American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings, graphic materials, works of art
DR1974:0002:001:001-105
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- "[A] printed exercise book used by Charles Rohault de Fleury at the Ecole polytechnique in 1820-1821. The engraved plates proceed systematically from simple exercises in geometric projections to the most complex problems of stereotomy and construction of wooden roof sections. Many of the problems have been solved by Rohault and bear the approval seal of his professor." (Bergdoll, [1]). The group also includes nine loose sheets most of which appear to be cartographic exercises.
architecture, engineering, topographic
drawings executed between 1821 and 1822, prints executed 1812-1854
Workbook of draughting exercises with printed examples from the École polytechnique, Paris
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DR1974:0002:001:001-105
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- "[A] printed exercise book used by Charles Rohault de Fleury at the Ecole polytechnique in 1820-1821. The engraved plates proceed systematically from simple exercises in geometric projections to the most complex problems of stereotomy and construction of wooden roof sections. Many of the problems have been solved by Rohault and bear the approval seal of his professor." (Bergdoll, [1]). The group also includes nine loose sheets most of which appear to be cartographic exercises.
drawings, graphic materials, works of art
drawings executed between 1821 and 1822, prints executed 1812-1854
architecture, engineering, topographic
ARCH250583
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- 1 copying stand de marque Minox dans sa boîte portant l'inscription "MINOX / Reprostativ - Copying Stand"; - 1 cuve pour le développement de films (film tank) de marque Minox; - 1 cuve pour charger les cassettes de films (load tank) de marque Eastman Kodak; - 1 ensemble de révélateur en poudre à grain fin de marque Minox dans sa boîte, 1 livret d'instruction pour une cuve de développement de films (film tank) de marque Minox, et des feuillets d'instruction; - 1 ensemble de 3 accessoires Minox pour reproduction, 4 feuillets d'instructions pour de l'équipement photographique de marque Minox, 1 miroir et un feuillet d'instructions pour une caméra Minox dans une boîte portant l'inscription "Finder Mirror for Minox B", 1 déclencheur souple, 1 lampe de projection (ampoule) dans une boîte de produit Fischer Minox, 2 fiches de notes manuscrites dans une boîte de produit Bolex Paillard portant l'inscription manuscrite "MINOX"; - 1 filtre rouge pour agrandisseur; - 1 lame de marque Stanley; - 1 accessoire de fabrication artisanale (qui sert à couper du film et qui irait avec la lame de marque Stanley); - 1 lampe inactinique de marque Kindermann; - 1 lampe inactique; - 4 pinces à film (sheet film developing hangers no. 6) de marque Eastman Kodak; - 1 transparency cutter de marque Minox dans sa boîte portant l'inscription "MINOX / Dia-Stanze / Transparency Cutter";
Équipement photographique de laboratoire
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ARCH250583
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- 1 copying stand de marque Minox dans sa boîte portant l'inscription "MINOX / Reprostativ - Copying Stand"; - 1 cuve pour le développement de films (film tank) de marque Minox; - 1 cuve pour charger les cassettes de films (load tank) de marque Eastman Kodak; - 1 ensemble de révélateur en poudre à grain fin de marque Minox dans sa boîte, 1 livret d'instruction pour une cuve de développement de films (film tank) de marque Minox, et des feuillets d'instruction; - 1 ensemble de 3 accessoires Minox pour reproduction, 4 feuillets d'instructions pour de l'équipement photographique de marque Minox, 1 miroir et un feuillet d'instructions pour une caméra Minox dans une boîte portant l'inscription "Finder Mirror for Minox B", 1 déclencheur souple, 1 lampe de projection (ampoule) dans une boîte de produit Fischer Minox, 2 fiches de notes manuscrites dans une boîte de produit Bolex Paillard portant l'inscription manuscrite "MINOX"; - 1 filtre rouge pour agrandisseur; - 1 lame de marque Stanley; - 1 accessoire de fabrication artisanale (qui sert à couper du film et qui irait avec la lame de marque Stanley); - 1 lampe inactinique de marque Kindermann; - 1 lampe inactique; - 4 pinces à film (sheet film developing hangers no. 6) de marque Eastman Kodak; - 1 transparency cutter de marque Minox dans sa boîte portant l'inscription "MINOX / Dia-Stanze / Transparency Cutter";
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
11 May 2016 to 16 October 2016
Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention
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Archaeology of the Digital: Complexity and Convention is the third exhibition related to the development of a strategy for collecting and preserving digital archives at the CCA. The Archaeology of the Digital program comprises twenty-five projects for which digital materials are integral to an understanding of the design process. For projects included in the first two(...)
DR1988:0358
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- Comparison with DR1988:0359, 'Plans and Elevations for Electric House ...', identifies these projections as sections and plans for Electric House. - This work is part of an incomplete group of possibly working reprographic copies for Electric House, Battersea Borough, designed by the borough architect, Henry Hyams. The group also includes some reprographic copies which may have been used for publication purposes. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be directly linked to an article published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
architecture
printed late 1926 or 1927
Sections and floor plans for Electric House, Battersea Borough
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DR1988:0358
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- Comparison with DR1988:0359, 'Plans and Elevations for Electric House ...', identifies these projections as sections and plans for Electric House. - This work is part of an incomplete group of possibly working reprographic copies for Electric House, Battersea Borough, designed by the borough architect, Henry Hyams. The group also includes some reprographic copies which may have been used for publication purposes. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be directly linked to an article published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
architecture
archives
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
archives
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1996-2015
books
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112 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., ©1984.
Projection drawing / Thomas C. Wang.
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112 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 27 cm
books
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., ©1984.
books
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vii, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022., ©2022
Atmospheres of projection : environmentality in art and screen media / Giuliana Bruno.
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vii, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
books
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022., ©2022
books
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3 preliminary leaves, 43 pages illustrations 10 plates (including plans) on 6 leaves, diagrams 31 cm
New York, The Pencil points Press, Inc., 1930.
Perspective projection; a simple and exact method of making perspective drawings, by Ernest Irving Freese.
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3 preliminary leaves, 43 pages illustrations 10 plates (including plans) on 6 leaves, diagrams 31 cm
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New York, The Pencil points Press, Inc., 1930.