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Fonds
AP056
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The Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg fonds documents the architectural projects of the firm from 1984-2003. 125 projects are recorded through drawings, photographs, models, textual records, periodicals and paintings. These projects include built work, proposals and competition entries.
1984-2003
Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
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AP056
Synopsis:
The Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg fonds documents the architectural projects of the firm from 1984-2003. 125 projects are recorded through drawings, photographs, models, textual records, periodicals and paintings. These projects include built work, proposals and competition entries.
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Fonds
1984-2003
Project
Interlake Housing Study
AP027.S1.D43
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A study of the housing stock and community facilities with reference to regional development in the Interlake area of Manitoba. This project assesses the regional development possibilities and proposed future urban patterns based on land use, resource development, and economic goals anticipated by 1979.
urban planning
1967-1968
Interlake Housing Study
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AP027.S1.D43
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A study of the housing stock and community facilities with reference to regional development in the Interlake area of Manitoba. This project assesses the regional development possibilities and proposed future urban patterns based on land use, resource development, and economic goals anticipated by 1979.
File 43
1967-1968
urban planning
Led by architect Farida Abu-Bakare and her team at WXY, participants will work in small groups with tools that represent community priorities, municipal frameworks, and spatial trade-offs to collectively map Montréal, and test the possibilities that arise when different forms of knowledge come together.
31 October 2026, 1pm to 4pm
Community Capital: What We Build Together
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Led by architect Farida Abu-Bakare and her team at WXY, participants will work in small groups with tools that represent community priorities, municipal frameworks, and spatial trade-offs to collectively map Montréal, and test the possibilities that arise when different forms of knowledge come together.
Project
AP142.S1.D219
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File documents an an unexecuted (?) project for urban development in Mira, near Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1993 and 1994. File contains textual records.
1993-1994
Intervento di edilizia popolare, Comune di Mira, località Marano
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AP142.S1.D219
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File documents an an unexecuted (?) project for urban development in Mira, near Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1993 and 1994. File contains textual records.
File 219
1993-1994
textual records
ARCH275451
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Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
1974-1995
Specifications, budgets, design summaries for various projects
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ARCH275451
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Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
textual records
1974-1995
textual records
ARCH153499
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Request for assistance to the Rockefeller Foundation Income tax form 1971 Correspondence with the NYS Council for the Arts concerning Peter Wolf's 1973 application for Project Development (refused) Prospectus, First Draft
1971-1973
IAUS: requests for financial assistance, prospectus, 1971-1973
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ARCH153499
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Request for assistance to the Rockefeller Foundation Income tax form 1971 Correspondence with the NYS Council for the Arts concerning Peter Wolf's 1973 application for Project Development (refused) Prospectus, First Draft
textual records
1971-1973
textual records
P. Eisenman Trustees Meeting
ARCH153448
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Agenda, 19 September 1980 Addendum to the Minutes, meeting of the 9 June 1980 Development Committee, Summary of Development Needs, October 1980 List of Trustees, 22 September, 1980 Programs and "Fundable Packages" (projected budget of 1980-1) Oppositions Books Program ; budget Note to PDE from Charles Next Editors Meeting for Oppositions Journal, March 20 List of IAUS students Memo from Kenneth Frampton to PDE and Hamid Nouri about Skyline Note to PDE, not signed
October 1980
P. Eisenman Trustees Meeting
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ARCH153448
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Agenda, 19 September 1980 Addendum to the Minutes, meeting of the 9 June 1980 Development Committee, Summary of Development Needs, October 1980 List of Trustees, 22 September, 1980 Programs and "Fundable Packages" (projected budget of 1980-1) Oppositions Books Program ; budget Note to PDE from Charles Next Editors Meeting for Oppositions Journal, March 20 List of IAUS students Memo from Kenneth Frampton to PDE and Hamid Nouri about Skyline Note to PDE, not signed
textual records
October 1980
Project
Berlin Masque
AP145.S2.D47
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File documents an unexecuted competition entry for an urban development in Berlin, West Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1981. File contains a sketchbook, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, and a presentation model.
[1981]
Berlin Masque
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AP145.S2.D47
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File documents an unexecuted competition entry for an urban development in Berlin, West Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1981. File contains a sketchbook, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, and a presentation model.
File 47
[1981]
Project
AP145.S2.D38
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File documents an unexecuted urban planning project. Material in this file was produced between 1974 and 1979. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and a presentation drawing.
[1974-1979]
New Town for the New Orthodox
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AP145.S2.D38
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File documents an unexecuted urban planning project. Material in this file was produced between 1974 and 1979. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and a presentation drawing.
File 38
[1974-1979]
The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries
25 August 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Guided tour for Friends of the CCA
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The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries