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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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7 July 2016, 6pm
7 July 2016, 6pm
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
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7 July 2016
6pm
7 July 2016
6pm
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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Learning from... Luanda
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(...)
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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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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1 November 2012 , 7pm
1 November 2012 , 7pm
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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(...)
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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1 November 2012
7pm
1 November 2012
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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DR2012:0015:025:017
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File containing documents in English, including newspaper clippings related to municipal construction projects in Montreal, and correspondence related to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Also included is a call for public art design submissions for the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site. Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: POTENTIAL PROJECTS
DR2012:0015:025:017
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File containing documents in English, including newspaper clippings related to municipal construction projects in Montreal, and correspondence related to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Also included is a call for public art design submissions for the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site. Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: POTENTIAL PROJECTS
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2011-2012
2011-2012
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Newspaper clippings, correspondence, call for public art design submissions, McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site, Montréal, Québec
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DR2012:0015:025:017
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File containing documents in English, including newspaper clippings related to municipal construction projects in Montreal, and correspondence related to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Also included is a call for public art design submissions for the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site. Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: POTENTIAL PROJECTS
Newspaper clippings, correspondence, call for public art design submissions, McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site, Montréal, Québec
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DR2012:0015:025:017
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File containing documents in English, including newspaper clippings related to municipal construction projects in Montreal, and correspondence related to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Also included is a call for public art design submissions for the McGill University Health Centre, Glen Site. Original folder inscribed on front label in graphite: POTENTIAL PROJECTS
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textual records
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2011-2012
2011-2012
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AP103
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The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
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1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
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IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds
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AP103
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The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds
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AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
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archives
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archives
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1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
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photographs
photographs
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Photograph of advertisement for the The Daily Morning Call newspaper, San Francisco, California
Photograph of advertisement for the The Daily Morning Call newspaper, San Francisco, California
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PH1980:0044:078
PH1980:0044:078
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1879-1880
1879-1880
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Photograph of advertisement for the The Daily Morning Call newspaper, San Francisco, California
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PH1980:0044:078
Photograph of advertisement for the The Daily Morning Call newspaper, San Francisco, California
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PH1980:0044:078
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photographs
photographs
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1879-1880
1879-1880
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archives
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archives
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John Bird fonds
John Bird fonds
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AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
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1942 - 1992
1942 - 1992
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John Bird fonds
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AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
John Bird fonds
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AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
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archives
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archives
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1942 - 1992
1942 - 1992
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5 items ; 28 cm or smaller
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5 items ; 28 cm or smaller
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A Call for Sustainable Community Solutions : competition documents, 1993.
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5 items ; 28 cm or smaller
A Call for Sustainable Community Solutions : competition documents, 1993.
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5 items ; 28 cm or smaller
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1 item : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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1 item : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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A Call for Creative and Visionary Projects : competition documents, 1993.
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1 item : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
A Call for Creative and Visionary Projects : competition documents, 1993.
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1 item : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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1 print (poster) : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
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1 print (poster) : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
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[Montréal : Université de Montréal, 1990]
[Montréal : Université de Montréal, 1990]
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Change [graphic] : arts/politics/sciences : call for papers.
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1 print (poster) : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
Change [graphic] : arts/politics/sciences : call for papers.
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1 print (poster) : ill. ; 44 x 28 cm.
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[Montréal : Université de Montréal, 1990]
[Montréal : Université de Montréal, 1990]
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Call for vision : San Francisco Embarcadero Waterfront Competition : competition documents, 1992.
Call for vision : San Francisco Embarcadero Waterfront Competition : competition documents, 1992.
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14 items : illustrations, plans ; 61 x 104 cm or smaller
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14 items : illustrations, plans ; 61 x 104 cm or smaller
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Call for vision : San Francisco Embarcadero Waterfront Competition : competition documents, 1992.
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14 items : illustrations, plans ; 61 x 104 cm or smaller
Call for vision : San Francisco Embarcadero Waterfront Competition : competition documents, 1992.
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14 items : illustrations, plans ; 61 x 104 cm or smaller
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