Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
7 May 1989 to 7 August 1989
Architecture and Its Image
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Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
photographs
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241 slide(s)
ARCH197167
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Exterior and interior views of various buildings and projects involving Gene Summers, from the offices of Mies van de Rohe, C.F. Murphy Associates and Ridgway Ltd. They include: Seagram Building; Farnsworth House; IIT Chapel; Federal Center; Social Services Building, University of Chicago; McCormick Place; Kansas City Convention Center; Malcom X Jr. College, Chicago; The Newporter Resort Hotel; Cañada Business Center; Ridgway Office at Newport Beach; the Biltmore Hotel; Coral Gables Hotel competition and others. Includes works of ceramic art.
Exterior and interior views of various buildings and projects involving Gene Summers
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ARCH197167
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Exterior and interior views of various buildings and projects involving Gene Summers, from the offices of Mies van de Rohe, C.F. Murphy Associates and Ridgway Ltd. They include: Seagram Building; Farnsworth House; IIT Chapel; Federal Center; Social Services Building, University of Chicago; McCormick Place; Kansas City Convention Center; Malcom X Jr. College, Chicago; The Newporter Resort Hotel; Cañada Business Center; Ridgway Office at Newport Beach; the Biltmore Hotel; Coral Gables Hotel competition and others. Includes works of ceramic art.
photographs
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241 slide(s)
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
As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
PH2006:0246
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No annotations or underlining.
published 1973
Leon Battista Alberti: Universal Man of the Early Renaissance
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PH2006:0246
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No annotations or underlining.
Sub-series
Early Drawings by Goldsmith
AP032.S1.SS1.D3
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This sub-series documents sketches and drawings completed during Goldsmith’s education and early career, from 1938 to 1953. The sub-series includes sketches completed while Goldsmith studied under Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago (as of 2023 known as the Illinois Institute of Technology) in the late-1930s as well as Goldsmith’s notes and sketches from his trips to Taliesin East, Wisconsin, and Williamsburg, Virginia in the early-1940s. Further, the sub-series contains sketches and drawings for various buildings, infrastructure, and furniture from circa 1942-1943, in addition to sketches for the Stuart S. Borovay Residence and an unbuilt project dating from 1942 – 1953.
1938-1953
Early Drawings by Goldsmith
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AP032.S1.SS1.D3
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This sub-series documents sketches and drawings completed during Goldsmith’s education and early career, from 1938 to 1953. The sub-series includes sketches completed while Goldsmith studied under Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago (as of 2023 known as the Illinois Institute of Technology) in the late-1930s as well as Goldsmith’s notes and sketches from his trips to Taliesin East, Wisconsin, and Williamsburg, Virginia in the early-1940s. Further, the sub-series contains sketches and drawings for various buildings, infrastructure, and furniture from circa 1942-1943, in addition to sketches for the Stuart S. Borovay Residence and an unbuilt project dating from 1942 – 1953.
File 3
1938-1953
textual records
DR2012:0012:099:019
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes between Melvin Charney and staff at the Marianne Deson Gallery regarding representation and the possibility of an exhibition at the gallery. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MARIANNE DESON GALLERY / CHICAGO
1984-1986
Correspondence of Melvin Charney with the Marianne Deson Gallery
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DR2012:0012:099:019
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence and notes between Melvin Charney and staff at the Marianne Deson Gallery regarding representation and the possibility of an exhibition at the gallery. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MARIANNE DESON GALLERY / CHICAGO
textual records
1984-1986
PHCON2003:0005:130
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Film was made for the 1989 Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Québec showing of the exhibition "Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective", organized by, and also held at, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois. inscription: ABC News 20/20.
1989
16mm film print of Matta-Clark retrospective at MAC in Montreal
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PHCON2003:0005:130
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Film was made for the 1989 Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Québec showing of the exhibition "Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective", organized by, and also held at, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois. inscription: ABC News 20/20.
1989
drawings
DR2012:0015:012
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Consists of sketches, plans, elevations, sections and details relating to a variety of projects. Identified projects include Bodyworks ("Bodyworks: She-Male 05.11.03"), Les Maisons de la Rue Sherbrooke, Streetwork - Art Gallery of Ontario, A Kingston Construction, and A Chicago Construction.
1976-2003
Sketches, plans, elevations, sections and details relating to a variety of projects
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DR2012:0015:012
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Consists of sketches, plans, elevations, sections and details relating to a variety of projects. Identified projects include Bodyworks ("Bodyworks: She-Male 05.11.03"), Les Maisons de la Rue Sherbrooke, Streetwork - Art Gallery of Ontario, A Kingston Construction, and A Chicago Construction.
drawings
1976-2003
photographs
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91 photograph(s)
ARCH195622
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Views of hotel façade, interior views and details of the Renaissance Room, the Athenian Room, the Crystal Ballroom, the Music Room, the Biltmore Bowl, the ballroom, the Club Floor, the restored lobby ceiling, the Colonnade Room and others. Hedrich-Blessing (Chicago), photographer.
Views of hotel façade, interior views and details of the Renaissance Room
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ARCH195622
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Views of hotel façade, interior views and details of the Renaissance Room, the Athenian Room, the Crystal Ballroom, the Music Room, the Biltmore Bowl, the ballroom, the Club Floor, the restored lobby ceiling, the Colonnade Room and others. Hedrich-Blessing (Chicago), photographer.
photographs
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91 photograph(s)