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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
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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
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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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AP206.S1.1982.PR28
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This project series documents a two-storey house on plot no. 311 in Sector 9, Chandigarh, India, likely from around the 1980s or 1990s. The project is recorded through a drawing of floor plans, probably dating from around the same period.
AP206.S1.1982.PR28
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This project series documents a two-storey house on plot no. 311 in Sector 9, Chandigarh, India, likely from around the 1980s or 1990s. The project is recorded through a drawing of floor plans, probably dating from around the same period.
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circa 1980s-1990s
circa 1980s-1990s
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Residence on plot no. 311, Chandigarh, India (circa 1980s-1990s)
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AP206.S1.1982.PR28
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This project series documents a two-storey house on plot no. 311 in Sector 9, Chandigarh, India, likely from around the 1980s or 1990s. The project is recorded through a drawing of floor plans, probably dating from around the same period.
Residence on plot no. 311, Chandigarh, India (circa 1980s-1990s)
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AP206.S1.1982.PR28
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This project series documents a two-storey house on plot no. 311 in Sector 9, Chandigarh, India, likely from around the 1980s or 1990s. The project is recorded through a drawing of floor plans, probably dating from around the same period.
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circa 1980s-1990s
circa 1980s-1990s
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Projets d'architecture
Projets d'architecture
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AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
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1955-1998
1955-1998
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Projets d'architecture
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AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
Projets d'architecture
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AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
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Série 3
Série 3
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1955-1998
1955-1998
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textual records
textual records
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ARCH255476
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"This Master Plan Study report is the culmination of an analysis Period and a number of conferences with United Airlines' representatives. This report has been prepared by S.O.M. and is presented to United Airlines as a summary record of the Master Plan Study."
ARCH255476
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"This Master Plan Study report is the culmination of an analysis Period and a number of conferences with United Airlines' representatives. This report has been prepared by S.O.M. and is presented to United Airlines as a summary record of the Master Plan Study."
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22 November 1965
22 November 1965
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United Airlines executive office building expansion
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ARCH255476
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"This Master Plan Study report is the culmination of an analysis Period and a number of conferences with United Airlines' representatives. This report has been prepared by S.O.M. and is presented to United Airlines as a summary record of the Master Plan Study."
United Airlines executive office building expansion
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ARCH255476
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"This Master Plan Study report is the culmination of an analysis Period and a number of conferences with United Airlines' representatives. This report has been prepared by S.O.M. and is presented to United Airlines as a summary record of the Master Plan Study."
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textual records
textual records
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22 November 1965
22 November 1965
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exhibitions
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
Date:
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Title:
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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14 May 2000 to
15 October 2000
14 May 2000 to
15 October 2000
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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photographs
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24 photograph(s)
photographs
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24 photograph(s)
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ARCH268905
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Group consists of various photographs or late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret at different period of his life. The group includes photographs of him working in his workshop at Grenoble, in France. There is also photographs of his apartment of Jacob Street in Geneva.
ARCH268905
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Group consists of various photographs or late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret at different period of his life. The group includes photographs of him working in his workshop at Grenoble, in France. There is also photographs of his apartment of Jacob Street in Geneva.
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Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret
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ARCH268905
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Group consists of various photographs or late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret at different period of his life. The group includes photographs of him working in his workshop at Grenoble, in France. There is also photographs of his apartment of Jacob Street in Geneva.
Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret
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ARCH268905
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Group consists of various photographs or late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret at different period of his life. The group includes photographs of him working in his workshop at Grenoble, in France. There is also photographs of his apartment of Jacob Street in Geneva.
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photographs
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24 photograph(s)
photographs
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24 photograph(s)
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exhibitions
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
Title:
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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events
events
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Learning from... Cairo
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
15 September 2011 , 7pm
15 September 2011 , 7pm
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Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
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events
events
Date:
15 September 2011
7pm
15 September 2011
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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AP041.S1.1970.D1
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File documents a task force commissioned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, co-directed with Colin Davidson and Serge Carreau, and focused on the issue of low-income housing solutions in the postwar period in Canada. Includes textual records (including bound and unbound drafts) and presentation copies of a report.
AP041.S1.1970.D1
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File documents a task force commissioned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, co-directed with Colin Davidson and Serge Carreau, and focused on the issue of low-income housing solutions in the postwar period in Canada. Includes textual records (including bound and unbound drafts) and presentation copies of a report.
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1970
1970
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Task Force on Low Income Housing
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AP041.S1.1970.D1
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File documents a task force commissioned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, co-directed with Colin Davidson and Serge Carreau, and focused on the issue of low-income housing solutions in the postwar period in Canada. Includes textual records (including bound and unbound drafts) and presentation copies of a report.
Task Force on Low Income Housing
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AP041.S1.1970.D1
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File documents a task force commissioned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, co-directed with Colin Davidson and Serge Carreau, and focused on the issue of low-income housing solutions in the postwar period in Canada. Includes textual records (including bound and unbound drafts) and presentation copies of a report.
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1970
1970
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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This exhibition presents American architect Ben Nicholson’s search for order, meaning, and logic in a world of art, science, and mystery. The Laurentian Library in Florence, a masterwork by Michelangelo designed in 1524–25, contains fifteen pairs of terra cotta panels bearing complex geometric patterns that have been long hidden from view. Nicholson studied the panels at(...)
This exhibition presents American architect Ben Nicholson’s search for order, meaning, and logic in a world of art, science, and mystery. The Laurentian Library in Florence, a masterwork by Michelangelo designed in 1524–25, contains fifteen pairs of terra cotta panels bearing complex geometric patterns that have been long hidden from view. Nicholson studied the panels at(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
11 December 1996 to 9 March 1997
11 December 1996 to 9 March 1997
Title:
Uncovering Geometry: Ben Nicholson at the Laurentian Library
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This exhibition presents American architect Ben Nicholson’s search for order, meaning, and logic in a world of art, science, and mystery. The Laurentian Library in Florence, a masterwork by Michelangelo designed in 1524–25, contains fifteen pairs of terra cotta panels bearing complex geometric patterns that have been long hidden from view. Nicholson studied the panels at(...)
Uncovering Geometry: Ben Nicholson at the Laurentian Library
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This exhibition presents American architect Ben Nicholson’s search for order, meaning, and logic in a world of art, science, and mystery. The Laurentian Library in Florence, a masterwork by Michelangelo designed in 1524–25, contains fifteen pairs of terra cotta panels bearing complex geometric patterns that have been long hidden from view. Nicholson studied the panels at(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
11 December 1996 to
9 March 1997
11 December 1996 to
9 March 1997
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
