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AP180.S1.1992.PR01
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This project series documents the redesign for the entrance area and galleries of the contemporary art gallery Galleria AAM Architettura Arte Moderna in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1992-1993. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including sketches, furnishings details, and elevations. Documents received with the accession of the fond also identified this project as Galleria negozio Moschini, which is the name of the gallery's founder, Francesco Moschini.
1992
Galleria AAM Architettura Arte Moderna [Gallery AAM Architettura Arte Moderna], Milan, Italy (1992-1993)
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AP180.S1.1992.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the redesign for the entrance area and galleries of the contemporary art gallery Galleria AAM Architettura Arte Moderna in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1992-1993. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including sketches, furnishings details, and elevations. Documents received with the accession of the fond also identified this project as Galleria negozio Moschini, which is the name of the gallery's founder, Francesco Moschini.
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1992
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AP180.S1.2005.PR02
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for Chiesa di S. Corbiniano in Rome, Italy. Riva worked on this project from 2005-2011. The project consisted of a group of ecclesiastical buildings, including a church. The project series contains design development drawings, including elevations, sections, and floor plans, as well as presentation drawings, such as site plans, elevations, floor plans, and sections. It also includes leaflets from suppliers of bells and clocks.
2005
Chiesa di S. Corbiniano [Church of St. Corbiniano], Rome, Italy (2005 and 2011)
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AP180.S1.2005.PR02
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for Chiesa di S. Corbiniano in Rome, Italy. Riva worked on this project from 2005-2011. The project consisted of a group of ecclesiastical buildings, including a church. The project series contains design development drawings, including elevations, sections, and floor plans, as well as presentation drawings, such as site plans, elevations, floor plans, and sections. It also includes leaflets from suppliers of bells and clocks.
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2005
Do Not Come Any Closer
Since 1997 Czech artist Barbora Šlapetová has made several expeditions to remote settlements in the jungles of Papua New Guinea with her colleague Lukáš Rittstein. The documentation of such visits and the dialogues they have prompted, including one with Czech premier Vaclav Havel, yielded books such as Why the Night is Black and Do Not Come Any Closer and several(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2012 , 7pm
Do Not Come Any Closer
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Since 1997 Czech artist Barbora Šlapetová has made several expeditions to remote settlements in the jungles of Papua New Guinea with her colleague Lukáš Rittstein. The documentation of such visits and the dialogues they have prompted, including one with Czech premier Vaclav Havel, yielded books such as Why the Night is Black and Do Not Come Any Closer and several(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
PH2018:0005:025
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Judgment of Paris, painting by Lucas Cranach the elder, 1528
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PH2018:0005:025
Description:
Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Judgment of the Paris, mixed media on beech wood, 84.7 x 57 cm 1528, Kunstmuseum Basel, Schenkung Martha und Robert von Hirsch 1977, Inv. G 1977.37, Basel Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
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AP137
Synopsis:
The fonds documents architectural projects from 1955-1969 by the Montréal-based firm of Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise. Most of the 44 projects are located in Canada, and include major buildings such as Place Ville Marie, Place Bonaventure, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Two projects are in Italy, and there is a proposed exhibition pavilion for Osaka, Japan. The fonds consists primarily of architectural drawings - design development, presentation and working drawings - and some presentation panels probably used for exhibition purposes.
1955, 1957-1969
Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise fonds
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AP137
Synopsis:
The fonds documents architectural projects from 1955-1969 by the Montréal-based firm of Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise. Most of the 44 projects are located in Canada, and include major buildings such as Place Ville Marie, Place Bonaventure, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Two projects are in Italy, and there is a proposed exhibition pavilion for Osaka, Japan. The fonds consists primarily of architectural drawings - design development, presentation and working drawings - and some presentation panels probably used for exhibition purposes.
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1955, 1957-1969
Project
AP164.S1.1993.D11
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The project series documents industrial prototypes of prefabricated homes designed for GIA y Asociados. The firm identified this project as number 89. Only fragments of the homes were built. Abalos & Herreros worked with Evelia Blanco, Ángel Borrego, Rafael Hernández, Jaime Cervera, Imetsol, TDM, Teodoro Martínez, Francisco Gómez and José Adolfo Forniés. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, correspondence, dummies, project descriptions and reference materials.
1993-1996, 2006
Prototipos de vivienda industrializada: Casas AH-Gia (1993-1996)
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AP164.S1.1993.D11
Description:
The project series documents industrial prototypes of prefabricated homes designed for GIA y Asociados. The firm identified this project as number 89. Only fragments of the homes were built. Abalos & Herreros worked with Evelia Blanco, Ángel Borrego, Rafael Hernández, Jaime Cervera, Imetsol, TDM, Teodoro Martínez, Francisco Gómez and José Adolfo Forniés. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, correspondence, dummies, project descriptions and reference materials.
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1993-1996, 2006
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AP164.S1.1997.D5
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The project series documents the demolition, design, and reconstruction of the Francisco González and Carmen Ordoñez house, in the Colina de los Chopos, Madrid, Spain. Abalos & Herreros worked with the firm Obiol & Moya. The firm identified this project as number 104. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, specifications, notes, estimates, invoices, business agreements, proposals, quantity reports, models, reference, photographic, graphic and digital materials.
1976, 1991-2000, predominant 1997-1999
Casa González, Madrid, Spain (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D5
Description:
The project series documents the demolition, design, and reconstruction of the Francisco González and Carmen Ordoñez house, in the Colina de los Chopos, Madrid, Spain. Abalos & Herreros worked with the firm Obiol & Moya. The firm identified this project as number 104. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, specifications, notes, estimates, invoices, business agreements, proposals, quantity reports, models, reference, photographic, graphic and digital materials.
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1976, 1991-2000, predominant 1997-1999
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AP164.S1.2002.D2
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The project series documents the Bioclimatic mixed-use towers in the Salburúa fens, Vitoria, Spain. The four “passive” towers include residential units, offices, and commercial space. The firm identified the project as number 146. In 2001, Abalos & Herreros was invited to the competition held by the Sociedad Urbanística Ensanche-21 and Jaureguizahar, where the firm's entry won first place. The firm worked with Renata Sentkiewicz, David Sobrino, and Obiol y Moya. Documenting the project is a model.
2002
Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (2002-2006)
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AP164.S1.2002.D2
Description:
The project series documents the Bioclimatic mixed-use towers in the Salburúa fens, Vitoria, Spain. The four “passive” towers include residential units, offices, and commercial space. The firm identified the project as number 146. In 2001, Abalos & Herreros was invited to the competition held by the Sociedad Urbanística Ensanche-21 and Jaureguizahar, where the firm's entry won first place. The firm worked with Renata Sentkiewicz, David Sobrino, and Obiol y Moya. Documenting the project is a model.
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2002
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AP180.S1.1998.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the replanning of the Piazzale della Farnesina, the access avenue to the Foreign Ministry's office in Rome, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1996-1999. The project was done in collaboration with Paolo Ricatti, P. Conviti, Giovanni Drugman, Monica Manfredi, Alessandro Scandurra, Paolo Bonvini, and Maddalena Ferrara. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including plans, sections, elevations, and details for the outdoor furnishings, such as street lamps.
1998
Piazzale della Farnesina, Rome, Italy (1998)
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AP180.S1.1998.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the replanning of the Piazzale della Farnesina, the access avenue to the Foreign Ministry's office in Rome, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project from 1996-1999. The project was done in collaboration with Paolo Ricatti, P. Conviti, Giovanni Drugman, Monica Manfredi, Alessandro Scandurra, Paolo Bonvini, and Maddalena Ferrara. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including plans, sections, elevations, and details for the outdoor furnishings, such as street lamps.
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1998
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AP180.S1.2006.PR01
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This project series documents an unrealized design for the control centre of Centrale Termoelettrica Edison, a thermoelectric power plant in Jesi, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 2006. It consisted of an upgrade to the building in order to adhere to environmental standards. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including axonometric drawings, exterior elevations, sections, floor plans, and a general plan for the power plant. The material also includes print-outs of renderings showing the entire power plant.
ca. 2006
Centrale Termoelettrica Edison [Edison thermoelectric power plant], Jesi, Italy (2006)
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AP180.S1.2006.PR01
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This project series documents an unrealized design for the control centre of Centrale Termoelettrica Edison, a thermoelectric power plant in Jesi, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 2006. It consisted of an upgrade to the building in order to adhere to environmental standards. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including axonometric drawings, exterior elevations, sections, floor plans, and a general plan for the power plant. The material also includes print-outs of renderings showing the entire power plant.
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ca. 2006