Series
AP115.S4
Description:
La série document le dôme géodésique Senneville Barn Dome, dit aussi The Barn Dome. Conçu par la firme Jeffrey Lindsay & Associates, il fut construction en 1954. La série contient une photographie montrant, depuis l'intérieur, la structure géodésique de bois dont l'un des triangles est recouvert d'une membrane de fibre de verre qui enveloppait la structure à l'origine, aujourd'hui disparue et remplacée par des feuilles de métal peint. On aperçoit de plus la silhouette d'un homme travaillant à assembler la structure, vraisemblablement le propriétaire du terrain et client John Hackney, qui a commandé à Jeffrey Lindsay (Montréal, 1924-Los Angeles, 1984), architecte, le dôme en question pour s'en servir comme étable. La photographie est accompagné d'un dossier documentaire contenant des photocopies de documents tirés des archives de Senneville (Plot Plan, Application for Permit to Build, Memorendum) et deux photographies récentes de l'édifice (Robert Duchesnay, photographe, avril 2004).
1954-2004
Senneville Barn Dome, Senneville, Québec
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AP115.S4
Description:
La série document le dôme géodésique Senneville Barn Dome, dit aussi The Barn Dome. Conçu par la firme Jeffrey Lindsay & Associates, il fut construction en 1954. La série contient une photographie montrant, depuis l'intérieur, la structure géodésique de bois dont l'un des triangles est recouvert d'une membrane de fibre de verre qui enveloppait la structure à l'origine, aujourd'hui disparue et remplacée par des feuilles de métal peint. On aperçoit de plus la silhouette d'un homme travaillant à assembler la structure, vraisemblablement le propriétaire du terrain et client John Hackney, qui a commandé à Jeffrey Lindsay (Montréal, 1924-Los Angeles, 1984), architecte, le dôme en question pour s'en servir comme étable. La photographie est accompagné d'un dossier documentaire contenant des photocopies de documents tirés des archives de Senneville (Plot Plan, Application for Permit to Build, Memorendum) et deux photographies récentes de l'édifice (Robert Duchesnay, photographe, avril 2004).
Série
1954-2004
Sub-series
AP115.S3.D2
Description:
Cette sous-série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay du dôme géodésique Climatron dome à St. Louis, Missouri, aux États-Unis. Conçu en 1960 par les architectes Murphy et Mackey de St. Louis en utilisant le système conçu par Buckminter Fuller, il abrite la serre et le pavillon principal du Missouri Botanical Garden. Le Climatron est la première serre complètement climatisée au monde. Son diamètre est de 175 pieds. Le pavillon sera fermé en 1988 pour un vaste projet de rénovations qui dureront jusqu'en 1990. Le bâtiment est toujours en activité. La sous-série contient cinq photographies, de l'extérieur et de l'intérieur du dôme, prises par Robert Duchesnay en 1990 après sa réouverture à la suite des rénovations. Source: Duchesnay, Robert. "Other domes by Buckminster Fuller". https://robertduchesnay.com/en/other-domes-by-buckminster-fuller/ (page consultée 24 février 2023).
1990
Climatron, Saint Louis, Missouri
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AP115.S3.D2
Description:
Cette sous-série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay du dôme géodésique Climatron dome à St. Louis, Missouri, aux États-Unis. Conçu en 1960 par les architectes Murphy et Mackey de St. Louis en utilisant le système conçu par Buckminter Fuller, il abrite la serre et le pavillon principal du Missouri Botanical Garden. Le Climatron est la première serre complètement climatisée au monde. Son diamètre est de 175 pieds. Le pavillon sera fermé en 1988 pour un vaste projet de rénovations qui dureront jusqu'en 1990. Le bâtiment est toujours en activité. La sous-série contient cinq photographies, de l'extérieur et de l'intérieur du dôme, prises par Robert Duchesnay en 1990 après sa réouverture à la suite des rénovations. Source: Duchesnay, Robert. "Other domes by Buckminster Fuller". https://robertduchesnay.com/en/other-domes-by-buckminster-fuller/ (page consultée 24 février 2023).
Dossier 2
1990
Project
AP018.S1.1976.PR07
Description:
This project series documents alterations done to the Safeco Insurance Company of America office building in Mississauga, Ontario from 1976-1977. The office identified the project number as 7611. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consists of alterations made to the original building. Alterations include mechanical and electrical work and changes to the computer room and conference room. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1976-1977 including correspondence, conference reports and certificates of payment. Arranged with these records is an index, which was created by the office.
1976-1977
Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Alterations, Mississauga, Ontario (1976-1977)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR07
Description:
This project series documents alterations done to the Safeco Insurance Company of America office building in Mississauga, Ontario from 1976-1977. The office identified the project number as 7611. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consists of alterations made to the original building. Alterations include mechanical and electrical work and changes to the computer room and conference room. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1976-1977 including correspondence, conference reports and certificates of payment. Arranged with these records is an index, which was created by the office.
Project
1976-1977
Project
AP075.S1.1980.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Bagley and Virginia Wright Residence, located in a residential community in the north of in Seattle, Washington. Oberlander worked on this project from 1979 to 1984. She was invited to work on the landscape by Arthur Erickson, who designed the residence. The project consisted in a landscape design for a nine-acre heavily wooded property in a residential community called the Highlands. The project series contains mainly textual records, including correspondence with clients and architect, inspection reports, specifications, concept notes and plant lists. The project series also contains two landscape working drawings.
1978-1980
Bagley Wright Residence, Seattle, Washington (1980)
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AP075.S1.1980.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Bagley and Virginia Wright Residence, located in a residential community in the north of in Seattle, Washington. Oberlander worked on this project from 1979 to 1984. She was invited to work on the landscape by Arthur Erickson, who designed the residence. The project consisted in a landscape design for a nine-acre heavily wooded property in a residential community called the Highlands. The project series contains mainly textual records, including correspondence with clients and architect, inspection reports, specifications, concept notes and plant lists. The project series also contains two landscape working drawings.
Project
1978-1980
Series
Exhibitions
AP207.S2
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s activities as a curator and exhibition designer from 1980 to 2004 and includes materials for most of the related publications. The material in this series relates to fifteen out of the over twenty-five exhibitions designed by Pettena, which were presented in various galleries in Italy. Pettena’s exhibitions include installations on contemporary architecture, such as an exhibition on avant-garde architects from London, exhibitions on Hans Hollein, on Richard Meier, on Ettore Sottsass and on Ettore Sottsass Jr. He also designed many exhibitions on architects of the Radical movement and the evolution of their work from the beginning of the movement to more recent years. The series also contains material for Pettena’s work on exhibitions on contemporary landscape architecture and the evolution of urban parks. Also included are a few documents related to exhibitions on Pettena’s work, either group exhibitions or solo ones, and curated by others. The series contains research materials, such as publications and reference photographs, correspondence related to exhibition planning and the accompanying publications, exhibition proposals, and some installation designs and concept development notes. The series also contains draft texts, and documents related to the image selection process for the exhibition catalogues. Finally, the series contains installation views, photographs of exhibition openings and some draft exhibition and publication texts for exhibitions on Pettena’s work but that were not curated by him.
circa 1980--2019
Exhibitions
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AP207.S2
Description:
The series documents Pettena’s activities as a curator and exhibition designer from 1980 to 2004 and includes materials for most of the related publications. The material in this series relates to fifteen out of the over twenty-five exhibitions designed by Pettena, which were presented in various galleries in Italy. Pettena’s exhibitions include installations on contemporary architecture, such as an exhibition on avant-garde architects from London, exhibitions on Hans Hollein, on Richard Meier, on Ettore Sottsass and on Ettore Sottsass Jr. He also designed many exhibitions on architects of the Radical movement and the evolution of their work from the beginning of the movement to more recent years. The series also contains material for Pettena’s work on exhibitions on contemporary landscape architecture and the evolution of urban parks. Also included are a few documents related to exhibitions on Pettena’s work, either group exhibitions or solo ones, and curated by others. The series contains research materials, such as publications and reference photographs, correspondence related to exhibition planning and the accompanying publications, exhibition proposals, and some installation designs and concept development notes. The series also contains draft texts, and documents related to the image selection process for the exhibition catalogues. Finally, the series contains installation views, photographs of exhibition openings and some draft exhibition and publication texts for exhibitions on Pettena’s work but that were not curated by him.
Series
circa 1980--2019
Series
Architectural projects
AP206.S1
Description:
The Architectural projects series, 1957-2007, records 82 architectural projects of Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect in Chandigarh, India. Most of these projects were completed with his daughter, Chetna Prakash, through his private practice, Arcon Architects, from 1982-2007. These projects include private residences, housing complexes, university campuses, schools, factories, theatres, sport and yoga centres, offices and furniture, among others. The projects include built work, competition entries and proposals, though it is not always clear which projects were realized. While many projects were located in Chandigarh, the series documents projects across northern India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The projects in this series were identified based on their unique locations and dates. Some projects, located at the same site, consisted of multiple buildings and were designed and/or constructed over long periods of time. The materials for projects like this are described together in one project series, instead of being separated out by building or time period. These projects are recorded largely through original drawings, which include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details, axonometric views and working drawings. However, materials for each project are sparse, often consisting of only 1-10 drawings. Textual records and photographs are also included in the materials for a few projects. The photographs show completed work, while the textual records primarily consist of client correspondence.
1957-2007
Architectural projects
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AP206.S1
Description:
The Architectural projects series, 1957-2007, records 82 architectural projects of Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect in Chandigarh, India. Most of these projects were completed with his daughter, Chetna Prakash, through his private practice, Arcon Architects, from 1982-2007. These projects include private residences, housing complexes, university campuses, schools, factories, theatres, sport and yoga centres, offices and furniture, among others. The projects include built work, competition entries and proposals, though it is not always clear which projects were realized. While many projects were located in Chandigarh, the series documents projects across northern India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The projects in this series were identified based on their unique locations and dates. Some projects, located at the same site, consisted of multiple buildings and were designed and/or constructed over long periods of time. The materials for projects like this are described together in one project series, instead of being separated out by building or time period. These projects are recorded largely through original drawings, which include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details, axonometric views and working drawings. However, materials for each project are sparse, often consisting of only 1-10 drawings. Textual records and photographs are also included in the materials for a few projects. The photographs show completed work, while the textual records primarily consist of client correspondence.
Series
1957-2007
Project
AP075.S1.1994.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project of a roof garden for the New Canadian Embassy at Leipziger Platz in Berlin, Germany. Oberlander worked on this project in from 1999-2005 with architectural firm Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects. Oberlander's work for the project included a terrace at the Ambassador's Level (6th floor) with mounded evergreen white flowering groundcover azaleas, cascading roses hanging along the Leipzigerstrasse facade, and a green roof on top of the building. The concept of the landscaping of the green roof was to represente Canada's land of the north in an abstract form, simulating the river system of the MacKenzie River in the Northwest Territories, linking Alberta to the Arctic Ocean. She used black-glass panels to represente the water. The drainage for the green roof was also connected the drainage infrastructure of the building to recycle the water collected from the roof. The project series includes sketches and design development drawings for the green roof landscaping, planting details and irrigation details, presentation drawings from KPMB and drawings of the building used as reference. The project is also documented through research material, concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence, including with architects, consultants, contractors and clients, proposal, specifications, and press clippings about the project. The project series also includes sample of glass tiles used for the landscaping.
1994-2005
New Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany (1994-2005)
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AP075.S1.1994.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project of a roof garden for the New Canadian Embassy at Leipziger Platz in Berlin, Germany. Oberlander worked on this project in from 1999-2005 with architectural firm Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects. Oberlander's work for the project included a terrace at the Ambassador's Level (6th floor) with mounded evergreen white flowering groundcover azaleas, cascading roses hanging along the Leipzigerstrasse facade, and a green roof on top of the building. The concept of the landscaping of the green roof was to represente Canada's land of the north in an abstract form, simulating the river system of the MacKenzie River in the Northwest Territories, linking Alberta to the Arctic Ocean. She used black-glass panels to represente the water. The drainage for the green roof was also connected the drainage infrastructure of the building to recycle the water collected from the roof. The project series includes sketches and design development drawings for the green roof landscaping, planting details and irrigation details, presentation drawings from KPMB and drawings of the building used as reference. The project is also documented through research material, concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence, including with architects, consultants, contractors and clients, proposal, specifications, and press clippings about the project. The project series also includes sample of glass tiles used for the landscaping.
Project
1994-2005
archives
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Fonds
AP009
Synopsis:
The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
1979-1983
Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records
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AP009
Synopsis:
The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
archives
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Fonds
1979-1983
Project
CD034.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
This project series contains four reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Quinta do Bacalhau-Monte Coxo, in Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained the following: The project architect Manuel Vicente was already working on a design for the intervention in the Quintas de Bacalhau and Monte Coxo when he was co-opted by SAAL. The proposed typology referred to another ambitious urban project of 615 housing units, Quinta das Fonsecas - Quinta da Calçada neighbourhood by the architect Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. The intention was to bring the city to the outlying shanty town areas. None of these projects was carried out in full, and they are now fragmented and besieged by the traffic system without having produced any of the essential community and socialising facilities. In Bacalhau-Monte Coxo the structure of the internal patios reveals the ways in which the public space and community was organised. The architecture assigned importance to the facades, although access to the community courtyards was also a central design concept. In a 1976 interview, the architect himself argued that the release of bourgeois guilt allowed for spatial beauty, adopting the slogan 'Facades First' in defence of architectural design. In a way, this proposal anticipated the post-modern, although in a form that did not deny architecture's social engagement. The design emphasizes a strong idea of architectural autonomy, unfortunately only a part of the project was actually built. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Manuel Vicente worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with the following collaborators: Afonso José Baptista, Agostinho Xavier de Andrade, António Albano Leitão, Cristina Catela Martins Pereira, Eduardo Serrano de Sousa, Gentil Noras, José Manuel Diniz Cabral Caldeira, Manuel Augusto Lopes de Sousa, Nuno Matos Silva, Rita Cabral and the resident association Cooperativa de Habitação Económica Portugal Novo, that was founded on September 6th, 1974. The team built 384 dwellings. The operation began in September 1974, with a construction date in January 1977. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings and a cadastral plan. The original drawings were produced in 1974 or after and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
circa 1974
Bairro Quinta do Bacalhau–Monte Coxo, Lisbon
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CD034.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
This project series contains four reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Quinta do Bacalhau-Monte Coxo, in Lisbon, Portugal. The exhibit text explained the following: The project architect Manuel Vicente was already working on a design for the intervention in the Quintas de Bacalhau and Monte Coxo when he was co-opted by SAAL. The proposed typology referred to another ambitious urban project of 615 housing units, Quinta das Fonsecas - Quinta da Calçada neighbourhood by the architect Raúl Hestnes Ferreira. The intention was to bring the city to the outlying shanty town areas. None of these projects was carried out in full, and they are now fragmented and besieged by the traffic system without having produced any of the essential community and socialising facilities. In Bacalhau-Monte Coxo the structure of the internal patios reveals the ways in which the public space and community was organised. The architecture assigned importance to the facades, although access to the community courtyards was also a central design concept. In a 1976 interview, the architect himself argued that the release of bourgeois guilt allowed for spatial beauty, adopting the slogan 'Facades First' in defence of architectural design. In a way, this proposal anticipated the post-modern, although in a form that did not deny architecture's social engagement. The design emphasizes a strong idea of architectural autonomy, unfortunately only a part of the project was actually built. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Manuel Vicente worked for SAAL/Lisbon and Central South with the following collaborators: Afonso José Baptista, Agostinho Xavier de Andrade, António Albano Leitão, Cristina Catela Martins Pereira, Eduardo Serrano de Sousa, Gentil Noras, José Manuel Diniz Cabral Caldeira, Manuel Augusto Lopes de Sousa, Nuno Matos Silva, Rita Cabral and the resident association Cooperativa de Habitação Económica Portugal Novo, that was founded on September 6th, 1974. The team built 384 dwellings. The operation began in September 1974, with a construction date in January 1977. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings and a cadastral plan. The original drawings were produced in 1974 or after and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
Project
circa 1974
photographs
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22 photograph(s)
ARCH268912
Description:
Group consists of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India, predominantly taken during the project of Chandigarh. The group includes photographs of Le Corbusier, Jacqueline Jeanneret, Jeet Malhotra, Prem Nath Thapar, Parmeshwari Lal Varma and his wife and Jawaharlal Nehru. There is a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and Parmeshwari Lal Varma standing in front of a model of the master plan of Chandigarh. The group also includes a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret with a group of architects of the architect's office at Chandigarh.
Photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India
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ARCH268912
Description:
Group consists of photographs of Pierre Jeanneret and others at Chandigarh, India, predominantly taken during the project of Chandigarh. The group includes photographs of Le Corbusier, Jacqueline Jeanneret, Jeet Malhotra, Prem Nath Thapar, Parmeshwari Lal Varma and his wife and Jawaharlal Nehru. There is a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and Parmeshwari Lal Varma standing in front of a model of the master plan of Chandigarh. The group also includes a photograph of Pierre Jeanneret with a group of architects of the architect's office at Chandigarh.
photographs
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22 photograph(s)