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Amancio Williams fonds
AP205
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
1848-2010s
Amancio Williams fonds
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AP205
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
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1848-2010s
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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AP149
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The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
1947, 1970-2012
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
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AP149
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The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
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1947, 1970-2012
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Personal Papers
AP032.S1
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This series contains chronologically-arranged papers, photographs and drawings concerning Goldsmith's life from about the time of his enrollment at the Armour Institute in Chicago, to the mid-1950s when he returned from Europe to America to join Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. These documents are records of Goldsmith's early influences, and his education and training as an architect at the Armour Institute (later the Illinois Institute of Technology) and at the University of Rome. The papers also concern his service as an structural engineer in the U.S. armed forces, work in the office of Mies van der Rohe, and travels in Europe in the early 1950's all of which could be also considered as part of his education. The documents in this series are interesting for the quantity of Goldsmith's student sketches and research notes, including lectures by and observations on Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi. Moreover, correspondence, notes and photographs reveal a variety of other important influences on the young Goldsmith, such as a pilgrimage to visit Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesan East, and letters to Buckminister Fuller. Of particular interest are the papers concerning Mies van der Rohe as teacher, mentor and friend to Goldsmith. The fonds contains various documents from office files, including Goldsmith's notations on projects like the Farnsworth House, and collections of period photographs and blueprints of Mies' buildings and furniture designs. Related documentation on Mies exists in various files throughout the fonds, especially in the Mies van der Rohe Centennial Project located in Series 3: Professional Activities - Teaching. The last section in this series, Papers and Correspondence, which consists of personal and business papers dating from the late 1950's to the mid-1990's. This material includes the Goldsmith-Ferris Portfolio, a collection of 150 mounted photographs (possibly for an exhibition) that presents mostly Goldsmith's collaborative work with architect James Ferris, from the experimental projects in reinforced concrete in Rome to the Kitt Peak Solar Telescope of 1962. Also included are documents concerning Mies van der Rohe's Mansion House Square scheme as revived by architect Peter Carter (1982-84).
1931-1995
Personal Papers
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AP032.S1
Description:
This series contains chronologically-arranged papers, photographs and drawings concerning Goldsmith's life from about the time of his enrollment at the Armour Institute in Chicago, to the mid-1950s when he returned from Europe to America to join Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. These documents are records of Goldsmith's early influences, and his education and training as an architect at the Armour Institute (later the Illinois Institute of Technology) and at the University of Rome. The papers also concern his service as an structural engineer in the U.S. armed forces, work in the office of Mies van der Rohe, and travels in Europe in the early 1950's all of which could be also considered as part of his education. The documents in this series are interesting for the quantity of Goldsmith's student sketches and research notes, including lectures by and observations on Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi. Moreover, correspondence, notes and photographs reveal a variety of other important influences on the young Goldsmith, such as a pilgrimage to visit Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesan East, and letters to Buckminister Fuller. Of particular interest are the papers concerning Mies van der Rohe as teacher, mentor and friend to Goldsmith. The fonds contains various documents from office files, including Goldsmith's notations on projects like the Farnsworth House, and collections of period photographs and blueprints of Mies' buildings and furniture designs. Related documentation on Mies exists in various files throughout the fonds, especially in the Mies van der Rohe Centennial Project located in Series 3: Professional Activities - Teaching. The last section in this series, Papers and Correspondence, which consists of personal and business papers dating from the late 1950's to the mid-1990's. This material includes the Goldsmith-Ferris Portfolio, a collection of 150 mounted photographs (possibly for an exhibition) that presents mostly Goldsmith's collaborative work with architect James Ferris, from the experimental projects in reinforced concrete in Rome to the Kitt Peak Solar Telescope of 1962. Also included are documents concerning Mies van der Rohe's Mansion House Square scheme as revived by architect Peter Carter (1982-84).
Series 1
1931-1995
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
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Gene Summers fonds
AP114
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The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
1957 - 2004
Gene Summers fonds
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AP114
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The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
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1957 - 2004
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AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
1936-2021
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
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AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
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1936-2021
PH1984:0287:001-030
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- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture, interior design
1930
Album of views of Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:001-030
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- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture, interior design
PH1984:0287:001
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Aerial view of types A, C, D and E housing units, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:001
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- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
PH1984:0287:002
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Exterior view of type A housing units, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:002
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- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture