Inside the Sponge
Simmons Hall is an award-winning university dormitory designed by architect Steven Holl on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge. Inspired by the sea sponge and the concept of porosity, the building is radical in structure and ambitious in its program to encourage social interaction. Inside the Sponge is an investigation of Simmons Hall from(...)
Octagonal gallery
10 August 2006 to 19 November 2006
Inside the Sponge
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Simmons Hall is an award-winning university dormitory designed by architect Steven Holl on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus in Cambridge. Inspired by the sea sponge and the concept of porosity, the building is radical in structure and ambitious in its program to encourage social interaction. Inside the Sponge is an investigation of Simmons Hall from(...)
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Eduardo Terrazas
AP156.S4.SS5.D9
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Le dossier documente les photographies prises par Eduardo Terrazas de Chandigarh, en Inde. Le dossier inclut des photographies du Capitol. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre le milieu des années 1960 et les années 1970. Le dossier contient des photographies. File documents the photographs taken by Eduardo Terrazas of Chandigarh, in India. The file includes photographs of the Capitol. The material in this file was produced between the middle of the 1960s and the 1970s. The file contains photographs.
mid 1960s-1970s
Eduardo Terrazas
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AP156.S4.SS5.D9
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Le dossier documente les photographies prises par Eduardo Terrazas de Chandigarh, en Inde. Le dossier inclut des photographies du Capitol. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre le milieu des années 1960 et les années 1970. Le dossier contient des photographies. File documents the photographs taken by Eduardo Terrazas of Chandigarh, in India. The file includes photographs of the Capitol. The material in this file was produced between the middle of the 1960s and the 1970s. The file contains photographs.
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mid 1960s-1970s
PH1976:0043
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- The page accompanying the photograph contains printed text with the title "View on the Appomattox River, near Camplbell's Bridge, Petersburg.". Both the page and the photograph were published in 'Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War' (Gardner, vol. II, n.p.).
architecture, engineering
May 1865
View of buildings along the Appomattox River, including the Merchant Manufacturing Company's cotton mill on the right, near Campbell's Bridge, Petersburg, Virginia, United States
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PH1976:0043
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- The page accompanying the photograph contains printed text with the title "View on the Appomattox River, near Camplbell's Bridge, Petersburg.". Both the page and the photograph were published in 'Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War' (Gardner, vol. II, n.p.).
architecture, engineering
photographs
ARCH274424
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Group consists of negatives (530 negatives) and contact sheets (45 contact sheets) of Chandigarh, India, including photographs of the government housing, the Capitol complex's buildings, school and the university, including the Ghandi Bhawan, sport installation, and administrative buildings. The group also includes photographs of the everyday life in Chandigarh, some photographs of India, other than Chandigarh and photographs of Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Le Corbusier, Jawaharlal Nehru and others at Chandigarh.
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh, India
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ARCH274424
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Group consists of negatives (530 negatives) and contact sheets (45 contact sheets) of Chandigarh, India, including photographs of the government housing, the Capitol complex's buildings, school and the university, including the Ghandi Bhawan, sport installation, and administrative buildings. The group also includes photographs of the everyday life in Chandigarh, some photographs of India, other than Chandigarh and photographs of Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Le Corbusier, Jawaharlal Nehru and others at Chandigarh.
photographs
between 1951 and 1965
photographs
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12 photograph(s)
ARCH268904
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Group consists of late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret or others, alone, in group, with family or relations during private or professional activities, predominantly in Geneva, Switzerland. There is also a photograph of him and a group of students in a workshop at the Beaux Arts, in Paris. This group also includes a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret's mother and a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret with his niece, Jacqueline Jeanneret, as a child.
Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret's family, friends and relations
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ARCH268904
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Group consists of late enlargements of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret or others, alone, in group, with family or relations during private or professional activities, predominantly in Geneva, Switzerland. There is also a photograph of him and a group of students in a workshop at the Beaux Arts, in Paris. This group also includes a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret's mother and a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret with his niece, Jacqueline Jeanneret, as a child.
photographs
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12 photograph(s)
PH1986:0173
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
landscape architecture
1953
View of the south lawn (also known as the court football [kemari] field), stepping-stones, moss and trees near the Old Shoin, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0173
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
landscape architecture
PH1986:0213
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the veranda of the Music Room looking into the Veranda Room of the music Room (Isozaki, et al, p. 107, repr.; p. 248).
architecture, interior design
1953
Interior view of the entrance to the Veranda Room of the Music Room, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0213
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the veranda of the Music Room looking into the Veranda Room of the music Room (Isozaki, et al, p. 107, repr.; p. 248).
architecture, interior design
PH1986:0241
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - After first photographing Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1953, Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned there in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs (Ishimoto, pp. 265-266). - This photograph was taken from the veranda of the Shokintei looking in to the First Room (Isozaki, et al, p. 169, repr.; pp. 253-254).
architecture, interior design, painting
1982
Interior view of the First Room of the Shokintei showing the tokonoma [alcove], Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0241
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - After first photographing Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1953, Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned there in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs (Ishimoto, pp. 265-266). - This photograph was taken from the veranda of the Shokintei looking in to the First Room (Isozaki, et al, p. 169, repr.; pp. 253-254).
architecture, interior design, painting
PH1986:0275
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the Second Room (also known as the Middle Room) looking into the First Room of the Gepparo (Isozaki, et al, p. 224; Tange, n.p., plan).
architecture, interior design
1953
Detail of the transom between the Second Room (also known as the Middle Room) and the First Room of the Gepparo, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0275
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the Second Room (also known as the Middle Room) looking into the First Room of the Gepparo (Isozaki, et al, p. 224; Tange, n.p., plan).
architecture, interior design
photographs
ARCH280808
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Group consists of photographs of commercial buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are views on the sector 17, predominantly on commercial buildings including shopping centres. The group also includes a photograph of the Cinema in sector 17 and a shopping centre in sector 22. The group also includes photographs of various gas stations in Chandigarh.
1956-c.1970
Photographs of commercial buildings in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH280808
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Group consists of photographs of commercial buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are views on the sector 17, predominantly on commercial buildings including shopping centres. The group also includes a photograph of the Cinema in sector 17 and a shopping centre in sector 22. The group also includes photographs of various gas stations in Chandigarh.
photographs
1956-c.1970