Project
CI007.S1.1945.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Mies van der Rohe design for the Farnsworth House in Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United Stated, commissioned in 1945 by Edith Farnsworth and built between 1949 and 1951. The material in this series was produced between 1949 and 1978. The series contains views of the house during construction by photographer Ludwig Glaeser and exterior views by photographer Casimir W. Milewski.
1949-1978
Farnsworth House, Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United States (1945-1951)
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CI007.S1.1945.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Mies van der Rohe design for the Farnsworth House in Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United Stated, commissioned in 1945 by Edith Farnsworth and built between 1949 and 1951. The material in this series was produced between 1949 and 1978. The series contains views of the house during construction by photographer Ludwig Glaeser and exterior views by photographer Casimir W. Milewski.
project
1949-1978
Series
Promotional materials
CI006.S2
Description:
Series relates to a documentary on Mart Stam's work for the Budge Foundation Old People's Home, in Frankfurt, Germany. The series contains promotional material for the 1931 documentary "Wo wohnen alte Leute" ("Where Old People Live") produced by Ella Bergmann-Michel and commissioned by Mart Stam. The material in the series was produced in or around 1931. The series contains photographs by Ella Bergmann-Michel.
Early 1930s
Promotional materials
CI006.S2
Description:
Series relates to a documentary on Mart Stam's work for the Budge Foundation Old People's Home, in Frankfurt, Germany. The series contains promotional material for the 1931 documentary "Wo wohnen alte Leute" ("Where Old People Live") produced by Ella Bergmann-Michel and commissioned by Mart Stam. The material in the series was produced in or around 1931. The series contains photographs by Ella Bergmann-Michel.
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Early 1930s
Project
AP178.S1.1982.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Casa Aníbal Guimarães da Costa in Trofa, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 14/80. The office assigned the date 1981 to this project. The project consisted of a house commissioned by Aníbal Guimarães da Costa. The house was not built. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and correspondence.
1981-1982
Casa Aníbal Guimarães da Costa [Aníbal Guimarães da Costa house], Trofa, Portugal, 1982
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AP178.S1.1982.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Casa Aníbal Guimarães da Costa in Trofa, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 14/80. The office assigned the date 1981 to this project. The project consisted of a house commissioned by Aníbal Guimarães da Costa. The house was not built. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and correspondence.
Project
1981-1982
Sub-series
AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
late 1940s-1999
Reference and research for publications
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AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Sub-series
late 1940s-1999
Project
AP022.S1.1974.PR10
Description:
File documents a subway station with a 500-foot platform, stainless steel exterior and skylight with neon light artwork (built), Toronto (North York), Ontario. File contains reference drawings, design sevelopment drawings, working drawings, photographs and negatives, textual records (includes photographs).
1974-1980
Yorkdale Subway Station
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AP022.S1.1974.PR10
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File documents a subway station with a 500-foot platform, stainless steel exterior and skylight with neon light artwork (built), Toronto (North York), Ontario. File contains reference drawings, design sevelopment drawings, working drawings, photographs and negatives, textual records (includes photographs).
Project
1974-1980
Series
Professional work in Canada
AP163.S2
Description:
Series documents Victor Prus's projects, including his early work when he arrived in Canada, in 1952, and his projects dating from the time that he created his own pratice in Montréal in 1954 to the mid 1990s. Material includes competition entries, built and unbuilt projects and conceptual projects. The series contains commissions from the early 1950s, such as single-family residences for individual clients or friends, housing design competitions and building design competitions, including unrealized projects. The majority of the documents in the series are related to his major projects such as the Centre commercial Rockland (1960), the Mont-Royal and Bonaventure Metro Stations (1966), the Expo'67 Stadium (1967), St. Augustine's Church and James Lyng High School (1968), the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial (1969), Brudenell River Recreational Park (1970), the Langelier Metro Station (1971), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983). The series also documents Victor Prus's activities as visiting professor or professor at the École d'architecture de Québec or at McGill University as well as his lectures. Promotional documents from Victor Prus and Associates are also included in the series. The series contains conceptual, design development, working and presentation drawings, presentation panels (particularly for competitions), study and presentation models and photographs. A significant amount of textual records related to most of his projects are included. The series also contains publications, such as issues of periodicals, and index cards and microfiches listing some of Prus's architectural projects.
1952-1993
Professional work in Canada
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AP163.S2
Description:
Series documents Victor Prus's projects, including his early work when he arrived in Canada, in 1952, and his projects dating from the time that he created his own pratice in Montréal in 1954 to the mid 1990s. Material includes competition entries, built and unbuilt projects and conceptual projects. The series contains commissions from the early 1950s, such as single-family residences for individual clients or friends, housing design competitions and building design competitions, including unrealized projects. The majority of the documents in the series are related to his major projects such as the Centre commercial Rockland (1960), the Mont-Royal and Bonaventure Metro Stations (1966), the Expo'67 Stadium (1967), St. Augustine's Church and James Lyng High School (1968), the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial (1969), Brudenell River Recreational Park (1970), the Langelier Metro Station (1971), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983). The series also documents Victor Prus's activities as visiting professor or professor at the École d'architecture de Québec or at McGill University as well as his lectures. Promotional documents from Victor Prus and Associates are also included in the series. The series contains conceptual, design development, working and presentation drawings, presentation panels (particularly for competitions), study and presentation models and photographs. A significant amount of textual records related to most of his projects are included. The series also contains publications, such as issues of periodicals, and index cards and microfiches listing some of Prus's architectural projects.
Series 2
1952-1993
Series
Bruno Taut
AP162.S8
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Bruno Taut to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Bruno Taut participated under the pseudonym Glas. Born in 1880 in Königsberg, Germany, Bruno Taut studied architecture at the Bauwerkschule in Königsberg. After working in architectural firms from 1903 to 1909, he worked in partnership with Franz Hoffman and later with his brother Max Taut. Bruno Taut undertook various architectural projects including housing projects, public commissions, and later projects for universities and schools. In 1918, he founded the Arbeisrat für Kunst, a union of architects, painters, writers and other artists based in Berlin and dedicated to bring architectural and artisit tendencies of the time to a broader public. This union also involved some members of the Die gläserne Kette circle. Between 1920 and 1921, Bruno Taut was editor to the magazine "Frühlich". He taught architecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1930 to 1932, and undertook a working visit in Russia in 1932 to 1933. After spending time in Japan between 1933 and 1936 due to enforced emigration, he taught at the Academy of Arts in Istanbul. He died in Istanbul in 1938. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) This series comprises part of Bruno Taut's correspondence to the Die gläserne Kette circle, along with related drawings and documents. The series also includes photographic materials of some of his architectural projects.
between 1919 and 1920
Bruno Taut
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AP162.S8
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Bruno Taut to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Bruno Taut participated under the pseudonym Glas. Born in 1880 in Königsberg, Germany, Bruno Taut studied architecture at the Bauwerkschule in Königsberg. After working in architectural firms from 1903 to 1909, he worked in partnership with Franz Hoffman and later with his brother Max Taut. Bruno Taut undertook various architectural projects including housing projects, public commissions, and later projects for universities and schools. In 1918, he founded the Arbeisrat für Kunst, a union of architects, painters, writers and other artists based in Berlin and dedicated to bring architectural and artisit tendencies of the time to a broader public. This union also involved some members of the Die gläserne Kette circle. Between 1920 and 1921, Bruno Taut was editor to the magazine "Frühlich". He taught architecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1930 to 1932, and undertook a working visit in Russia in 1932 to 1933. After spending time in Japan between 1933 and 1936 due to enforced emigration, he taught at the Academy of Arts in Istanbul. He died in Istanbul in 1938. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) This series comprises part of Bruno Taut's correspondence to the Die gläserne Kette circle, along with related drawings and documents. The series also includes photographic materials of some of his architectural projects.
series
between 1919 and 1920
archives
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Fonds
Umberto Riva fonds
AP180
Synopsis:
The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
1959-2012
Umberto Riva fonds
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AP180
Synopsis:
The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
archives
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Fonds
1959-2012
textual records
Offres de services
ARCH258812
Description:
Offres de services, incluant des catalogues, et « Rapport of the Federal Plan Commission on a General Plan for the Cities of Ottawa and Hull 1915 » (signé et donné à Cormier par un ami en 1937).
1952
Offres de services
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ARCH258812
Description:
Offres de services, incluant des catalogues, et « Rapport of the Federal Plan Commission on a General Plan for the Cities of Ottawa and Hull 1915 » (signé et donné à Cormier par un ami en 1937).
textual records
1952
Project
CI005.S1.1912.PR2
Description:
In1912, Gerrrit Oud commissioned his brother, J.J.P. Oud, to design his country house in Aalsmeer. The spacious country home featured a ground floor facade on the street side and a semi-circular balcony protruding from the first floor bedroom on the garden side (Taverne et al. 2001, 72-73). Project series includes drawings of the ground floor plans for the house and the rear elevation.
1912
G.J. Oud House, Aalsmeer, Netherlands (1912)
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CI005.S1.1912.PR2
Description:
In1912, Gerrrit Oud commissioned his brother, J.J.P. Oud, to design his country house in Aalsmeer. The spacious country home featured a ground floor facade on the street side and a semi-circular balcony protruding from the first floor bedroom on the garden side (Taverne et al. 2001, 72-73). Project series includes drawings of the ground floor plans for the house and the rear elevation.
project
1912