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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
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When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
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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
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Paul Desmarais Theater
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78, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Paris : Musée des arts décoratifs : Flammarion, ©1985.
Charlotte Perriand : un art de vivre.
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Paris : Musée des arts décoratifs : Flammarion, ©1985.
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143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Bordeaux : Éditions Hervé Chopin, [2023]
La Cité radieuse de Marseille : Le Corbusier, un art pour vivre / Lionel Hoëbeke ; photographies d'Anne Chopin ; documentation de Guy Durand.
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314 pages ; 18 cm.
Gollion : Infolio, ©2012.
Bâtir la vie : un architecte témoin de son temps / Georges Candilis.
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La Douceur de vivre : art, style, and decoration in XVIIIth century France : 1st June-through July.
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xiv, 70 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
London : Wildenstein, [1983?]
La Douceur de vivre : art, style, and decoration in XVIIIth century France : 1st June-through July.
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London : Wildenstein, [1983?]
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Charlotte Perriand : an art of living / edited by Mary McLeod ; essays by Roger Aujame [and others].
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304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
New York : H.N. Abrams, in association with the Architectural League of New York, 2003.
Charlotte Perriand : an art of living / edited by Mary McLeod ; essays by Roger Aujame [and others].
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New York : H.N. Abrams, in association with the Architectural League of New York, 2003.
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156 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 22 cm
Paris : Les Beaux jours, ©2011.
Les extravagantes de la baie des Anges : architectures insolites du Second Empire aux années 1930 / Charles Bilas, Thomas Bilanges.
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Paris : Les Beaux jours, ©2011.