DR1987:0422:001-002
Description:
- This drawing for the site for Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California, includes calculations of gradients for the road and the placement of trees along the roadway.
architecture
1959
Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Developmental site plan for the chapel and access road
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DR1987:0422:001-002
Description:
- This drawing for the site for Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California, includes calculations of gradients for the road and the placement of trees along the roadway.
architecture
archives
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Fonds
AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds
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AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0186:130-130
Description:
sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey, estimate, invoices, calculations, contracts, contract document, price list, trade catalogues, brochures, payment certificates, meeting notes, list of contractors and estimates, site visit minutes, quotes, sub-contractor submissions, postcards, telephone messages, consultant's drawings, flight schedules, article, details sketches, thumbnail sketches, measured sketches of existing building, annotated sketches, and site plan
Sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey
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DR1995:0186:130-130
Description:
sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey, estimate, invoices, calculations, contracts, contract document, price list, trade catalogues, brochures, payment certificates, meeting notes, list of contractors and estimates, site visit minutes, quotes, sub-contractor submissions, postcards, telephone messages, consultant's drawings, flight schedules, article, details sketches, thumbnail sketches, measured sketches of existing building, annotated sketches, and site plan
drawings, textual records, photographs
drawings
Quantity:
20 publication drawing(s)
DR1995:0188:262-281
Description:
publication drawings, possibly some presentation drawings, including axonometric drawings of complex, diagrammatic sections, publication layout and instructions, flow chart of design process, axonometric grid, site plans for Camden Town and Mill Meads, plans, sections and key of seating types, diagrams of vertical and horizontal activity zones, and sketch site plan at West Ferry Road
Publication drawings, possibly some presentation drawings
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DR1995:0188:262-281
Description:
publication drawings, possibly some presentation drawings, including axonometric drawings of complex, diagrammatic sections, publication layout and instructions, flow chart of design process, axonometric grid, site plans for Camden Town and Mill Meads, plans, sections and key of seating types, diagrams of vertical and horizontal activity zones, and sketch site plan at West Ferry Road
drawings
Quantity:
20 publication drawing(s)
Series
Competitors Meeting
AP103.S4
Description:
Series documents the Competitors Meeting, held 5 March 1999 to discuss the site, issues, and problems with the five finalists. Material in series was produced in 1999. Series contains correspondence, photographic material, and a meeting agenda.
1999
Competitors Meeting
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AP103.S4
Description:
Series documents the Competitors Meeting, held 5 March 1999 to discuss the site, issues, and problems with the five finalists. Material in series was produced in 1999. Series contains correspondence, photographic material, and a meeting agenda.
Series 4
1999
Project
Shannon Mews
AP022.S1.1972.PR10
Description:
File documents a townhouse project built on a 10 acre site, The Shannon Estate, while preserving the original gardens and the mansion house for a clubhouse (completed 1973), Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains working drawings, textual records.
1972-1973
Shannon Mews
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AP022.S1.1972.PR10
Description:
File documents a townhouse project built on a 10 acre site, The Shannon Estate, while preserving the original gardens and the mansion house for a clubhouse (completed 1973), Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains working drawings, textual records.
Project
1972-1973
Project
AP143.S6.D12
Description:
File documents Peter Eisenman's contribution to an exhibition organized by The Architectural League of New York and Minetta Brook for projects that were displayed in five non-art sites in SoHo, New York City, New York in Spring 1995.
1995
Architecture of Display, Comme des Garçons
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AP143.S6.D12
Description:
File documents Peter Eisenman's contribution to an exhibition organized by The Architectural League of New York and Minetta Brook for projects that were displayed in five non-art sites in SoHo, New York City, New York in Spring 1995.
File 12
1995
Project
Max Reinhardt Haus
AP143.S4.D96
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for The Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, textual records, and study models. Textual records include proposal, agreement, site, project information, consultants, specifications, drawings, blueprints, computer drawings, Essay, transcriptions (P.E. & Heimrod), phone records, transmittals, letters, clippings, "Electronic Zoo" information, publications, drawings, site plan, brief, executive summary, Budget, consultants, correspondence, fees, preliminary system description, computer drawings, supplies list, proposal, schedule, project directory, 20 photographs, 12 transparencies, 2 slides, 3 computer disks, and 1 audio cassette.
1992
Max Reinhardt Haus
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AP143.S4.D96
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for The Max Reinhardt Haus, Berlin, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, textual records, and study models. Textual records include proposal, agreement, site, project information, consultants, specifications, drawings, blueprints, computer drawings, Essay, transcriptions (P.E. & Heimrod), phone records, transmittals, letters, clippings, "Electronic Zoo" information, publications, drawings, site plan, brief, executive summary, Budget, consultants, correspondence, fees, preliminary system description, computer drawings, supplies list, proposal, schedule, project directory, 20 photographs, 12 transparencies, 2 slides, 3 computer disks, and 1 audio cassette.
File 96
1992
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS14
Description:
The sub-series documents the unrealized project of an exhibition curated by Pettena on the work of American architect James Wines for the Venice Biennale of 2000. The exhibition was planned as an installation created by Wines to be placed on a small boat moored in the canal near the Venice Biennale site. The sub-series contains research material on James Wines, including publications. The sub-series also contains correspondence regarding the planning of the exhibition, including correspondence with Wines, exhibition site photographs and plans, and preliminary designs and drawings. This sub-series contains harmful materials including violent and racist imagery.
1999-2000
Exhibition on James Wines at the Venice Biennale (2000)
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AP207.S2.SS14
Description:
The sub-series documents the unrealized project of an exhibition curated by Pettena on the work of American architect James Wines for the Venice Biennale of 2000. The exhibition was planned as an installation created by Wines to be placed on a small boat moored in the canal near the Venice Biennale site. The sub-series contains research material on James Wines, including publications. The sub-series also contains correspondence regarding the planning of the exhibition, including correspondence with Wines, exhibition site photographs and plans, and preliminary designs and drawings. This sub-series contains harmful materials including violent and racist imagery.
Subseries
1999-2000
Project
AP075.S1.1973.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for a proposed playground at the corner of West 38th Street and Hudson Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked in this project from 1973-1975. This project was not realized. Oberlander's landscape design consisted in a central mound covered in grass, surrounded by tree logs, with swings on top, and two lower grass mounds on the Southeast corner of the playground with other play installations for creative play. The project series contains four sketches, including two digitatized layout sketches, two presentation drawings, a preliminary site plan, a site plan, a topographic survey.
1973-2005
Playground, 38th and Hudson Streets, Vancouver, British Columbia (1973)
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AP075.S1.1973.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for a proposed playground at the corner of West 38th Street and Hudson Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked in this project from 1973-1975. This project was not realized. Oberlander's landscape design consisted in a central mound covered in grass, surrounded by tree logs, with swings on top, and two lower grass mounds on the Southeast corner of the playground with other play installations for creative play. The project series contains four sketches, including two digitatized layout sketches, two presentation drawings, a preliminary site plan, a site plan, a topographic survey.
Project
1973-2005