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AP164.S1.2003.D2
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The project series documents the two Sociópolis projects for the account of the Instituto Valenciano de Vivienda. The firm identified this project as number 162. The first project was for two communes (2003); a retirement centre and a youth centre. Both communes would have lived together around a shared vegetable garden. Abalos & Herreros worked with the landscaping architect Teresa Galí. The project was not built. The second project was for an apartment tower in Valencia, Spain (2004-2005). It was built by Abalos + Sentkiewicz after the dissolution of Abalos & Herreros in 2008. Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, presentation documents, dummies, project descriptions, correspondence, digital, photographic and reference materials.
1998, 2002-2003, predominant 2003
Sociópolis, Valencia, Spain (2003)
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AP164.S1.2003.D2
Description:
The project series documents the two Sociópolis projects for the account of the Instituto Valenciano de Vivienda. The firm identified this project as number 162. The first project was for two communes (2003); a retirement centre and a youth centre. Both communes would have lived together around a shared vegetable garden. Abalos & Herreros worked with the landscaping architect Teresa Galí. The project was not built. The second project was for an apartment tower in Valencia, Spain (2004-2005). It was built by Abalos + Sentkiewicz after the dissolution of Abalos & Herreros in 2008. Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, presentation documents, dummies, project descriptions, correspondence, digital, photographic and reference materials.
Project
1998, 2002-2003, predominant 2003
Series
Exhibitions
AP022.S7
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Series documents exhibitions about the work of Arthur Erickson. It contains for the exhition "Arthur Erickson - Selected Projects 1971-1985" held at the Cener for Inter-American Relations, New York, New York, from March 27 to June 6, 1985. The exhibition was organized by the Center, an affiliate of the Americas Society, and was curated by architect Barbara Shapiro, who worked in Erickson's office. The material consists of photographs of models presented in the exhibitions and the exhibition poster. The series also contains press release, exhibition description, project description, and articles related to the exhibition "Arthur Erickson: Critical Works" presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2006.
1985
Exhibitions
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AP022.S7
Description:
Series documents exhibitions about the work of Arthur Erickson. It contains for the exhition "Arthur Erickson - Selected Projects 1971-1985" held at the Cener for Inter-American Relations, New York, New York, from March 27 to June 6, 1985. The exhibition was organized by the Center, an affiliate of the Americas Society, and was curated by architect Barbara Shapiro, who worked in Erickson's office. The material consists of photographs of models presented in the exhibitions and the exhibition poster. The series also contains press release, exhibition description, project description, and articles related to the exhibition "Arthur Erickson: Critical Works" presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2006.
Series
1985
Sub-series
AP058.S2.SS2
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
1977-1990
Other conferences and lectures
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AP058.S2.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
Subseries
1977-1990
Series
Reference material
AP206.S4
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The Reference material series, circa 1947-2008, contains diverse materials used by Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect, artist and academic. This series is recorded through textual records, books, serials, maps and drawings, likely used for research and presentations. The drawings are largely reprographic copies and predominantly consist of plans of Indian cities, sector and city plans of Chandigarh, and buildings in Chandigarh. Likewise, the series contains a large number of maps and tourism brochures collected from Indian cities and some international cities. Many books, magazines and their excerpts are also included, as well as other small publications and papers on subjects of art and architecture.
circa 1947-2008
Reference material
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AP206.S4
Description:
The Reference material series, circa 1947-2008, contains diverse materials used by Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect, artist and academic. This series is recorded through textual records, books, serials, maps and drawings, likely used for research and presentations. The drawings are largely reprographic copies and predominantly consist of plans of Indian cities, sector and city plans of Chandigarh, and buildings in Chandigarh. Likewise, the series contains a large number of maps and tourism brochures collected from Indian cities and some international cities. Many books, magazines and their excerpts are also included, as well as other small publications and papers on subjects of art and architecture.
Series
circa 1947-2008
Project
AP207.S1.1985.PR04
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The project series documents "Case Conquistate Dal Verde," a series of photographs of buildings covered in vegetation, and "conquered" by nature. The photographs were "taken at different times but grouped under a single date to indicate the author's interest in the subject in that period, Pettena returns to the theme of the architecture not made by architects that had characterized the work he had done in the United States [...]" [1] The project series contains a sketch showing a house conquered by vegetation and the photographs series. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-buildings-conquered-1985/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
circa 1985
Case Conquistate Dal Verde [Buildings Conquered by Nature] (1985)
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AP207.S1.1985.PR04
Description:
The project series documents "Case Conquistate Dal Verde," a series of photographs of buildings covered in vegetation, and "conquered" by nature. The photographs were "taken at different times but grouped under a single date to indicate the author's interest in the subject in that period, Pettena returns to the theme of the architecture not made by architects that had characterized the work he had done in the United States [...]" [1] The project series contains a sketch showing a house conquered by vegetation and the photographs series. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/nat-buildings-conquered-1985/ (last accessed 11 December 2019).
Project
circa 1985
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS07
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto", curated by Pettena and presented at Palazzo delle Albere, in Trento, in 1991. The exhibition presented the work of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition, promoted by his son Ettore Sottsass Jr, led to the donation of the Sottsass archive to the MART, in Trento. The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles and books on Ettore Sottsass, photographs of his projects and reproductions of his plans, as well as some notes by Gianni Pettena. This sub-series also contains preliminary project descriptions for the exhibition catalogue with a selection of plans and images of the buildings designed by Sottsass.
1980-1996
Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto (1991)
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AP207.S2.SS07
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Ettore Sottsass sr. Architetto", curated by Pettena and presented at Palazzo delle Albere, in Trento, in 1991. The exhibition presented the work of Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. The exhibition, promoted by his son Ettore Sottsass Jr, led to the donation of the Sottsass archive to the MART, in Trento. The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles and books on Ettore Sottsass, photographs of his projects and reproductions of his plans, as well as some notes by Gianni Pettena. This sub-series also contains preliminary project descriptions for the exhibition catalogue with a selection of plans and images of the buildings designed by Sottsass.
Subseries
1980-1996
Project
AP018.S1.1970.PR08
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This project series documents a kitchen for the Canadian Pacific Hotel at the Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario from 1970-1971. The office identified the project number as 70052. During this time, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, were commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of the design of a kitchen, known as the Flight Kitchen, for the CP Hotel, located at the airport. The project is recorded through reprographic copies of floor plans dating from 1970-1971.
1970-1971
CP Hotel Flight Kitchen, Toronto International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario (1970-1971)
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AP018.S1.1970.PR08
Description:
This project series documents a kitchen for the Canadian Pacific Hotel at the Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario from 1970-1971. The office identified the project number as 70052. During this time, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, were commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of the design of a kitchen, known as the Flight Kitchen, for the CP Hotel, located at the airport. The project is recorded through reprographic copies of floor plans dating from 1970-1971.
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1970-1971
Project
AP018.S1.1976.PR05
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This project series documents functional planning for the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7609. 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 planning the interior features for that finished building. The interior features included office spaces, washrooms, corridors and service cores. The documentation for this project also shows alterations to the building. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. The drawings consist primarily of floor plans, while textual records include correspondence, conference reports, and financial records.
1974-1977
The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Functional Planning, Toronto (1976)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR05
Description:
This project series documents functional planning for the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7609. 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 planning the interior features for that finished building. The interior features included office spaces, washrooms, corridors and service cores. The documentation for this project also shows alterations to the building. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. The drawings consist primarily of floor plans, while textual records include correspondence, conference reports, and financial records.
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1974-1977
Project
AP018.S1.1985.PR01
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This project series documents additions made to the office building and its cafeteria for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1985-1987. The office identified the project number as 85003. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consisted of additions made to the original building and its cafeteria. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1985-1987. Photographic materials include site and interior photographs. Textual records include contemplated change orders, correspondence, contract records, interoffice letters, contract specifications, financial records, site review reports, meeting reports and tender documents.
1985-1987
Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario (1985-1987)
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AP018.S1.1985.PR01
Description:
This project series documents additions made to the office building and its cafeteria for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1985-1987. The office identified the project number as 85003. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consisted of additions made to the original building and its cafeteria. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1985-1987. Photographic materials include site and interior photographs. Textual records include contemplated change orders, correspondence, contract records, interoffice letters, contract specifications, financial records, site review reports, meeting reports and tender documents.
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1985-1987
Project
AP154.S1.1966.PR01
Description:
File AP154.S1.1966.PR01, Wykeham Rise School, Washington, Connecticut: Master plan for new campus (1966), documents a project by Giovanni Pasanella and Joseph Merz for a master plan for a new campus for Wykeham Rise School in Washington, Connecticut. The project was awarded to the architects as the outcome of a limited competition. The design was featured in the exhibition 40 under 40: an exhibition of young talent in architecture, organized by the Architectural League of New York and presented in 1966. The project, described as being "under design" in the exhibition catalogue, seem not to have been realized. The file consists of presentation drawings and design drawings.
1966
Wykeham Rise School, Washington, Connecticut: Master plan for new campus (1966)
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AP154.S1.1966.PR01
Description:
File AP154.S1.1966.PR01, Wykeham Rise School, Washington, Connecticut: Master plan for new campus (1966), documents a project by Giovanni Pasanella and Joseph Merz for a master plan for a new campus for Wykeham Rise School in Washington, Connecticut. The project was awarded to the architects as the outcome of a limited competition. The design was featured in the exhibition 40 under 40: an exhibition of young talent in architecture, organized by the Architectural League of New York and presented in 1966. The project, described as being "under design" in the exhibition catalogue, seem not to have been realized. The file consists of presentation drawings and design drawings.
Project
1966