textual records
AP197.S3.007
Description:
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
Description:
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
AP197.S3.010
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 2001. 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 universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Yale University; Université de Montréal; Patkau Architects; Tadao Ando; Manuel de Sola-Morales; the Royal Institute of British Architects; ArquitecturaViva; Maki and Associates; and Kisho Kurakawa. Included in this box is correspondence with Oscar Niemeyer and Alvaro Siza in relation to the Michael Blackwood production on both these architects; correspondence about the Aga Khan Award; correspondence about writing an introduction essay to the publication Tadao Ando Light & Water; and correspondence about Frampton’s trip and itinerary to Japan and to meet with Tadao Ando.
2001
Personal and professional correspondence from 2001
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AP197.S3.010
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 2001. 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 universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Yale University; Université de Montréal; Patkau Architects; Tadao Ando; Manuel de Sola-Morales; the Royal Institute of British Architects; ArquitecturaViva; Maki and Associates; and Kisho Kurakawa. Included in this box is correspondence with Oscar Niemeyer and Alvaro Siza in relation to the Michael Blackwood production on both these architects; correspondence about the Aga Khan Award; correspondence about writing an introduction essay to the publication Tadao Ando Light & Water; and correspondence about Frampton’s trip and itinerary to Japan and to meet with Tadao Ando.
textual records
2001
textual records
DR1995:0280:658-658
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activity charts, design notes, sketches, drawings, views of model, clipping, calculations, photograph, specifications, consultant drawings and sketches, research paper on computer modelling (John Frazer, et al), perspective drawings, views of factory interiors, draft publication layouts, reprint of published Generator photographs and drawings, map, rendered drawing, notes, views of site, models, computer, and symbol, computer printouts, sketches, correspondence, specifications notes, consultant reports invoices, form, pamphlet, standards, press release, minutes of meetings, meeting notes, and office memoranda
Activity charts, design notes, sketches, drawings, views of model, clipping, calculations
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DR1995:0280:658-658
Description:
activity charts, design notes, sketches, drawings, views of model, clipping, calculations, photograph, specifications, consultant drawings and sketches, research paper on computer modelling (John Frazer, et al), perspective drawings, views of factory interiors, draft publication layouts, reprint of published Generator photographs and drawings, map, rendered drawing, notes, views of site, models, computer, and symbol, computer printouts, sketches, correspondence, specifications notes, consultant reports invoices, form, pamphlet, standards, press release, minutes of meetings, meeting notes, and office memoranda
textual records
drawings
Quantity:
21 presentation drawing(s)
DR1995:0188:241-261
Description:
presentation drawings, possibly some for publication, including table of electrical and mechanical needs, perspective sketches, plans, sections with annotations, schematic sections of basic units and control systems for the Pilot Project, exterior perspective, plan, sections, axonometric drawings showing thermal and acoustic systems, site plan at Mill Meads, exterior views, structural details, site plan and flow chart for the Camden Town proposal, and site plans for a children's playground at Stratford E.15
Presentation drawings, possibly some for publication
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DR1995:0188:241-261
Description:
presentation drawings, possibly some for publication, including table of electrical and mechanical needs, perspective sketches, plans, sections with annotations, schematic sections of basic units and control systems for the Pilot Project, exterior perspective, plan, sections, axonometric drawings showing thermal and acoustic systems, site plan at Mill Meads, exterior views, structural details, site plan and flow chart for the Camden Town proposal, and site plans for a children's playground at Stratford E.15
drawings
Quantity:
21 presentation drawing(s)
textual records
DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
1970-1998
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook
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DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
textual records
1970-1998
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
Project
South Bank
AP144.S2.D122
Description:
File documents a set of proposals for development of the South Bank area of London, England, initially commissioned by the Greater London Council. Proposed additions and changes to the South Bank include a Ferris wheel-like observation tower called "The Thing", a mile-long pedestrian bridge called the "C P bridge" running between the Charing Cross and Waterloo stations, and major modifications to existing buildings including the Shell Centre, the Royal Festival Hall, and County Hall. Material in this file was produced in 1936 and between 1950 and 2002, but predominantly between 1982 and 1988. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, other panels, a model, photographic materials, and textual records.
1936, 1950-2002, predominant 1982-1988
South Bank
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AP144.S2.D122
Description:
File documents a set of proposals for development of the South Bank area of London, England, initially commissioned by the Greater London Council. Proposed additions and changes to the South Bank include a Ferris wheel-like observation tower called "The Thing", a mile-long pedestrian bridge called the "C P bridge" running between the Charing Cross and Waterloo stations, and major modifications to existing buildings including the Shell Centre, the Royal Festival Hall, and County Hall. Material in this file was produced in 1936 and between 1950 and 2002, but predominantly between 1982 and 1988. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, other drawings, presentation panels, other panels, a model, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 122
1936, 1950-2002, predominant 1982-1988
Project
La Villette, Paris
AP143.S4.D53
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for La Villette, Paris, France. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1986. In June of 1986, Renato Rizzi supervised the construction of a presentation model of the scheme for site 1 (DR1992:0008:001) and, in September of the same year, of a second version incorporating Derrida's "chora" figure, a gilded object "that would resemble at once a web, a sieve, or a grille and a stringed musical instrument" (DR1992:0008:002). Detailed construction documents, including plan, lighting plan, and sections were finalized at the same time, as were decisions concerning the choice of materials. File contains design development drawings, models, photographic materials, presentation drawings, publication drawings, and textual records.
1985-1986
La Villette, Paris
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AP143.S4.D53
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for La Villette, Paris, France. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1986. In June of 1986, Renato Rizzi supervised the construction of a presentation model of the scheme for site 1 (DR1992:0008:001) and, in September of the same year, of a second version incorporating Derrida's "chora" figure, a gilded object "that would resemble at once a web, a sieve, or a grille and a stringed musical instrument" (DR1992:0008:002). Detailed construction documents, including plan, lighting plan, and sections were finalized at the same time, as were decisions concerning the choice of materials. File contains design development drawings, models, photographic materials, presentation drawings, publication drawings, and textual records.
File 53
1985-1986
Project
Rebstockpark Master Plan
AP143.S4.D90
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for the Rebstockpark Master Plan, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1994. File includes 1344 drawings comprising design development drawings, competition drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, and reference drawings, as well as models and textual records. Presentation drawings include drawings and mock-ups for a number of 1993 project booklets, and panels of computer-generated design images. Some presentation drawings used for the booklets have also been published. Textual documents include other project booklets, site plan prints by Albert Speer & Partners (1994), agreement, design objectives, notes, cost analysis, correspondence, drawings, and project information for Zurich Office Building at Rebstockpark.
1990-1994
Rebstockpark Master Plan
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AP143.S4.D90
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for the Rebstockpark Master Plan, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1994. File includes 1344 drawings comprising design development drawings, competition drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, and reference drawings, as well as models and textual records. Presentation drawings include drawings and mock-ups for a number of 1993 project booklets, and panels of computer-generated design images. Some presentation drawings used for the booklets have also been published. Textual documents include other project booklets, site plan prints by Albert Speer & Partners (1994), agreement, design objectives, notes, cost analysis, correspondence, drawings, and project information for Zurich Office Building at Rebstockpark.
File 90
1990-1994
Series
AP207.S5
Description:
The series consists of a selection of professional papers from Gianni Pettena’s office. This material was arranged into a series of binders and sorted in chronological order from 1960 to 2018 by Pettena’s office. It includes both analogue and digital materials. These binders document Pettena’s career and activities as an architect, an artist, a critic and a teacher. It includes correspondence, promotional materials, press releases, and press clippings on Pettena’s work and activities, contracts and agreements for exhibitions, publications and academic events. The sub-series also contains a selection of portraits of Pettena from the 1960 to 2018 and various short videos of him. These portraits and videos, in digital formats, were also arranged together by Pettena’s office.
1960-2018
Selected professional papers, photographs and videos
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AP207.S5
Description:
The series consists of a selection of professional papers from Gianni Pettena’s office. This material was arranged into a series of binders and sorted in chronological order from 1960 to 2018 by Pettena’s office. It includes both analogue and digital materials. These binders document Pettena’s career and activities as an architect, an artist, a critic and a teacher. It includes correspondence, promotional materials, press releases, and press clippings on Pettena’s work and activities, contracts and agreements for exhibitions, publications and academic events. The sub-series also contains a selection of portraits of Pettena from the 1960 to 2018 and various short videos of him. These portraits and videos, in digital formats, were also arranged together by Pettena’s office.
Series
1960-2018