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Islands and Villages
What about the provinces?
posturban, Japan, Omishima, Toyo Ito, Momonoura, Atelier Bow-Wow, Umaki, dot architects, Kamiyama, Hajime Ishikawa, Inujima, Kazuyo Sejima
11 May 2018
Islands and Villages
A documentary series on the posturban phenomenon in rural Japan
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What about the provinces?
drawings
Quantity:
17 reprographic copy(ies)
DR1990:0023:001-017
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
between February 1953 and March 1954
Villa Chimanbhai: Design development prints
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DR1990:0023:001-017
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
drawings
Quantity:
17 reprographic copy(ies)
between February 1953 and March 1954
architecture
graphic materials
Quantity:
18 ephemera(s)
DR1990:0022:005-022
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
before 26 April 1954
Villa Chimanbhai: Cut-outs of floor plan showing changes in room sizes
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DR1990:0022:005-022
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
graphic materials
Quantity:
18 ephemera(s)
before 26 April 1954
architecture
textual records
AP197.S2.056
Description:
The box contains the portfolios/project descriptions of works of various architects and architectural firms. Portfolio include: various built projects by Mackay- Lyons Sweetapple architects; International Competition for an Experimental Housing Project in Lima by Atelier 5; University of Lleida Library and Cultural Center by Gullichsen Vormala Arquitectes; Università Luigi Bocconi competition by Grafton Architects. "
circa 2000-2010
Porfolios/project descriptions of the works of various architects and architectural firms
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AP197.S2.056
Description:
The box contains the portfolios/project descriptions of works of various architects and architectural firms. Portfolio include: various built projects by Mackay- Lyons Sweetapple architects; International Competition for an Experimental Housing Project in Lima by Atelier 5; University of Lleida Library and Cultural Center by Gullichsen Vormala Arquitectes; Università Luigi Bocconi competition by Grafton Architects. "
textual records
circa 2000-2010
Sense of the City
Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
26 October 2005 to 10 September 2006
Sense of the City
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Description:
Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
Shaughnessy House
15 August 2018 to 21 August 2018
Shaughnessy House
exhibitions
Learning Architecture
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
Hall cases
5 July 1994 to 2 October 1994
Learning Architecture
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Description:
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
exhibitions
5 July 1994 to
2 October 1994
Hall cases
drawings
Quantity:
16 reprographic copy(ies)
DR1990:0019:001-016
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
before 17 and 18 January 1954
Villa Chimanbhai: Design development prints
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DR1990:0019:001-016
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
drawings
Quantity:
16 reprographic copy(ies)
before 17 and 18 January 1954
architecture
drawings
Quantity:
15 reprographic copy(ies)
DR1990:0020:001-015
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of reprographic copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
before 20 September 1954
Villa Chimanbhai: Design development prints
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DR1990:0020:001-015
Description:
- Part of a larger group of reprographic copies and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are at least three series of reprographic copies -- some with annotated changes -- a model, photographs of a different model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the size and plan of individual rooms, and related letters. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
drawings
Quantity:
15 reprographic copy(ies)
before 20 September 1954
architecture
textual records
Quantity:
4 typescript(s)
Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai
DR1990:0022:023-026
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
3 December 1953, 26 April 1954, and 10 April 1989
Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai
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DR1990:0022:023-026
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
textual records
Quantity:
4 typescript(s)
3 December 1953, 26 April 1954, and 10 April 1989
architecture