Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
28 January 2016
Practicing Advocacy: Who Builds Your Architecture?
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Mabel O. Wilson and Jordan Carver present the ongoing advocacy project Who Builds Your Architecture? (WBYA?), which asks architects and allied fields to better understand how the production of buildings connects their practices to migrant construction workers who build their designs. WBYA?, a group of designers, scholars, and activists based in New York City, has(...)
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Visiting Scholars 2018
Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
June 2018 to September 2018
Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
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June 2018 to
September 2018
articles
22 December 2017
Coen Beeker’s Approach to Participation in Ouagadougou
Text by Philippe Genois-Lefrançois
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David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavić talk about their joint publication TJ/Double Negative, an innovative combination of photographs and fiction that tries to make sense of Johannesburg. They discuss their approach to representing this troubled but intriguing city in words and images. Goldblatt is a renowned documenter of South African people and places, and has been(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 May 2013 , 7pm
Learning from... Johannesburg
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David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavić talk about their joint publication TJ/Double Negative, an innovative combination of photographs and fiction that tries to make sense of Johannesburg. They discuss their approach to representing this troubled but intriguing city in words and images. Goldblatt is a renowned documenter of South African people and places, and has been(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
PH1985:0302
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Destrehan was the location of a former plantation that housed a number of enslaved people working in the sugar crop production. The plantation was sold in 1910. African American residents can be seen outside their house on porches. The street is lined with utility poles.
September 1938
Street view of row of wooden houses with overhangs and porches, near the former Destrehan Plantation, Louisiana, United States
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PH1985:0302
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Destrehan was the location of a former plantation that housed a number of enslaved people working in the sugar crop production. The plantation was sold in 1910. African American residents can be seen outside their house on porches. The street is lined with utility poles.
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Georg Lippsmeier, Gareth Hammond, Tropenbau, IFT, African Architecture Matters, Mwanza Hospital, Tanzania
15 December 2017
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PGL architectes fonds
AP014
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Le fonds PGL architectes, 1959 – 1994, témoigne des activités de la firme d’architecture montréalaise, Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc architectes, autant que ses sociétés affiliées et firmes remplaçantes. La majorité du fonds comprend des documents qui représentent 70 projets architecturaux, incluant des projets entrepris à travers le Québec, à Ottawa, à de multiples endroits au Nunavut, ainsi que des projets internationaux. Le fonds met en évidence la participation du PGL dans la construction d'infrastructure coloniale au Nunavik et au Nunavut, y compris les travaux sur des écoles associées avec des foyers fédéraux, qui sont reconnus comme faisant partie du système des pensionnats autochtones du Canada. De plus, le fonds documente l’utilisation des panneaux de fibre de verre modulaires employés par PGL. Pour la plupart, les documents dans ce fonds se composent des dessins, des documents photographiques, et des documents textuels. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The PGL architectes fonds, 1959 - 1994, documents the work and activities of the Montréal-based architecture firm, Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc architectes, and its successor and affiliate companies. The records within this fonds represent 70 architectural projects undertaken by the firm, which include projects throughout Québec, Ottawa, and various locations in Nunavut, as well as some international projects. The fonds offers evidence of PGL’s participation in the construction of colonial infrastructure in Nunavik and Nunavut, including work on schools that are connected to Federal Hostels which are recognised as part of Canada's Indian Residential School system. The fonds also contains records documenting PGL’s use of modular, fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels in construction. The records within this fonds largely consist of drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1959 - 1994
PGL architectes fonds
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AP014
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Le fonds PGL architectes, 1959 – 1994, témoigne des activités de la firme d’architecture montréalaise, Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc architectes, autant que ses sociétés affiliées et firmes remplaçantes. La majorité du fonds comprend des documents qui représentent 70 projets architecturaux, incluant des projets entrepris à travers le Québec, à Ottawa, à de multiples endroits au Nunavut, ainsi que des projets internationaux. Le fonds met en évidence la participation du PGL dans la construction d'infrastructure coloniale au Nunavik et au Nunavut, y compris les travaux sur des écoles associées avec des foyers fédéraux, qui sont reconnus comme faisant partie du système des pensionnats autochtones du Canada. De plus, le fonds documente l’utilisation des panneaux de fibre de verre modulaires employés par PGL. Pour la plupart, les documents dans ce fonds se composent des dessins, des documents photographiques, et des documents textuels. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The PGL architectes fonds, 1959 - 1994, documents the work and activities of the Montréal-based architecture firm, Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc architectes, and its successor and affiliate companies. The records within this fonds represent 70 architectural projects undertaken by the firm, which include projects throughout Québec, Ottawa, and various locations in Nunavut, as well as some international projects. The fonds offers evidence of PGL’s participation in the construction of colonial infrastructure in Nunavik and Nunavut, including work on schools that are connected to Federal Hostels which are recognised as part of Canada's Indian Residential School system. The fonds also contains records documenting PGL’s use of modular, fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels in construction. The records within this fonds largely consist of drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
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1959 - 1994
journals and magazines
Africa today.
New York, N.Y. : American Committee on Africa, 1954-
journals and magazines
New York, N.Y. : American Committee on Africa, 1954-
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volumes : illustrations ; 24-30 cm
Roma : Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa
Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa.
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volumes : illustrations ; 24-30 cm
journals and magazines
Roma : Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa
journals and magazines
Africa.
London : Oxford University Press, 1928-, Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press for the International African Institute
journals and magazines
London : Oxford University Press, 1928-, Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press for the International African Institute