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Speed and its Limits
Speed and its Limits
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Speed and its Limits explores 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. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
Speed and its Limits explores 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. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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21 June 2008, 9am - 5pm
21 June 2008, 9am - 5pm
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Speed and its Limits
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Speed and its Limits explores 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. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
Speed and its Limits
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Speed and its Limits explores 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. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
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21 June 2008
9am - 5pm
21 June 2008
9am - 5pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH264214
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La lettre contient des références à Charlotte Perriand et Dominique Escorsa. De plus, la lettre fait mention du "M. de l'Ed. N.", soit le ministère de l'Éducation national en France, du renouvellement du contrat de Pierre Jeanneret en Inde et d'un appartement présumé être celui de la rue Jacob à Paris. Une analyse plus approfondie est nécessaire.
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La lettre contient des références à Charlotte Perriand et Dominique Escorsa. De plus, la lettre fait mention du "M. de l'Ed. N.", soit le ministère de l'Éducation national en France, du renouvellement du contrat de Pierre Jeanneret en Inde et d'un appartement présumé être celui de la rue Jacob à Paris. Une analyse plus approfondie est nécessaire.
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après le 2 septembre 1958
après le 2 septembre 1958
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Brouillon d'une lettre de Pierre Jeanneret à Jean Prouvé
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ARCH264214
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La lettre contient des références à Charlotte Perriand et Dominique Escorsa. De plus, la lettre fait mention du "M. de l'Ed. N.", soit le ministère de l'Éducation national en France, du renouvellement du contrat de Pierre Jeanneret en Inde et d'un appartement présumé être celui de la rue Jacob à Paris. Une analyse plus approfondie est nécessaire.
Brouillon d'une lettre de Pierre Jeanneret à Jean Prouvé
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ARCH264214
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La lettre contient des références à Charlotte Perriand et Dominique Escorsa. De plus, la lettre fait mention du "M. de l'Ed. N.", soit le ministère de l'Éducation national en France, du renouvellement du contrat de Pierre Jeanneret en Inde et d'un appartement présumé être celui de la rue Jacob à Paris. Une analyse plus approfondie est nécessaire.
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après le 2 septembre 1958
après le 2 septembre 1958
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exhibitions
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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(...)
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(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
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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(...)
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(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
23 October 2008 to
15 February 2009
23 October 2008 to
15 February 2009
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Civic Visions, World's Fairs
Civic Visions, World's Fairs
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The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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17 March 1993 to 1 August 1993
17 March 1993 to 1 August 1993
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Civic Visions, World's Fairs
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The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
Civic Visions, World's Fairs
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The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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17 March 1993 to
1 August 1993
17 March 1993 to
1 August 1993
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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exhibitions
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
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Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
15 May 2012 to
9 September 2012
15 May 2012 to
9 September 2012
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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Ernest Cormier fonds
Ernest Cormier fonds
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AP001
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
AP001
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
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1857-1980
1857-1980
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Ernest Cormier fonds
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AP001
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
Ernest Cormier fonds
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AP001
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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1857-1980
1857-1980
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textual records
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ARCH258579
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Dossiers déposés entre séparateurs (classé par Cormier), incluant des notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, à la photographie, et des photographies d'architecture en Italie, à Paris, à New York. Comprend aussi 2 dissertations en allemand, et de la documentation de la traduction par Cormier du livre par M.H. Schulueter titré « Construction en béton armé ».
ARCH258579
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Dossiers déposés entre séparateurs (classé par Cormier), incluant des notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, à la photographie, et des photographies d'architecture en Italie, à Paris, à New York. Comprend aussi 2 dissertations en allemand, et de la documentation de la traduction par Cormier du livre par M.H. Schulueter titré « Construction en béton armé ».
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1909-1957
1909-1957
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Notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, et à la photographie
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ARCH258579
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Dossiers déposés entre séparateurs (classé par Cormier), incluant des notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, à la photographie, et des photographies d'architecture en Italie, à Paris, à New York. Comprend aussi 2 dissertations en allemand, et de la documentation de la traduction par Cormier du livre par M.H. Schulueter titré « Construction en béton armé ».
Notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, et à la photographie
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ARCH258579
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Dossiers déposés entre séparateurs (classé par Cormier), incluant des notes et de la documentation technique relative aux arcs, aux voûtes, aux orgues, à l'acoustique, à la photographie, et des photographies d'architecture en Italie, à Paris, à New York. Comprend aussi 2 dissertations en allemand, et de la documentation de la traduction par Cormier du livre par M.H. Schulueter titré « Construction en béton armé ».
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textual records
textual records
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1909-1957
1909-1957
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graphic materials
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DR2012:0012:061:004
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Panel of a comic strip, a printout, and posters related to the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". It also includes material related to the following events and/or projects: - 1980 Paris Biennale (1 poster); - Corridart (2 posters); - A conference at the Technische Hogeshool Eindhoven, in which Melvin Charney participated (2 posters); - printout of a hand-drawn world map (1 poster).
DR2012:0012:061:004
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Panel of a comic strip, a printout, and posters related to the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". It also includes material related to the following events and/or projects: - 1980 Paris Biennale (1 poster); - Corridart (2 posters); - A conference at the Technische Hogeshool Eindhoven, in which Melvin Charney participated (2 posters); - printout of a hand-drawn world map (1 poster).
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1976-1980
1976-1980
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Posters related to exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?"
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DR2012:0012:061:004
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Panel of a comic strip, a printout, and posters related to the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". It also includes material related to the following events and/or projects: - 1980 Paris Biennale (1 poster); - Corridart (2 posters); - A conference at the Technische Hogeshool Eindhoven, in which Melvin Charney participated (2 posters); - printout of a hand-drawn world map (1 poster).
Posters related to exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?"
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DR2012:0012:061:004
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Panel of a comic strip, a printout, and posters related to the exhibition "Montréal, plus ou moins?". It also includes material related to the following events and/or projects: - 1980 Paris Biennale (1 poster); - Corridart (2 posters); - A conference at the Technische Hogeshool Eindhoven, in which Melvin Charney participated (2 posters); - printout of a hand-drawn world map (1 poster).
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graphic materials
graphic materials
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1976-1980
1976-1980
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exhibitions
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
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16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
Title:
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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16 November 2016 to
9 April 2017
16 November 2016 to
9 April 2017
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photographs
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16 album(s)
photographs
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16 album(s)
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PH1986:0900.01-16
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The 16 albums PH1986:0900.01-.16 comprises 849 photographs and 34 prints of works by Michel Roux-Spitz. The majority of the photographs show projects in Paris and Lyon, France, although Versailles and Fontainebleau, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Rome, Italy also feature. Amongst others, the photographs include views of La Croix-Rousse train station, Villa Weitz, Église Saint-François d'Assise, Salle des Fêtes De La Croix-Rousse, Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project in Lyon; Les Galeries Lafayette, Boutique Roger Bal, the atelier de Monsieur Roger Bal, Bijouterie Kepta, a post-office, the Ford Building, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hôtel Roland Bonaparte, and various other buildings in Paris; The Bibliothèque Nationale in Versailles; and other furniture, interiors, fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies.
PH1986:0900.01-16
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The 16 albums PH1986:0900.01-.16 comprises 849 photographs and 34 prints of works by Michel Roux-Spitz. The majority of the photographs show projects in Paris and Lyon, France, although Versailles and Fontainebleau, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Rome, Italy also feature. Amongst others, the photographs include views of La Croix-Rousse train station, Villa Weitz, Église Saint-François d'Assise, Salle des Fêtes De La Croix-Rousse, Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project in Lyon; Les Galeries Lafayette, Boutique Roger Bal, the atelier de Monsieur Roger Bal, Bijouterie Kepta, a post-office, the Ford Building, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hôtel Roland Bonaparte, and various other buildings in Paris; The Bibliothèque Nationale in Versailles; and other furniture, interiors, fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies.
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architecture, interior design, ornament, sculpture
architecture, interior design, ornament, sculpture
Date:
1920-1936
1920-1936
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Albums of photographs of projects by Michel Roux-Spitz
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PH1986:0900.01-16
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The 16 albums PH1986:0900.01-.16 comprises 849 photographs and 34 prints of works by Michel Roux-Spitz. The majority of the photographs show projects in Paris and Lyon, France, although Versailles and Fontainebleau, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Rome, Italy also feature. Amongst others, the photographs include views of La Croix-Rousse train station, Villa Weitz, Église Saint-François d'Assise, Salle des Fêtes De La Croix-Rousse, Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project in Lyon; Les Galeries Lafayette, Boutique Roger Bal, the atelier de Monsieur Roger Bal, Bijouterie Kepta, a post-office, the Ford Building, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hôtel Roland Bonaparte, and various other buildings in Paris; The Bibliothèque Nationale in Versailles; and other furniture, interiors, fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies.
Albums of photographs of projects by Michel Roux-Spitz
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PH1986:0900.01-16
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The 16 albums PH1986:0900.01-.16 comprises 849 photographs and 34 prints of works by Michel Roux-Spitz. The majority of the photographs show projects in Paris and Lyon, France, although Versailles and Fontainebleau, France, Brussels, Belgium, and Rome, Italy also feature. Amongst others, the photographs include views of La Croix-Rousse train station, Villa Weitz, Église Saint-François d'Assise, Salle des Fêtes De La Croix-Rousse, Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project in Lyon; Les Galeries Lafayette, Boutique Roger Bal, the atelier de Monsieur Roger Bal, Bijouterie Kepta, a post-office, the Ford Building, Bibliothèque Nationale, Hôtel Roland Bonaparte, and various other buildings in Paris; The Bibliothèque Nationale in Versailles; and other furniture, interiors, fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies.
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photographs
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16 album(s)
photographs
Quantity:
16 album(s)
Date:
1920-1936
1920-1936
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Subject:
architecture, interior design, ornament, sculpture
architecture, interior design, ornament, sculpture
