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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What the future looked like
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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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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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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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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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Jean Ouellet fonds
AP129
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Le fonds Jean Ouellet contient des esquisses, des dessins de présentation et d'exécution, des photographies de maquettes, d'édifices construits ou en construction, des portraits et des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des rapports, des études de faisabilité, des programmes et de la correspondance se rapportant à 14 projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme, réalisés ou proposés principalement à Montréal, mais aussi à Québec. Le fonds comprend 693 documents photographiques (approx.), 3 mètres linéaires de documents textuels (approx. 217 pièces), 91 dessins, 59 reprographies, 33 documents graphiques et 7 publications. Les documents ont été principalement créés entre les années 1960 à 2000 avec une forte proportion provenant des années 70.
1944-2002
Jean Ouellet fonds
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Le fonds Jean Ouellet contient des esquisses, des dessins de présentation et d'exécution, des photographies de maquettes, d'édifices construits ou en construction, des portraits et des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des rapports, des études de faisabilité, des programmes et de la correspondance se rapportant à 14 projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme, réalisés ou proposés principalement à Montréal, mais aussi à Québec. Le fonds comprend 693 documents photographiques (approx.), 3 mètres linéaires de documents textuels (approx. 217 pièces), 91 dessins, 59 reprographies, 33 documents graphiques et 7 publications. Les documents ont été principalement créés entre les années 1960 à 2000 avec une forte proportion provenant des années 70.
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1944-2002
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Robert Duchesnay fonds
AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
1985-1992
Robert Duchesnay fonds
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
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1985-1992