Inauguration de l'exposition : L'esprit nouveau : l'architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938-1963 = Exhibition opening : The new spirit : modern architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963 : recordings, 1997.

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Inauguration de l'exposition : L'esprit nouveau : l'architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938-1963 = Exhibition opening : The new spirit : modern architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963 : recordings, 1997.

Recordings of a panel discussion held Mar. 5, 1997 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "L'esprit nouveau : l'architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938-1963"/"The new spirit : modern architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963", on view at the CCA Mar. 5-May 25, 1997. Panelists Adele Freedman, Barry Downs, Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Oberlander, and Catherine Wisnicki discuss their work in architecture and landscape architecture in Vancouver during the 1950s, followed by a presentation by Sheila Copps. Opening remarks by Nicolas Olsberg; closing remarks by Phyllis Lambert.

1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.1 videocassette (Hi-8) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 8 mm. master.1 sound cassette (DAT) (ca. 60 min.) : digital ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape.1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.) : analog.

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