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(...)
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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(...)
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A Social Reset
31 May 2021
Life in the Phygital Precariat: Some newly invented terms provide an introduction to contemporary realities.
Text by Isaac Harrisson, Grace Mortlock, Lindsay Mulligan, and David Neustein, Other Architects. Illustrations by Isaac Harrisson.
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31 May 2021
A Social Reset
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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Temporal Conjunctions
A history of references
7 April 2021
Temporal Conjunctions
Peter Sealy discusses pastoral imagery in contemporary representations
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A history of references
PH1997:0102
architecture
between 1986 and 1993
architecture
ARCH177460
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views of various projects by Gardiner and Thornton (Princess Margaret High School, St. Anthony's Church), Semmens, Simpson (Vancouver Public Library Collingwood Branch), Charles B.K, Van Norman (models of the Burrard Building and the Canada Customs Building), and other church, school, factory, residential, gas station, and high-rise buildings.
ca. 1954
Contemporary West Coast Architecture: A Portfolio by Graham Warrington
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views of various projects by Gardiner and Thornton (Princess Margaret High School, St. Anthony's Church), Semmens, Simpson (Vancouver Public Library Collingwood Branch), Charles B.K, Van Norman (models of the Burrard Building and the Canada Customs Building), and other church, school, factory, residential, gas station, and high-rise buildings.
PHCON2002:0016:093:007
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published 1971
Herald of Coming Good: First Appeal to Contemporary Humanity
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ARCH281807
11 September 1988
ARCH281808
1 September 1988 or 1989