The Modern Concrete Skyscraper: Translations in Architecture: Montreal’s Place Victoria

November 19 , 6:00 pm to November 19 , 7:00 pm

, New York, NY

Free

The Skyscraper Museum continues its lecture series In Situ: The Modern Concrete Skyscraper, which examines key experiments in concrete construction and the range of paradigmatic concrete skyscrapers throughout history, in preparation for our Fall 2024 exhibition of the same name.

The collaborations between architects and engineers that has been the focus of this series, as well as the contrast between the American and European innovators in concrete, Fazlur Khan and Pier Luigu Nervi, are further explored in a case study by architectural historian Katie Filek.

In 1965, the 47-story and 623ft/190m Place Victoria in Montreal’s financial district, also known as the Stock Exchange Tower or Tour de la Bourse, surpassed Chicago’s 1000 Lake Shore Plaza as the world’s tallest concrete skyscraper. Designed and built from 1960-1965 by Italian architect Luigi Moretti and Italian structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi, along with a team of professionals based in both Montreal and in Italy, the project brought together expertise from both sides of the Atlantic. In her talk, based on research for her dissertation, Filek will detail the use of concrete in the tower and discuss how the project was the product of both highly localized conditions of costs, materials, and labour in Montreal and of specialized knowledge held not only by the Italian designers, but also by Montreal-based architects and engineers.

To register for this FREE program, click on the link to RSVP. You will be redirected to Ticketstripe where you’ll receive the Zoom link upon registering. The webinar is limited to 100 attendees, but will be livestreamed to our YouTube channel.

This is an online event.

Organization Details:
The Skyscraper Museumhttps://skyscraper.org/programs/place-victoria-montreal/212-945-6324programs@skyscraper.org

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