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AP128
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The Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records, (1956- 1973), document architect Harold Ship’s design and plan for the Alexis Nihon Plaza (1956-1965) and the Nun’s Island Master Plan (1959-1973). Materials in these project records consist of 1 619 drawings (including reprographic copies), 330 photographs, 5 l.m. of textual records, 5 models and 2 panels.
1956-1973
Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records
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AP128
Synopsis:
The Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records, (1956- 1973), document architect Harold Ship’s design and plan for the Alexis Nihon Plaza (1956-1965) and the Nun’s Island Master Plan (1959-1973). Materials in these project records consist of 1 619 drawings (including reprographic copies), 330 photographs, 5 l.m. of textual records, 5 models and 2 panels.
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Fonds
1956-1973
Project
AP142.S1.D133
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File documents an unexecuted (?) project for the urban planning and revalorization of the railway system in Udine, Italy. Aldo Rossi acted as a consultant architect for this "Programma di valorizzazione degli immobili e di riqualificazione delle principali stazioni della rete". Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1989. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, report and drawings.
1988-1989
Valorizzazione e riqualificazione degli impianti ferroviari di Udine
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AP142.S1.D133
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File documents an unexecuted (?) project for the urban planning and revalorization of the railway system in Udine, Italy. Aldo Rossi acted as a consultant architect for this "Programma di valorizzazione degli immobili e di riqualificazione delle principali stazioni della rete". Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1989. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, report and drawings.
File 133
1988-1989
Sub-series
Juries
AP058.S2.SS3
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s participation on juries of the Progressive Architecture Awards (1980), the National Endowment for the Arts/Design for Transportation National Awards (1981), the Professional Awards for the American Society of Landscape Architects (1982), and the Sparks Street Mall Urban Design Competition (1985). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of jury members, programmes, reports, and a press kit, dating from 1980 to 1985.
1980-1985
Juries
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AP058.S2.SS3
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s participation on juries of the Progressive Architecture Awards (1980), the National Endowment for the Arts/Design for Transportation National Awards (1981), the Professional Awards for the American Society of Landscape Architects (1982), and the Sparks Street Mall Urban Design Competition (1985). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of jury members, programmes, reports, and a press kit, dating from 1980 to 1985.
Subseries
1980-1985
Project
AP143.S6.D14
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File documents an installation for "The American Century 1900-2000" exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, 1997. File contains 31 drawings, 4 prints, 4 study models, 1 box of models and 1 file of textual documents. Documentation includes copies of building sections of the Whitney Museum by Marcel Breuer & Associates Architects. The textual document file consists of sketches, template, exhibition descriptions and photographs.
1997
Installation for the "American Century 1900-2000" exhibition
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AP143.S6.D14
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File documents an installation for "The American Century 1900-2000" exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, 1997. File contains 31 drawings, 4 prints, 4 study models, 1 box of models and 1 file of textual documents. Documentation includes copies of building sections of the Whitney Museum by Marcel Breuer & Associates Architects. The textual document file consists of sketches, template, exhibition descriptions and photographs.
File 14
1997
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Project and Client Files
AP032.S2.SS2.D1.SD2
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Goldsmith's personal files on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill projects between 1956 and 1986. The contents of the files varies considerably, but in general they could consist of correspondence, brochures, notes and sketches by Goldsmith, office memos, work orders, catalogues, photographs or slides, and some drawings. Included are diazos and blueprints of the Monadnock Building by Holabird & Roche, architects. The titles of the files are for the most part by Goldsmith.
1956-1986
Project and Client Files
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AP032.S2.SS2.D1.SD2
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Goldsmith's personal files on Skidmore, Owings & Merrill projects between 1956 and 1986. The contents of the files varies considerably, but in general they could consist of correspondence, brochures, notes and sketches by Goldsmith, office memos, work orders, catalogues, photographs or slides, and some drawings. Included are diazos and blueprints of the Monadnock Building by Holabird & Roche, architects. The titles of the files are for the most part by Goldsmith.
Sub-file 2
1956-1986
Project
AP142.S1.D45
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File documents a successful competition entry for a housing cooperative in Goito, Italy. The competition organizer COOP-Casa awarded the project to the Cooperativa di progettazione e di ricerca architettonica e territoriale (CO.P.R.A.T) and to Aldo Rossi, as a consultant architect. Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1980. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, building codes, sketches and drawings.
1979-1980
UNI-Casa, Goito, Italy
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AP142.S1.D45
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File documents a successful competition entry for a housing cooperative in Goito, Italy. The competition organizer COOP-Casa awarded the project to the Cooperativa di progettazione e di ricerca architettonica e territoriale (CO.P.R.A.T) and to Aldo Rossi, as a consultant architect. Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1980. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, building codes, sketches and drawings.
File 45
1979-1980
Sub-series
AP075.S2.SS2
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This sub-series documents the work of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander as a guest curator for an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1999, with the provisory titles "Out of this Century" and "Art in the 'Fifties." The exhibition included a selection of architectural projects from Canadian architects in the 1950s, including some of Oberlander's own projects. The sub-series contains correspondence and related documents for the planning of the exhibition.
landscape architecture
1999
Out of this Century, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia (1999)
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AP075.S2.SS2
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This sub-series documents the work of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander as a guest curator for an exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1999, with the provisory titles "Out of this Century" and "Art in the 'Fifties." The exhibition included a selection of architectural projects from Canadian architects in the 1950s, including some of Oberlander's own projects. The sub-series contains correspondence and related documents for the planning of the exhibition.
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1999
landscape architecture
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
31 March 2004 to 30 May 2004
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977
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Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for airport plan showing airplane circulation pattern
DR1987:0354
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- This drawing shows the lower right corner of the airport plan, including amphibian landing, station and part of the hangars. The pattern to be followed by taxiing airplanes is indicated. The station building "S" is indicated in two places, one of them crossed out with an X. This drawing is part of a series of eight drawings in which the architect works out airplane circulation (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390).
architecture
1929
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for airport plan showing airplane circulation pattern
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DR1987:0354
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- This drawing shows the lower right corner of the airport plan, including amphibian landing, station and part of the hangars. The pattern to be followed by taxiing airplanes is indicated. The station building "S" is indicated in two places, one of them crossed out with an X. This drawing is part of a series of eight drawings in which the architect works out airplane circulation (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390).
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