drawings, textual records
AP018.S1.1969.PR01.044
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This is a box of correspondence on possible benefactors, a museum location report, documentation on the opening of Stage I, project summaries and proposals, press kit materials, correspondence with Henry Moore, meeting minutes, design notes and calculations for Areas B and C, correspondence and reports on Phase 3, and drawings of graphics and signs for the gallery. It should be noted that these materials span the scope of multiple Art Gallery of Ontario projects completed by Parkin Architects Planners. They have been left together here to reflect their original order and context.
1968-1986
Project documentation, Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, Stage I Expansion, Toronto
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AP018.S1.1969.PR01.044
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This is a box of correspondence on possible benefactors, a museum location report, documentation on the opening of Stage I, project summaries and proposals, press kit materials, correspondence with Henry Moore, meeting minutes, design notes and calculations for Areas B and C, correspondence and reports on Phase 3, and drawings of graphics and signs for the gallery. It should be noted that these materials span the scope of multiple Art Gallery of Ontario projects completed by Parkin Architects Planners. They have been left together here to reflect their original order and context.
drawings, textual records
1968-1986
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
7 March 2009 to 8 March 2009
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II
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Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
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Place Ville Marie
AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
1958-1964
Place Ville Marie
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AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
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1958-1964
Project
AP164.S1.2004.D2
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The project series documents the competition entry for the library and botanical garden for the University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The firm identified the project as number 180. As described by the architects, the project “[…] concentrates on building two heads, different from each other, Library and Dining hall, shortening the fronts of the central building which are without interest and evidently expensive to undertake a functional and economic work. The project is therefore converted into a basic restoration of the old hangars and the construction of two new low cost buildings which also can be constructed when necessary or depending on economic availability” (ARCH270975). Documenting the project are models, conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, textual records and photographic materials.
circa 2003-2004
Edificio de equipamiento, Alcalá de Henares, Spain (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D2
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The project series documents the competition entry for the library and botanical garden for the University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The firm identified the project as number 180. As described by the architects, the project “[…] concentrates on building two heads, different from each other, Library and Dining hall, shortening the fronts of the central building which are without interest and evidently expensive to undertake a functional and economic work. The project is therefore converted into a basic restoration of the old hangars and the construction of two new low cost buildings which also can be constructed when necessary or depending on economic availability” (ARCH270975). Documenting the project are models, conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, textual records and photographic materials.
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circa 2003-2004
Project
AP178.S1.1985.PR02
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This project series documents the Recuperação da Área do Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. In 1983, the IACP (Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari) initiated an architectural competition to modernize the existing housing and rehabilitate the urban space of Giudecca. The criteria were undefined in order to give the architect flexibility but insisted on respecting Venetian heritage. Álvaro Siza won the competition and selected Aldo Rossi (building completed in 2004), Carlo Aymonino (building completed in 2004), Rafael Moneo (not built) to collaborate on individual buildings. Siza's building was completed in 2016.
1984-2012
Recuperação da Área do Campo di Marte [Restoration of Campo di Marte], Giudecca, Venice, Italy (1985)
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AP178.S1.1985.PR02
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This project series documents the Recuperação da Área do Campo di Marte in Giudecca, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 34/80. The office assigned the date 1985 to this project. In 1983, the IACP (Istituto Autonomo Case Popolari) initiated an architectural competition to modernize the existing housing and rehabilitate the urban space of Giudecca. The criteria were undefined in order to give the architect flexibility but insisted on respecting Venetian heritage. Álvaro Siza won the competition and selected Aldo Rossi (building completed in 2004), Carlo Aymonino (building completed in 2004), Rafael Moneo (not built) to collaborate on individual buildings. Siza's building was completed in 2016.
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1984-2012
Project
CI005.S1.1942.PR1
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Dissatisfied with the original plans by architect Van Nieuwenhuyzen for the construction of the Spaarbank, the Rotterdam Town Plan Advisory Bureau commissioned Oud to instead design the bank in 1942 with Van Nieuwenhuyzen acting as adviser. Oud presented his original design in 1942: it featured a five-storey building with a facade of glazed brick, a frosted glass ceiling in the main hall and chromium- and metal- plated window frames. Oud limited his use of decorations in his revised plan, assigning artist, Aart van den IJssel, to create symbolic animal sculptures. Oud also designed some of its furniture (Taverne et al. 2001, 437-439). Project series includes photographs of the furniture for the Spaarbank as well as plans.
1942-1957
The Spaarbank (Central Savings Bank), Rotterdam, Netherlands (1942-1957)
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CI005.S1.1942.PR1
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Dissatisfied with the original plans by architect Van Nieuwenhuyzen for the construction of the Spaarbank, the Rotterdam Town Plan Advisory Bureau commissioned Oud to instead design the bank in 1942 with Van Nieuwenhuyzen acting as adviser. Oud presented his original design in 1942: it featured a five-storey building with a facade of glazed brick, a frosted glass ceiling in the main hall and chromium- and metal- plated window frames. Oud limited his use of decorations in his revised plan, assigning artist, Aart van den IJssel, to create symbolic animal sculptures. Oud also designed some of its furniture (Taverne et al. 2001, 437-439). Project series includes photographs of the furniture for the Spaarbank as well as plans.
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1942-1957
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Hans Hansen
AP162.S4
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Series documents the contribution of architect Hans Hansen to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette, with Hansen writing under the pseudonym Antischmitz. Born in Roetgen, Germany, in 1886, Hansen studied architecture in Cologne. After the war, Hansen joined the circle Cologne Dadaists, contributed to the magazine "Der Ventilor", and published "Das Erlebnis der Architektur". From 1922, he worked on commissions for the Catholic Church in Germany, including his most known project for the St. Bruno Church in Cologne-Kletteberg (1924-1926). He died in Cologne in 1966. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hans Hansen to the Die gläserne Kette circle.
1920
Hans Hansen
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AP162.S4
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Series documents the contribution of architect Hans Hansen to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette, with Hansen writing under the pseudonym Antischmitz. Born in Roetgen, Germany, in 1886, Hansen studied architecture in Cologne. After the war, Hansen joined the circle Cologne Dadaists, contributed to the magazine "Der Ventilor", and published "Das Erlebnis der Architektur". From 1922, he worked on commissions for the Catholic Church in Germany, including his most known project for the St. Bruno Church in Cologne-Kletteberg (1924-1926). He died in Cologne in 1966. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hans Hansen to the Die gläserne Kette circle.
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1920
Project
AP206.S1.1987.PR04
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This project series documents a competition entry for new structures and upgrades to the Mysore Dasara Exhibition complex in Mysuru, India in 1987. It should be noted that the previous name of Mysuru was Mysore. The project consisted of upgrades to the existing exhibition grounds to create permanent infrastructure for the annual festivities. The client, Karnataka Exhibition Authority, asked architects to design a general layout for the site including pavilions, administrative offices, restaurants, kiosks, parking, amusements and theatres, among many others. A new entrance gate was also emphasized in the competition guidelines. The project is recorded through drawings of the site, gate and museum dating from around 1987 and correspondence dating from 1987.
1987
Mysore Exhibition complex, Mysuru, India (1987)
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AP206.S1.1987.PR04
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This project series documents a competition entry for new structures and upgrades to the Mysore Dasara Exhibition complex in Mysuru, India in 1987. It should be noted that the previous name of Mysuru was Mysore. The project consisted of upgrades to the existing exhibition grounds to create permanent infrastructure for the annual festivities. The client, Karnataka Exhibition Authority, asked architects to design a general layout for the site including pavilions, administrative offices, restaurants, kiosks, parking, amusements and theatres, among many others. A new entrance gate was also emphasized in the competition guidelines. The project is recorded through drawings of the site, gate and museum dating from around 1987 and correspondence dating from 1987.
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1987
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AP207.S5
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The series consists of a selection of professional papers from Gianni Pettena’s office. This material was arranged into a series of binders and sorted in chronological order from 1960 to 2018 by Pettena’s office. It includes both analogue and digital materials. These binders document Pettena’s career and activities as an architect, an artist, a critic and a teacher. It includes correspondence, promotional materials, press releases, and press clippings on Pettena’s work and activities, contracts and agreements for exhibitions, publications and academic events. The sub-series also contains a selection of portraits of Pettena from the 1960 to 2018 and various short videos of him. These portraits and videos, in digital formats, were also arranged together by Pettena’s office.
1960-2018
Selected professional papers, photographs and videos
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AP207.S5
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The series consists of a selection of professional papers from Gianni Pettena’s office. This material was arranged into a series of binders and sorted in chronological order from 1960 to 2018 by Pettena’s office. It includes both analogue and digital materials. These binders document Pettena’s career and activities as an architect, an artist, a critic and a teacher. It includes correspondence, promotional materials, press releases, and press clippings on Pettena’s work and activities, contracts and agreements for exhibitions, publications and academic events. The sub-series also contains a selection of portraits of Pettena from the 1960 to 2018 and various short videos of him. These portraits and videos, in digital formats, were also arranged together by Pettena’s office.
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1960-2018
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AP196.S1
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Series 1, Project files for competition, 2003-2004, documents the first design phase of the project originally titled Best Nest, which would later become the Ford Calumet Environmental Center. The records consist largely of digital photographs documenting the original state of the site and its surroundings. AutoCAD drawings and physical early design sketches, research and studies document the design for bird screen, column bundles, roof and environmental systems. The records also include study models for column bundles and pod layout with the screen representing the early stages of the design. The records also contain email correspondence between Studio Gang Architects and other project stakeholders, budget records, and a PowerPoint presentation and presentation model for competition final presentation.
2003-2004
Project files for competition
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AP196.S1
Description:
Series 1, Project files for competition, 2003-2004, documents the first design phase of the project originally titled Best Nest, which would later become the Ford Calumet Environmental Center. The records consist largely of digital photographs documenting the original state of the site and its surroundings. AutoCAD drawings and physical early design sketches, research and studies document the design for bird screen, column bundles, roof and environmental systems. The records also include study models for column bundles and pod layout with the screen representing the early stages of the design. The records also contain email correspondence between Studio Gang Architects and other project stakeholders, budget records, and a PowerPoint presentation and presentation model for competition final presentation.
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2003-2004