PH1987:1030
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- The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 75 views of steel mill blast furnaces and 11 views of mines. There are 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany, 15 in the United States, and five in each of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. There are five views of mines in Germany, two in Belgium, two in the United States, and one in each of France and Wales. - The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany including: 36 views of three blast furnaces of the Metallhüttenwerk in Lübeck-Herrenwyk (PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1031); three views of the Thyssen Hütte steel mill in Ruhrort, Duisburg (PH1987:1033, PH1987:1043 and PH1987:1050); two views of the Gute-Hoffnungs-Hütte steel mill in Oberhausen, Ruhr (PH1987:1044 and PH1987:1070); and one view each of the Klöckner Werke steel mill in Haspe (PH1987:1032), the Schalker Verein steel mill in Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr (PH1987:1042), the Ilseder Hütte steel mill in Ilsede (PH1987:1034) and the Hainer Hütte steel mill in Siegen (PH1987:1045). - The photographers have not indicated the exhibition layout for photographs PH1987:1018 - PH1987:1031, a group of fourteen views of details of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany, which are numbered from "G 1" through "G 14" (Kicken Pauseback, 1987).
architecture, engineering
1983
View of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant showing a water tower, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany
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PH1987:1030
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- The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 75 views of steel mill blast furnaces and 11 views of mines. There are 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany, 15 in the United States, and five in each of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. There are five views of mines in Germany, two in Belgium, two in the United States, and one in each of France and Wales. - The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany including: 36 views of three blast furnaces of the Metallhüttenwerk in Lübeck-Herrenwyk (PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1031); three views of the Thyssen Hütte steel mill in Ruhrort, Duisburg (PH1987:1033, PH1987:1043 and PH1987:1050); two views of the Gute-Hoffnungs-Hütte steel mill in Oberhausen, Ruhr (PH1987:1044 and PH1987:1070); and one view each of the Klöckner Werke steel mill in Haspe (PH1987:1032), the Schalker Verein steel mill in Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr (PH1987:1042), the Ilseder Hütte steel mill in Ilsede (PH1987:1034) and the Hainer Hütte steel mill in Siegen (PH1987:1045). - The photographers have not indicated the exhibition layout for photographs PH1987:1018 - PH1987:1031, a group of fourteen views of details of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany, which are numbered from "G 1" through "G 14" (Kicken Pauseback, 1987).
architecture, engineering
PH1987:1031
Description:
- The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 75 views of steel mill blast furnaces and 11 views of mines. There are 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany, 15 in the United States, and five in each of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. There are five views of mines in Germany, two in Belgium, two in the United States, and one in each of France and Wales. - The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany including: 36 views of three blast furnaces of the Metallhüttenwerk in Lübeck-Herrenwyk (PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1031); three views of the Thyssen Hütte steel mill in Ruhrort, Duisburg (PH1987:1033, PH1987:1043 and PH1987:1050); two views of the Gute-Hoffnungs-Hütte steel mill in Oberhausen, Ruhr (PH1987:1044 and PH1987:1070); and one view each of the Klöckner Werke steel mill in Haspe (PH1987:1032), the Schalker Verein steel mill in Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr (PH1987:1042), the Ilseder Hütte steel mill in Ilsede (PH1987:1034) and the Hainer Hütte steel mill in Siegen (PH1987:1045). - The photographers have not indicated the exhibition layout for photographs PH1987:1018 - PH1987:1031, a group of fourteen views of details of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany, which are numbered from "G 1" through "G 14" (Kicken Pauseback, 1987).
architecture, engineering
1983
View of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant showing a cooling tower, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany
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PH1987:1031
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- The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 75 views of steel mill blast furnaces and 11 views of mines. There are 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany, 15 in the United States, and five in each of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. There are five views of mines in Germany, two in Belgium, two in the United States, and one in each of France and Wales. - The group of 86 photographs PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1081 by Bernd and Hilla Becher show 45 views of steel mill blast furnaces in Germany including: 36 views of three blast furnaces of the Metallhüttenwerk in Lübeck-Herrenwyk (PH1987:0996 - PH1987:1031); three views of the Thyssen Hütte steel mill in Ruhrort, Duisburg (PH1987:1033, PH1987:1043 and PH1987:1050); two views of the Gute-Hoffnungs-Hütte steel mill in Oberhausen, Ruhr (PH1987:1044 and PH1987:1070); and one view each of the Klöckner Werke steel mill in Haspe (PH1987:1032), the Schalker Verein steel mill in Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr (PH1987:1042), the Ilseder Hütte steel mill in Ilsede (PH1987:1034) and the Hainer Hütte steel mill in Siegen (PH1987:1045). - The photographers have not indicated the exhibition layout for photographs PH1987:1018 - PH1987:1031, a group of fourteen views of details of Metallhüttenwerk industrial plant, Lübeck-Herrenwyk, Germany, which are numbered from "G 1" through "G 14" (Kicken Pauseback, 1987).
architecture, engineering
This exhibition features Italian photographer Guido Guidis photographs of the Brion family mausoleum in Italy, considered to be architect Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece. The artist’s 54 colour photographs reveal the beauty of the funerary complex, its clean architectural lines, and the poetic nature of Scarpa’s work. By concentrating on particular architectural features,(...)
Octagonal gallery
11 September 2009 to 10 January 2010
Carlo Scarpa's Tomba Brion: Photographs by Guido Guidi, 1997-2007
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This exhibition features Italian photographer Guido Guidis photographs of the Brion family mausoleum in Italy, considered to be architect Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece. The artist’s 54 colour photographs reveal the beauty of the funerary complex, its clean architectural lines, and the poetic nature of Scarpa’s work. By concentrating on particular architectural features,(...)
Octagonal gallery
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960
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Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
Archaeology of the Digital
Archaeology of the Digital is conceived as an investigation into the foundations of digital architecture at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s through four seminal projects that established bold new directions for architectural research by experimenting with novel digital tools: the Lewis Residence by Frank Gehry (1985–1995), Peter Eisenman’s unrealized(...)
Main galleries
7 May 2013 to 27 October 2013
Archaeology of the Digital
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Archaeology of the Digital is conceived as an investigation into the foundations of digital architecture at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s through four seminal projects that established bold new directions for architectural research by experimenting with novel digital tools: the Lewis Residence by Frank Gehry (1985–1995), Peter Eisenman’s unrealized(...)
Main galleries
Ábalos Herreros constructed landscapes—or, more precisely, assembled them—by crudely juxtaposing a cast of semi-familiar characters. Novel to Spanish architecture in the 1980s, this pragmatic method of appropriation was developed and consistently employed as part of their design process. Borrowing, incorporating and transforming allowed ÁbalosHerreros to absorb the(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 July 2015 to 13 September 2015
Landscapes of the Hyperreal: Ábalos&Herreros selected by SO – IL
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Ábalos Herreros constructed landscapes—or, more precisely, assembled them—by crudely juxtaposing a cast of semi-familiar characters. Novel to Spanish architecture in the 1980s, this pragmatic method of appropriation was developed and consistently employed as part of their design process. Borrowing, incorporating and transforming allowed ÁbalosHerreros to absorb the(...)
Octagonal gallery
During the eighteenth century, Rome was both an important centre for Italian art and the focal point for the studies of most European artists; all were drawn by the city’s antique art, architecture, and statuary, as well as its Renaissance, Baroque, and eighteenth-century masterpieces. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries is concerned with eighteenth-century(...)
Main galleries
18 August 1993 to 2 January 1994
Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries
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During the eighteenth century, Rome was both an important centre for Italian art and the focal point for the studies of most European artists; all were drawn by the city’s antique art, architecture, and statuary, as well as its Renaissance, Baroque, and eighteenth-century masterpieces. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries is concerned with eighteenth-century(...)
Main galleries
Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
Main galleries
25 January 1995 to 23 April 1995
The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France
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Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
Main galleries
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
In this conversation, Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University) will discuss approaches to architectural history today with Esra Akcan (Cornell University) and Mark Jarzombek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). What does it mean to write a global history of architecture now? What is the relationship between such a history and urgent contemporary concerns? During a(...)
6 April 2017
A Conversation with Kenneth Frampton: Can There Be a Global Architectural History Today?
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In this conversation, Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University) will discuss approaches to architectural history today with Esra Akcan (Cornell University) and Mark Jarzombek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). What does it mean to write a global history of architecture now? What is the relationship between such a history and urgent contemporary concerns? During a(...)