A short history of Quebec
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John A. Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing perspective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth edition covers Quebec's recent political history and includes an updated bibliography and chronology and new illustrations. A Canadian classic, A(...)
Architecture du Québec
septembre 2008, Montreal
A short history of Quebec
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John A. Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing perspective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth edition covers Quebec's recent political history and includes an updated bibliography and chronology and new illustrations. A Canadian classic, A Short History of Quebec now takes into account such issues as the 1995 referendum, recent ideological shifts and societal changes, considers Quebec's place in North America in the light of NAFTA, and offers reflections on the Gérard Bouchard-Charles Taylor Commission on Accommodation and Cultural Differences in 2008.
Architecture du Québec
Guy Rottier Architecte
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Imaginer des maisons paysages, suspendues ou volantes, une cit� solaire �clair�e par lumiducs, un pont fl�te, un �chiquier pour cosmonautes, mais aussi dialoguer avec la reine des termites ou imotep comme avec ses contemporains: artchitectes, plasticiens, hommes de lettres, critiques. Guy Rottier ne s'est rien interdit... derri�re les plans, croquis, photos,(...)
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janvier 1900, Paris
Guy Rottier Architecte
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Imaginer des maisons paysages, suspendues ou volantes, une cit� solaire �clair�e par lumiducs, un pont fl�te, un �chiquier pour cosmonautes, mais aussi dialoguer avec la reine des termites ou imotep comme avec ses contemporains: artchitectes, plasticiens, hommes de lettres, critiques. Guy Rottier ne s'est rien interdit... derri�re les plans, croquis, photos, dessins humoristiques, t�moignages et textes librement tress�s qui jalonnent un parcours audacieux et sans concessions, se dessine avec s�rieux et dr�lerie le portrait par lui-m�me, d'un prospecteur hors norme pour aujourd'hui et pour demain.
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F.R. David is a journal published twice-yearly by 'de Appel' arts centre, Amsterdam,in co-edition with Will Holder, founder of 'the Werkplaats Typografie'. It focuses on the 'status' of writing in contemporary art practice. Writing as 'the core material' of a number of visual artists but equally as a mode that exists parallel to or in service of the visual. This issue is(...)
Théorie de l’architecture
mai 2008, Amsterdam
F.R. David summer 2008: the book of intentions
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F.R. David is a journal published twice-yearly by 'de Appel' arts centre, Amsterdam,in co-edition with Will Holder, founder of 'the Werkplaats Typografie'. It focuses on the 'status' of writing in contemporary art practice. Writing as 'the core material' of a number of visual artists but equally as a mode that exists parallel to or in service of the visual. This issue is part of a project curated by the participants of de Appel Curatorial Programme 07/08, who have hijacked the journal to encapsulate their intentions (shared, stolen or otherwise discovered). The journal explores the many intersections between circulation and storytelling.
Théorie de l’architecture
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Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada's history. They promised fame and fortune to early merchant-adventurers and guided army commanders. They legitimized a politician's dominion and allowed businessmen to stake new claims. And they helped ordinary citizens build communities. "Terra Nostra" celebrates the mapping of Canada, in part by telling the stories of the(...)
Terra Nostra : the story behind Canada's maps, 1550-1950, from the collection of Library and Archives Canada
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Maps have been invaluable throughout Canada's history. They promised fame and fortune to early merchant-adventurers and guided army commanders. They legitimized a politician's dominion and allowed businessmen to stake new claims. And they helped ordinary citizens build communities. "Terra Nostra" celebrates the mapping of Canada, in part by telling the stories of the exceptional individuals who helped to create the maps. Drawn from the cartographic holdings of Library and Archives Canada, it spans four centuries - from the portolan charts of the early explorers to recent aerial images of east coast ice floes. Jeffrey S. Murray is senior archivist at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.
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juin 2008, Sillery
Architecture du Canada
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Rédigé dans la foulé de l'exposition du même nom, le présent essai est plus qu'un catalogue d'exposition. L'auteur a en effet choisi de se livrer à une réflexion sur le genre esthétique du paysage à partir de travaux récents d'artistes québécois utilisant la photographie. La pensée se déploie au plus près de ceux-ci, dans le cadre d'une approche critique revisitant le(...)
OIKOS habitacles / habitable places
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Rédigé dans la foulé de l'exposition du même nom, le présent essai est plus qu'un catalogue d'exposition. L'auteur a en effet choisi de se livrer à une réflexion sur le genre esthétique du paysage à partir de travaux récents d'artistes québécois utilisant la photographie. La pensée se déploie au plus près de ceux-ci, dans le cadre d'une approche critique revisitant le genre. Et parce que cet ouvrage est aussi catalogue d'exposition, la réflexion progresse jusqu'à une conclusion en acte puisque c'est aux oeuvres présentées dans l'exposition qu'elle réserve son aboutissement. Written for the exhibition of the same name, this essay is more than an exhibition catalogue. The author has chosen to engage in a reflexion on the aesthetic genre of landscape based on recent works by Quebec photo artists. His thought closely follows these artists as part of a critical approach that re-examines the genre. And because this work is also an exhibition catalogue, the author's reflection progresses to a conclusive act whose finale lies in the works presented in the exhibition.
Architecture de Montréal
Asleep in the afternoon
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First published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1938. Reprinted in 2008 by Hyphen Press, layout by Stuart Bailey. ASLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON tells about a shy and retiring physicist whose custom it is to sleep four or five hours every day. It is a strange practice, and appears to be due to the fact that he is deaf and unhappy about this defect. But presently it transpires that(...)
Asleep in the afternoon
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First published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1938. Reprinted in 2008 by Hyphen Press, layout by Stuart Bailey. ASLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON tells about a shy and retiring physicist whose custom it is to sleep four or five hours every day. It is a strange practice, and appears to be due to the fact that he is deaf and unhappy about this defect. But presently it transpires that his deafness is only pretended; the real reason is that he has an active and aggressive wife from whom he seeks refuge. He wears a little hearing apparatus in his ear, even when he is sleeping in the afternoon; it turns out that it is not a hearing apparatus at all, but a device with which he is conducting experiments. It produces a kind of ray which effects the brain and causes sleep accompanied by delightful dreams.
Théorie de l’architecture
Sugar in the air
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First published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1937. Reprinted in 2008 by Hyphen Press, layout by Stuart Bailey. "The title of Mr Large's novel is a strange one: SUGAR IN THE AIR. It was published in this country (England) by Scribner's and had a considerable success. It is the story of a hard-working and serious-minded chemist who devotes himself to the problem of making(...)
Sugar in the air
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First published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 1937. Reprinted in 2008 by Hyphen Press, layout by Stuart Bailey. "The title of Mr Large's novel is a strange one: SUGAR IN THE AIR. It was published in this country (England) by Scribner's and had a considerable success. It is the story of a hard-working and serious-minded chemist who devotes himself to the problem of making synthetic sugar. Not being a chemist myself, I do not know how plausible Mr Large's formulas and processes would sound to a technical man, but they are convincing to the lay reader, and by the time we see the first supply of "Sunsap" coming out of the vats we believe in it, and are prepared to see the food industry revolutionized. But we have forgotten the profit-takers. Mr Large's hard-working chemist finds himself and his process tied into knots by the financiers." Upton Sinclair
Théorie de l’architecture
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E.C. Large (1902 - 76) was, successively, an industrial chemist, a writer, and a plant scientist. As a writer he is known for his magisterial history of plant diseases, "The advance of the fungi", and for two novels, "Sugar in the air" and "Asleep in the afternoon". "God's amateur" is a companion to our republication of these two novels.
God's amateur: the writing of E.C. Large
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E.C. Large (1902 - 76) was, successively, an industrial chemist, a writer, and a plant scientist. As a writer he is known for his magisterial history of plant diseases, "The advance of the fungi", and for two novels, "Sugar in the air" and "Asleep in the afternoon". "God's amateur" is a companion to our republication of these two novels.
Théorie de l’architecture
Off-modern
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Svetlana Boym is a writer, theorist, and media artist, and teaches Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. 'If in the 1980s artists dreamed of becoming their own curators and borrowed from the theorists, now the theorists dream of becoming artists. Disappointed with their own disciplinary specialization, thet immigrate into each other's territory. The(...)
Off-modern
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Svetlana Boym is a writer, theorist, and media artist, and teaches Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. 'If in the 1980s artists dreamed of becoming their own curators and borrowed from the theorists, now the theorists dream of becoming artists. Disappointed with their own disciplinary specialization, thet immigrate into each other's territory. The lateral move again. Neither backward nor forward, but sideways.' This is the second volume in a series of books related to the FORuM Project, Buell Center, Columbia University, New York, dedicated to exploring the relationship of architectural form to politics and urban life.
Théorie de l’architecture
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"Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" features 18 projects from the firm’s critically acclaimed first decade. The diverse portfolio of projects included run the gamut in scale from furniture and exhibition design to townhouse and city plans. Well grounded in the realities of construction – Leven's resume includes a stint in a metal fabrication shop, while Betts spent two(...)
Architecture, monographies
octobre 2008, New York
Leven Betts: pattern recognition
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"Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" features 18 projects from the firm’s critically acclaimed first decade. The diverse portfolio of projects included run the gamut in scale from furniture and exhibition design to townhouse and city plans. Well grounded in the realities of construction – Leven's resume includes a stint in a metal fabrication shop, while Betts spent two years as a project manager at a construction firm – the spare but elegant work of Leven Betts is characterized by a distinctive blend of materials, light, and texture. Featuring numerous photos, drawings, and diagrams, "Leven Betts: Pattern Recognition" invites architecture professionals and students to explore a unique design process and discover their own powers of observation. David Leven and Stella Betts are principals of Leven Betts in Manhattan. Their architecture has been highlighted in numerous magazines and books.
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