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AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
1995-2013
ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records
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AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
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1995-2013
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
textual records
AP197.S3.007
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1997-1998, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: the Berlage Institute; the Finnish Association of Architect; Università della Svizzera italiana; Kisho Kurakawa; Tadao Ando; Mario Botta; Aurelio Galfetti; the Barragan Foundation; and Steven Holl. Correspondence relating to the following projects can be found in this box: editor of Technology, Place and Architecture: The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and the General Editor of the publication World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10.
1997-1998
Personal and professional correspondence from 1997-1998
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AP197.S3.007
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1997-1998, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: the Berlage Institute; the Finnish Association of Architect; Università della Svizzera italiana; Kisho Kurakawa; Tadao Ando; Mario Botta; Aurelio Galfetti; the Barragan Foundation; and Steven Holl. Correspondence relating to the following projects can be found in this box: editor of Technology, Place and Architecture: The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and the General Editor of the publication World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10.
textual records
1997-1998
textual records
ARCH153458
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Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees held on Nov. 15, 1982, and Jan. 3 & 17, and May 2, 1983 Draft texts for General Introduction of IAUS history and goals by PDE Copy of letter to Armand Bartos from Arthur Raybin, Nov. 3, 1981 Memo from J. to PDE about a book translation Budget of IAUS for 1983-84 First transcripts of PDE's interview of Henry Cobb for Skyline, March 5, 1982
1981-1983
Board of Trustees minutes of the meetings, drafts, transcripts, and correspondence
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ARCH153458
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Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees held on Nov. 15, 1982, and Jan. 3 & 17, and May 2, 1983 Draft texts for General Introduction of IAUS history and goals by PDE Copy of letter to Armand Bartos from Arthur Raybin, Nov. 3, 1981 Memo from J. to PDE about a book translation Budget of IAUS for 1983-84 First transcripts of PDE's interview of Henry Cobb for Skyline, March 5, 1982
textual records
1981-1983
Project
AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
1958-1966
Toronto City Hall and Civic Square, Toronto (1958)
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AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
Project
1958-1966
Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
textual records
AP206.S2.066
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.065, AP206.S2.067 and AP206.S2.068. This file includes the following papers: "The Politics of Urban Redevelopment: A Study of Old Delhi by Ajay K. Mehra," book review "Environmental Management of Mining Operations Human Settlements and Rehabilitation of Population," 1986 "Reminiscences of Education in Pre-independence India," 1997 "The Pedestrian, the Rickshaw and the Motor Vehicle" "Chandigarh: As I see it" "Conservation is our Future" "Sikh Architecture by PS Arshi," review "The Aftermath of Vistara" "Random Thoughts on Architectural Education"
1985-1997
Published and unpublished papers (folder 2 of 4)
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AP206.S2.066
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.065, AP206.S2.067 and AP206.S2.068. This file includes the following papers: "The Politics of Urban Redevelopment: A Study of Old Delhi by Ajay K. Mehra," book review "Environmental Management of Mining Operations Human Settlements and Rehabilitation of Population," 1986 "Reminiscences of Education in Pre-independence India," 1997 "The Pedestrian, the Rickshaw and the Motor Vehicle" "Chandigarh: As I see it" "Conservation is our Future" "Sikh Architecture by PS Arshi," review "The Aftermath of Vistara" "Random Thoughts on Architectural Education"
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1985-1997
During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
Hall cases
13 April 2011 to 18 September 2011
A Paper War: Pictures and words, 1939-1945
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During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
Hall cases
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AP197.S1.SS8
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Materials in this subseries document the theoretical seminar "Comparative Critical Analysis of Built Form," which Kenneth Frampton taught since 1973 at the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, Columbia University. The seminar became the bases for his book “Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis” (2015). Materials for the seminar make up a significant portion of this subseries. Materials consist of copyright image requests and permission requests (organized in alphabetical order), handwritten and typed drafts with edits, correspondence, layout drafts, notes, copyright information charts, grant applications, as well as student analyses/projects, student drawings, and course readers for the seminar.
circa 1970-2015
Comparative critical analysis (1973-2015, 2018)
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AP197.S1.SS8
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Materials in this subseries document the theoretical seminar "Comparative Critical Analysis of Built Form," which Kenneth Frampton taught since 1973 at the Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation and Planning, Columbia University. The seminar became the bases for his book “Genealogy of Modern Architecture: Comparative Critical Analysis” (2015). Materials for the seminar make up a significant portion of this subseries. Materials consist of copyright image requests and permission requests (organized in alphabetical order), handwritten and typed drafts with edits, correspondence, layout drafts, notes, copyright information charts, grant applications, as well as student analyses/projects, student drawings, and course readers for the seminar.
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circa 1970-2015
textual records
AP197.S3.005
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1991-1994, organized in alphabetical order by last name, from U-Z. The last four folders in this box comprises of loose correspondence organized in chronological order, from 1991-1994; this correspondence is not organized in alphabetical order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Correspondence relates to Frampton’s participation/involvement in: the “Architecture and legitimacy” conference at the Congress Netherlands Architecture Institute; as part of the International Board of Advisors for the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía; in the Chinese translation for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; as a visiting professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
1991-1994
Personal and professional correspondence for names U-Z from 1991-1994
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AP197.S3.005
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1991-1994, organized in alphabetical order by last name, from U-Z. The last four folders in this box comprises of loose correspondence organized in chronological order, from 1991-1994; this correspondence is not organized in alphabetical order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Correspondence relates to Frampton’s participation/involvement in: the “Architecture and legitimacy” conference at the Congress Netherlands Architecture Institute; as part of the International Board of Advisors for the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía; in the Chinese translation for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; as a visiting professor at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
textual records
1991-1994