Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
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Learning from… Toronto
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
4 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
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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(...)
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Studio Gang Ford Calumet Environmental Center project records, 2003-2012, documents the design process for the Ford Calumet Environmental Center in Chicago, United-States. The records represent both phases during the competition and the full-term design, after the firm won the project. The records consist of born-digital material, sketches and drawings, textual records, photographs and seven models.
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Studio Gang Ford Calumet Environmental Center project records
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Studio Gang Ford Calumet Environmental Center project records, 2003-2012, documents the design process for the Ford Calumet Environmental Center in Chicago, United-States. The records represent both phases during the competition and the full-term design, after the firm won the project. The records consist of born-digital material, sketches and drawings, textual records, photographs and seven models.
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23 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 cm
[Hong Kong] : The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, [2016]
Kenneth Frampton Architectural Book Collection : a symposium on critical architectural histories, 27-28 May 2016.
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23 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 cm
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[Hong Kong] : The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, [2016]
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xv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Intersections : architectural histories and critical theories / [edited by] Iain Borden and Jane Rendell.
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xv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
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187, [13] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
London : Architectural Association, ©2011.
Modernity unbound : other histories of architectural modernity / Detlef Mertins.
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187, [13] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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London : Architectural Association, ©2011.
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xviii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
The architectural model : histories of the miniature and the prototype, the exemplar and the muse / Matthew Mindrup.
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xviii, 326 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2019]
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xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019., ©2019
Laughing at architecture : architectural histories of humour, satire and wit / edited by Michela Rosso.
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xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019., ©2019