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Power and Planning
Nature reorganized
Arvida, cités-jardins, Ernest Isbell Barott, Garden City, industrial, industriel, Ludger Lemieux, Québec, Ross and Macdonald, Shawinigan, Témiscaming, Thomas Adams
23 July 2009
Nature reorganized
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
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6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
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Online
6 August 2024, 5pm to 8pm
Online
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Working with Energy
With and Within
Working with Energy, Kim Courrèges, Felipe de Ferrari, Plan Común, With and Within, Ignacio García Partarrieu, Arturo Scheidegger, Umwelt
10 May 2021
Working with Energy
Kim Courrèges and Felipe de Ferrari of Plan Común speak with Ignacio García Partarrieu and Arturo Scheidegger of Umwelt
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With and Within
Oliver Botar. Visiting Scholar. Biocentrism. Moholy-Nagy. Dynamic-Constructive System of Energies
30 March 2001
textual records
ARCH258728
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Correspondance, incluant des certificats de paiement, catalogues, notes, et rapports, relatives aux ascenseurs, aux téléphones, à la production énergie, à la blanchisserie, aux sprinklers, à la stérilisation, à la réfrigération, à la climatisation.
1928-1945
Correspondance avec des fournisseurs
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ARCH258728
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Correspondance, incluant des certificats de paiement, catalogues, notes, et rapports, relatives aux ascenseurs, aux téléphones, à la production énergie, à la blanchisserie, aux sprinklers, à la stérilisation, à la réfrigération, à la climatisation.
textual records
1928-1945
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Publications
AP146.S2.SS1
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La série comprend diverses publications sur le thème de l'habitation et de l'énergie solaire.
1954-2002
Publications
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AP146.S2.SS1
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La série comprend diverses publications sur le thème de l'habitation et de l'énergie solaire.
Sous-série 1
1954-2002
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The planet is the client