David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavić talk about their joint publication TJ/Double Negative, an innovative combination of photographs and fiction that tries to make sense of Johannesburg. They discuss their approach to representing this troubled but intriguing city in words and images. Goldblatt is a renowned documenter of South African people and places, and has been(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 May 2013 , 7pm
Learning from... Johannesburg
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David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavić talk about their joint publication TJ/Double Negative, an innovative combination of photographs and fiction that tries to make sense of Johannesburg. They discuss their approach to representing this troubled but intriguing city in words and images. Goldblatt is a renowned documenter of South African people and places, and has been(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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AP149.S1.1971.PR01
Description:
File related to the publication "The Problem Is" in 1971 by Minimum Cost Housing Group about the project of a prefabricated house for the developping countries. The material in this file was produced around 1971. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publications, and a copy of the book entitled "The Problem Is".
1971 or before
Prefabricated Houses for the Developing Countries
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AP149.S1.1971.PR01
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File related to the publication "The Problem Is" in 1971 by Minimum Cost Housing Group about the project of a prefabricated house for the developping countries. The material in this file was produced around 1971. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publications, and a copy of the book entitled "The Problem Is".
Project
1971 or before
Sub-series
AP156.S2.SS4
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La sous-série documente les publications trouvées dans les papiers de Pierre Jeanneret. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1933 et 1979. La sous-série contient des livres, des tirés à parts et des périodiques. Sub-series documents the publications found with Pierre Jeanneret's papers. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1933 and 1979. The sub-series contains books, offprints and serials.
1933-1979
Publications trouvées dans les papiers de l'architecte = Publications found with the architects' papers
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AP156.S2.SS4
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La sous-série documente les publications trouvées dans les papiers de Pierre Jeanneret. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1933 et 1979. La sous-série contient des livres, des tirés à parts et des périodiques. Sub-series documents the publications found with Pierre Jeanneret's papers. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1933 and 1979. The sub-series contains books, offprints and serials.
Sous-série 4
1933-1979
Sub-series
AP207.S3.SS03
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The sub-series documents the publication "Il linguaggio dell'acciaio" written by Pettena and published by Electa in Milano, in 1992. The publication is about steel structures in contemporary buildings. The sub-series contains research material, such as plans and reference photographs of steel structures to select for the book, and photographs and transparencies for image reproductions.
circa 1992
Il linguaggio dell'acciaio (1992)
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AP207.S3.SS03
Description:
The sub-series documents the publication "Il linguaggio dell'acciaio" written by Pettena and published by Electa in Milano, in 1992. The publication is about steel structures in contemporary buildings. The sub-series contains research material, such as plans and reference photographs of steel structures to select for the book, and photographs and transparencies for image reproductions.
Subseries
circa 1992
Sub-series
AP116.S4.SS2
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Kojin Karatani's Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money, translated by Sabu Kohso, edited by Michael Speaks. Material in file was produced between 1993 and 1995. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, a computer diskette, correspondence, research material and a copy of the final publication.
1993-1995
Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money
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AP116.S4.SS2
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Kojin Karatani's Architecture as Metaphor: Language, Number, Money, translated by Sabu Kohso, edited by Michael Speaks. Material in file was produced between 1993 and 1995. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, a computer diskette, correspondence, research material and a copy of the final publication.
Sub-series 2
1993-1995
Sub-series
A Landscape of Events
AP116.S4.SS8
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Paul Virilio's A Landscape of Events, translated by Julie Rose, forward by Bernard Tschumi (originally published in French as Un paysage d'événements, in 1996). Material in sub-series was produced between 1997 and 2000. Sub-series contains typescripts, correspondence, and a copy of the final publication.
1997-2000
A Landscape of Events
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AP116.S4.SS8
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Paul Virilio's A Landscape of Events, translated by Julie Rose, forward by Bernard Tschumi (originally published in French as Un paysage d'événements, in 1996). Material in sub-series was produced between 1997 and 2000. Sub-series contains typescripts, correspondence, and a copy of the final publication.
Sub-series 8
1997-2000
archives
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Fonds
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
Synopsis:
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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Fonds
1996-2015
Sub-series
AP116.S4.SS4
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Ignasi de Solà-Morales' Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture, translated by Graham Thompson, edited by Sarah Whiting. Material in sub-series was produced between 1992 and 1996. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, correspondence, artwork, computer diskette, notes, research material, and a copy of the final publication.
1992-1996
Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture
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AP116.S4.SS4
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Sub-series documents the steps in the publication of Ignasi de Solà-Morales' Differences: Topographies of Contemporary Architecture, translated by Graham Thompson, edited by Sarah Whiting. Material in sub-series was produced between 1992 and 1996. Sub-series contains various editions of the text, correspondence, artwork, computer diskette, notes, research material, and a copy of the final publication.
Sub-series 4
1992-1996
Sub-series
Lotus Magazine Project
AP116.S5.SS2
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Sub-series documents an article entitled ANY (story) published in the magazine Lotus International. The article relates the history and purpose of Any Corporation and includes excerpts from the various Any publications. Material in sub-series was produced in 1997. Sub-series contains correspondence, Cynthia Davidson's curriculum vitae, texts, slides, photographs, photocopies, and copies of the publication.
1997
Lotus Magazine Project
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AP116.S5.SS2
Description:
Sub-series documents an article entitled ANY (story) published in the magazine Lotus International. The article relates the history and purpose of Any Corporation and includes excerpts from the various Any publications. Material in sub-series was produced in 1997. Sub-series contains correspondence, Cynthia Davidson's curriculum vitae, texts, slides, photographs, photocopies, and copies of the publication.
Sub-series 2
1997
textual records
ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
1975
An Inquiry About the Syntactic Properties of Space
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ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
textual records
1975