drawings, textual records, photographs
AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3.001
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This file includes correspondence with the client, construction firm, architects, and engineers. It also includes structural drawings, plumbing drawings, mechanical drawings, technical drawings, as well as working details, carpentry drawings, and details of the stairs. It also contains photographs of construction work and built project, documentation about furniture and accessories designed by Siza for the building, documentation about the audiovisual equipment and doors, as well as contract details.
2003
Box of project documentation, technical drawings, mechanical drawings, construction details, photographs and correspondence, Edifício Zaida, Casa Pátio, Granada
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AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3.001
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This file includes correspondence with the client, construction firm, architects, and engineers. It also includes structural drawings, plumbing drawings, mechanical drawings, technical drawings, as well as working details, carpentry drawings, and details of the stairs. It also contains photographs of construction work and built project, documentation about furniture and accessories designed by Siza for the building, documentation about the audiovisual equipment and doors, as well as contract details.
drawings, textual records, photographs
2003
textual records
ARCH167079
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3 feuillets: Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", 4 octobre 1993 7 feuillets: 2 lettres de Jacques Rousseau à Johanne Couture (SHDU) expliquant le concept architectural, 17 août et 12 octobre 1993 6 feuillets: textes ayant servi à l'élaboration des légendes de plans 14 feuillets: Notes de réunion avec les membres de la SHDU (inclue 3 plans) 11 feuillets: Étude du quartier Hochelaga-Maisonnneuve incluant 9 photocopies de photographies du quartier, 21,5 x 28 cm 3 feuillets: Plans du quartier, 28 x 44 cm photocopies
17 août 1993-12 octobre 1993
Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", textes
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ARCH167079
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3 feuillets: Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", 4 octobre 1993 7 feuillets: 2 lettres de Jacques Rousseau à Johanne Couture (SHDU) expliquant le concept architectural, 17 août et 12 octobre 1993 6 feuillets: textes ayant servi à l'élaboration des légendes de plans 14 feuillets: Notes de réunion avec les membres de la SHDU (inclue 3 plans) 11 feuillets: Étude du quartier Hochelaga-Maisonnneuve incluant 9 photocopies de photographies du quartier, 21,5 x 28 cm 3 feuillets: Plans du quartier, 28 x 44 cm photocopies
textual records
17 août 1993-12 octobre 1993
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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A.D. Thacker fonds
AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
1913-1944
A.D. Thacker fonds
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AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
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1913-1944
Project
AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
2000
Einsteinet, edificio de oficinas y show-room, Hamburg, Germany (2000)
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AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
Project
2000
Project
AP164.S1.2002.D12
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The project series documents Abalos & Herreros’ assesment for the potential redevelopment of Catalonia. The firm identified this project as number 156. The firm was one of a few chosen consultants invited by the government of Catalonia and the Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña (IAAC). Some of the other invited consultants included MVRDV, Duncan Lewis, FOA, NL Architects, West 8, UNStudio, IAN+, S&Aa, Xaveer de Geyter. Documenting the project are dummies, presentation documents, publications, and cartographic and reference materials.
1990-2003
HiperCatalunya, Catalonia, Spain (2002)
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AP164.S1.2002.D12
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The project series documents Abalos & Herreros’ assesment for the potential redevelopment of Catalonia. The firm identified this project as number 156. The firm was one of a few chosen consultants invited by the government of Catalonia and the Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Cataluña (IAAC). Some of the other invited consultants included MVRDV, Duncan Lewis, FOA, NL Architects, West 8, UNStudio, IAN+, S&Aa, Xaveer de Geyter. Documenting the project are dummies, presentation documents, publications, and cartographic and reference materials.
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1990-2003
Project
AP163.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Brudenell River Recreational Park in Prince Edward Island, in 1970. He was awarded the Canadian Architect Award for this project in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. The file contains drawings, including conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, including correspondence, meeting notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, periodical issues with articles about the project and books.
1970-1971
Brudenell River Recreational Park
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AP163.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Brudenell River Recreational Park in Prince Edward Island, in 1970. He was awarded the Canadian Architect Award for this project in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. The file contains drawings, including conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, including correspondence, meeting notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, periodical issues with articles about the project and books.
File 51
1970-1971
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AP140.S2.SS1.D37
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the Siemens AG Headquarters, in Munich, Germany. The complex includes a research centre. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains presentation drawings, including some submitted for the competition, and publication drawings. Photographic materials includes a view of the Siemensstadt housing in Berlin by architect Walter Gropius, views of a study model, and views of a presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains one item of textual records.
1970
Siemens AG Headquarters Competition, Munich, Germany
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AP140.S2.SS1.D37
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the Siemens AG Headquarters, in Munich, Germany. The complex includes a research centre. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains presentation drawings, including some submitted for the competition, and publication drawings. Photographic materials includes a view of the Siemensstadt housing in Berlin by architect Walter Gropius, views of a study model, and views of a presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains one item of textual records.
File 37
1970
Project
AP143.S4.D76
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File documents the executed project for the Koizumi Sangyo Corporation Headquarters Building, Tokyo, Japan. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1990. File contains ink, graphite, and coloured pencil on translucent paper originals and reprographic copies of presentation drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, and textual records. The working drawings are reprographic copies with Japanese text and were probably executed by K. Architect and Associates. Textual records include agreement, phone records, correspondence, and financial records.
1988-1990
Koizumi Sangyo Corporation Headquarters Building
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AP143.S4.D76
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File documents the executed project for the Koizumi Sangyo Corporation Headquarters Building, Tokyo, Japan. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1990. File contains ink, graphite, and coloured pencil on translucent paper originals and reprographic copies of presentation drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, and textual records. The working drawings are reprographic copies with Japanese text and were probably executed by K. Architect and Associates. Textual records include agreement, phone records, correspondence, and financial records.
File 76
1988-1990