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Arrivals
Arrivals features gifts to the collection received in honour of Phyllis Lambert’s eightieth birthday. It includes original prints by acclaimed photographers and artists experimenting with the language of photography: Dieter Appelt, Robert Burley, Edward Burtynsky, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Thomas Florschuetz, John Gossage, Guido Guidi, Gordon Matta-Clark (donated by Jane(...)
Hall cases
24 January 2008 to 23 March 2008
Arrivals
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Arrivals features gifts to the collection received in honour of Phyllis Lambert’s eightieth birthday. It includes original prints by acclaimed photographers and artists experimenting with the language of photography: Dieter Appelt, Robert Burley, Edward Burtynsky, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Thomas Florschuetz, John Gossage, Guido Guidi, Gordon Matta-Clark (donated by Jane(...)
Hall cases
textual records
DR2001:0030
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documents include lectures, 1989-1992; travel files, 1991-1992; letters of recommendation, 1991-1992. Lecture file schedule: Ching (Chinese community lectures) 11/29 - 11/30, lecture requests rejected.File folder "lectures 1989 - finished": miscellaneous papers concerning planning, contacts, travel, etc. File folder "lectures 1991":Wiesbaden 1991, Seton Hill / Philip Johnson, 09/14/91 lecture, santander (University) Barcelona 8/19 lecture honorarium, Western Mountain Region (AIA) Salt Lake (City) 09/21/91, Mississippi State Lecture Honorarium 09/16/91, Central States Regional AIA Convention, Des Moines, 10/10-11, University of Michigan Lecture Honorarium 11/22/91, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Lecture Honoraria, University of Minnesota Lecture Honoraria, College of Architecture, Clemson, S.C. (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, 1990), The Savannah College (of Art and Design, 1990), The University of Michigan, Clemson University, Atlanta ADAC (Decorative Arts Center) July 22-23/91. PDE - Keynote Speaker. Contact Susan Fite, Ando - Century Club, Oct. 1/91. RSVP and Invitations: Georgia Tech. 01/14/92. File Folder - "Travel", 1991-1992:Naples, Germany Trip 12/15-12/18, Atlanta > Frankfurt > Berlin, Frankfurt Trip, Spain 1992, Japan Trip, Frankfurt Trip with Schwan & kreis(berg), Berlin Frank(furt) Trip. PDE, CCD, SCE, 05/20/92 Germany France Trip, Germany 6/29-30, Germany 3/24, memorabilia. File Folder - "letters of recommendation / reference," 1991-1992: Robert Montray Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Raphael Mone, David Niland, Office for Metro. Arch., Sarah Whiting, Recommendation - Milanini, letter of Reference - J. Ben Gianni, letters of Reference, reference letters and Friedrich K.M. Bohm.
Documents include lectures, 1989-1992
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DR2001:0030
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documents include lectures, 1989-1992; travel files, 1991-1992; letters of recommendation, 1991-1992. Lecture file schedule: Ching (Chinese community lectures) 11/29 - 11/30, lecture requests rejected.File folder "lectures 1989 - finished": miscellaneous papers concerning planning, contacts, travel, etc. File folder "lectures 1991":Wiesbaden 1991, Seton Hill / Philip Johnson, 09/14/91 lecture, santander (University) Barcelona 8/19 lecture honorarium, Western Mountain Region (AIA) Salt Lake (City) 09/21/91, Mississippi State Lecture Honorarium 09/16/91, Central States Regional AIA Convention, Des Moines, 10/10-11, University of Michigan Lecture Honorarium 11/22/91, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Lecture Honoraria, University of Minnesota Lecture Honoraria, College of Architecture, Clemson, S.C. (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, 1990), The Savannah College (of Art and Design, 1990), The University of Michigan, Clemson University, Atlanta ADAC (Decorative Arts Center) July 22-23/91. PDE - Keynote Speaker. Contact Susan Fite, Ando - Century Club, Oct. 1/91. RSVP and Invitations: Georgia Tech. 01/14/92. File Folder - "Travel", 1991-1992:Naples, Germany Trip 12/15-12/18, Atlanta > Frankfurt > Berlin, Frankfurt Trip, Spain 1992, Japan Trip, Frankfurt Trip with Schwan & kreis(berg), Berlin Frank(furt) Trip. PDE, CCD, SCE, 05/20/92 Germany France Trip, Germany 6/29-30, Germany 3/24, memorabilia. File Folder - "letters of recommendation / reference," 1991-1992: Robert Montray Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Raphael Mone, David Niland, Office for Metro. Arch., Sarah Whiting, Recommendation - Milanini, letter of Reference - J. Ben Gianni, letters of Reference, reference letters and Friedrich K.M. Bohm.
textual records
textual records, photographs
AP197.S2.025
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This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from I-K. The box is divided into two main sections : Japanese architecture and Louis Kahn.
1961-2010
Research files organized by author's last name or subject from I-K
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AP197.S2.025
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This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from I-K. The box is divided into two main sections : Japanese architecture and Louis Kahn.
textual records, photographs
1961-2010
ARCH256021
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"Aerial - Ile Ste. Helene. Foreground from left to right - Japanese Pavilion, Nederlands Pavilion; then Belgium, Switzerland and Austria; In front of Austria is Iran Pavilion (square) Other Pavilions can be identified, but this caption would be too complicated to read."--Description.
12 June 1967
Aerial view of the Île Sainte-Hélène site, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256021
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"Aerial - Ile Ste. Helene. Foreground from left to right - Japanese Pavilion, Nederlands Pavilion; then Belgium, Switzerland and Austria; In front of Austria is Iran Pavilion (square) Other Pavilions can be identified, but this caption would be too complicated to read."--Description.
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AP168.S1
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The Project records from Neil Denari series, 1994 – 2004, consists of records produced by Denari for his show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. It documents the development and final design for the principal architectural installation built on the third level of the gallery, as well as related materials displayed on the gallery’s fourth floor. The series also contains photographic and video documentation of the exhibit, the show catalogue, and promotional materials. The series includes 4003 digital files (1 GB), 53 slides, 21 transparencies, seven drawings and/or reprographic copies, two VHS video cassettes, one exhibition catalogue, and a small amount of promotional material comprising one large and two small posters, one postcard, and one t-shirt. The majority of records date from 1994-1996. Denari used a combination of physical drawings and digital modelling to draft the design for Interrupted Projections. The series contains one ink drawing and one transfer print with plans and sections of the third floor gallery space, two reprographic copies of drawings with elevations and plans of existing conditions of the third and fourth floors at Gallery MA, and three graphite hand drawings of the installation. Digital files in the series include two original Softimage databases containing full and partial 3D models of the installation, as well as one forward-migrated database containing models compiled from the two original databases. The original models were created in Softimage ’95 on Windows NT and will not open in contemporary versions of Autodesk Softimage. The forward-migrated model database was created by members of Autodesk’s Montreal office for the Archaeology of the Digital exhibition Complexity and Convention and will open in Softimage 2014. Each Softimage model database is made up of several directories that contain information necessary to render all models and their animation into a “scene” (such as textures, lighting, camera movements, etc.). When the Interrupted Projections models were migrated, the information from all directories in both original databases was compiled into the Scenes directory of a single database. These updated scene files (SCN) contain all the elements needed to render the models without the need for additional directories. Each scene file has a corresponding scene TOC file (scene table of content), which can be used to further modify the information in the scene. Scene files in the migrated database contain full and partial models for Interrupted Projections, including one animated scene that follows a camera path through the interior and exterior of the final model. These files document the various stages of design work for the project, as well as Denari’s use of animation features in Softimage to visualize and study the spatial character of his drawings. Project collaborator Duks Koschitz created additional animations of the model that were edited and shown on the fourth floor of the exhibition. A compilation of his work is included on a VHS tape in the archive. The video, which spans one minute 16 seconds, contains four animations that move around the 3D gallery space. Koschitz attempted to reflect the concerns of the project in the movements of the camera, focusing on details such as the fictional company logos or curvatures in the surface of the model. The majority of photographic materials in the series are digital renderings of the model, comprising 38 slides, 14 diapositives, and seven digital images. Photographic materials also include images of the completed show, including seven diapositives that document the built work from various views on the third floor of Gallery MA, as well as the exhibition of materials on the fourth floor. A small number of slides document the exhibit open to the public, and include images of visitors interacting with the Sony Navicam. Most of the diapositive photographs and a small number of slides were taken by Fujitsuka Mitsumasa, a photographer of architecture based in Tokyo. A second VHS tape in the archive provides in-depth documentation of the Interrupted Projections exhibition, containing 45 minutes of raw video footage that explores Gallery MA and surrounding areas of Tokyo. The Interrupted Projections book contains in print the text and images from the installation and website. It was written by Denari and designed by Michiharu Shimoda, a graphic designer and underground trip-hop artist who was also responsible for the design of the fictional logos used in the exhibit. The book acts as an extension of the content of the show, as well as exhibition catalogue, and covers Denari’s other projects represented in the show. The series also contains a small amount of promotional media for Interrupted Projections, including one large and two small posters, a postcard, and a t-shirt.
1994 - 2004
Project records from Neil Denari
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AP168.S1
Description:
The Project records from Neil Denari series, 1994 – 2004, consists of records produced by Denari for his show “Interrupted Projections” at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan. It documents the development and final design for the principal architectural installation built on the third level of the gallery, as well as related materials displayed on the gallery’s fourth floor. The series also contains photographic and video documentation of the exhibit, the show catalogue, and promotional materials. The series includes 4003 digital files (1 GB), 53 slides, 21 transparencies, seven drawings and/or reprographic copies, two VHS video cassettes, one exhibition catalogue, and a small amount of promotional material comprising one large and two small posters, one postcard, and one t-shirt. The majority of records date from 1994-1996. Denari used a combination of physical drawings and digital modelling to draft the design for Interrupted Projections. The series contains one ink drawing and one transfer print with plans and sections of the third floor gallery space, two reprographic copies of drawings with elevations and plans of existing conditions of the third and fourth floors at Gallery MA, and three graphite hand drawings of the installation. Digital files in the series include two original Softimage databases containing full and partial 3D models of the installation, as well as one forward-migrated database containing models compiled from the two original databases. The original models were created in Softimage ’95 on Windows NT and will not open in contemporary versions of Autodesk Softimage. The forward-migrated model database was created by members of Autodesk’s Montreal office for the Archaeology of the Digital exhibition Complexity and Convention and will open in Softimage 2014. Each Softimage model database is made up of several directories that contain information necessary to render all models and their animation into a “scene” (such as textures, lighting, camera movements, etc.). When the Interrupted Projections models were migrated, the information from all directories in both original databases was compiled into the Scenes directory of a single database. These updated scene files (SCN) contain all the elements needed to render the models without the need for additional directories. Each scene file has a corresponding scene TOC file (scene table of content), which can be used to further modify the information in the scene. Scene files in the migrated database contain full and partial models for Interrupted Projections, including one animated scene that follows a camera path through the interior and exterior of the final model. These files document the various stages of design work for the project, as well as Denari’s use of animation features in Softimage to visualize and study the spatial character of his drawings. Project collaborator Duks Koschitz created additional animations of the model that were edited and shown on the fourth floor of the exhibition. A compilation of his work is included on a VHS tape in the archive. The video, which spans one minute 16 seconds, contains four animations that move around the 3D gallery space. Koschitz attempted to reflect the concerns of the project in the movements of the camera, focusing on details such as the fictional company logos or curvatures in the surface of the model. The majority of photographic materials in the series are digital renderings of the model, comprising 38 slides, 14 diapositives, and seven digital images. Photographic materials also include images of the completed show, including seven diapositives that document the built work from various views on the third floor of Gallery MA, as well as the exhibition of materials on the fourth floor. A small number of slides document the exhibit open to the public, and include images of visitors interacting with the Sony Navicam. Most of the diapositive photographs and a small number of slides were taken by Fujitsuka Mitsumasa, a photographer of architecture based in Tokyo. A second VHS tape in the archive provides in-depth documentation of the Interrupted Projections exhibition, containing 45 minutes of raw video footage that explores Gallery MA and surrounding areas of Tokyo. The Interrupted Projections book contains in print the text and images from the installation and website. It was written by Denari and designed by Michiharu Shimoda, a graphic designer and underground trip-hop artist who was also responsible for the design of the fictional logos used in the exhibit. The book acts as an extension of the content of the show, as well as exhibition catalogue, and covers Denari’s other projects represented in the show. The series also contains a small amount of promotional media for Interrupted Projections, including one large and two small posters, a postcard, and a t-shirt.
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1994 - 2004
textual records
AP197.S1.SS9.015
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The box contains drafts, final copies, correspondence and notes for various articles, book projects, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from I-K. The largest portion of this box consists of: drafts and transcripts of interviews with Kenneth Frampton; drafts, articles, correspondence and research materials for an unpublished book project on Japanese Building Practices/Japanese Contemporary Architecture; correspondence and drafts for the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and correspondence and notes for a Panos Koulermos book project. Other subjects and architects explored in these texts include Arata Isozaki, Kritsin Jaramund, Michael Kagan, Louis Kahn, Rem Koolhaas, Kengo Kuma, and Kisho Kurakawa.
1985-2016
Kenneth Frampton writings (I-K)
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AP197.S1.SS9.015
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The box contains drafts, final copies, correspondence and notes for various articles, book projects, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from I-K. The largest portion of this box consists of: drafts and transcripts of interviews with Kenneth Frampton; drafts, articles, correspondence and research materials for an unpublished book project on Japanese Building Practices/Japanese Contemporary Architecture; correspondence and drafts for the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and correspondence and notes for a Panos Koulermos book project. Other subjects and architects explored in these texts include Arata Isozaki, Kritsin Jaramund, Michael Kagan, Louis Kahn, Rem Koolhaas, Kengo Kuma, and Kisho Kurakawa.
textual records
1985-2016
textual records
AP197.S2.013
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These files are comprised of clippings and writings about various architectural subjects, including the Swedish Central bank in Stockholm and Japanese urbanism, as well as writings by or about Gottfried Semper, Gunter Nitschke, H.P. Berlage, Albert Eide Parr, Tomás Maldonado, Fumihiko Maki, Le Corbusier and Richard Neutra.
circa 1964-1990
Architect and other research files
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AP197.S2.013
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These files are comprised of clippings and writings about various architectural subjects, including the Swedish Central bank in Stockholm and Japanese urbanism, as well as writings by or about Gottfried Semper, Gunter Nitschke, H.P. Berlage, Albert Eide Parr, Tomás Maldonado, Fumihiko Maki, Le Corbusier and Richard Neutra.
textual records
circa 1964-1990
textual records
DR2012:0012:085:010
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Assorted documents in English, French (predominant), and Japanese, including contracts, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, notes, sketches, and waybills related to the group exhibition, Pour la suite du monde, at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, MTL. 1992.
1990-1992
Contracts, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, notes, sketches, and waybills related to the group exhibition "Pour la suite du monde"
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DR2012:0012:085:010
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Assorted documents in English, French (predominant), and Japanese, including contracts, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, notes, sketches, and waybills related to the group exhibition, Pour la suite du monde, at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, MTL. 1992.
textual records
1990-1992
drawings
DR1986:0325
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- This drawing is an incomplete design identified by the more finished woodcut print reproduced in Drexler (plate 52) as model C3. While the bookshelves, cupboards, and drawers, and the table and chair are drawn to near-completion, the top right area of the drawing is unfinished. Drawn in two-point perspective, the strong diagonals and flat areas recall the influence of Japanese prints.
architecture, interior design
1911-1916
Interior perspective of the living room for the American System Ready-Cut House model C3
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DR1986:0325
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- This drawing is an incomplete design identified by the more finished woodcut print reproduced in Drexler (plate 52) as model C3. While the bookshelves, cupboards, and drawers, and the table and chair are drawn to near-completion, the top right area of the drawing is unfinished. Drawn in two-point perspective, the strong diagonals and flat areas recall the influence of Japanese prints.
drawings
1911-1916
architecture, interior design