Crossed Histories: Gae Aulenti, Ada Louise Huxtable, Phyllis Lambert, on Architecture and the City

Born in the 1920s, critic Ada Louise Huxtable and architects Gae Aulenti and Phyllis Lambert were among the most influential figures in architecture and design during the postwar boom. Pioneers in what was then a largely male-dominated field, and key players in the transition from modernism to postmodernism, they set out to conquer the public spaces they designed and built.

Through accounts, archival images, drawings and photographs, this exhibition sheds light on some of their emblematic achievements and interweaves their extraordinary biographies to rethink the crucial role of women in the history of 20th-century architecture.

Opening on February 12, at 6 pm

Curator: Léa-Catherine Szacka
Associated curator: Catherine Bédard
 

Phyllis Lambert, Espace en négatif, New York City/Negative space, New York City, 1968 (tirage chromogénique/chromogenic print). Collection Phyllis Lambert, Montréal/Phyllis Lambert Collection, Montreal, PL-1596. © Phyllis Lambert.