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AP144.S2.D177
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File documents an exhibition of the Magnet project (AP144.S2.D170) hosted by the Architecture Foundation of London, England, from April 18 to June 1, 1997. Material in this file was produced between 1996 and 1997. File contains design development drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, a model, photographic materials, textual records, and artefacts.
1996-1997
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AP144.S2.D177
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File documents an exhibition of the Magnet project (AP144.S2.D170) hosted by the Architecture Foundation of London, England, from April 18 to June 1, 1997. Material in this file was produced between 1996 and 1997. File contains design development drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, a model, photographic materials, textual records, and artefacts.
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1996-1997
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Teaching and lectures
AP149.S4
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The series consists of Vikram Bhatt and Witold Rybczynski's teachning and lecture materials for their seminars, lectures and courses at the McGill School of Architecture. The material was produced between 1976 and 2008 and consists predominantly of slides, used as reference materials or for presentations, as well as course notes and syllabi.
1970-2008
Teaching and lectures
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AP149.S4
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The series consists of Vikram Bhatt and Witold Rybczynski's teachning and lecture materials for their seminars, lectures and courses at the McGill School of Architecture. The material was produced between 1976 and 2008 and consists predominantly of slides, used as reference materials or for presentations, as well as course notes and syllabi.
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1970-2008
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Rotterdam "Kop van Zuid"
AP142.S1.D62
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the urban renewal of the Kop van Zuid harbour area in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Rotterdam Arts council invited several architects to submit a proposal during the "Architecture International Rotterdam", a festival of architecture held during 1981 and 1982. Several architects were invited to propose an urban design for the northern part of the south bank of the river Nieuwe Maas. Material in this file was produced between 1981 and 1982. File contains reference drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including a competition programme, correspondence and photographic material.
1981-1982
Rotterdam "Kop van Zuid"
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AP142.S1.D62
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the urban renewal of the Kop van Zuid harbour area in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Rotterdam Arts council invited several architects to submit a proposal during the "Architecture International Rotterdam", a festival of architecture held during 1981 and 1982. Several architects were invited to propose an urban design for the northern part of the south bank of the river Nieuwe Maas. Material in this file was produced between 1981 and 1982. File contains reference drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including a competition programme, correspondence and photographic material.
File 62
1981-1982
Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Octagonal gallery
Photographers Clara Gutsche and David Miller offer their vision of the industrial landscape and architecture surrounding the urban historical site of Lachine Canal in Montréal. The Canal, which is over one hundred years old, suffered a long period of neglect after having played a key role in the development of Canadian industry. Fifteen years after the waterway closed,(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 July 1992 to 22 November 1992
An Industrial Landscape Observed: The Lachine Canal
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Photographers Clara Gutsche and David Miller offer their vision of the industrial landscape and architecture surrounding the urban historical site of Lachine Canal in Montréal. The Canal, which is over one hundred years old, suffered a long period of neglect after having played a key role in the development of Canadian industry. Fifteen years after the waterway closed,(...)
Octagonal gallery
Toys that Teach
The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 December 1992 to 25 April 1993
Toys that Teach
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The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery
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AP140.S2.SS1.D101
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File documents an executed project for additions to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Newcastle, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains textual records, including photographs of the building site and a small number of design development drawings. File also contains presentation and working drawings.
1989-1992
Faculty of Architecture Additions, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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AP140.S2.SS1.D101
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File documents an executed project for additions to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Newcastle, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains textual records, including photographs of the building site and a small number of design development drawings. File also contains presentation and working drawings.
File 101
1989-1992
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AP140.S1.SS1.D3
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File documents a student project for a House for the Architect in New England, United States. Project was designed in Stirling's fourth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture. Material in this file was produced in 1949. File contains photographs, a presentation panel and model, and the box in which panel and model were originally housed.
1949
House for the Architect
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AP140.S1.SS1.D3
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File documents a student project for a House for the Architect in New England, United States. Project was designed in Stirling's fourth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture. Material in this file was produced in 1949. File contains photographs, a presentation panel and model, and the box in which panel and model were originally housed.
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1949
ARCH256322
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"Pavillon du Japon / Le pavillon du Japon allie le passé au présent sous le thème: "Le Japon en progrès"[.] On y sert le thé dans un décor de plantes tropicales et de jeux d'eau. / Japanese Pavilion at Expo 67 / This modern interpretation of traditional Japanese architecture contains exhibits of the life, art, and industry of Japan. Three exhibit buildings at descending levels lead down to a Japanese garden and restaurant. The pavilion is on the Ile Sainte-Helene riverbank facing the Montreal skyline."--Description.
1967
Night view of the Pavilion of Japan, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256322
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"Pavillon du Japon / Le pavillon du Japon allie le passé au présent sous le thème: "Le Japon en progrès"[.] On y sert le thé dans un décor de plantes tropicales et de jeux d'eau. / Japanese Pavilion at Expo 67 / This modern interpretation of traditional Japanese architecture contains exhibits of the life, art, and industry of Japan. Three exhibit buildings at descending levels lead down to a Japanese garden and restaurant. The pavilion is on the Ile Sainte-Helene riverbank facing the Montreal skyline."--Description.
When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 September 2016, 6pm
Nicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre