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Fonds
Aditya Prakash fonds
AP206
Synopsis:
The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1947-2008
Aditya Prakash fonds
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AP206
Synopsis:
The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
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Fonds
1947-2008
graphic materials
ARCH153789
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Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications: Oppositions, nos 5, 6, 7, 8; 1975 (2) Oppositions Books, [no date] (2) A New Wave of Japanese Architecture; September 25 to November 14, 1978 (2) A New Wave of Austrian Architecture; March 24 to May 19, 1980 (2) The Advanced Studio Workshop: '80/'81 (2)
1975-1981
Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications
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ARCH153789
Description:
Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications: Oppositions, nos 5, 6, 7, 8; 1975 (2) Oppositions Books, [no date] (2) A New Wave of Japanese Architecture; September 25 to November 14, 1978 (2) A New Wave of Austrian Architecture; March 24 to May 19, 1980 (2) The Advanced Studio Workshop: '80/'81 (2)
graphic materials
1975-1981
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1999:0488
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documents include 8 negatives, competition data, associates, consultants, interior, laser, publication, historic places inventory, guide books and catalogues, site plan for Dallas Convention Center, acoustics, lighting, trade catalogues, geotechnical information, food service, trade catalogue, construction cost, electrical, heating ventilation air conditioning, correspondence, court/legal documents (complaints), agreements, contracts, financial records, color, floor plans
Negatives, competition data, associates, consultants, interior, laser, publication
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DR1999:0488
Description:
documents include 8 negatives, competition data, associates, consultants, interior, laser, publication, historic places inventory, guide books and catalogues, site plan for Dallas Convention Center, acoustics, lighting, trade catalogues, geotechnical information, food service, trade catalogue, construction cost, electrical, heating ventilation air conditioning, correspondence, court/legal documents (complaints), agreements, contracts, financial records, color, floor plans
drawings, textual records, photographs
Sub-series
Firms' administration
AP140.S2.SS9
Description:
Sub-series documents the administrative operations and activities of the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Sub-series includes records for the London, England and Stuttgart, Germany offices. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1956 and probably 2000. Sub-series contains textual records, including constitutive records relating to the firm of James Stirling and Partner, an unsigned deed of dissolution of the partnership of Stirling and Gowan, material management records including a drawing register, some staff records, appointment books, and financial records.
circa 1956-2000
Firms' administration
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AP140.S2.SS9
Description:
Sub-series documents the administrative operations and activities of the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Sub-series includes records for the London, England and Stuttgart, Germany offices. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1956 and probably 2000. Sub-series contains textual records, including constitutive records relating to the firm of James Stirling and Partner, an unsigned deed of dissolution of the partnership of Stirling and Gowan, material management records including a drawing register, some staff records, appointment books, and financial records.
Sub-series 9
circa 1956-2000
Series
Works and teaching
AP197.S1
Description:
Approximately three hundred of Kenneth Frampton’s lectures and writings, produced between1965-2016, are arranged in this series. This series is divided into nine subseries according to Frampton’s most seminal works and academic positions. The series is mainly comprised of drafts, notes, photographic materials, drawings, correspondence, and research materials related to the development of Frampton’s ideas and writings on architecture as well as his lectures and courses at various universities such as Princeton and Columbia University. The last subseries, “Books, articles, interviews, lectures, and seminars” contains drafts, notes, photographic materials, correspondence and research materials related to other writings and projects either published or unpublished.
1965-2016
Works and teaching
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AP197.S1
Description:
Approximately three hundred of Kenneth Frampton’s lectures and writings, produced between1965-2016, are arranged in this series. This series is divided into nine subseries according to Frampton’s most seminal works and academic positions. The series is mainly comprised of drafts, notes, photographic materials, drawings, correspondence, and research materials related to the development of Frampton’s ideas and writings on architecture as well as his lectures and courses at various universities such as Princeton and Columbia University. The last subseries, “Books, articles, interviews, lectures, and seminars” contains drafts, notes, photographic materials, correspondence and research materials related to other writings and projects either published or unpublished.
Series
1965-2016
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Collection
CD047
Synopsis:
The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
1963-1967
May Cutler collection on Expo 67
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CD047
Synopsis:
The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
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1963-1967
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Library
AP144.S4
Description:
Series documents materials from the office library of Cedric Price as it existed in 2001 when it was housed at 38 Alfred Place in London, England, the United Kingdom. Series contains textual records including trade literature and publications on architecture, and includes trade brochures, trade specifications, promotional material, pamphlets, books, periodicals, clippings, price lists, reference drawings, technical drawings, correspondence, office memoranda, notes, annual reports, yearbooks, albums, dissertations, exhibition catalogues, programmes, booklets, prospectuses, newsletters, ephemera, photographic material, and a puzzle. Library contents illustrate Cedric Price's interests in topics such as transportation, demolition, underwater research, oil rigs, fish farming, portable structures, air structures, lightweight enclosures, construction and mechanical processes, and architectural education.
[1959-2000]
Library
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AP144.S4
Description:
Series documents materials from the office library of Cedric Price as it existed in 2001 when it was housed at 38 Alfred Place in London, England, the United Kingdom. Series contains textual records including trade literature and publications on architecture, and includes trade brochures, trade specifications, promotional material, pamphlets, books, periodicals, clippings, price lists, reference drawings, technical drawings, correspondence, office memoranda, notes, annual reports, yearbooks, albums, dissertations, exhibition catalogues, programmes, booklets, prospectuses, newsletters, ephemera, photographic material, and a puzzle. Library contents illustrate Cedric Price's interests in topics such as transportation, demolition, underwater research, oil rigs, fish farming, portable structures, air structures, lightweight enclosures, construction and mechanical processes, and architectural education.
Series
[1959-2000]
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS07
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto", curated by Pettena and presented at Palazzo delle Albere, in Trento, in 1991. The exhibition presented the work of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition, promoted by his son Ettore Sottsass Jr, led to the donation of the Sottsass archive to the MART, in Trento. The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles and books on Ettore Sottsass, photographs of his projects and reproductions of his plans, as well as some notes by Gianni Pettena. This sub-series also contains preliminary project descriptions for the exhibition catalogue with a selection of plans and images of the buildings designed by Sottsass.
1980-1996
Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto (1991)
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AP207.S2.SS07
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto", curated by Pettena and presented at Palazzo delle Albere, in Trento, in 1991. The exhibition presented the work of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition, promoted by his son Ettore Sottsass Jr, led to the donation of the Sottsass archive to the MART, in Trento. The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles and books on Ettore Sottsass, photographs of his projects and reproductions of his plans, as well as some notes by Gianni Pettena. This sub-series also contains preliminary project descriptions for the exhibition catalogue with a selection of plans and images of the buildings designed by Sottsass.
Subseries
1980-1996
Project
AP163.S2.SS1.D53
Description:
File documents the project of Victor Prus and Associates for the Grand Théâtre de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique de Québec in Québec City, built in 1971 and 1972. The architectural design competition was launched by the Government of Québec to celebrate Canada's Centennial. The firm won several architectural and engineering awards for this project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1974. The file contains drawings, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, presentation panels, photographs of the site or the buildings, periodical issues and books about the project and two models of the Grand Théâtre.
1964 - 1974
Grand Théâtre de Québec
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AP163.S2.SS1.D53
Description:
File documents the project of Victor Prus and Associates for the Grand Théâtre de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique de Québec in Québec City, built in 1971 and 1972. The architectural design competition was launched by the Government of Québec to celebrate Canada's Centennial. The firm won several architectural and engineering awards for this project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1974. The file contains drawings, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, presentation panels, photographs of the site or the buildings, periodical issues and books about the project and two models of the Grand Théâtre.
File 53
1964 - 1974
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D40
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for headquarters for British Olivetti, in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom. The project was abandonned in 1974. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1977. Several of the publication drawings for the project appeared in periodicals, books and catalogues from 1974 onwards. Publication perspectives are attributed by Mark Girouard to Leon Krier. According to Girouard, Stirling subsequently coloured several of Krier's publication drawings (Girouard 186, 251). File contains reference drawings, early conceptual and design development drawings, publication and presentation drawings and working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains textual records and a presentation model.
1970-1977
British Olivetti Headquarters, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D40
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File documents an unexecuted project for headquarters for British Olivetti, in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom. The project was abandonned in 1974. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1977. Several of the publication drawings for the project appeared in periodicals, books and catalogues from 1974 onwards. Publication perspectives are attributed by Mark Girouard to Leon Krier. According to Girouard, Stirling subsequently coloured several of Krier's publication drawings (Girouard 186, 251). File contains reference drawings, early conceptual and design development drawings, publication and presentation drawings and working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains textual records and a presentation model.
File 40
1970-1977