articles
The Modernizing Beat
The Modernizing Beat
Dele Adeyemo rereads the production of space of a modernizing Ghana through highlife
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
architecture
1988
A vision of Britain : a personal view of architecture
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
1988
architecture
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AP197.S1.SS4
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This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of the history textbook "Modern Architecture: A Critical History," first published in 1980. Textual documentation is diverse and ranges from the text’s first edition to drafts of the upcoming 5th edition, early correspondence with the publisher Thames and Hudson Ltd (circa 1969), notes on various chapters, edits for the French translation, magazine clippings, reviews of the publication, and a print of the Lighthouse Cathedral by Alberto Sartoris, which was the image published on the cover of the book.
1969-2016
Modern architecture: a critical history (1968-1980, 2018)
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AP197.S1.SS4
Description:
This subseries documents Kenneth Frampton’s writing of the history textbook "Modern Architecture: A Critical History," first published in 1980. Textual documentation is diverse and ranges from the text’s first edition to drafts of the upcoming 5th edition, early correspondence with the publisher Thames and Hudson Ltd (circa 1969), notes on various chapters, edits for the French translation, magazine clippings, reviews of the publication, and a print of the Lighthouse Cathedral by Alberto Sartoris, which was the image published on the cover of the book.
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1969-2016
textual records
ARCH268207
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Document concerning CIAM, the International Congress of Modern Architecture (“Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne”). Report also contains sketches by Sert.
after 1937
Report on the 1937 International Congress of Modern Architecture by José Luis Sert
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ARCH268207
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Document concerning CIAM, the International Congress of Modern Architecture (“Congrès internationaux d’architecture moderne”). Report also contains sketches by Sert.
textual records
after 1937
textual records
AP197.S2.005
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The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, which are divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: Sweden, Swiss, Turkey, and the United States. The next set of files are comprised of transcripts of interviews with various architects and theorists such as Jürgen Habermas, Oscar Nitzchke, Mario Botta, and Patricia Patkau. The last set of files include two articles concerning architectural preservation.
circa 1970-1996
Research files on modern architecture organized by geographic location (S-U), transcripts of interviews with various architects, and writings on architecture preservation
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AP197.S2.005
Description:
The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, which are divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: Sweden, Swiss, Turkey, and the United States. The next set of files are comprised of transcripts of interviews with various architects and theorists such as Jürgen Habermas, Oscar Nitzchke, Mario Botta, and Patricia Patkau. The last set of files include two articles concerning architectural preservation.
textual records
circa 1970-1996
textual records
AP197.S2.004
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The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: General; Austria; Australia; Belgium; Canada; China; Czechoslovakia; Dutch; England; French; Finland; France; German; Greek; Islam; Italian; Japan; Mexico; Russia; Scandanavian; and Spain.
1965-1996
Research files on modern architecture, organized by geographic location (A-S)
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AP197.S2.004
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The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: General; Austria; Australia; Belgium; Canada; China; Czechoslovakia; Dutch; England; French; Finland; France; German; Greek; Islam; Italian; Japan; Mexico; Russia; Scandanavian; and Spain.
textual records
1965-1996
textual records
AP197.S2.017
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The files comprises of writings about philosophy, film, art, music, modern architecture, mathematics and ecology.
circa 1962- 1990
Various research files about philosophy, films, art, music, modern architecture, mathematics and ecology
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AP197.S2.017
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The files comprises of writings about philosophy, film, art, music, modern architecture, mathematics and ecology.
textual records
circa 1962- 1990
textual records
AP197.S2.039
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The box includes essays, articles, publications and draft texts by others that relate to architecture and various architects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: Kengo Kuma; Johannes Duiker; Frank Lloyd Wright; the modern movement in architecture; on mountains; Habitat 67; Hannah Arendt; and more.
1966-2010
Unsorted essays, articles, publications and draft texts by others about architecture, various architects and related subjects
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AP197.S2.039
Description:
The box includes essays, articles, publications and draft texts by others that relate to architecture and various architects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: Kengo Kuma; Johannes Duiker; Frank Lloyd Wright; the modern movement in architecture; on mountains; Habitat 67; Hannah Arendt; and more.
textual records
1966-2010
books, photographs
PH1989:0263.03:001-030
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Group consists of 30 black and white photographic prints in an album. Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Tenth Series, Sea Shore Cottages and Country Houses.
architecture
1883-1899
Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Tenth Series, Sea Shore Cottages and Country Houses
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PH1989:0263.03:001-030
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Group consists of 30 black and white photographic prints in an album. Albert Levy's Photographic Series of Modern American Architecture: Tenth Series, Sea Shore Cottages and Country Houses.
books, photographs
1883-1899
architecture
drawings, textual records
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57 textual record(s) and reprographic copy(ies)
DR1997:0070:001-057
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- Danforth's thesis included a written component. Danforth researched the history, function and program of the museum, modern art gallery or exhibition hall, taking suggestions from Mies van der Rohe and Walter Peterhans about which ones he should examine. The group of documents includes an incomplete draft of Danforth's written text, as well as research notes and illustrations of museums/exhibition spaces by architects including Schinkel (Altes Museum, Berlin), Le Corbusier (Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux, Paris and Palais de Tokyo, Paris), Henry van de Velde, and H.P. Berlage.
architecture, installation
1940-1943
Research notes, draft text, and illustrations for a graduate thesis for a small museum, Department of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
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DR1997:0070:001-057
Description:
- Danforth's thesis included a written component. Danforth researched the history, function and program of the museum, modern art gallery or exhibition hall, taking suggestions from Mies van der Rohe and Walter Peterhans about which ones he should examine. The group of documents includes an incomplete draft of Danforth's written text, as well as research notes and illustrations of museums/exhibition spaces by architects including Schinkel (Altes Museum, Berlin), Le Corbusier (Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux, Paris and Palais de Tokyo, Paris), Henry van de Velde, and H.P. Berlage.
drawings, textual records
Quantity:
57 textual record(s) and reprographic copy(ies)
1940-1943
architecture, installation