Title & Author:

The 60s : Montreal thinks big / edited by André Lortie ; Olivo Barbieri [and others].

Publication:

Description:

205 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm

Notes:
Published simultaneously in French under the title: Les années 60 : Montréal voit grand.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Oct. 20, 2004-Sept. 11, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-203) and index.
Photographic prologue : site specific_montreal 04 / Olivo Barbieri -- Preface / Phyllis Lambert -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The 1960s : human conquest and urban tension -- Montreal and the metropolitan area in the 1960s (map) -- Downtown Montreal in the 1960s : major projects (map) -- Master plan for metropolitan Montreal -- A society in motion : the quiet revolution and the rise of the middle class / Marcel Fournier -- The players -- A collective vision (the Quebec Pavilion Competition) -- Images of the city -- The impact of multimedia -- Montreal 1960 : the singularities of a metropolitan archetype / André Lortie -- Urban ills -- Standardization and models -- The Champlain bridge, Candiac, and Nuns' Island -- Metropolitan Boulevard -- The East-West Expressway -- Territorial expansion and urban laboratory -- Learning from Montreal / roundtable with André Lortie, Michael Sorkin, and Jean-Louis Cohen -- International architectural influences and references -- The effects of the metro -- North-south axis in the west -- North-south axis in the East -- Perceptions from abroad -- Architectural display and megastructures -- Architects and engineers active in Montreal in the 1960s -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic epilogue / Olivo Barbieri.

Summary:

During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montréal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montréal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these changes.The exhibition's original models, photographs, press documents, and statements from influential figures, combined with film, video, and advertising from the period, describe the sweeping changes the city underwent and the excitement they generated.The 60s: Montréal Thinks Big originated as part of a collaboration among seven museums across Canada, with the aim of bringing to light Canada's significant role in advancing innovative social and cultural agendas during the pivotal decade of the 1960s. "Part of the originality of The Sixties: Montreal Thinks Big lies in its contribution to the broad history of architecture and thinking about the city," notes Andre Lortie, curator and designer of the exhibition. "If Montreal was unusual among cities in the West because of the massive scale of the changes that transformed its skyline, at the same time, it is archetypal of such phenomena in North America, South America, and Europe." Exhibition visitors are thus made aware of the network of international exchange of ideas, and Montreal's place within it during the period when Canada's largest city was opening its horizons to the world.

ISBN:

1553650751 (acid-free paper)
9781553650751 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

City planning Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century Exhibitions.
City planning Québec (Province) Montréal Exhibitions.
Urbanisme Québec (Province) Montréal Expositions.
Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal Expositions.
Architecture Québec (Province) Montréal Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture.
City planning.
Québec Montréal.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Lortie, André, 1958-
Barbieri, Olivo, 1954-
Centre canadien d'architecture.

Montreal thinks big
Sixties : Montreal thinks big

Holdings:

Location: Library cage cca productions 232752
Call No.: 2004-6
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage cca productions 232753
Call No.: 2004-6
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library study room cca productions 232751
Call No.: NA9130.Q42 M636 2004
Copy: c. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main montreal 232764
Call No.: NA9130.Q42 M636 2004
Copy: c. 4
Status: Available