photographs
DR2023:0032
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Plates from the series "UN DICTIONNAIRE...Illuminations, 1970-2000" comprises of a portion of individual plates grouped according to 38 series that Charney arranged by themes and numbered by series and plate in a discontinuous fashion. Contains series 72 "Villes nomades" , series 74 "L'Arche de Noé", and series 100 "Conforme".
circa 1970-2000
Plates from the series 72, 74, and 100, Un dictionnaire
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DR2023:0032
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Plates from the series "UN DICTIONNAIRE...Illuminations, 1970-2000" comprises of a portion of individual plates grouped according to 38 series that Charney arranged by themes and numbered by series and plate in a discontinuous fashion. Contains series 72 "Villes nomades" , series 74 "L'Arche de Noé", and series 100 "Conforme".
photographs
circa 1970-2000
articles
A Lung for Midtown Manhattan
A Lung for Midtown Manhattan
Cedric Price's entry to the IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities, 1999
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Learning from... Mumbai
Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
9 April 2009
Learning from... Mumbai
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Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
events
Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
events
10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
photographs
DR2023:0029
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Plates from the series "UN DICTIONNAIRE...Illuminations, 1970-2000" comprises of a portion of individual plates grouped according to 38 series that Charney arranged by themes and numbered by series and plate in a discontinuous fashion. Contains series 49 "Le vide", series 50 "Villes de l'espoir", and series 52 "La maison d'Adam au Paradis".
circa 1970-2000
Plates from the series 49, 50, 52, and 58, Un dictionnaire
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DR2023:0029
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Plates from the series "UN DICTIONNAIRE...Illuminations, 1970-2000" comprises of a portion of individual plates grouped according to 38 series that Charney arranged by themes and numbered by series and plate in a discontinuous fashion. Contains series 49 "Le vide", series 50 "Villes de l'espoir", and series 52 "La maison d'Adam au Paradis".
photographs
circa 1970-2000
articles
Shifting Shores
Shifting Shores
Kirsten Keller and Feifei Zhou on the dynamic materialities of property-making in Jakarta
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Forces of Friction
Learning from... Tongzhou
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
10 April 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Visiting Scholar, Christopher Heuer, Guidebooks to Chaos, The Grotesque Renaissances, Hans Vredeman de Vries, The City Rehearsed, Urban Design, Architectural Imaginary, Visiting Scholar Seminar
13 July 2006
4 portfolio(s)
DR1974:0002:036:001-016
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- This group of portfolios and manuscripts contains drawings, prints and documents relating to four early projects for opera houses: projects from 1846 and 1847 for a new opera house for the Académie royale de musique; the unexecuted project of 1838-1840 for the Théâtre Royal Italien and surrounding infrastructure on the site of the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and the Hôtel du Timbre; and proposed or completed alterations to an existing opera house, Salle Le Peletier, home to the Académie impériale de musique. An unrelated project for a proposed Grande Halles is also included in the group. - Charles Rohault de Fleury proposed two projects for a new opera house for the Académie royale de musique, in 1846 and 1847. An individual loose drawing included in this group, DR1974:0002:036:013, is possibly another proposal for a new opera house. - Four manuscripts (DR1974:0002:036:006:001-006, DR1974:0002:036:007:001-013, DR1974:0002:036:008:001-004, DR1974:0002:036:016:001-007 R/V) document an unexecuted project of 1838-1840 for the Théâtre Royal Italien and surrounding houses on a site occupied by the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and the Hôtel du Timbre. - Portfolio DR1974:0002:036:014:001-022 contains drawings and transfer lithographs of plans, elevations and sections for the proposed alterations and/or record drawings for/of Salle Le Peletier. - A manuscript and drawing (DR1974:0002:036:015:001 and DR1974:0002:036:015:002) relating to a proposal for the construction of a Grande Halle near the Seine and the Hôtel de ville are stored in a brown folder with inscriptions relating to the Théâtre Royal Italien. - A manuscript and drawing (DR1974:0002:036:015:001 and DR1974:0002:036:015:002) relating to a proposal for the construction of a Grande Halle near the Seine and the Hôtel de ville are stored in a brown folder with inscriptions relating to the Théâtre Royal Italien.
architecture, interior design
1834-1854
Four portfolios of drawings, prints and manuscripts for opera houses for the Théâtre Royal Italien Opera Company, the Académie royale de musique, and for renovations to Salle Le Peletier for the Académie impériale de musique, Paris
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DR1974:0002:036:001-016
Description:
- This group of portfolios and manuscripts contains drawings, prints and documents relating to four early projects for opera houses: projects from 1846 and 1847 for a new opera house for the Académie royale de musique; the unexecuted project of 1838-1840 for the Théâtre Royal Italien and surrounding infrastructure on the site of the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and the Hôtel du Timbre; and proposed or completed alterations to an existing opera house, Salle Le Peletier, home to the Académie impériale de musique. An unrelated project for a proposed Grande Halles is also included in the group. - Charles Rohault de Fleury proposed two projects for a new opera house for the Académie royale de musique, in 1846 and 1847. An individual loose drawing included in this group, DR1974:0002:036:013, is possibly another proposal for a new opera house. - Four manuscripts (DR1974:0002:036:006:001-006, DR1974:0002:036:007:001-013, DR1974:0002:036:008:001-004, DR1974:0002:036:016:001-007 R/V) document an unexecuted project of 1838-1840 for the Théâtre Royal Italien and surrounding houses on a site occupied by the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères and the Hôtel du Timbre. - Portfolio DR1974:0002:036:014:001-022 contains drawings and transfer lithographs of plans, elevations and sections for the proposed alterations and/or record drawings for/of Salle Le Peletier. - A manuscript and drawing (DR1974:0002:036:015:001 and DR1974:0002:036:015:002) relating to a proposal for the construction of a Grande Halle near the Seine and the Hôtel de ville are stored in a brown folder with inscriptions relating to the Théâtre Royal Italien. - A manuscript and drawing (DR1974:0002:036:015:001 and DR1974:0002:036:015:002) relating to a proposal for the construction of a Grande Halle near the Seine and the Hôtel de ville are stored in a brown folder with inscriptions relating to the Théâtre Royal Italien.
4 portfolio(s)
1834-1854
architecture, interior design
Making Seed Bombs
Montréal-based artist Gina Badger shows workshop participants how to make seed-bombs – balls of dirt, clay, water, and seeds that can be used to start gardens in the city. The workshop is presented in collaboration with DARE-DARE (Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal). In conjunction with the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008),(...)
14 March 2009
Making Seed Bombs
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Montréal-based artist Gina Badger shows workshop participants how to make seed-bombs – balls of dirt, clay, water, and seeds that can be used to start gardens in the city. The workshop is presented in collaboration with DARE-DARE (Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal). In conjunction with the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008),(...)