Other Architects’ Work
1991-2004
Sub-series 4
Sub-series contains presentation material by the other architectural firms that was collected by the Foreign Office Architects. It consists of 4 books and one set of unbound presentation drawings, including work by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Zaha Hadid Architects, ALO architects, Frank O. Gehry, and Gehl Architects. It also includes a letter written by the OMA staff and signed by several staff members, including Farshid Moussavi, that addresses staff concerns regarding their pay and offers a proposal for computer-use strategies at the OMA, dated September 1991. Material in this sub-series was created between 1991 and 2004.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Documents are in English, with some German.
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This book is a Stage C outline proposal report (issue no. draft 01) by Lifschutz Davidson Architects for a office and retail redevelopment scheme for Wedge House, 32-40 Blackfriars Road, London.
1 book(s)
book: 21.3 × 31 × 1.5 cm (8 3/8 × 12 3/16 × 9/16 in.)
- The book has a spiral binding.
uninscribed
London Greater London England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English.
171-149-007
This book presents the design for the Hotel Marques de Riscal by Frank O. Gehry. It includes photographs of photographs of an architectural model, plans, computer-generated design renderings and photographs of the early stages of construction.
1 book(s)
book: 21.3 × 30.5 × 1 cm (8 3/8 × 12 × 3/8 in.)
- The book has a spiral binding.
inscribed with note and unidentified signature
Spain
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in Spanish.
This file contains a photocopy of a summary document by Gehl Architects, Urban Quality Consultants, for the project, "Towards a Fine City for People: Public Spaces and Public Life, London 2004".
1 textual record(s)
records: 0.01 l.m.
- These photocopies were originally bound by a metal clip. The clip was removed for conservation purposes.
London Greater London England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English.
171-150-004
This file contains a set of presentation material by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) for the Zac Danton office tower ("immeuble de bureaux pour la Zac Danton"), Paris, France. It includes text, plans, details, and photographs of an architectural model.
1 file(s)
folder: 24.5 × 37.5 cm records: 0.01 l.m.
- The file includes a white paper envelope that this presentation material was received in. It is labelled, "OMA, Scheepmakershaven, TAV, Sarah".
Paris France
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in French.
171-150-006
This file contains copies of pages 106 through 175 of an unknown publication profiling projects by Rem Koolhaas (OMA), including Casa en el Bosque, Nexus World, Villa Dall'ava, Casa en Burdeos, and Maison à Bordeaux.
1 textual record(s)
records: 0.01 l.m.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English and Spanish.
171-080-005
This file contains an unbound copy of a planning application and design statement by the Richard Rogers Partnership for the Bowater House, City of Westminster, England.
1 file(s)
sheets: 30 × 42.2 cm (11 13/16 × 16 5/8 in.) folder: 44.7 × 32 cm
- Some of the sheets are marked with yellow stickers.
inscribed, handwritten notes on green stickers
City of Westminster London Greater London England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English.
171-205-001
A design proposal by ALO architects for a new Congress Centre, Rome, Italy. It includes images of an architectural model, plans, and computer-generated design renderings.
1 book(s)
book: 30 × 42.5 × 0.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 3/4 × 3/16 in.)
- The book has a plastic binding.
uninscribed
Rome Italy
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English.
171-205-002
This book is an "Updated Site Constraints and Brief Development Study" by Zaha Hadid Architects for the London Aquatic Centre, England.
1 book(s)
book: 30 × 42.5 × 0.5 cm (11 13/16 × 16 3/4 × 3/16 in.)
- The book has a plastic spiral binding.
inscribed
London Greater London England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in English.
This groupe consists of 23 architectural plans and a small book containing a project proposal by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture for the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.
23 printout(s)
Printouts
sheets (folded): 42.1 × 59.5 cm (16 9/16 × 23 7/16 in.) sheets (unfolded): 42.1 × 70.4 cm (16 9/16 × 27 11/16 in.)
- The left edges of the printouts are perforated, possibly from being bound, and their right edges are folded under.
Karlsruhe Germany
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in German.
171-180-004
This file contains 2 pages of documents created by the staff of the OMA. It includes a letter to the Direction/Financial department of OMA from the Staff vocalizing a need for the staff to be paid on a more regular basis and signed by several staff members, and a proposal for computer-use strategies at the OMA.
1 file(s)
folder: 24.5 × 37.5 cm
- This material is in a file folder in a blue metal strongbox.
signed
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
171-193-003
Partial contents of DVD ARCH269427. Consists of six drawings believed to be plans of the exhibition space for Jet Lag, a multi-media theatre piece by Diller + Scofidio. The drawings include wireframe drawings of 3D room plans and possibly the layout of an exhibit. Original directory name: "000 Jet Lag". Prevalent file types: .dwg
6 digital file(s)
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
A book of presentation material by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) for a public transport competition titled Transferia, Randstad, Netherlands.
1 book(s)
book: 20 × 20 × 1 cm (7 7/8 × 7 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
Rotterdam Netherlands
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
A portfolio containing material redgarding OMA's design of an underground service tunnel, Den Haag. It includes a copy of a large folded plan, project descriptions (in Dutch, but includes a short project description in English titled, "Undermining the City"), and a newspaper clipping from Haagsche Courant Zaterdag, 15 May 1993.
Note: This material is in Dutch.
1 photocopy(ies)
portfolio: 31 × 23 × 1 cm
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
171-230-006
A book titled, "Le Grand Axe", that contains presentation material by O.M.A for the Mission Grand Axe Competition, Paris, France. Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Farshid Moussavi are listed as being part of the O.M.A. team. The book contains text (in French), plans, images of models and maps, and is accompanied by an unbound copy of a different draft of the same material.
1 book(s)
book: 30 × 30 × 1 cm (11 13/16 × 11 13/16 × 3/8 in.)
Rotterdam Netherlands
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
A copy of a 194-page thesis, produced by Juan Herroros Guerra at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura. It is in Spanish, and titled "Mutaciones en la Architectura Contemporanea el Espacio Domestico".
1 book(s)
book: 30,3 × 21,5 × 3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
uninscribed
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Partial contents of CD-R ARCH269585. This group contains images of the construction of the Sendai Mediatheque, a library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The library was designed by Toyo Ito in 1995 and completed in 2001. Original directory name: "sendai". Prevalent file types: .tif
55 digital file(s)
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
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