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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
As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
Main galleries
14 May 2008 to 26 October 2008
Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa
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As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
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Ideas of living
House A, Tokyo, Chance Street houses, London, Casa Insinga, Milan, Ahmedabad House, India
8 March 2016
Ideas of living
Looking beyond the North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
21 February 2019, 6:30pm
Meanwhile, in London: With Léa-Catherine Szacka
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Looking beyond the North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
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1964: Fun Palace
What the future looked like
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ca. 1862
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ca. 1862
London International Exhibition (1862): Interior view of exhibition hall
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ca. 1862
International Exhibition, interior view of hall with fountain in foreground, London, England
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The letter mentions the proposal of a modified form of the Fun Palace Project to be introduced experimentally at Newly Road.
13 October 1964
Letter from London County Council to Cedric Price regarding the Fun Palace Project
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The letter mentions the proposal of a modified form of the Fun Palace Project to be introduced experimentally at Newly Road.
DR1995:0188:744
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The letter's signatory is illegible, but it is noted that the letter is signed on behalf of the Clerk of the Council. The letter contains information on the Council's decision regarding 54 acres (including Glengall Wharf) in the Isle of Dogs development proposed site for the Fun Palace Project.
13 September 1963
Letter from the London County Council to Cedric Price regarding the Fun Palace Project
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DR1995:0188:744
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The letter's signatory is illegible, but it is noted that the letter is signed on behalf of the Clerk of the Council. The letter contains information on the Council's decision regarding 54 acres (including Glengall Wharf) in the Isle of Dogs development proposed site for the Fun Palace Project.