Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
Revolution on a Human Scale: Photography and Vkhutemas
Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
Shaughnessy House
29 June 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
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Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
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AP164.S1.1986.D3
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This project series documents the urban plan for the Plaza del Marques de Mamblas, Sevilla la Nueva, Community of Madrid, Spain. Abalos & Herreros, with project architect director Pablo Tarrago Hernandez, designed the project for the Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, Consejeria de gobernacion, Direccion general de cooperacion local, Servicio de proyectos y obras. The project was build by another firm. Abalos & Herreros identified this project as number 37. The design for this plaza and the Plaza Mayor, Villamantilla (AP164.S1.1986.D2) were presented at the same time. Documenting the project are design development drawings and photographic materials.
1986
Ordenación de la Plaza del Marqués de Mamblas, Sevilla la Nueva, Spain (1986)
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AP164.S1.1986.D3
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This project series documents the urban plan for the Plaza del Marques de Mamblas, Sevilla la Nueva, Community of Madrid, Spain. Abalos & Herreros, with project architect director Pablo Tarrago Hernandez, designed the project for the Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, Consejeria de gobernacion, Direccion general de cooperacion local, Servicio de proyectos y obras. The project was build by another firm. Abalos & Herreros identified this project as number 37. The design for this plaza and the Plaza Mayor, Villamantilla (AP164.S1.1986.D2) were presented at the same time. Documenting the project are design development drawings and photographic materials.
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1986
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Ordenación de la ribera del arroyo Trejo-Guadalporcún, Setenil de las Bodegas, Cádiz, Spain (2003)
AP164.S1.2003.D3
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The project series documents the competition entry for the plan of the Trejo-Guadalporcún riverside, in Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 163. The architects described their project as: “[…] a great public entertainment space, a beach which in one bank would accommodate the main tourist and citizen activity, and on the other bank, covering the terraced parking buildings, with bushes, flowers and trees would create an oceanic garden […]” (ARCH270975). Documenting the project are design development and presentation drawings, correspondence, and reference, photographic, digital and cartographic materials.
2002-2003
Ordenación de la ribera del arroyo Trejo-Guadalporcún, Setenil de las Bodegas, Cádiz, Spain (2003)
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AP164.S1.2003.D3
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The project series documents the competition entry for the plan of the Trejo-Guadalporcún riverside, in Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 163. The architects described their project as: “[…] a great public entertainment space, a beach which in one bank would accommodate the main tourist and citizen activity, and on the other bank, covering the terraced parking buildings, with bushes, flowers and trees would create an oceanic garden […]” (ARCH270975). Documenting the project are design development and presentation drawings, correspondence, and reference, photographic, digital and cartographic materials.
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2002-2003
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XVIII Triennale Milano
AP142.S1.D186
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File documents an executed project for the installation of the XVIII Triennale di Milano, held in 1992 in Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, a map, photographs, correspondence, architects' statements, proposals, building programmes, specifications, regulations, estimates, calculations, administrative records, brochures, clippings, leaflets, business cards, agendas, a technical report, labels for drawings, exhibition layouts, Triennale catalogues, lists of exhibited works, lists of participants in the Triennale, and notes.
1991-1992
XVIII Triennale Milano
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AP142.S1.D186
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File documents an executed project for the installation of the XVIII Triennale di Milano, held in 1992 in Milan, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1992. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, a map, photographs, correspondence, architects' statements, proposals, building programmes, specifications, regulations, estimates, calculations, administrative records, brochures, clippings, leaflets, business cards, agendas, a technical report, labels for drawings, exhibition layouts, Triennale catalogues, lists of exhibited works, lists of participants in the Triennale, and notes.
File 186
1991-1992
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Knoll Textiles
AP143.S4.D86
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File documents the executed project for Knoll International Inc. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains artefacts, design drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, and textual records. Original labels on folders with the drawings list the designs as projects by Eisenman Architects, and include the Wexner Center, Nunotani Company Headquarters in Tokyo, the Aronoff (DAAP) Center, the Banyoles Hotel, and the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute. Reference drawings include a plan of the Knoll showroom in Los Angeles. Textual documents include agreement, fabric samples, correspondence, and accounting records.
1990
Knoll Textiles
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AP143.S4.D86
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File documents the executed project for Knoll International Inc. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains artefacts, design drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, and textual records. Original labels on folders with the drawings list the designs as projects by Eisenman Architects, and include the Wexner Center, Nunotani Company Headquarters in Tokyo, the Aronoff (DAAP) Center, the Banyoles Hotel, and the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute. Reference drawings include a plan of the Knoll showroom in Los Angeles. Textual documents include agreement, fabric samples, correspondence, and accounting records.
File 86
1990
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Sane
AP144.S2.D185
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File documents a lecture Price delivered as part of an exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum in London, England, entitled "Retrace Your Steps: Remember Tomorrow". Price's lecture, delivered on March 8, 2000 in the museum's Old Kitchen, was entitled "The Kitchen Lecture: Boiling Potatoes is a useful, imaginative and humane act. Can architects match such a performance?" Included in this file are some pins that Price designed for the exhibition (DR2004:0346). Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2003, but predominantly between 1999 and 2000. File contains textual records and a poster.
1999-2003, predominant 1999-2000
Sane
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AP144.S2.D185
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File documents a lecture Price delivered as part of an exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum in London, England, entitled "Retrace Your Steps: Remember Tomorrow". Price's lecture, delivered on March 8, 2000 in the museum's Old Kitchen, was entitled "The Kitchen Lecture: Boiling Potatoes is a useful, imaginative and humane act. Can architects match such a performance?" Included in this file are some pins that Price designed for the exhibition (DR2004:0346). Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2003, but predominantly between 1999 and 2000. File contains textual records and a poster.
File 185
1999-2003, predominant 1999-2000
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AP207.S2.SS02
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Architettura corretta londinese” curated by Pettena and presented at the Palazzo Te in Mantova, in 1981. The exhibition presented the work of young architects from London, including Nigel Coates, Zaha Hadid, Jenny Lowe and Peter Wilson. The exhibition is also the result of Pettena's interest in the critic of contemporary avant-garde architecture. The sub-series contains scans of the exhibition catalogue published by Casa del Mantegna, in Mantova. The sub-series also contains two u-matic tapes of unidentified video recordings possibly related to the exhibition.
1981, 2013 - 2016
Architettura corretta londinese (1981)
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AP207.S2.SS02
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Architettura corretta londinese” curated by Pettena and presented at the Palazzo Te in Mantova, in 1981. The exhibition presented the work of young architects from London, including Nigel Coates, Zaha Hadid, Jenny Lowe and Peter Wilson. The exhibition is also the result of Pettena's interest in the critic of contemporary avant-garde architecture. The sub-series contains scans of the exhibition catalogue published by Casa del Mantegna, in Mantova. The sub-series also contains two u-matic tapes of unidentified video recordings possibly related to the exhibition.
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1981, 2013 - 2016
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AP163.S2.SS1.D47
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File documents Victor Prus's unrealized project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial design competition in Trenton, Ontario, in 1969, for which he won the First prize and was awarded of the Canadian Architect Award in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1969 and 1972. The file contains drawings, mainly presentation drawings, sketch paintings from artist Jordi Bonet, textual records such as correspondence, flats, a periodical issue with an article on the Memorial, a collage and an artefact. The file also includes a model of the memorial.
1969-1972
Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial
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AP163.S2.SS1.D47
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File documents Victor Prus's unrealized project for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial design competition in Trenton, Ontario, in 1969, for which he won the First prize and was awarded of the Canadian Architect Award in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1969 and 1972. The file contains drawings, mainly presentation drawings, sketch paintings from artist Jordi Bonet, textual records such as correspondence, flats, a periodical issue with an article on the Memorial, a collage and an artefact. The file also includes a model of the memorial.
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1969-1972
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The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Interiors, Toronto (1974)
AP018.S1.1974.PR05
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This project series documents the design of the interiors of the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1974. The office identified the project number as 7406. From 1973-1975, Parkin Architects Planners designed and constructed the Toronto Sun press plant and office building at 333 King Street East. This project consisted of the planning of the interiors for that building including furniture, window treatments, carpeting, planting and graphics. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1974-1975, which include process layout records with cost estimates.
1974-1975
The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Interiors, Toronto (1974)
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AP018.S1.1974.PR05
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This project series documents the design of the interiors of the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1974. The office identified the project number as 7406. From 1973-1975, Parkin Architects Planners designed and constructed the Toronto Sun press plant and office building at 333 King Street East. This project consisted of the planning of the interiors for that building including furniture, window treatments, carpeting, planting and graphics. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1974-1975, which include process layout records with cost estimates.
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1974-1975
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AP178.S1.1989.PR02
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This project series documents the Biblioteca de França (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) in Paris, France. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 62/80. The office assigned the date 1989 for this project. An architectural competition for the Bibliothèque Nationale de France was held in 1988. Siza proposed a design but was not selected by the jury to build the library. Dominique Perrault was the architect seletected and the library was open in 1996. Documenting this project are presentation drawings, competition documentation, and slides of models.
1989-2016
Biblioteca de França [National Library of France], Paris, France (1989)
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AP178.S1.1989.PR02
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This project series documents the Biblioteca de França (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) in Paris, France. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 62/80. The office assigned the date 1989 for this project. An architectural competition for the Bibliothèque Nationale de France was held in 1988. Siza proposed a design but was not selected by the jury to build the library. Dominique Perrault was the architect seletected and the library was open in 1996. Documenting this project are presentation drawings, competition documentation, and slides of models.
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1989-2016