Monica Pidgeon of Pidgeon Digital

Pidgeon Digital announced that Monica Pidgeon, founder of Pidgeon Digital passed away September 17. Her 95 years are a wonderful record of Architecture in the 20th and early 21st centuries, and many tributes have been made in the press, including The Times -- see http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6844751.ece – The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Architects’ Journal, Building Design and many others.

There is to be a Memorial Service at the Architectural Association in London on November 23rd. Details are to be found at http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/PUBLIC/eventsDiary.aspx?eventCommand=year&eventAttribute=Forthcoming, on page 2. Also AA radio at aair.fmis planning to do a programme on the event.

New talks added to Pidgeon Digital (Arch, ID, Art)

Illustrated talks by architects and related designers.
http://ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca:2048/login?url=https://www.pidgeondigital.com

CECIL BALMOND: Advancing Geometries

BERNARD TSCHUMI: The new Acropolis Museum in Athens

PETER EISENMAN: Career retrospective

KEVIN ROCHE: Career retrospective

CESAR PELLI: Career retrospective

ROBERT STERN: Career retrospective

DANIEL LIBESKIND: Royal Ontario Museum

ROBERT VENTURI & DENISE SCOTT BROWN: Update on their theories

RICHARD MEIER: Jubilee Church, Rome

Summon - try our new search tool

We're excited to introduce you to Summon, a discovery tool that allows you to search across all the collections of Libraries and Cultural Resources (Library, Archives, Museum) along with scholarly material from thousands of publishers. Our intention is to allow you to discover previously-hidden local resources that may be relevant to your research.

We're labeling it as a beta because we know it's got a ways to go, and that's where you come in. Please use Summon for your searches, and let us know what you like about it, and where it still needs work.

Happy and fruitful searching!

Library Booksale

The library is offering surplus and duplicate items for sale at the
LIBRARY SURPLUS BOOKSALE
IN SUPPORT OF
THE UNITED WAY

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4TH
10 AM - 3 PM
LIBRARY LINK

PAPERBACKS: 50¢
HARDCOVERS: $1