Crossed Histories Guided tour / ARCHIZOOM

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 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. 

The three protagonists of this exhibition have contributed to widen the debate on architecture and the city, bringing it to the public space. They have succeeded in preserving entire districts of their beloved cities, or in changing the general public’s view of what they can contribute to their environment. How did they do it? Thanks to or despite what circumstances? 

A guided tour by Léa-Catherine Szacka
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