The 60s: Montreal thinks big
During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montreal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montreal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The CCA's exhibition The Sixties: Montreal Thinks Bi...
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Montreal
Canadian Centre for Architecture
2004
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| Zusammenfassung: | During the 1960s, the massive scale of the changes that transformed Montreal made it an archetype of the great metropolises of the Western world. As host of Expo 67, Montreal asserted itself on the international scene as a city of the future. The CCA's exhibition The Sixties: Montreal Thinks Big illustrates the processes that brought about these spectacular changes that were recognized all over the world. From gallery to gallery, the exhibition's original models, photographs, press documents, and statements from influential figures, combined with film, video, and advertising from the period, describe - through the urban projects that were conceived as well as the architecture that gave them material form - the sweeping changes the city underwent and the excitement they generated. "Part of the originality of The Sixties: Montreal Thinks Big lies in its contribution to the broad history of architecture and thinking about the city," notes Andre Lortie, curator and designer of the exhibition. "If Montreal was unusual among cities in the West because of the massive scale of the changes that transformed its skyline, at the same time, it is archetypal of such phenomena in North America, South America, and Europe." Exhibition visitors are thus made aware of the network of international exchange of ideas, and Montreal's place within it during the period when Canada's largest city was opening its horizons to the world |
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| Beschreibung: | 205 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 1553650751 9781553650751 |