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Contested Territories of Prayer
Shukri Sultan on appropriating individual sacred territory in the city
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Figuring Territory
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DR2012:0012:111:012
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File containing materials in English and French, including newspaper clippings, project proposals, and reports related to the following municipal development projects: - Habitations Jeanne-Mance; - redevelopment of Saint Catherine St.; - Project to renovate a defective residential zone and to build low-rental dwellings (1954). Also includes one copy of Le monument national, published by Sauvons Montreal. Items originally housed in a box labelled: VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1954, 1975-1976, 1988-1990
Reference materials related to municipal development projects
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DR2012:0012:111:012
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File containing materials in English and French, including newspaper clippings, project proposals, and reports related to the following municipal development projects: - Habitations Jeanne-Mance; - redevelopment of Saint Catherine St.; - Project to renovate a defective residential zone and to build low-rental dwellings (1954). Also includes one copy of Le monument national, published by Sauvons Montreal. Items originally housed in a box labelled: VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
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1954, 1975-1976, 1988-1990
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DR2012:0012:111:011
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Assorted materials in French, including studies and reports (two of which are bound), related to the following municipal projects: - Housing developments in Montreal's Chinatown neighbourhood; - La place du 350ième anniversaire de Montréal; - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot St-Dominique/Charlotte sud; - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot du Marais/boulevard René-Lévesque. Items originally housed in a box labelled: VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
1989
Reference materials related to urban development in Montréal
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DR2012:0012:111:011
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Assorted materials in French, including studies and reports (two of which are bound), related to the following municipal projects: - Housing developments in Montreal's Chinatown neighbourhood; - La place du 350ième anniversaire de Montréal; - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot St-Dominique/Charlotte sud; - Étude de faisabilité et de développement de l îlot du Marais/boulevard René-Lévesque. Items originally housed in a box labelled: VILLE DE MONTREAL / SHDU Faubourg St-Laurent 1990 (Box #2)
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1989
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DR2012:0012:102:016
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, drafts, and photocopies, related to Melvin Charney's article, The world of pop, and its French translation, Le monde du pop. Includes the photographs of the following artworks: - Woman no. 1, James Rosenquist, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print); - In, Roy Lichtenstein, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified artwork (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1964 THE WORLD OF POP - VILLE[sic] DES ART[sic]
1964-1966
Correspondence, drafts, and photocopies related to article "The world of pop"
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DR2012:0012:102:016
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, drafts, and photocopies, related to Melvin Charney's article, The world of pop, and its French translation, Le monde du pop. Includes the photographs of the following artworks: - Woman no. 1, James Rosenquist, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print); - In, Roy Lichtenstein, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified artwork (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1964 THE WORLD OF POP - VILLE[sic] DES ART[sic]
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1964-1966
ARCH264464
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Le tapuscrit traite du développement de Chandigarh. Il contient, entre autres, de l'information sur la circulation, les logements, les espaces verts et la ceinture verte qui entoure la ville. Le texte a été écrit en français, puis a été traduit en anglais. This typescript is about the urban planning in Chandigarh. It deals, among other things, with information on road traffic, housing, green spaces, and the city green belt. The text was originally written in French and was translated into English.
between 1951 and 1967
Text entitled "Concerning town planning"
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ARCH264464
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Le tapuscrit traite du développement de Chandigarh. Il contient, entre autres, de l'information sur la circulation, les logements, les espaces verts et la ceinture verte qui entoure la ville. Le texte a été écrit en français, puis a été traduit en anglais. This typescript is about the urban planning in Chandigarh. It deals, among other things, with information on road traffic, housing, green spaces, and the city green belt. The text was originally written in French and was translated into English.
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ARCH276338
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Détails structuraux des cheminées, bons de commande des matériaux, grilles de calculs pour les projets suivants : Belgo Canadian Pulp & Paper Co., Beatty Bros Ltd., Sanatorium de Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts, Lamontagne Ltd., Impérial Tobacco, Mr. L. Duchaine, John Ritchie Co. Ltd., Brasserie Champlain, chaufferie de l'hôpital militaire d'Halifax, Dave Ship Building Co., Robert Simpson Co. Ltd., Ville d'Outremont, Chatham - Ontario et Gravel Lumber Ltd. Plan de référence type des cheminées produit par Considère, Pelnard & Caquot. Formule pour l'élaboration du béton fretté.
1918 - 1919
Détails du béton armé pour la construction des cheminées
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ARCH276338
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Détails structuraux des cheminées, bons de commande des matériaux, grilles de calculs pour les projets suivants : Belgo Canadian Pulp & Paper Co., Beatty Bros Ltd., Sanatorium de Sainte-Agathe-Des-Monts, Lamontagne Ltd., Impérial Tobacco, Mr. L. Duchaine, John Ritchie Co. Ltd., Brasserie Champlain, chaufferie de l'hôpital militaire d'Halifax, Dave Ship Building Co., Robert Simpson Co. Ltd., Ville d'Outremont, Chatham - Ontario et Gravel Lumber Ltd. Plan de référence type des cheminées produit par Considère, Pelnard & Caquot. Formule pour l'élaboration du béton fretté.
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1918 - 1919
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DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects and events
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DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
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1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
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21 photograph(s)
Photo Brochures
ARCH187066
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Place Ville Marie (Associated Commercial Photographers, Ltd.), Expo 67 Theme Pavilions (Michael Drummond, Photographer), exterior and interior views of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Place des Arts under Construction, elevation sketch for McGill University Centre, brochure and models for City of Calgary Urban Renewal Schemes (Arnott Rogers Batten Ltd., photographers), Housing project for Chateauguay P.Q. for Concordia Estates, Place Bonaventure roof terrace, Seven Islands City Hall, model for Fathers of Confederation Centre, P.E.I Government Buildings, first scheme model for 1000 de la Gauchetière Building in Montreal (Dimakopoulos)
Photo Brochures
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ARCH187066
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Place Ville Marie (Associated Commercial Photographers, Ltd.), Expo 67 Theme Pavilions (Michael Drummond, Photographer), exterior and interior views of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Place des Arts under Construction, elevation sketch for McGill University Centre, brochure and models for City of Calgary Urban Renewal Schemes (Arnott Rogers Batten Ltd., photographers), Housing project for Chateauguay P.Q. for Concordia Estates, Place Bonaventure roof terrace, Seven Islands City Hall, model for Fathers of Confederation Centre, P.E.I Government Buildings, first scheme model for 1000 de la Gauchetière Building in Montreal (Dimakopoulos)
photographs
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21 photograph(s)
With an Acre
With an Acre follows architect Carla Juaçaba as she develops a museum in solidarity with Flor de Café, a collective of smallholder farmers in Minas Gerais. Inspired by the temporality of Indigenous collective structures and the form of highway billboards that mark the extended rural landscape in the region, Juaçaba proposes a landmark on an elevated plantation overlooking(...)
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Brazil, Carla Juacaba, Groundwork, coffee, Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, Irene Chin, Francesco Garutti, Joshua Frank
19 June 2025 to 12 October 2025
With an Acre
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With an Acre follows architect Carla Juaçaba as she develops a museum in solidarity with Flor de Café, a collective of smallholder farmers in Minas Gerais. Inspired by the temporality of Indigenous collective structures and the form of highway billboards that mark the extended rural landscape in the region, Juaçaba proposes a landmark on an elevated plantation overlooking(...)
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Brazil, Carla Juacaba, Groundwork, coffee, Nepomuceno, Minas Gerais, Irene Chin, Francesco Garutti, Joshua Frank
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Rescue Robin Hood
Robin Hood Gardens, London, Smithson, social housing, demolition, gentrification, 56A Infoshop
2 June 2025
Rescue Robin Hood
Lisa Belabed on an anti-demolition effort in the context of a globalized city
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