DR2007:0075
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1960 or after
View of structural element, London Zoo Aviary, Regent's Park, London, England
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DR2007:0075
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PH2000:0344
architecture
2 October 1941
architecture
PH2000:0346
architecture
15 March 1944
architecture
PH2000:0347
architecture
31 July 1944
architecture
Starting From... The Bubble
The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
Hall cases
26 November 2009 to 17 January 2010
Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
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PH2000:0529
architecture
1903
architecture
Into the Island
Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.
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Meizhou, Xu Tiantian, Irene Chin, Francesco Garutti, Into the island, groundwork, ecology, Carla Juaçaba, Joshua Frank, ecosystem
7 May 2024 to 17 November 2024
Into the Island
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Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Meizhou, Xu Tiantian, Irene Chin, Francesco Garutti, Into the island, groundwork, ecology, Carla Juaçaba, Joshua Frank, ecosystem
PH1984:0977:197
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The Fifth Avenue Hotel, block of 27 West 23rd Street. Putnam's Printers, Binders and Stationers signage (of G. P. Putnam's Sons) on the left in the back.
ca. 1860-1880
View of Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, New York United States of America (demolished 1908)
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PH1984:0977:197
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The Fifth Avenue Hotel, block of 27 West 23rd Street. Putnam's Printers, Binders and Stationers signage (of G. P. Putnam's Sons) on the left in the back.
Into the Island
Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.
2024
Into the Island
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Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.
Join us on 8 May at 6pm for a lecture by Noelia Monteiro on her work at Estudio Flume. The studio, based in São Paulo, develops socio-environmental projects in remote areas of Brazil, aiming to protect traditional communities that preserve the Amazon rainforest. Monteiro’s work poses a key question: in the face of resource scarcity, how can we build with almost nothing?(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2025, 6pm
Groundwork with Noelia Monteiro
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Join us on 8 May at 6pm for a lecture by Noelia Monteiro on her work at Estudio Flume. The studio, based in São Paulo, develops socio-environmental projects in remote areas of Brazil, aiming to protect traditional communities that preserve the Amazon rainforest. Monteiro’s work poses a key question: in the face of resource scarcity, how can we build with almost nothing?(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre