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Alessandro Poli, Autres odyssées de l’espace, BLDGBLOG, Earth, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, la lune, landscape, la terre, Moon, NASA, Other Space Odysseys, paysage, Superstudio
10 June 2010
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21 April 2016
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Zeno and Aldrin Meet in Riparbella in the Summer of 2008
A conversation imagined by Alessandro Poli
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29 February 2016
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17th century, 18th century, BLDGBLOG, feral city, fortifications, Geoff@CCA, Geoff Manaugh, Giacomo Fusto Castriotto, Girolamo Maggi, traités, treatises, ville sauvage, XVIe siècle, XVIIe siècle
22 June 2010
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20th century, Alfred Gotthold Meyer, Allemagne, Deutscher Werkbund, engineering, Friedrich Naumann, Germany, ingénierie, Ingenieur-Ästhetik, Joseph August Lux, Karl Marx, Katherine Romba, Munich, Rudolf Metzger, William Morris, XXe siècle
14 October 2010
Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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AP075.S4
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
1936-2004
Reference, research material and student work
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AP075.S4
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
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1936-2004
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre