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Agenda / November 13–April 05, 2020

Building a new New World: Amerikanizm in Russian Architecture

Curated by Jean-Louis Cohen
Charles Dédoyard, Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station under construction, Zaporozhe, Soviet Union (now in Ukraine), 1932. Gelatin silver print, 8.2 × 5.8 cm. PH1987:0799, Canadian Centre for Architecture. Charles Dédoyard, Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station under construction, Zaporozhe, Soviet Union (now in Ukraine), 1932. Gelatin silver print, 8.2 × 5.8 cm. PH1987:0799, Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Canadian Centre for Architecture

1920 Baile Street

Montreal, Quebec

Date

November 13–April 05, 2020

The exhibition rewrites the history of Russian architecture and urban design in light of an enduring amerikanizm by analyzing, among others, high-rise buildings, including of the late Stalinist era, factories and industrial infrastructure, and Cold War product design.