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LOGOS + TRAINS | ALLAN FLEMING :: CN LOGO ON THE TURBOTRAIN
Turbo Train in 1973, westbound from Montréal en route to Toronto Trial run of the turbo | Montréal, Québec, Canada, 27 Oct. 1967 | Photographer > unknown The TurboTrain under testing |...
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ARCHITECTURE | Icons of 20th-Century Architecture :: Buildings that Sparked...
2010.09.09 It’s my birthday and I’m feeling a little saudade, reflecting on how much blogging I’ve done since I started designKULTUR this time last year and just how it all got to this point (255 posts...
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URBANISM | Montréal 1967 :: A Vision of the City as the Future
Coming soon Buckminster Fuller, US Pavilion for the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal, 1967, Image courtesy the Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller Filed under: CITIES | MONTRÉAL
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ARCHITECTURE | Pyramides Inversées :: Upside-Down Pyramids ::: Caracas,...
PHOTO > Herbert L. McDonald PHOTO > “China Pavilion at Night” by stefano meneghetti, Flickr ”The Crown of the East” Carola Barrios | Niemeyer’s Art Museum: Its Place in the Modern Cityscape of...
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ARCHITECTURE + FASHION | The Globe and Mail :: »Pretty in Parkas« @ Moshe...
It’s hard to believe today but, when expo 67 closed its gates for good, the Government of Canada had a hard time offloading Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 apartments. “Too far from the city centre” and “Too...
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AIRPORTS | White Elephants in the Room :: Aéroport International...
For architecture, transportation, and graphics aficionados everywhere, I’d like to point you in the direction of the always excellent Franny Wentzel’s post of an entire Transport Canada brochure from...
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AIRPORTS | ’70s Visions of Flight :: Montréal-Mirabel ::: Presentation...
Click to enlarge Aérogare de l’Aéroport international de Montréal, Mirabel, Québec Panneau de présentation. F.R. Shieder, concepteur ; Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc Edwards, architectes Entre 1970 et...
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AIRPORTS | YMX :: Aéroport International Montréal-Mirabel International...
Photo > Stéphane Danré PHOTO > Mirabel Airport, Montreal Quebec 1976 by CanadaGood, Flickr I always loved Mirabel’s clean, straightforward design. I like the long black box look of the thing and...
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EXPOS + AIRPORTS | Same Same :: Le Pavilion du Québec @ expo 67 + l’Aéroport...
The similarities are strikingly apparent: Mirabel is just the Québec Pavilion sans the moat and elongated for travel. Who wants to be known for designing a White Elephant? But before there was Mirabel...
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THE EXPO FILES | expo 67 :: Man and His World ::: Québec vs. Ontario
I remember the buzz about the Québec and Ontario Pavilions at expo 67 was that staid Ontario’s was rather flamboyant whilst the opposite were true of Québec’s entry. Polar opposites in style next to...
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THE EXPO FILES | LAC + »The Memorial Album of the first category universal...
Kaleidoscope Pulp and Paper Africa Place Czechoslovakia’s »Diapolyécran« La Création du Monde (10:11) by Josef Svoboda France Québec Ontario USA Canada Wayfinding by Paul Arthur + Associates USSR/CCCP...
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THE EXPO FILES | expo 67 :: The Photo ::: »Interior view of Theatre Salle...
Salle Wilfrid Pelletier and Montréal’s Place des Arts: an amazing piece of ’60s modernism caught in an amazing photo during expo’s World Festival. Photographer unknown. Filed under: ARCHITECTS +...
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THE EXPO FILES | ’60s Style Icons :: Jackie, Grace + Margaret @ Man and His...
Elizabeth II :: 3 July 1967 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia :: 2 May 1967 King of Thailand Bhunibol Abulyadej Prince Albert and Princess Paola of Belgium Princess Irene of Greece :: 28 August 1967 6...
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THE EXPO FILES | 1867-1967 :: The Party of a Century ::: »The Politics of...
Opening day at Expo :: 1967.04.27 Filed under: ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, CANADIAN DESIGN, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, designKULTUR✭ STARS, EXPO 67 | MAN AND HIS WORLD, LOGOLANDIA, URBAN PLANNING Tagged:...
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ARCHITECTS | Luc Durand :: Québec @ expo 67 + Le Village Olympique ’76 +...
TOP > Luc Durand, draughtsman. Interior Québec pavilion, Expo 67, Montréal. 1964. Black felt-tip pen and colored pencil on tracing paper, 42.9 x 35.5 cm. CCA Collection. ARCH198083 BOTTOM >...
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