Shaughnessy House
30 July 2009 , 6PM
Shaughnessy House
Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
20 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Katie Lloyd Thomas
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Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
Topic: Late 19th-century photography of Arab cities: perception and reception of Islamic architectural and urban features Presentation: Hidden perceptions of the “Islamic” city in early photography
4 July 2013
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Jorge Manuel Simão Alvez Correia
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Topic: Late 19th-century photography of Arab cities: perception and reception of Islamic architectural and urban features Presentation: Hidden perceptions of the “Islamic” city in early photography
Speed Reading
An afternoon reading marathon in which 20-25 people walk, jog, or run on a treadmill while reading aloud a text addressing the notion of speed. Reader-runners will share their preferred fast or slow manifesto, philosophical treatise, timetable, literary excerpt, slow-food recipe, biological notation, or space-time continuum in readings of 1 second to 4 minutes. Speed(...)
CCA Bookstore and galleries
20 September 2009
Speed Reading
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An afternoon reading marathon in which 20-25 people walk, jog, or run on a treadmill while reading aloud a text addressing the notion of speed. Reader-runners will share their preferred fast or slow manifesto, philosophical treatise, timetable, literary excerpt, slow-food recipe, biological notation, or space-time continuum in readings of 1 second to 4 minutes. Speed(...)
CCA Bookstore and galleries
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198 pages ; 22 cm
Paris : Anthropos, ©1985.
Urbanisation et enjeux quotidiens : terrains ethnologiques dans la France actuelle / Gérard Althabe [and others].
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198 pages ; 22 cm
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Paris : Anthropos, ©1985.
books
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209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Paris, France : Europia Productions, ©2008.
Patrimoine et enjeux actuels / sous la direction de Giovanni de Paoli, Nada El-Khoury Assouad et Georges Khayat.
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209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Paris, France : Europia Productions, ©2008.
books
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xlv, 740 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm.
New York : Garland ; Paris : Fondation Le Corbusier, 1983.
Buildings and projects, 1937-1942 / Le Corbusier.
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xlv, 740 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm.
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New York : Garland ; Paris : Fondation Le Corbusier, 1983.