1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
Learning from... Calgary
Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
17 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Calgary
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Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
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The planet is the client
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Troubled Waters
Nature reorganized
20 January 2017
Troubled Waters
The Hudson River as Symbol of America’s Past and Harbinger of the Future
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Nature reorganized
Ecological Supercity
On the occasion of Earth Day and to celebrate the launch of Goodbye Oil, our new children’s book by Harriet Russell, we invite you to help us create a giant collaborative drawing. Come design an ecological city that will cover an entire continent, including mountains, ocean, desert and more, and won’t use any oil.
Shaughnessy House
21 April 2018, 11am to 4pm
Ecological Supercity
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On the occasion of Earth Day and to celebrate the launch of Goodbye Oil, our new children’s book by Harriet Russell, we invite you to help us create a giant collaborative drawing. Come design an ecological city that will cover an entire continent, including mountains, ocean, desert and more, and won’t use any oil.
Shaughnessy House
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274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
[Paris] : Fayard, ©2005.
Pétrole apocalypse / Yves Cochet.
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274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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[Paris] : Fayard, ©2005.
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89. [6] pages illustrations (including maps, plans) 27 cm
Paris, R. Blamon, J. Kahane et cie., 1932.
Une cité du pétrole, par Alexandre Zamphiropol. Préface de Auguste Bruggeman. Ovrage illustré de 17 gravures hors texte.
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89. [6] pages illustrations (including maps, plans) 27 cm
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Paris, R. Blamon, J. Kahane et cie., 1932.
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1 print : lithograph, color ; 54 x 38 cm
[Paris] : Comité National de Prévoyance et d'Economies, [between 1914 and 1918] (Paris : Union Franc̜aise)
Economisons le pétrole, l'essence / Marie Louise Jeanningros.
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1 print : lithograph, color ; 54 x 38 cm
graphic materials
[Paris] : Comité National de Prévoyance et d'Economies, [between 1914 and 1918] (Paris : Union Franc̜aise)
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479 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Paris : A. Colin, 2006.
Géopolitique du pétrole / Philippe Sébille-Lopez.
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479 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
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Paris : A. Colin, 2006.
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164 pages ; 23 cm
Paris : Plon, 2007.
La vie presque sans pétrole / Jérôme Bonaldi ; avec la collaboration d'Olivier Nouvel.
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164 pages ; 23 cm
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Paris : Plon, 2007.