The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
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18 April 2002 to 29 September 2002
Lewis Baltz: The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
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The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
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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.
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1981-1982
Project
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.
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1989-1992
Project
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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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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"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.
textual records
ARCH274175
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6 files- conferences and presentations information packages, participation forms, travel documents, agendas, topic papers. Includes "Art in the City" jointly organized by Nardoni Gallery and Unesco, Prague, 11-13 May 1987; World Biennale of Architecture, Interarch '87, Sophia, Bulgaria, 21-27 September 1987; International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong, China, 2-4 May 1988; Standford Design Conference, Stanford, California, 27-29 May 1989.
Presentations informations packages, participation forms, agendas and topis papers related to various conferences
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6 files- conferences and presentations information packages, participation forms, travel documents, agendas, topic papers. Includes "Art in the City" jointly organized by Nardoni Gallery and Unesco, Prague, 11-13 May 1987; World Biennale of Architecture, Interarch '87, Sophia, Bulgaria, 21-27 September 1987; International Conference on Tall Buildings, Hong Kong, China, 2-4 May 1988; Standford Design Conference, Stanford, California, 27-29 May 1989.
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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,(...)
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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,(...)
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Aldo Rossi fonds
AP142
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The Aldo Rossi fonds documents the professional practice of architect Aldo Rossi and that of his firm, Studio di Architettura (SDA). Drawings of nearly every project by Rossi and SDA are present, with significant Italian, German and Japanese projects particularly well represented. The fonds also includes material relating to exhibitions and some material on publications that feature the work of Rossi and his firm. Material in this fonds was produced between 1953 and 1997.
1953-1997, predominant 1962-1997
Aldo Rossi fonds
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The Aldo Rossi fonds documents the professional practice of architect Aldo Rossi and that of his firm, Studio di Architettura (SDA). Drawings of nearly every project by Rossi and SDA are present, with significant Italian, German and Japanese projects particularly well represented. The fonds also includes material relating to exhibitions and some material on publications that feature the work of Rossi and his firm. Material in this fonds was produced between 1953 and 1997.
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1953-1997, predominant 1962-1997
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(...)
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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(...)
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