Entrée principale:

Le siècle américain : promesses et menaces (1995 : Montréal, Québec)

Titre et auteur:

Le siècle américain [sound recording] : promesses et menaces = The American century : promise and threat.

Publication:

[1995]

Description:

1 audiocassette (DAT) ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master

Notes:
Title from CCA Intersections, printemps/spring 1995.
Only consultation copy screened.
Content of original DAT cassette reformatted onto 2 compact discs in 2011.
The forum examines Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices with focus on Frank Lloyd Wright, Disneyland and American suburbs.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speakers: Jean-Louis Cohen, Karal Ann Marling, Georges Teyssot; moderator: David De Long.
Presentations in English and French; discussion and question period in English.

Résumé:

Audio recording of the public forum "Le siècle américain : Promesses et menaces = The American century : promise and threat", held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, June 16, 1995, in the context of the exhibition, "Scènes de la vie future : l'architecture européenne et la tentation de l'Amérique, 1893-1960 = Scenes of the world to come : European architecture and the American challenge, 1893-1960", June 14-Sept. 14, 1995, the first in a series of exhibitions organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the American Century.

Sujet:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Criticism and interpretation.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Architecture Europe American influences.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
City planning Europe American influences.
Suburbs United States.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture Europe Influence américaine.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture American influences
City planning American influences
Suburbs
Disneyland (Calif.)
California Disneyland
Europe
United States
Suburbs Europe.
Urban planning Europe 1890-1960.
Urban planning United States 1890-1960.
American Influence.
Centre canadien d'architecture Events

Classification/genre:

Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Lectures.
Sound recordings.
Audiocassettes.
Digital audio tapes.
Optical disks.
Compact discs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Vedettes secondaires:

Cohen, Jean-Louis.
De Long, David Gilson, 1939-
Marling, Karal Ann.
Teyssot, Georges, 1946-
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.

Promesses et menaces
American century : promise and threat
Promise and threat

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main av cca productions 269582
Cote: Box 3 (BIB 201844)
Notes: DAT
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main av cca productions 272113
Cote: Box 3 (BIB 201844)
Exemplaire: disc 1
Notes: CD consultation copy
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main av cca productions 272114
Cote: Box 3 (BIB 201844)
Exemplaire: disc 2
Notes: CD consultation copy
Statut: Disponible