photographs
Nîmes. Fontaine
PH1986:0054:022
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This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
ca. 1861
Nîmes. Fontaine
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PH1986:0054:022
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This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
photographs
ca. 1861
architecture, sculpture
textual records
AP140.S2.SS1.D72.P16
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Views of site and existing buildings, views of model of the City of London showing the No. 1 Poultry office building project by James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates as well as earlier proposal for the same site, the Mansion House Square Scheme, by the architect Mies van der Rohe
circa 1982-1998
Views of site and existing buildings, views of model, No. 1 Poultry, London, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D72.P16
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Views of site and existing buildings, views of model of the City of London showing the No. 1 Poultry office building project by James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates as well as earlier proposal for the same site, the Mansion House Square Scheme, by the architect Mies van der Rohe
textual records
circa 1982-1998
Ephemeral landscapes and pop-up settlements are continually increasing in scale and challenging the concept of the city as a stable and permanent entity. For this lecture Rahul Mehrotra, principal of architecture firm RMA Architects and Chair of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, presents his research on a pop-up settlement called the(...)
Shaughnessy House
13 February 2013 to 12 February 2013
Rahul Mehrota: The Case of the Kumbh Mela in India
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Ephemeral landscapes and pop-up settlements are continually increasing in scale and challenging the concept of the city as a stable and permanent entity. For this lecture Rahul Mehrotra, principal of architecture firm RMA Architects and Chair of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, presents his research on a pop-up settlement called the(...)
Shaughnessy House
archives
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Fonds
Gene Summers fonds
AP114
Synopsis:
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
Synopsis:
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.
archives
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Fonds
1957 - 2004
Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
8 April 2010 to 19 September 2010
Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli
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Other Space Odysseys presents three approaches to the idea of an adventurous journey that started forty years ago after the 1969 moon landing. Featuring the work of architects Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, and Alessandro Poli, Other Space Odysseys comes at a time when space exploration is the subject of renewed enthusiasm, but also of debate which questions its(...)
Main galleries
The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
14 October 1983 to 11 December 1983
The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Sub-series
AP154.S1.1967.PR02.SS1
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Subseries AP154.S1.1967.PR02.SS1, State University College at Potsdam, New York. Science Building II (1967) documents an executed project for a science building by Merz & Pasanella with Edward Larrabee Barnes as consulting architect. The subseries is composed of contract drawings and working drawings.
1967
State University College at Potsdam, New York. Science Building No. 2 (1967)
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AP154.S1.1967.PR02.SS1
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Subseries AP154.S1.1967.PR02.SS1, State University College at Potsdam, New York. Science Building II (1967) documents an executed project for a science building by Merz & Pasanella with Edward Larrabee Barnes as consulting architect. The subseries is composed of contract drawings and working drawings.
project
1967
Project
AP022.S1.2001.PR03
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File documents a cultural centre which includes a civic plaza, public library, exposition / convention centre, and grand theatre, (constructed), Dalian Development Area, China. The building was designed in association with Nick Milkovich Architect, Vancouver. File contains slides, design development drawings and a textual record.
2001
Dalian Cultural Centre
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AP022.S1.2001.PR03
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File documents a cultural centre which includes a civic plaza, public library, exposition / convention centre, and grand theatre, (constructed), Dalian Development Area, China. The building was designed in association with Nick Milkovich Architect, Vancouver. File contains slides, design development drawings and a textual record.
Project
2001
Project
Station de Métro Langelier
AP163.S2.SS1.D52
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Langelier Metro Station in Montréal, in 1977, in collaboration with architect André Dionne. Material in this file was produced between 1971 and 1977. The file contains drawings, mainly design development and presentation drawings, a collage and a book.
1971-1977
Station de Métro Langelier
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AP163.S2.SS1.D52
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Langelier Metro Station in Montréal, in 1977, in collaboration with architect André Dionne. Material in this file was produced between 1971 and 1977. The file contains drawings, mainly design development and presentation drawings, a collage and a book.
File 52
1971-1977
Project
Home 55 Competition
AP163.S2.SS1.D6
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File documents Victor Prus's project for Home 55, a national competition sponsored by Canadian Home Journal in 1955. The project, for which he was collaborating with Maria Prus and architects R.T. Affleck and Jeffrey Lindsay, obtained an Honorable Mention. The file contains presentation panels.
1955
Home 55 Competition
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AP163.S2.SS1.D6
Description:
File documents Victor Prus's project for Home 55, a national competition sponsored by Canadian Home Journal in 1955. The project, for which he was collaborating with Maria Prus and architects R.T. Affleck and Jeffrey Lindsay, obtained an Honorable Mention. The file contains presentation panels.
File 6
1955