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House X
AP143.S4.D20
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File documents an unexecuted project for House X, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Aronoff for a 40-acre site on Lahser Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The ground floor consists of a kitchen, dining room, breakfast room, laundry room, two powder rooms and two garages. The second floor consists of a master suite with study, two bedrooms, bathroom, family and living rooms, bar, bathhouse and deck. The third floor consists of a solarium, terrace, bedroom and maid's room with bathroom. A swimming pool, tennis court and gatehouse are situated on the grounds. Thirteen schemes were developed for this project: A, A1, B, C, C1, C2, D, E, E1, E2, F, G, H. Only schemes G and H were developed into detailed floor plans. The drawings have been organized by drawing type, because of the subtle variations which characterize each scheme. Eisenman manipulates the four "els" (fragmentary forms - the three-sided portion of a hollow cube - that he introduced in House X to replace the cube, the preferred generating volume of his first five houses) in over 200 conceptual drawings (DR1994:0138:001-0219). There are numerous design development and complete sets of working drawings (design development drawings: DR1994:0138:239-541; working drawings: DR1994:0138:1182-1457). The project was extensively published, and the file includes a number of drawings and models created for exhibition and publication, including photographs of models (DR1994:0138:1481-1501), pieces of the "axonometric model" constructed after the project had been abandoned (DR1994:0138:1458-1476), and coloured paper cut-outs for collages (cut-outs, DR1994:0138:0929-0933 and DR1994:0138:1477-1480; collage: DR1994:0138:0928). The file also includes drawings and reprographic copies for the following projects: a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Aronoff,designed by Irving E. Palmquist, (DR1994:0138:1512-1521); Bernstein House, Mamaroneck, New York, designed by John Hejduk (DR1994:0138:1524-1531); Maison Domino by Le Corbusier (DR1994:0138:0944-0965); and land subdivision and houses for Arnold Aronoff, designed by Eisenman (DR1994:0138:0434-0441). Material in this file was produced between 1960 and 1977. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, record drawings, schematic drawings, a study model, textual records, and working drawings.
1960-1977
House X
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AP143.S4.D20
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for House X, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Aronoff for a 40-acre site on Lahser Road, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The ground floor consists of a kitchen, dining room, breakfast room, laundry room, two powder rooms and two garages. The second floor consists of a master suite with study, two bedrooms, bathroom, family and living rooms, bar, bathhouse and deck. The third floor consists of a solarium, terrace, bedroom and maid's room with bathroom. A swimming pool, tennis court and gatehouse are situated on the grounds. Thirteen schemes were developed for this project: A, A1, B, C, C1, C2, D, E, E1, E2, F, G, H. Only schemes G and H were developed into detailed floor plans. The drawings have been organized by drawing type, because of the subtle variations which characterize each scheme. Eisenman manipulates the four "els" (fragmentary forms - the three-sided portion of a hollow cube - that he introduced in House X to replace the cube, the preferred generating volume of his first five houses) in over 200 conceptual drawings (DR1994:0138:001-0219). There are numerous design development and complete sets of working drawings (design development drawings: DR1994:0138:239-541; working drawings: DR1994:0138:1182-1457). The project was extensively published, and the file includes a number of drawings and models created for exhibition and publication, including photographs of models (DR1994:0138:1481-1501), pieces of the "axonometric model" constructed after the project had been abandoned (DR1994:0138:1458-1476), and coloured paper cut-outs for collages (cut-outs, DR1994:0138:0929-0933 and DR1994:0138:1477-1480; collage: DR1994:0138:0928). The file also includes drawings and reprographic copies for the following projects: a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Aronoff,designed by Irving E. Palmquist, (DR1994:0138:1512-1521); Bernstein House, Mamaroneck, New York, designed by John Hejduk (DR1994:0138:1524-1531); Maison Domino by Le Corbusier (DR1994:0138:0944-0965); and land subdivision and houses for Arnold Aronoff, designed by Eisenman (DR1994:0138:0434-0441). Material in this file was produced between 1960 and 1977. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, record drawings, schematic drawings, a study model, textual records, and working drawings.
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1960-1977
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Anyone Corporation fonds
AP116
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The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
1990-2001
Anyone Corporation fonds
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AP116
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The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
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1990-2001
graphic materials
ARCH252105
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invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events: Aldo Rossi in America: Città Analoga drawings, September 19 to October 20, 1979 Marc Treib: Some Posters on a Theme of Architecture, February 27 to March 22, 1980 Oppositions 3 Forum: Physical Context/Cultural Context, 13 December (?) Clorindo Testa: Architecture and Personal Mythology, November 9-25, 1981 John Hejduk:Seven Houses, January 22 to February 16, 1980 IAUS relocation announcement of a move to 19 Union Sq. W., New York
1979-1981
Invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events
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ARCH252105
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invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events: Aldo Rossi in America: Città Analoga drawings, September 19 to October 20, 1979 Marc Treib: Some Posters on a Theme of Architecture, February 27 to March 22, 1980 Oppositions 3 Forum: Physical Context/Cultural Context, 13 December (?) Clorindo Testa: Architecture and Personal Mythology, November 9-25, 1981 John Hejduk:Seven Houses, January 22 to February 16, 1980 IAUS relocation announcement of a move to 19 Union Sq. W., New York
graphic materials
1979-1981
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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
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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.
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1996-2015
books
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40 pages : illustrations (1 color), plan, portraits ; 31 cm
Philadelphia, Penn. : University of the Arts, The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery and the Great Hall, ©1989.
John Hejduk : the Riga project.
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40 pages : illustrations (1 color), plan, portraits ; 31 cm
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Philadelphia, Penn. : University of the Arts, The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery and the Great Hall, ©1989.
books
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1 portfolio (55 leaves) : chiefly illustrations ; 41 cm
[Zürich] : ETH Zürich, ©1983.
John Hejduk : works, 1950-1983 / Konzeption, Thomas Boga.
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1 portfolio (55 leaves) : chiefly illustrations ; 41 cm
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[Zürich] : ETH Zürich, ©1983.
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443 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 24 cm.
Siracusa, Italy : LetteraVentidue, 2022.
John Hejduk : costruire caratteri = building characters / Luca Cardani ; editorial coordination: Luca Cardani and Antonio Sanmartín.
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443 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Siracusa, Italy : LetteraVentidue, 2022.
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110 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Firenze : Aión, [2015], ©2015
John Hejduk / edited by Lamberto Amistadi, Ildebrando Clemente.
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110 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Firenze : Aión, [2015], ©2015
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12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
[Chicago] : Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, ©1981.
John Hejduk, masques / [catalog of] an exhibition held January 4-31, 1981.
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12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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[Chicago] : Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, ©1981.