Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture surveys the history and cultural significance of bank architecture, focusing on bank architecture as a building typology rather than in the context of a single architect or architectural firm. Challenging the standard notion that bank buildings are repetitive, dull and conservative, the exhibition reveals banks as(...)
Main galleries
14 November 1990 to 24 February 1991
Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture
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Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture surveys the history and cultural significance of bank architecture, focusing on bank architecture as a building typology rather than in the context of a single architect or architectural firm. Challenging the standard notion that bank buildings are repetitive, dull and conservative, the exhibition reveals banks as(...)
Main galleries
Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson presents recent work by the documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano on the villas conceived by Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) in the Veneto region and the buildings designed by the American president and architect Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). Curated by Guido Beltramini, Palladio Museum. Co-organized with the(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 October 2014 to 15 February 2015
Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson
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Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson presents recent work by the documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano on the villas conceived by Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) in the Veneto region and the buildings designed by the American president and architect Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). Curated by Guido Beltramini, Palladio Museum. Co-organized with the(...)
Octagonal gallery
books
PHCON2002:0016:093:035
published 2002
books
published 2002
John Soane 1753-1837
Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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16 May 2001 to 3 September 2001
John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
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archives
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Fonds
AP195
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The Zaha Hadid Architects Phaeno Science Centre project records, 1996-2015, consist of approximately 43,800 digital files that document the design and construction of an interactive science museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. Materials related to presentations, publications, events, and the press are also represented. Formats include chiefly CAD files, especially plotter files and AutoCAD drawings, though related text documents and images are also represented. The majority of the records date from 2000 to 2006.
1996 - 2015
Zaha Hadid Architects Phaeno Science Centre project records
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AP195
Synopsis:
The Zaha Hadid Architects Phaeno Science Centre project records, 1996-2015, consist of approximately 43,800 digital files that document the design and construction of an interactive science museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. Materials related to presentations, publications, events, and the press are also represented. Formats include chiefly CAD files, especially plotter files and AutoCAD drawings, though related text documents and images are also represented. The majority of the records date from 2000 to 2006.
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1996 - 2015
journals and magazines
New Glass Review
PH2008:0037:009
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An image of Gordon Matta-Clark's project Window Blow-Out appears on p. 89.
2008
New Glass Review
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PH2008:0037:009
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An image of Gordon Matta-Clark's project Window Blow-Out appears on p. 89.
journals and magazines
2008
Project
Musée du Quai Branly
AP143.S4.D134
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File documents an unexecuted project for a museum in Paris, France. Material in this file was produced in 1999.
1999
Musée du Quai Branly
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AP143.S4.D134
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File documents an unexecuted project for a museum in Paris, France. Material in this file was produced in 1999.
File 134
1999
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Musée des Confluences
AP143.S4.D144
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File documents an unexecuted competition entry for a museum at Lyon, France. Material in this file was produced in 2001.
2001
Musée des Confluences
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AP143.S4.D144
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File documents an unexecuted competition entry for a museum at Lyon, France. Material in this file was produced in 2001.
File 144
2001
Project
AP022.S1.1971.PR01
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File documents competition entry for a Museum of Contemporary Art (not built), Paris, France. File contains a model.
1971
Centre du Plateau Beaubourg Compeition
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AP022.S1.1971.PR01
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File documents competition entry for a Museum of Contemporary Art (not built), Paris, France. File contains a model.
Project
1971
photographs
Reference slides
ARCH274329
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Reference slides, including: Islamic Science; Deutsches Museum, Munich; Bangkok; Singapore; Tokyo Science Museum; Telcom Tokyo; Nagoya Science Centre; Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley; Ethnology Osaka; Exploratorium, San Francisco; Anthropology Museum, Mexico; Technologico Museum, Mexico City.
1982
Reference slides
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ARCH274329
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Reference slides, including: Islamic Science; Deutsches Museum, Munich; Bangkok; Singapore; Tokyo Science Museum; Telcom Tokyo; Nagoya Science Centre; Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley; Ethnology Osaka; Exploratorium, San Francisco; Anthropology Museum, Mexico; Technologico Museum, Mexico City.
photographs
1982