The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Main galleries
9 December 1998 to 25 April 1999
Photography and Transformations of the Contemporary City: Venezia – Marghera
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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Main galleries
23 July 1999
During the eighteenth century, Rome was both an important centre for Italian art and the focal point for the studies of most European artists; all were drawn by the city’s antique art, architecture, and statuary, as well as its Renaissance, Baroque, and eighteenth-century masterpieces. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries is concerned with eighteenth-century(...)
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18 August 1993 to 2 January 1994
Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries
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During the eighteenth century, Rome was both an important centre for Italian art and the focal point for the studies of most European artists; all were drawn by the city’s antique art, architecture, and statuary, as well as its Renaissance, Baroque, and eighteenth-century masterpieces. Exploring Rome: Piranesi and His Contemporaries is concerned with eighteenth-century(...)
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Museum of Contemporary Art
AP140.S2.SS2.D38
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File documents a dead project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1991. File contains textual records.
1990-1991
Museum of Contemporary Art
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AP140.S2.SS2.D38
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File documents a dead project for the Museum of Contemporary Art, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1991. File contains textual records.
File 38
1990-1991
textual records
textual records
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AP149.S1.1990.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication project "Comtemporary Architecture in India" in 1990. The material in this project series was produced between 1986 and 1991. The file contains research material, including photographs and slides of architecture in India.
1986-1991
Contemporary Architecture in India
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AP149.S1.1990.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's publication project "Comtemporary Architecture in India" in 1990. The material in this project series was produced between 1986 and 1991. The file contains research material, including photographs and slides of architecture in India.
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1986-1991
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AP116.S4.SS4
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Ignasi de Solà-Morales' Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture, translated by Graham Thompson, edited by Sarah Whiting. Material in sub-series was produced between 1992 and 1996. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, correspondence, artwork, computer diskette, notes, research material, and a copy of the final publication.
1992-1996
Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture
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AP116.S4.SS4
Description:
Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Ignasi de Solà-Morales' Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture, translated by Graham Thompson, edited by Sarah Whiting. Material in sub-series was produced between 1992 and 1996. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, correspondence, artwork, computer diskette, notes, research material, and a copy of the final publication.
Sub-series 4
1992-1996
PH1997:0102
architecture
between 1986 and 1993
architecture
photographs
PH1997:0103
architecture
1993?
photographs
1993?
architecture
textual records
ARCH153702
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essay by Vieri Quilici rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes English (translated by Marina Alfieri) and original Italian versions
circa 1970-1981
Contemporary Soviet Architectural Criticism
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ARCH153702
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essay by Vieri Quilici rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes English (translated by Marina Alfieri) and original Italian versions
textual records
circa 1970-1981