Two Victorian slum buildings, front view with fence between them, Chicago, Illinois, United States
PH1981:0230
Two Victorian slum buildings, front view with fence between them, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Glasgow Improvements Act
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19th century, albumen silver print, carbon print, Écosse, épreuve argentique à l'albumine, épreuve au charbon, Glasgow, Glasgow City Improvement Trust, health, photoengraving, photographie, photography, photogravure, santé, Scotland, slum, taudis, Thomas Annan, XIXe siècle
17 November 2011
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Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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12 May 2015 to 4 October 2015
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76
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Born out of the Portuguese revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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Learning from... Nairobi
Italian documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano presents his ongoing study of Nairobi’s exploding slums. The city is represented through the many portraits of residents, workers and communities he captured, giving evidence of the built environment that shapes local urban cultures. The Learning From… series takes its title from Learning From Las Vegas(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 October 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Nairobi
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Italian documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano presents his ongoing study of Nairobi’s exploding slums. The city is represented through the many portraits of residents, workers and communities he captured, giving evidence of the built environment that shapes local urban cultures. The Learning From… series takes its title from Learning From Las Vegas(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH104339
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Slum Clearance and Reconditioning of Insanitary Dwellings, by International Housing Association, 1935
1935
Slum Clearance and Reconditioning of Insanitary Dwellings
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Slum Clearance and Reconditioning of Insanitary Dwellings, by International Housing Association, 1935
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1935
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72 p. : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
[New York : s.n., 1956]
Lincoln Square slum clearance plan under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 as amended.
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72 p. : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
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[New York : s.n., 1956]
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Slum / Peter Weibel (Hg.).
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Graz : Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 2008.
Slum / Peter Weibel (Hg.).
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112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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Graz : Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 2008.
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90 p. : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
New York : Actar, 2013.
Slum insider : Mathare, Nairobi.
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90 p. : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
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New York : Actar, 2013.
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ix, 166 pages 19 cm
London, W. Heinemann [1933]
Slum, by Howard Marshall, in collaboration with Miss Avice Trevelyan.
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ix, 166 pages 19 cm
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London, W. Heinemann [1933]