Project
AP207.S1.1987.PR02
Description:
The project series documents "Mauritania E Lusitania", a series of collages using Cunard Lines' advertisement posters for the new transatlantic liners Mauretania and Lusitania and posters of famous monuments, such as the pyramid Cheops in Egypt and the Houses of Parliament in London. The project series contains photocopies of a publication about the Lusitania and the Mauretania, and prints, including digital copies of Pettena's final collages.
circa 1987-2015
Mauritania E Lusitania [Mauretania and Lusitania] (1987)
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AP207.S1.1987.PR02
Description:
The project series documents "Mauritania E Lusitania", a series of collages using Cunard Lines' advertisement posters for the new transatlantic liners Mauretania and Lusitania and posters of famous monuments, such as the pyramid Cheops in Egypt and the Houses of Parliament in London. The project series contains photocopies of a publication about the Lusitania and the Mauretania, and prints, including digital copies of Pettena's final collages.
Project
circa 1987-2015
Empire
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
Empire
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Description:
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
photographs
Quantity:
420 File
Various travel slides
ARCH276690
Description:
Includes images taken in Japan, Peru, Spain, Brazil, Egypt, Nepal, Afghanistan, India, New Zealand and elsewhere.
1970s
Various travel slides
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ARCH276690
Description:
Includes images taken in Japan, Peru, Spain, Brazil, Egypt, Nepal, Afghanistan, India, New Zealand and elsewhere.
photographs
Quantity:
420 File
1970s
articles
Metaphors for the Nile
Figuring Territory
15 August 2022
Figuring Territory
drawings
AP178.S2.1984.017
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches and notes for the Casa Erhard Josef Pascher in Sintra and for the Jardim Escola “João de Deus” in Penafiel, Portugal. It also contains landscape drawings of Egypt.
September 1984
Sketchbook 185: Egipto - Fac. Arq. Ra
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AP178.S2.1984.017
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches and notes for the Casa Erhard Josef Pascher in Sintra and for the Jardim Escola “João de Deus” in Penafiel, Portugal. It also contains landscape drawings of Egypt.
drawings
September 1984
photographs
CD037.S5.004
Description:
Box of slides organized in alphabetical order of countries' name. Contains slides of reference of architecture in Egypt (Ägypten), Ethiopia (Äthiopia), El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon (Gabun), Germany (Helgoland), Ghana, Greece (Griechenland), Guatemala, and Guinea.
1970-1987
Reference slides on architecture in Tropical climates
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CD037.S5.004
Description:
Box of slides organized in alphabetical order of countries' name. Contains slides of reference of architecture in Egypt (Ägypten), Ethiopia (Äthiopia), El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon (Gabun), Germany (Helgoland), Ghana, Greece (Griechenland), Guatemala, and Guinea.
photographs
1970-1987
archives
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Collection
Ciudad del Sol collection
CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
1907 - 1913
Ciudad del Sol collection
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CD050
Synopsis:
This collection largely documents Pietro Roveda’s Ciudad del Sol project in Mexico from 1907 – 1913. The project was a planned community for workers – a community model that Roveda proposed to implement internationally. The project is documented through planning and presentation materials, reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence, limited drawings, and stationery items.
archives
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collection documentaire
1907 - 1913
textual records
Correspondence and text for a lecture related to publication for "Islamic University Statement"
ARCH262167
Description:
1 file "Islamic University Statement" - correspondence with Raphael de La-Hoz concerning Islamic Cultural Centre competition in Madrid, text of a talk by Erickson on planning an Islamic University and correspondence to the Center of Planning and Architectural Studies in Cario, Egypt
1980
Correspondence and text for a lecture related to publication for "Islamic University Statement"
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ARCH262167
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1 file "Islamic University Statement" - correspondence with Raphael de La-Hoz concerning Islamic Cultural Centre competition in Madrid, text of a talk by Erickson on planning an Islamic University and correspondence to the Center of Planning and Architectural Studies in Cario, Egypt
textual records
1980
photographs
CD037.S5.003
Description:
Box of slides organized in alphabetical order of countries' name. Contains slides of reference of architecture in Bresil, Bolivia, Burkina Faso (Obervolta), Cambodia (Kambodscha), Cameroon (Kamerun), Canada, Caribbean (Karibik), Central Africa (Zentralafrika), Chile, China, Columbia (Kolumbia), Congo (Kongo), and Egypt (Ägypten).
1970-1987
Reference slides on architecture in Tropical climates
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CD037.S5.003
Description:
Box of slides organized in alphabetical order of countries' name. Contains slides of reference of architecture in Bresil, Bolivia, Burkina Faso (Obervolta), Cambodia (Kambodscha), Cameroon (Kamerun), Canada, Caribbean (Karibik), Central Africa (Zentralafrika), Chile, China, Columbia (Kolumbia), Congo (Kongo), and Egypt (Ägypten).
photographs
1970-1987
audio
Quantity:
8 Audio recording(s)
Audiocassette
DR2004:1370
Description:
Includes 8 audio recordings: Cedric Price; Archigram (2min) - (120 min audiocassette); Unknown - (90 min audiocassette) ; Seven Dams Egypt 'Nasser's Pyramid', 1994 - (90 min audiocassette) ; 'Dear John', BBC 1998 - (60 min audiocassette); The Architecture Foundation, Cedric Price Gallery Talk, 1997 - (90 min); RIBA Exhibition 'Portable Architecture' 1997, BBC Kaleidoscope - (120 min); BBC 3 Eye, Talk with Paul Barker, 1991 - (60 min); Unknown (60 min);
Audiocassette
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DR2004:1370
Description:
Includes 8 audio recordings: Cedric Price; Archigram (2min) - (120 min audiocassette); Unknown - (90 min audiocassette) ; Seven Dams Egypt 'Nasser's Pyramid', 1994 - (90 min audiocassette) ; 'Dear John', BBC 1998 - (60 min audiocassette); The Architecture Foundation, Cedric Price Gallery Talk, 1997 - (90 min); RIBA Exhibition 'Portable Architecture' 1997, BBC Kaleidoscope - (120 min); BBC 3 Eye, Talk with Paul Barker, 1991 - (60 min); Unknown (60 min);
audio
Quantity:
8 Audio recording(s)