archives
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Fonds
Melvin Charney fonds
AP041
Synopsis:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
1947-2012
Melvin Charney fonds
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AP041
Synopsis:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1947-2012
AP018.S2.020
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These materials include interviews with the media, promotional recordings on the firm and projects and recordings whose contents are unknown. The most notable recording in the materials is a phone call between sculptor Henry Moore and John Cresswell Parkin (see ARCH 281661 in this file). All materials have been described without playback.
1960-1980
Promotional audiovisual materials and other recordings
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AP018.S2.020
Description:
These materials include interviews with the media, promotional recordings on the firm and projects and recordings whose contents are unknown. The most notable recording in the materials is a phone call between sculptor Henry Moore and John Cresswell Parkin (see ARCH 281661 in this file). All materials have been described without playback.
1960-1980
born digital
ARCH280050
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Label on post-it: "Diagrams; Reiser + Umemoto; Disk 6 of 9". Annotations on original physical media: "Zip #2; midtown eps; regional map eps; link eps; act eps; slided". File formats: unidentified file format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Quark Xpress Data File. Empty files and directories were deleted from the extracted files.
1999
Presentation materials for the IFCCA competition, Zip disk (6/9), 100 MB
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ARCH280050
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Label on post-it: "Diagrams; Reiser + Umemoto; Disk 6 of 9". Annotations on original physical media: "Zip #2; midtown eps; regional map eps; link eps; act eps; slided". File formats: unidentified file format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Quark Xpress Data File. Empty files and directories were deleted from the extracted files.
born digital
1999
After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
Octagonal gallery
22 September 2011 to 8 January 2012
Modernism in Miniature: Points of View
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After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
Octagonal gallery
born digital
Design development of the Dunescape project, MoMA PS1, New York, SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli
ARCH279760
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Labelled: "4/27/00 SHOP PS1". Most common files formats: Adobe PostScript Font Metrics files, Adobe Printer Font Binary, Tagged Image File Format. This piece of digital storage media is accompanied by a printed letter by Richard Garber addressed to Cythia Davidson listing the disk's contents and printed copies of the images.
1995-2000
Design development of the Dunescape project, MoMA PS1, New York, SHoP/Sharples Holden Pasquarelli
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ARCH279760
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Labelled: "4/27/00 SHOP PS1". Most common files formats: Adobe PostScript Font Metrics files, Adobe Printer Font Binary, Tagged Image File Format. This piece of digital storage media is accompanied by a printed letter by Richard Garber addressed to Cythia Davidson listing the disk's contents and printed copies of the images.
born digital
1995-2000
born digital
ARCH279609
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Labelled: "Bus Stop Model Construction Drawings for JCDecaux USA". Annotations on the original physical media: "AutoCAD IZ DWGS; BSSTP1; BSSTP2; BSSTP3; BSSTP4; BSSTP5 [AD PANEL]; BSSTP6 [AD PANEL]". File formats: AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII). A paper order form is included in the envelope. The disk image file is infected with a virus.
1997
JCDecaux bus shelter drawings, 3.5" floppy disk, 1.44MB
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ARCH279609
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Labelled: "Bus Stop Model Construction Drawings for JCDecaux USA". Annotations on the original physical media: "AutoCAD IZ DWGS; BSSTP1; BSSTP2; BSSTP3; BSSTP4; BSSTP5 [AD PANEL]; BSSTP6 [AD PANEL]". File formats: AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII). A paper order form is included in the envelope. The disk image file is infected with a virus.
born digital
1997
Project
AP148.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
Project series comprises design and promotional material for a bed entitled "Il carro di giove" designed by Poli in 1991. The bed was made for F.lli Ciulli (likely Fratelli Ciulli), based in Florence, Italy, and an accompanying blanket was made for the textile design company Fanair. The bed project was featured in the 1991 publication Catalogo Armonia by publisher Ponte alla Grazie in Florence, as well as the April 1992 issue of Casa Vogue (no. 240). The design features a large alabaster disc suspended from an iron frame. Project material in the series ranges from early sketches to drawings and collages of the bed in various media, with some drawings overlayed with wax and silver paper. Also included are excerpted pages from the Catalogo Armonia, featuring a conversation with Sergio Cammilli, who commissioned furniture designs from architects and contemporary artists. The Catalogo Armonia pages also feature images of the bed and blanket prototype. This project series includes textile reference studies, though no drawings or designs for the bed's blanket were received from Poli.
1991
Bed and blanket design, Il carro di giove [Jupiter's chariot] (1991)
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AP148.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
Project series comprises design and promotional material for a bed entitled "Il carro di giove" designed by Poli in 1991. The bed was made for F.lli Ciulli (likely Fratelli Ciulli), based in Florence, Italy, and an accompanying blanket was made for the textile design company Fanair. The bed project was featured in the 1991 publication Catalogo Armonia by publisher Ponte alla Grazie in Florence, as well as the April 1992 issue of Casa Vogue (no. 240). The design features a large alabaster disc suspended from an iron frame. Project material in the series ranges from early sketches to drawings and collages of the bed in various media, with some drawings overlayed with wax and silver paper. Also included are excerpted pages from the Catalogo Armonia, featuring a conversation with Sergio Cammilli, who commissioned furniture designs from architects and contemporary artists. The Catalogo Armonia pages also feature images of the bed and blanket prototype. This project series includes textile reference studies, though no drawings or designs for the bed's blanket were received from Poli.
Project
1991
born digital
Quantity:
114 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2001.D1.008
Description:
Contains PDFs containing presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format, Adobe InDesign Document, DS_store file (MAC), Plain Text File
2014
Final renderings and drawings in InDesign
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.008
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Contains PDFs containing presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format, Adobe InDesign Document, DS_store file (MAC), Plain Text File
born digital
Quantity:
114 digital file(s)
2014
born digital
Quantity:
314 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2006.D2.004
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Contains PDF files including presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, DS_store file (MAC), Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe InDesign Document, Plain Text File
2014
Final renderings and drawings in InDesign
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AP174.S1.2006.D2.004
Description:
Contains PDF files including presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, DS_store file (MAC), Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe InDesign Document, Plain Text File
born digital
Quantity:
314 digital file(s)
2014
articles
A history of references