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AP115.S3.D2
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Cette sous-série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay du dôme géodésique Climatron dome à St. Louis, Missouri, aux États-Unis. Conçu en 1960 par les architectes Murphy et Mackey de St. Louis en utilisant le système conçu par Buckminter Fuller, il abrite la serre et le pavillon principal du Missouri Botanical Garden. Le Climatron est la première serre complètement climatisée au monde. Son diamètre est de 175 pieds. Le pavillon sera fermé en 1988 pour un vaste projet de rénovations qui dureront jusqu'en 1990. Le bâtiment est toujours en activité. La sous-série contient cinq photographies, de l'extérieur et de l'intérieur du dôme, prises par Robert Duchesnay en 1990 après sa réouverture à la suite des rénovations. Source: Duchesnay, Robert. "Other domes by Buckminster Fuller". https://robertduchesnay.com/en/other-domes-by-buckminster-fuller/ (page consultée 24 février 2023).
1990
Climatron, Saint Louis, Missouri
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AP115.S3.D2
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Cette sous-série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay du dôme géodésique Climatron dome à St. Louis, Missouri, aux États-Unis. Conçu en 1960 par les architectes Murphy et Mackey de St. Louis en utilisant le système conçu par Buckminter Fuller, il abrite la serre et le pavillon principal du Missouri Botanical Garden. Le Climatron est la première serre complètement climatisée au monde. Son diamètre est de 175 pieds. Le pavillon sera fermé en 1988 pour un vaste projet de rénovations qui dureront jusqu'en 1990. Le bâtiment est toujours en activité. La sous-série contient cinq photographies, de l'extérieur et de l'intérieur du dôme, prises par Robert Duchesnay en 1990 après sa réouverture à la suite des rénovations. Source: Duchesnay, Robert. "Other domes by Buckminster Fuller". https://robertduchesnay.com/en/other-domes-by-buckminster-fuller/ (page consultée 24 février 2023).
Dossier 2
1990
Legislating Architecture explores how architecture is shaped by law and other societal regulatory systems. The film, directed by Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth, presents excerpts from conversations conducted with architects including Luigi Snozzi, Adam Caruso, Tom Emerson, and Christian Kerez. It is a point of departure for an issue of ARCH+ also entitled(...)
27 October 2016, 6pm
Legislating Architecture: Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth
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Legislating Architecture explores how architecture is shaped by law and other societal regulatory systems. The film, directed by Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth, presents excerpts from conversations conducted with architects including Luigi Snozzi, Adam Caruso, Tom Emerson, and Christian Kerez. It is a point of departure for an issue of ARCH+ also entitled(...)
events
Learning from... London
Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
Paul Desmarais Theater
10 March 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... London
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Kieran Long presents a story about the difficulty of describing a city in all its richness. London contains stories and meanings that are alive to its citizens, but apparently too difficult to talk about, too rich, and too messy to be allowed to affect those who decide how the city changes. The deafness of developers, politicians and architects to these narratives is so(...)
events
10 March 2011
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theater
Learning from… Toronto
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
4 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from… São Paulo
Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
22 April 2010
Learning from… São Paulo
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Angelo Bucci, architect and professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, addresses the violence and changing environment of São Paulo in search of new urban forms. São Paulo’s urban violence can be understood as ruining the experience of the city and, as a result, the purpose of the architect’s work. The lecture examines São Paulo not as a static object, but as an(...)
Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Octagonal gallery
28 February 2008 to 25 May 2008
Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered
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Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Robert Duchesnay fonds
AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
1985-1992
Robert Duchesnay fonds
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AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
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Fonds
1985-1992
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D36
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File documents an executed project for a teaching wing for the Olivetti Training Centre, in Haslemere, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1969 and 1977. File contains design development drawings, including some early drawings, presentation drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the building site and of the prefabricated glass reinforced plastic panels in a Nottingham factory, and views of the completed building by Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig, by Gianni Berengo Gardin, Tim Street-Porter, Tony Evans, L. Danenberg for Dale & Ewbank, and by Taylor Woodrow Services Limited Photographic Unit. File also contains textual records.
1969-1977
British Olivetti Training Centre, Haslemere, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D36
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File documents an executed project for a teaching wing for the Olivetti Training Centre, in Haslemere, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1969 and 1977. File contains design development drawings, including some early drawings, presentation drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the building site and of the prefabricated glass reinforced plastic panels in a Nottingham factory, and views of the completed building by Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig, by Gianni Berengo Gardin, Tim Street-Porter, Tony Evans, L. Danenberg for Dale & Ewbank, and by Taylor Woodrow Services Limited Photographic Unit. File also contains textual records.
File 36
1969-1977
Sub-series
AP156.S6.SS4
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La sous-série porte sur les dossiers personnels de Jacqueline Jeanneret, incluant des documents concernant l'Immeuble Clarté, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier et la gestion de ses oeuvres d'arts, ainsi que des dessins et des croquis attribués à Jacqueline Jeanneret. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre les années 1960s et 1996. La sous-série comprend des documents textuels, des dessins et reprographies, dont des rouleaux, et des photographies. Sub-series documents the personal files of Jacqueline Jeanneret, including documents concerning the Immeuble Clarté, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier and the management of his work of arts, and also drawings and sketches attributed to Jacqueline Jeanneret. The material in this sub-series was produced between the 1960s and 1996. The sub-series contains textual records, drawings and reprographic copies, including rolls, and photographs.
1960s-1996
Dossier personnels = Personal records
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AP156.S6.SS4
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La sous-série porte sur les dossiers personnels de Jacqueline Jeanneret, incluant des documents concernant l'Immeuble Clarté, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier et la gestion de ses oeuvres d'arts, ainsi que des dessins et des croquis attribués à Jacqueline Jeanneret. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre les années 1960s et 1996. La sous-série comprend des documents textuels, des dessins et reprographies, dont des rouleaux, et des photographies. Sub-series documents the personal files of Jacqueline Jeanneret, including documents concerning the Immeuble Clarté, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier and the management of his work of arts, and also drawings and sketches attributed to Jacqueline Jeanneret. The material in this sub-series was produced between the 1960s and 1996. The sub-series contains textual records, drawings and reprographic copies, including rolls, and photographs.
Sous-série 4
1960s-1996
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D28
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File documents a partially executed scheme for students' residences for the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom. The initial commission was for six residences, later revised to four, of which only one was built. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1979. File contains a small number of design development drawings, publications drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of a model, of the site before construction, of the building site and of the completed building, several by photographer Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig and by photographer Tim Street-Porter. File also contains textual records and printing plates.
1963-1979
Students' residences, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D28
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File documents a partially executed scheme for students' residences for the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom. The initial commission was for six residences, later revised to four, of which only one was built. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1979. File contains a small number of design development drawings, publications drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of a model, of the site before construction, of the building site and of the completed building, several by photographer Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig and by photographer Tim Street-Porter. File also contains textual records and printing plates.
File 28
1963-1979