Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2015 , 6pm
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries
19 September 1989 to 19 November 1989
Le Panthéon: Symbol of Revolution
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The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries
drawings, textual records
DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
1981
The Office and the Information Revolution
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DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
drawings, textual records
1981
AR1997:0005:004:014
architecture
negative exposed 1930s
architecture
AR1997:0005:004:017
architecture
negative exposed 1930s
architecture
AR1997:0005:004:018
architecture
negative exposed 1930s
architecture
PH2008:0035
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Book contains an article by Jane Crawford titled "Gordon Matta-Clark. A utopian community: Soho during the 1970s" on pages 179-188.
2007
Art y Revolucion / Art and Revolution
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PH2008:0035
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Book contains an article by Jane Crawford titled "Gordon Matta-Clark. A utopian community: Soho during the 1970s" on pages 179-188.
2007
PH2008:0036
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Book contains an article by Jane Crawford titled "Gordon Matta-Clark. A utopian community: Soho during the 1970s" on pages 179-188.
2007
Art y Revolucion / Art and Revolution
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PH2008:0036
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Book contains an article by Jane Crawford titled "Gordon Matta-Clark. A utopian community: Soho during the 1970s" on pages 179-188.
2007
audio
DR2003:0008:027
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Inscriptions read: "K. Kadura, Neill Smith, Hans Proppe, J. Tabibian, K. Godard."
1971
Audio recording of Polyark - The Consciousness Revolution
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DR2003:0008:027
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Inscriptions read: "K. Kadura, Neill Smith, Hans Proppe, J. Tabibian, K. Godard."
audio
1971
PH2017:0059:014
2015