The North Shore and the adjacent area of the Labrador Trough were chosen to test research tools and the agency of architecture in a research studio for graduate students in the School of Architecture at the University of Montreal. Led by Alessandra Ponte and titled Testing Ground: The Labrador Trough, the studio focused on a geological formation – a large iron ore belt –(...)
2 October 2014
Learning from… Labrador Trough
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The North Shore and the adjacent area of the Labrador Trough were chosen to test research tools and the agency of architecture in a research studio for graduate students in the School of Architecture at the University of Montreal. Led by Alessandra Ponte and titled Testing Ground: The Labrador Trough, the studio focused on a geological formation – a large iron ore belt –(...)
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Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
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10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
Learning from... Ordos
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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What is life like in 2040?
16 October 2020
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9 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller.
Comment les architectes, les experts, les politiciens, les agences internationales et les citoyens négocient l'urbanisme moderne : Casablanca Chandigarh = How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies, and citizens negotiate modern planning : Casablanca Chandigarh : exhibition products, 2013-2014.
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9 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller.
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156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Genève : Métis Presses, 2009.
Les experts de la reconstruction : figures et stratégies de l'élite technique dans l'Europe de l'après-guerre = Gli esperti della ricostruzione : figure e strategie dell'élite tecnica nell'Europa del dopoguerra / Elena Cogato-Lanza, Patrizia Bonifazio.
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156 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Genève : Métis Presses, 2009.
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[2], lii, 592 pages ; 18 cm (12mo)
[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], M. DCC. LXIX [1769]
Les loix des bâtiments, suivant la coutume de Paris : traitant de ce qui concerne les servitudes réelles, les rapports des jurés-experts, les réparations locatives, douairieres, usufruitieres, bénéficiales, &c. / enseignées par M. Desgodets ... ; avec les notes de M. Goupy ...
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[Paris?] : [publisher not identified], M. DCC. LXIX [1769]
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xxxii, 700, [4] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
A Paris : Chez Barrois ..., M. DCC. LXVIII. [1768]
Les loix des bâtimens : suivant la coutume de Paris, traitant de ce qui concerne les servitudes réelles, les rapports des jurés-experts, les réparations locatives, douairieres, usufruitieres, bénéficiales, &c. / enseignées par M. Desgodets ... ; avec les notes de M. Goupy ...
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xxxii, 700, [4] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
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A Paris : Chez Barrois ..., M. DCC. LXVIII. [1768]
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xxxii, 544 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
A Paris : Chez De Bure, fils, Quai des Augustins, a S. Claude, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]
Les loix des bâtiments suivant la coutume de Paris : traitant de ce qui concerne les servitudes réelles, les rapports des jurés-experts, les réparations locatives, douairieres, usufruitieres, bénéficiales, &c. / enseignées par M. Desgodets ... ; avec les notes de M. Goupy ...
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xxxii, 544 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
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A Paris : Chez De Bure, fils, Quai des Augustins, a S. Claude, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]
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lix, 149 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bruxelles : Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1976.
Les géomètres-arpenteurs du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle dans nos provinces : exposition organisée à l'occasion du centenaire de l'Union des géomètres-experts de Bruxelles et du cinquantenaire de la Conférence des jeunes géomètres du 21 mai au 31 juillet 1976 / composition et rédaction du catalogue par Roger Schonaerts ; les commentaires sur les ordonnances, coutumes, patentes, commissions et les Moëres sont de Jean Mosselmans ; introduction de Jean Mosselmans.
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lix, 149 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Bruxelles : Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1976.