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Vendôme, mound of Vendôme, Commune de Paris, Paris, revolution, landscape, dirt, column, Napoleon, destruction, urban symbols, urban imaginary
Vendôme, mound of Vendôme, Commune de Paris, Paris, revolution, landscape, dirt, column, Napoleon, destruction, urban symbols, urban imaginary
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28 February 2016
28 February 2016
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
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14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
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Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
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14 June 1995 to
14 September 1995
14 June 1995 to
14 September 1995
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Learning from... Mumbai
Learning from... Mumbai
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Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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9 April 2009
9 April 2009
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Learning from... Mumbai
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Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
Learning from... Mumbai
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Rahul Mehrotra presents a reading of Mumbai’s form as a symbol of India’s emerging urban culture. The lecture examines Mumbai, a megalopolis with more than 13 million inhabitants, as two distinct elements that occupy the same physical space. The first, the Static City, built of permanent materials like concrete, steel and brick, can be captured as a two-dimensional entity(...)
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9 April 2009
9 April 2009
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Visiting Scholars 2012
Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
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2 April 2012 to 31 August 2012
2 April 2012 to 31 August 2012
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Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
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2 April 2012 to
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AP058.S4.009
AP058.S4.009
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1944
1944
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A Study in urban planning: standard symbols and methods of representation
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AP058.S4.009
A Study in urban planning: standard symbols and methods of representation
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AP058.S4.009
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1944
1944
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1 volume (unpaged) : plans (some color) ; 42 x 51 cm
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1 volume (unpaged) : plans (some color) ; 42 x 51 cm
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Ottawa, Canada : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1944.
Ottawa, Canada : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1944.
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A study in urban planning : standard symbols and methods of representation / Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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1 volume (unpaged) : plans (some color) ; 42 x 51 cm
A study in urban planning : standard symbols and methods of representation / Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
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Ottawa, Canada : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1944.
Ottawa, Canada : Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1944.
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303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Leiden, Netherlands : Leiden University Press, 2011.
Leiden, Netherlands : Leiden University Press, 2011.
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Cities full of symbols : a theory of urban space and culture / edited by Peter J.M. Nas.
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303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Cities full of symbols : a theory of urban space and culture / edited by Peter J.M. Nas.
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Leiden, Netherlands : Leiden University Press, 2011.
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xii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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xii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Protestant Dublin, 1660-1760 : architecture and iconography / Robin Usher.
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xii, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Protestant Dublin, 1660-1760 : architecture and iconography / Robin Usher.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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xv, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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xv, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©1997.
Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©1997.
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The new religious image of urban America : the shopping mall as ceremonial center / Ira G. Zepp, Jr. ; with a foreword and introduction by David Carrasco.
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xv, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The new religious image of urban America : the shopping mall as ceremonial center / Ira G. Zepp, Jr. ; with a foreword and introduction by David Carrasco.
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Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©1997.
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xxix, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
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City of extremes : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray.
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xxix, 470 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
City of extremes : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray.
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
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