textual records
DR2012:0015:021:015
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts and faxes), and reference materials related to the Dictionnaire de l'architecture du XXe siècle. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DICT D'ARCH XX SIECLE / HAZAN EDITIONS
1994-1997
Correspondence of Melvin Charney
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DR2012:0015:021:015
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily printouts and faxes), and reference materials related to the Dictionnaire de l'architecture du XXe siècle. Original folder inscribed in graphite: DICT D'ARCH XX SIECLE / HAZAN EDITIONS
textual records
1994-1997
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects and events
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DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
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1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
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Dessins et tableaux
AP104.S1
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Series I consists of sketches, drawings and paintings, mostly created by Parizeau. From the period he spent in Europe (1923-1933), there are 11 student drawings in the standard presentation format of the École des Beaux-arts de Paris, a volume of course notes, as well as unidentified drawings, sketchbooks and paintings of primarily buildings and landscapes executed in Paris and during his travels in France. Drawings relating to Parizeau's architectural career in Montreal are represented in a number of independant projects, including a small chapel beside the St. Lawrence River, a pair of two-storey cabin-cottages outside of Montreal, and several residences in the city. The documents are mostly original preliminary studies with some reproductions of working drawings. It should be noted that there are also photographs of exterior details of the Laroque Residence and the Jarry Residence in documents CO2 in Series II. Reproductions of designs for worker housing by French architect Eugène Beaudoin in 1938 perhaps give a clue to Parizeau's relatively early employment of modernist forms. A residence in Baie D'Urfé is unlikely to be connected to Parizeau because its date, ca. 1955, is a decade after his death. Parizeau's concern with furniture and interior design is represented in the Archive with many lively perspective sketches in colour, and elevation and plan studies of several kinds of rooms and types of furniture. Some preliminary drawings for interiors were grouped with the Gillow house in Ville Mont-Royal, and the Walter Downs Residence in Montreal. The artworks by Parizeau consist of paintings and drawings of landscapes, buildings, still lifes and figure studies on loose sheets and in bound sketchbooks. These works are executed in a variety of media, including pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour on paper, and oil paint on masonite panels. Studies of buildings in Brittany and Paris are the subjects in three small sketchbooks, while larger spiral-bound drawing books contain some architectural plans, elevations and details. Most of these artworks and sketches were likely created in Europe before 1933.
1917-1955
Dessins et tableaux
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AP104.S1
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Series I consists of sketches, drawings and paintings, mostly created by Parizeau. From the period he spent in Europe (1923-1933), there are 11 student drawings in the standard presentation format of the École des Beaux-arts de Paris, a volume of course notes, as well as unidentified drawings, sketchbooks and paintings of primarily buildings and landscapes executed in Paris and during his travels in France. Drawings relating to Parizeau's architectural career in Montreal are represented in a number of independant projects, including a small chapel beside the St. Lawrence River, a pair of two-storey cabin-cottages outside of Montreal, and several residences in the city. The documents are mostly original preliminary studies with some reproductions of working drawings. It should be noted that there are also photographs of exterior details of the Laroque Residence and the Jarry Residence in documents CO2 in Series II. Reproductions of designs for worker housing by French architect Eugène Beaudoin in 1938 perhaps give a clue to Parizeau's relatively early employment of modernist forms. A residence in Baie D'Urfé is unlikely to be connected to Parizeau because its date, ca. 1955, is a decade after his death. Parizeau's concern with furniture and interior design is represented in the Archive with many lively perspective sketches in colour, and elevation and plan studies of several kinds of rooms and types of furniture. Some preliminary drawings for interiors were grouped with the Gillow house in Ville Mont-Royal, and the Walter Downs Residence in Montreal. The artworks by Parizeau consist of paintings and drawings of landscapes, buildings, still lifes and figure studies on loose sheets and in bound sketchbooks. These works are executed in a variety of media, including pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour on paper, and oil paint on masonite panels. Studies of buildings in Brittany and Paris are the subjects in three small sketchbooks, while larger spiral-bound drawing books contain some architectural plans, elevations and details. Most of these artworks and sketches were likely created in Europe before 1933.
Série 1
1917-1955
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Fonds
Gene Summers fonds
AP114
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The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
1957 - 2004
Gene Summers fonds
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AP114
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The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
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Fonds
1957 - 2004
textual records
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2 press release(s)
ARCH183808
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press release, 27 September 1999 for the exhibition held 5-20 October in Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal in New York City, New York and the accompanying colloquium held 8 October 1999 at Cooper Union, New York City, New York (in French and English)
27 September 1999
press release for the exhibition held in Vanderbilt Hall
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ARCH183808
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press release, 27 September 1999 for the exhibition held 5-20 October in Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal in New York City, New York and the accompanying colloquium held 8 October 1999 at Cooper Union, New York City, New York (in French and English)
textual records
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2 press release(s)
27 September 1999
research
Quarrels Between Painting and Architecture in Post-Revolutionary France
January 2003 to December 2003
Mellon Senior Fellows 2003
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Quarrels Between Painting and Architecture in Post-Revolutionary France
research
January 2003 to
December 2003
drawings, textual records
DR2012:0012:130:010
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, notes, photocopies of architectural drawings and plans, and sketches related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN TRIBUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS GRANITE DESIGN/COSTS/CONSTRUCTION 1987-1990
1987-1990
Correspondence, notes, plans and sketches, The Canadian tribute to human rights
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DR2012:0012:130:010
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, notes, photocopies of architectural drawings and plans, and sketches related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN TRIBUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS GRANITE DESIGN/COSTS/CONSTRUCTION 1987-1990
drawings, textual records
1987-1990
drawings, textual records
DR2012:0012:082:005
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a book outlining competition requirements (with annotations in graphite and red ink), correspondence, magazine clippings, maps, notes, and sketches related to the RCAF Memorial Architectural Competition. Original folder inscribed in graphite: RCAF MEMORIAL COMP.
1969-1971
Competition requirements, correspondence, magazine clippings, maps, notes, and sketches, Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition, Ottawa, Ontario
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DR2012:0012:082:005
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a book outlining competition requirements (with annotations in graphite and red ink), correspondence, magazine clippings, maps, notes, and sketches related to the RCAF Memorial Architectural Competition. Original folder inscribed in graphite: RCAF MEMORIAL COMP.
drawings, textual records
1969-1971
textual records
DR2012:0012:130:017
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence, drafts, notes, waybills, and photocopies of architectural drawings and plans related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN TRIBUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTER PLAQUE N°4 / 1998
1995-1999
Correspondance, drafts, notes, and plans, The Canadian tribute to human rights
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DR2012:0012:130:017
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence, drafts, notes, waybills, and photocopies of architectural drawings and plans related to the Canadian tribute to human rights. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN TRIBUTE TO HUMAN RIGHTS INTER PLAQUE N°4 / 1998
textual records
1995-1999