exhibition The Other Architect. If the exhibition presents alternative approaches and models that have challenged traditional design practices, the seminars offer alternative curatorial views on the exhibition and accompanying publication. Respondents include: Felicity Scott (Thursday 10 March),(...)
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
19 November 2015
common room: What's the Problem?
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
articles
Journeys and translation
Ford Foundation, Douglas Ensminger, Casablanca Chandigarh: A Report on Modernization, How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
20 February 2016
Journeys and translation
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Preliminary studies prepared by Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman, architects and planning consultants, for Quebec Home and Mortage Corporation.
1963-1980
Preliminary studies for the Nuns' Island development project, in Verdun, Québec
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Preliminary studies prepared by Victor Prus, Norbert Schoenauer and Stan Seeman, architects and planning consultants, for Quebec Home and Mortage Corporation.
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1963-1980
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
drawings
ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
Presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
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PH1984:0977:199
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Former Park Avenue Hotel by John Kellum (architect)
ca. 1860-1880
View of Park Avenue Hotel, 33rd and 4th Avenue (now Park Avenue), New York, New York, United States of America (demolished 1927)
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Former Park Avenue Hotel by John Kellum (architect)
ARCH252707
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Lettre de deux pages de Eugène Beaudouin, architecte de la Légation de France au Canada, à Ernest Cormier au sujet du choix des architectes montréalais Antoine Monette et Marcel Parizeau comme inspecteurs sur place lors de la construction du bâtiment.
22 juin 1936
Lettre d'Eugène Beaudouin à Ernest Cormier
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Lettre de deux pages de Eugène Beaudouin, architecte de la Légation de France au Canada, à Ernest Cormier au sujet du choix des architectes montréalais Antoine Monette et Marcel Parizeau comme inspecteurs sur place lors de la construction du bâtiment.
Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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