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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
18 October 2006 to 10 June 2007
18 October 2006 to 10 June 2007
Title:
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow
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Description:
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow
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Description:
Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow broaches issues such as energy consumption and natural resources, the question of limiting humanity’s control of the environment, the search for renewable resources, and the optimal means to employ them. Through the work of French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément and Swiss architect Philippe Rahm, the(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
18 October 2006 to
10 June 2007
18 October 2006 to
10 June 2007
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Form:
textual records
textual records
Reference number:
AP197.S1.SS2.057
Description:
The file includes notes on the Le Corbusier seminar and lists of course reserve readings.
AP197.S1.SS2.057
Description:
The file includes notes on the Le Corbusier seminar and lists of course reserve readings.
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Date:
circa 1980-2015
circa 1980-2015
Title:
Drafts of lecture slides and class notes
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AP197.S1.SS2.057
Description:
The file includes notes on the Le Corbusier seminar and lists of course reserve readings.
Drafts of lecture slides and class notes
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AP197.S1.SS2.057
Description:
The file includes notes on the Le Corbusier seminar and lists of course reserve readings.
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textual records
textual records
Date:
circa 1980-2015
circa 1980-2015
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Series
Series
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Academic work and interviews
Academic work and interviews
Reference number:
AP207.S4
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s academic work and his activities as an architecture critic from the 1970s to the mid 2010s. It documents Pettena’s teaching, including his work as professor of History of Contemporary Architecture at the University of Florence from 1973 to 2008, but also as professor of Design at California State University. It also includes materials related to lectures and conferences he gave either on his work or on subjects he studied, including lectures for the Domus Academy in 1993. The series also documents interviews he gave during his career to promote his projects, his exhibitions or publications, as well as for publications and exhibitions on him and his work. The series contains administrative material related to Pettena’s work as a professor, chiefly at the University of Florence, such as correspondence and course syllabi. The series also includes Pettena’s teaching material, such as notes and reference material, and photocopies of reading assignments for courses. This series also contains a large collection of reference slides, predominantly on contemporary architecture and design and on architects, such as Ettore Sottsass Sr. and Jr., Hans Hollein, Alessandro Mendini, Carlo Scarpa, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, and Studio Alchimia, as well as on contemporary artistic movements. Also included is student work, such as student theses from University of Florence and one thesis from a student at the California State University. The series also contains materials related to Pettena’s lectures, including correspondence, presentation texts, and promotional material for lectures, seminars and courses. Finally, the series includes material from Pettena’s interviews, such as interview transcripts, copies of published interviews, and audio and video recordings of interviews.
AP207.S4
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s academic work and his activities as an architecture critic from the 1970s to the mid 2010s. It documents Pettena’s teaching, including his work as professor of History of Contemporary Architecture at the University of Florence from 1973 to 2008, but also as professor of Design at California State University. It also includes materials related to lectures and conferences he gave either on his work or on subjects he studied, including lectures for the Domus Academy in 1993. The series also documents interviews he gave during his career to promote his projects, his exhibitions or publications, as well as for publications and exhibitions on him and his work. The series contains administrative material related to Pettena’s work as a professor, chiefly at the University of Florence, such as correspondence and course syllabi. The series also includes Pettena’s teaching material, such as notes and reference material, and photocopies of reading assignments for courses. This series also contains a large collection of reference slides, predominantly on contemporary architecture and design and on architects, such as Ettore Sottsass Sr. and Jr., Hans Hollein, Alessandro Mendini, Carlo Scarpa, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, and Studio Alchimia, as well as on contemporary artistic movements. Also included is student work, such as student theses from University of Florence and one thesis from a student at the California State University. The series also contains materials related to Pettena’s lectures, including correspondence, presentation texts, and promotional material for lectures, seminars and courses. Finally, the series includes material from Pettena’s interviews, such as interview transcripts, copies of published interviews, and audio and video recordings of interviews.
People:
Date:
circa 1970-2015
circa 1970-2015
Title:
Academic work and interviews
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AP207.S4
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s academic work and his activities as an architecture critic from the 1970s to the mid 2010s. It documents Pettena’s teaching, including his work as professor of History of Contemporary Architecture at the University of Florence from 1973 to 2008, but also as professor of Design at California State University. It also includes materials related to lectures and conferences he gave either on his work or on subjects he studied, including lectures for the Domus Academy in 1993. The series also documents interviews he gave during his career to promote his projects, his exhibitions or publications, as well as for publications and exhibitions on him and his work. The series contains administrative material related to Pettena’s work as a professor, chiefly at the University of Florence, such as correspondence and course syllabi. The series also includes Pettena’s teaching material, such as notes and reference material, and photocopies of reading assignments for courses. This series also contains a large collection of reference slides, predominantly on contemporary architecture and design and on architects, such as Ettore Sottsass Sr. and Jr., Hans Hollein, Alessandro Mendini, Carlo Scarpa, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, and Studio Alchimia, as well as on contemporary artistic movements. Also included is student work, such as student theses from University of Florence and one thesis from a student at the California State University. The series also contains materials related to Pettena’s lectures, including correspondence, presentation texts, and promotional material for lectures, seminars and courses. Finally, the series includes material from Pettena’s interviews, such as interview transcripts, copies of published interviews, and audio and video recordings of interviews.
Academic work and interviews
Actions:
AP207.S4
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s academic work and his activities as an architecture critic from the 1970s to the mid 2010s. It documents Pettena’s teaching, including his work as professor of History of Contemporary Architecture at the University of Florence from 1973 to 2008, but also as professor of Design at California State University. It also includes materials related to lectures and conferences he gave either on his work or on subjects he studied, including lectures for the Domus Academy in 1993. The series also documents interviews he gave during his career to promote his projects, his exhibitions or publications, as well as for publications and exhibitions on him and his work. The series contains administrative material related to Pettena’s work as a professor, chiefly at the University of Florence, such as correspondence and course syllabi. The series also includes Pettena’s teaching material, such as notes and reference material, and photocopies of reading assignments for courses. This series also contains a large collection of reference slides, predominantly on contemporary architecture and design and on architects, such as Ettore Sottsass Sr. and Jr., Hans Hollein, Alessandro Mendini, Carlo Scarpa, Oscar Niemeyer, Buckminster Fuller, and Studio Alchimia, as well as on contemporary artistic movements. Also included is student work, such as student theses from University of Florence and one thesis from a student at the California State University. The series also contains materials related to Pettena’s lectures, including correspondence, presentation texts, and promotional material for lectures, seminars and courses. Finally, the series includes material from Pettena’s interviews, such as interview transcripts, copies of published interviews, and audio and video recordings of interviews.
Level of archival description:
Series
Series
Date:
circa 1970-2015
circa 1970-2015
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Title:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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Reference number:
AP031
Synopsis:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
AP031
Synopsis:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
People:
Date:
circa 1907-1950
circa 1907-1950
Title:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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AP031
Synopsis:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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AP031
Synopsis:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
circa 1907-1950
circa 1907-1950
People:
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events
events
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Description:
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
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Study Room Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
Study Room Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
Date:
6 July, 6 p.m.
6 July, 6 p.m.
Title:
Research Fellow Seminar: Andrea Bagnato
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Description:
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
Research Fellow Seminar: Andrea Bagnato
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Description:
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
Form:
events
events
Date:
6 July
6 p.m.
6 July
6 p.m.
Location:
Study Room Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
Study Room Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
Form:
photographs
photographs
Title:
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
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Reference number:
PH1986:0900.12
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.12 comprises 136 photographs and 34 prints of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, altered by Michel Roux-Spitz. Photographs show exterior views of the building, including the inner court and garden, and interior views, including the reading rooms, hallways, staircases, galleries, shelves, painted ceilings, bas-reliefs, ironwork doors, basements, utility room, and workshop. 2 of the prints (PH1986:0900.12:124 and PH1986:0900.12:125), which show plans, elevations and cross sections, have prints in red ink attached showing plans of the building prior to the architect's interventions.
PH1986:0900.12
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.12 comprises 136 photographs and 34 prints of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, altered by Michel Roux-Spitz. Photographs show exterior views of the building, including the inner court and garden, and interior views, including the reading rooms, hallways, staircases, galleries, shelves, painted ceilings, bas-reliefs, ironwork doors, basements, utility room, and workshop. 2 of the prints (PH1986:0900.12:124 and PH1986:0900.12:125), which show plans, elevations and cross sections, have prints in red ink attached showing plans of the building prior to the architect's interventions.
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Subject:
architecture, interior design, ornament, painting, sculpture
architecture, interior design, ornament, painting, sculpture
Date:
1932-1934?
1932-1934?
Title:
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
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PH1986:0900.12
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.12 comprises 136 photographs and 34 prints of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, altered by Michel Roux-Spitz. Photographs show exterior views of the building, including the inner court and garden, and interior views, including the reading rooms, hallways, staircases, galleries, shelves, painted ceilings, bas-reliefs, ironwork doors, basements, utility room, and workshop. 2 of the prints (PH1986:0900.12:124 and PH1986:0900.12:125), which show plans, elevations and cross sections, have prints in red ink attached showing plans of the building prior to the architect's interventions.
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
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PH1986:0900.12
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.12 comprises 136 photographs and 34 prints of the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, altered by Michel Roux-Spitz. Photographs show exterior views of the building, including the inner court and garden, and interior views, including the reading rooms, hallways, staircases, galleries, shelves, painted ceilings, bas-reliefs, ironwork doors, basements, utility room, and workshop. 2 of the prints (PH1986:0900.12:124 and PH1986:0900.12:125), which show plans, elevations and cross sections, have prints in red ink attached showing plans of the building prior to the architect's interventions.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1932-1934?
1932-1934?
People:
Subject:
architecture, interior design, ornament, painting, sculpture
architecture, interior design, ornament, painting, sculpture
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articles
articles
Title:
Line of Flight
Line of Flight
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Kitty Scott offers a reading of the Gordon Matta-Clark collection
Published:
7 September 2020
7 September 2020
Form:
research
research
Title:
Michael Waters on Il Cronaca
Michael Waters on Il Cronaca
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Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Date:
November 2021
November 2021
Title:
Michael Waters on Il Cronaca
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Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Michael Waters on Il Cronaca
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Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Form:
research
research
Date:
November 2021 to
November 2021
November 2021 to
November 2021
Form:
research
research
Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Date:
November 2021
November 2021
Title:
Mari Yoko Hara on two drawings of proposed church facades
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Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Mari Yoko Hara on two drawings of proposed church facades
Actions:
Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Form:
research
research
Date:
November 2021 to
November 2021
November 2021 to
November 2021
Form:
research
research
Actions:
Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Date:
May 2023 to June 2023
May 2023 to June 2023
Title:
Elisabeth Narkin on Jacques 1er Androuet Du Cerceau
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Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Elisabeth Narkin on Jacques 1er Androuet Du Cerceau
Actions:
Description:
The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Form:
research
research
Date:
May 2023 to
June 2023
May 2023 to
June 2023
