Letters from the People: Photographs by Lee Friedlander deals with words and language—how commercial signs and graffiti structure our perception of urban environment and, to a large extent, define our relationship to it. American photographer Lee Friedlander’s work is concerned not with the systematic and thorough documentation of various North American cities, but with(...)
Octagonal gallery
22 September 1993 to 28 November 1993
"Letters from the People": Photographs by Lee Friedlander
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Letters from the People: Photographs by Lee Friedlander deals with words and language—how commercial signs and graffiti structure our perception of urban environment and, to a large extent, define our relationship to it. American photographer Lee Friedlander’s work is concerned not with the systematic and thorough documentation of various North American cities, but with(...)
Octagonal gallery
Project
AP018.S1.1974.PR18
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This project series documents additions to the Minaki Lodge in Minaki, Ontario from 1974-1977. The office identified the project number as 7423. The Minaki Lodge, owned by the Government of Ontario at the time of this project, was located on the banks of the Winnipeg River and was originally built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site included an X-shaped main lodge, a motor lodge and power house, a ski chalet and Holst Point on a nearby island. This project, which was phase II of the work, consisted of the addition of a new convention hall and approximately 200 new guest rooms to the lodge. Different schemes were proposed for the locations of these new buildings, including attaching them to the existing structure, or building them separately near the main lodge. Phase I of this work began under a different project number, assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1974.PR17 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. Some drawings in this project series include reprographic copies dating from 1925, which were prepared by the Canadian National Railways. Textual records include conference reports and correspondence.
1974-1975
Minaki Lodge, New Building, Minaki, Ontario (1974-1977)
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AP018.S1.1974.PR18
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This project series documents additions to the Minaki Lodge in Minaki, Ontario from 1974-1977. The office identified the project number as 7423. The Minaki Lodge, owned by the Government of Ontario at the time of this project, was located on the banks of the Winnipeg River and was originally built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site included an X-shaped main lodge, a motor lodge and power house, a ski chalet and Holst Point on a nearby island. This project, which was phase II of the work, consisted of the addition of a new convention hall and approximately 200 new guest rooms to the lodge. Different schemes were proposed for the locations of these new buildings, including attaching them to the existing structure, or building them separately near the main lodge. Phase I of this work began under a different project number, assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1974.PR17 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. Some drawings in this project series include reprographic copies dating from 1925, which were prepared by the Canadian National Railways. Textual records include conference reports and correspondence.
Project
1974-1975
drawings
DR1987:0021 R/V
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- This drawing is one of four drawings for monumental structures by Pol Gosset, DR1987:0019 - DR1987:0022. All of the structures are enormous in scale and impractical in design, which suggests that they are designs for visionary architecture.
architecture
1930s
Design for a monumental tower; verso: Dwellings
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DR1987:0021 R/V
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- This drawing is one of four drawings for monumental structures by Pol Gosset, DR1987:0019 - DR1987:0022. All of the structures are enormous in scale and impractical in design, which suggests that they are designs for visionary architecture.
drawings
1930s
architecture
textual records
Documents de référence
ARCH258510
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Rapports du « Building Materials and Structures », incluant le « Digest de la construction au Canada ».
1948-1974
Documents de référence
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ARCH258510
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Rapports du « Building Materials and Structures », incluant le « Digest de la construction au Canada ».
textual records
1948-1974
Series
Photographic materials
AP144.S6
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Series contains photographic materials including slides, negatives, and photographs that relate to many of Cedric Price's projects, and to other office activities, such as exhibitions, lectures, field trips and office parties. A substantial slide collection contains mounted and un-mounted slides showing views of projects, early work, exhibitions, drawings, and images taken from other sources and publications. The series also contains a substantial number of negatives that represent many of the projects, as well as, trips, lectures, exhibitions, and office parties. Some of the photographic materials show interior and exterior views, panoramic views, and aerial views of both identified and unidentified sites. Additional material includes postcards of inflatable structures by Eventstructure Research Group (Amsterdam) and a promotional set of slides that show the General Motors Technical Center (Michigan).
1963-1995
Photographic materials
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AP144.S6
Description:
Series contains photographic materials including slides, negatives, and photographs that relate to many of Cedric Price's projects, and to other office activities, such as exhibitions, lectures, field trips and office parties. A substantial slide collection contains mounted and un-mounted slides showing views of projects, early work, exhibitions, drawings, and images taken from other sources and publications. The series also contains a substantial number of negatives that represent many of the projects, as well as, trips, lectures, exhibitions, and office parties. Some of the photographic materials show interior and exterior views, panoramic views, and aerial views of both identified and unidentified sites. Additional material includes postcards of inflatable structures by Eventstructure Research Group (Amsterdam) and a promotional set of slides that show the General Motors Technical Center (Michigan).
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1963-1995
Project
Magnet
AP144.S2.D170
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File documents a project for a series of temporary, moveable structures - "Magnets" - designed to enhance access and transportation options, and/or provide other amenities such as views, information, or safety. Magnets were applied to ten sites in the Greater London area in England, and feasability studies were carried out for sites in Tokyo, Japan. Keiichi Saiki, Price's chief assistant on the project, chose the Tokyo sites and also produced a significant number of the project's conceptual drawings. Material in this file was produced in 1978 and between 1990 and 2001, but predominantly between 1995 and 1996. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, other panels, a presentation model, other models, photographic materials, an artefact, and textual records.
1978, 1990-2001, predominant 1995-1996
Magnet
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AP144.S2.D170
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File documents a project for a series of temporary, moveable structures - "Magnets" - designed to enhance access and transportation options, and/or provide other amenities such as views, information, or safety. Magnets were applied to ten sites in the Greater London area in England, and feasability studies were carried out for sites in Tokyo, Japan. Keiichi Saiki, Price's chief assistant on the project, chose the Tokyo sites and also produced a significant number of the project's conceptual drawings. Material in this file was produced in 1978 and between 1990 and 2001, but predominantly between 1995 and 1996. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, other panels, a presentation model, other models, photographic materials, an artefact, and textual records.
File 170
1978, 1990-2001, predominant 1995-1996
Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
Main galleries
15 November 2000 to 1 April 2001
New York: CCA Competition for the Design of Cities
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
Main galleries
research
Visiting Scholars 2009
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
research
23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
Project
AP166.S1.1990.PR1
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This file documents the design and construction of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama, Japan. The project was developed as a theme pavilion for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama in 1992. The roof of the gymnasium is an undulating space frame structure with ball joints. Computers were used to find an optimum form for the roof and to calculate the dimensions of each component. The file contains approximately 200 design development drawings. There are also working drawings, including 72 numbered architectural drawings and 44 structural drawings. Digital material includes a 3-dimensional model of the roof and sections from a photoelasticity experiment. The remainder of the digital files consist of digital images of the built work and scans of drawings.There are a number of images printed out from computer files, including photoelasticity models and 3-D perspectives of the roof and of the building interior. There is a series of images from computer simulations of the roof dating from 1996. A set of 12 presentation panels contain wireframe images of the roof. There is a small amount of textual material, including proposal documents, graphics for the name of the building, publications and facsimile transmissions. Material in this file was created between 1990 and 2012, but predominantly between 1990 and 1992.
1990-1996, 2012
Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium, Imizu, Japan (1990-1992)
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AP166.S1.1990.PR1
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This file documents the design and construction of the Galaxy Toyama Gymnasium in Imizu, Toyama, Japan. The project was developed as a theme pavilion for the 1st Japan Expo Toyama in 1992. The roof of the gymnasium is an undulating space frame structure with ball joints. Computers were used to find an optimum form for the roof and to calculate the dimensions of each component. The file contains approximately 200 design development drawings. There are also working drawings, including 72 numbered architectural drawings and 44 structural drawings. Digital material includes a 3-dimensional model of the roof and sections from a photoelasticity experiment. The remainder of the digital files consist of digital images of the built work and scans of drawings.There are a number of images printed out from computer files, including photoelasticity models and 3-D perspectives of the roof and of the building interior. There is a series of images from computer simulations of the roof dating from 1996. A set of 12 presentation panels contain wireframe images of the roof. There is a small amount of textual material, including proposal documents, graphics for the name of the building, publications and facsimile transmissions. Material in this file was created between 1990 and 2012, but predominantly between 1990 and 1992.
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1990-1996, 2012
PH1983:0042.06:002
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According to Paul Gers, these structures were transported to the exhibition from Madagascar. Malagasy people who had been brought to Paris to be part of the exhibition at the Pavillon de Madagascar lived and worked in these structures during the day.
1900
View of Malagasy houses with thatched roofs on grounds of Pavillon de Madagascar, Exposition universelle, 1900, Paris, France
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PH1983:0042.06:002
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According to Paul Gers, these structures were transported to the exhibition from Madagascar. Malagasy people who had been brought to Paris to be part of the exhibition at the Pavillon de Madagascar lived and worked in these structures during the day.