Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
9 August 2018, 6:30pm
Study Room Keyword(s):
visiting scholars 2018, Hans-Georg von Arburg. German housing, toys
Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
27 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Irene Sunwoo
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Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
Learning from... Los Angeles
Los Angeles-based historian and tour guide Richard Schave examines developments in Los Angeles in the 35 years since the landmark urban tour film Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (UK,1972). Schave, a former student of Banham, elaborates on his professor’s research by showing excerpts of the film in comparison with his own documentary photography. In particular, he explores(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
28 May 2009
Learning from... Los Angeles
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Los Angeles-based historian and tour guide Richard Schave examines developments in Los Angeles in the 35 years since the landmark urban tour film Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (UK,1972). Schave, a former student of Banham, elaborates on his professor’s research by showing excerpts of the film in comparison with his own documentary photography. In particular, he explores(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
research
Support Grants 2007
Christy Anderson, Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto Molly Nesbit, Department of Art, Vassar College Sunil Sharma, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Boston University Mark Crinson, History of Art, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester Claire Zimmerman, Department of the History of Art and Taubman College(...)
May 2007 to December 2007
Support Grants 2007
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Christy Anderson, Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto Molly Nesbit, Department of Art, Vassar College Sunil Sharma, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Boston University Mark Crinson, History of Art, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester Claire Zimmerman, Department of the History of Art and Taubman College(...)
research
May 2007 to
December 2007
textual records
ARCH253429
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The file contains correspondence with various companies wishing to exhibit, Trade Fair literature
1958
Correspondence, Netherlands Exhibit
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ARCH253429
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The file contains correspondence with various companies wishing to exhibit, Trade Fair literature
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1958
textual records, photographs
DR1994:0135:029
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Files include paint schedule, correspondence, technical literature, specifications, survey map, photographs, drawings, and trade pamphlets.
Project documentation and correspondence, House VI, Cornwall, Connecticut
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DR1994:0135:029
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Files include paint schedule, correspondence, technical literature, specifications, survey map, photographs, drawings, and trade pamphlets.
textual records, photographs
textual records
ARCH215097
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master thesis studies and research, “The Literature of City Planning” by L. Hilberseimer, notes on structure, calculations and notebook
Master thesis studies and research, “The Literature of City Planning” by L. Hilberseimer
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ARCH215097
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master thesis studies and research, “The Literature of City Planning” by L. Hilberseimer, notes on structure, calculations and notebook
textual records
textual records
ARCH256167
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73 reports from Laing Management Contractors and enquiry correspondence; flooring technical literature, construction timeline, alarms agreement and report.
1981-1982
Reports from Laing Management Contractors and enquiry correspondence
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ARCH256167
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73 reports from Laing Management Contractors and enquiry correspondence; flooring technical literature, construction timeline, alarms agreement and report.
textual records
1981-1982
journals and magazines
Periodicals
AP197.S2.036
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This box consists of journals and magazines. Publications include Architect and builder (1976), TASK Magazine (1941), the LA Architect (1979-1981), Red Letters: Communist Party Literature Journal (1976-1977), the Architectural Review (1988), and more.
1962-2013
Periodicals
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AP197.S2.036
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This box consists of journals and magazines. Publications include Architect and builder (1976), TASK Magazine (1941), the LA Architect (1979-1981), Red Letters: Communist Party Literature Journal (1976-1977), the Architectural Review (1988), and more.
journals and magazines
1962-2013