The armies of World War Two represented only the tips of colliding icebergs, the belligerent nations which had mobilized and transformed themselves for a global “war of production” of unprecedented scale. Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War documents the extensive contribution of architecture to the war between the bombings of Guernica(...)
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13 April 2011 to 18 September 2011
Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War
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The armies of World War Two represented only the tips of colliding icebergs, the belligerent nations which had mobilized and transformed themselves for a global “war of production” of unprecedented scale. Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second World War documents the extensive contribution of architecture to the war between the bombings of Guernica(...)
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The Good Cause
Journeys and translation
Archis, Architecture en uniforme, Architecture in Uniform, Cold War, Guerre froide, La bonne cause, NAi, paix, peace, reconstruction, Seconde Guerre mondiale, Second World War, The Good Cause
28 March 2011
Journeys and translation
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Controlling Comfort
The rest of your senses
20th century, advertisement, air conditioning, American Iron and Steel Institute, Amérique du Nord, Architectural Forum, Architectural Review, Chrysler, climatisation, Committee on Steel Pipe Research, États-Unis, House Beautiful, Manfredo di Robilant, National Electric Products, North America, Progressive Architecture, publication, publicité, Seconde Guerre mondiale, Second World War, technologie, technology, United States, XXe siècle
1 October 2012
The rest of your senses
During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
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13 April 2011 to 18 September 2011
A Paper War: Pictures and words, 1939-1945
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During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
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Old Books New Cities
The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
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12 December 2013 to 15 June 2014
Old Books New Cities
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The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
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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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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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Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
7 March 2009 to 8 March 2009
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II
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Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
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Hazen Sise fonds
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
1933-1959
Hazen Sise fonds
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
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1933-1959
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Lionel March fonds
AP208
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The Lionel March fonds, circa 1957-2017, documents the work and activities of architect and professor Lionel March. The records within this fonds illustrate March’s architectural career, representing five professional and personal building projects, including the 1964 Whitehall plan; as well as his academic career in research and teaching, spanning England and North America, most notably March’s work with the Centre for Land Use and Built Form Studies (now the Martin Centre) and his research at UCLA. The fonds is largely composed of books from March’s library, textual records, slides and photographs, and drawings.
circa 1957 - 2017
Lionel March fonds
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The Lionel March fonds, circa 1957-2017, documents the work and activities of architect and professor Lionel March. The records within this fonds illustrate March’s architectural career, representing five professional and personal building projects, including the 1964 Whitehall plan; as well as his academic career in research and teaching, spanning England and North America, most notably March’s work with the Centre for Land Use and Built Form Studies (now the Martin Centre) and his research at UCLA. The fonds is largely composed of books from March’s library, textual records, slides and photographs, and drawings.
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circa 1957 - 2017
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Joseph Rykwert fonds
AP209
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
1928-2022
Joseph Rykwert fonds
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
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1928-2022