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Exhibitions have long played a crucial role in defining disciplinary histories This fascinating volume examines the impact of eleven groundbreaking architecture and design exhibitions held between 1956 and 2006 revealing how they have shaped contemporary understanding and practice of these fields Featuring written and photographic descriptions of the shows and illuminating essays from noted curators scholars critics designers and theorists As Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design History explores the multifaceted ways in which exhibitions have reflected on contemporary dilemmas and opened up new processes and ways of working Providing a fresh perspective on some of the most important exhibitions of the 20th century from America Europe and Japan including This Is Tomorrow Expo 70 and Massive Change this book offers a new framework for thinking about how exhibitions can function as a transformative force in the field of architecture and design Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago As Seen Exhibitions that Made Architecture and Design HistoryBeautifully conceptualised and framed by Ryan every contribution unfolds the layers of these 11 exhibitions which maybe not maybe definitely changed the course of history theory and practice of design and architecture Zoe Ryan