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AP163.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents the student work of Victor Prus at the Liverpool School of Architecture, in England, between 1945 and 1947 and his work as assistant professor at the Polish University College in London, betweeen 1947 and 1950. The sub-series also documents Victor Prus's early professional work as an architect in England, including his partnership with architect George Scolly in Prus and Scolly, Architects, from 1950 to 1952, and his work as Senior Executive Officer for the Festival of Britain, from 1949 to 1951. The sub-series contains conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, including reprographic copies, a few textual records that document some of the projects, photographs and presentation panels.
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AP163.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents the student work of Victor Prus at the Liverpool School of Architecture, in England, between 1945 and 1947 and his work as assistant professor at the Polish University College in London, betweeen 1947 and 1950. The sub-series also documents Victor Prus's early professional work as an architect in England, including his partnership with architect George Scolly in Prus and Scolly, Architects, from 1950 to 1952, and his work as Senior Executive Officer for the Festival of Britain, from 1949 to 1951. The sub-series contains conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, including reprographic copies, a few textual records that document some of the projects, photographs and presentation panels.
Sub-series 1
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AP156.S3.SS2
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes à Talwara, en Inde, entre la fin des années 1940s et le début des années 1960s. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1949 et 1965. La sous-série contient des dessins et des reprograhies, dont des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi des photographies et une chemise. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Talwara, India, between the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Material in this file was produced in between 1949 and 1965. The sub-series contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There are also photographs and a folder.
1949-1965
Talwara, Inde = Talwara, India
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AP156.S3.SS2
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes à Talwara, en Inde, entre la fin des années 1940s et le début des années 1960s. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1949 et 1965. La sous-série contient des dessins et des reprograhies, dont des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi des photographies et une chemise. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Talwara, India, between the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Material in this file was produced in between 1949 and 1965. The sub-series contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There are also photographs and a folder.
Sous-série 2
1949-1965
Sub-series
Student work
AP140.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
Student work
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AP140.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
Sub-series 1
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
textual records
AP197.S3.006
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, 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: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
1995-1997
Personal and professional correspondence from 1995-1997
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AP197.S3.006
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, 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: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
textual records
1995-1997
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
125 Kilos of Books
125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 March 2006 to 30 April 2006
125 Kilos of Books
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125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
Project
AP164.S1.1999.D9
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The project series documents the design of the seaport terminal in Salerno, Italy. The design was “about emulating tradional architecture as well as the material and iconographic world of the great vessels and doing it from an environmental sensibility and a compromise to contemporary techniques” (ARCH270975). The firm participated in the international competition and their project was selected for the second round. The firm identified this project as number 122. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and design development drawings, project descriptions, maps, and reference, photographic and digital materials.
1999-2001
Estación maritima de Salerno, Italy (1999)
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AP164.S1.1999.D9
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The project series documents the design of the seaport terminal in Salerno, Italy. The design was “about emulating tradional architecture as well as the material and iconographic world of the great vessels and doing it from an environmental sensibility and a compromise to contemporary techniques” (ARCH270975). The firm participated in the international competition and their project was selected for the second round. The firm identified this project as number 122. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and design development drawings, project descriptions, maps, and reference, photographic and digital materials.
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1999-2001
Project
AP066.S2.D13
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Le dossier documente l'extension au musée et la production d'un mémoire (conception, en collaboration avec "le consortium des architectes du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal", dirigé par Moshe Safdie, architecte) présenté au Comité Consultatif sur le Projet d'Agrandissement du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, situé sur la rue Sherbrooke, à Montréal, Québec. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des reprographies et des panneaux. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Essentiellement, l'exercice déplace et reproportionne l'immeuble New Sherbrooke au croisement des rues Sherbrooke et Crescent, lui assurant une pérennité à sa mesure, le valorisant en tant qu'usage plus qu'en tant qu'image, vu l'entité spatiale qui lui serait assurée dans ce cas, à la fois sur le plan intérieur et sur le plan de la position urbaine préviligiée qu'il acquiert sur cette intersection." Jacques Rousseau, ARQ: Architecture-Québec, nº 38, août 1987, p. 22-23.
1985
Projet pour le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
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AP066.S2.D13
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Le dossier documente l'extension au musée et la production d'un mémoire (conception, en collaboration avec "le consortium des architectes du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal", dirigé par Moshe Safdie, architecte) présenté au Comité Consultatif sur le Projet d'Agrandissement du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, situé sur la rue Sherbrooke, à Montréal, Québec. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des reprographies et des panneaux. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Essentiellement, l'exercice déplace et reproportionne l'immeuble New Sherbrooke au croisement des rues Sherbrooke et Crescent, lui assurant une pérennité à sa mesure, le valorisant en tant qu'usage plus qu'en tant qu'image, vu l'entité spatiale qui lui serait assurée dans ce cas, à la fois sur le plan intérieur et sur le plan de la position urbaine préviligiée qu'il acquiert sur cette intersection." Jacques Rousseau, ARQ: Architecture-Québec, nº 38, août 1987, p. 22-23.
Projet
1985
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D56
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File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a renovation and addition to the Rice School of Architecture, located in Anderson Hall, on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States. Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1982. File contains reference material and conceptual drawings, a large number of design development drawings for alternative schemes and several presentation drawings, including many produced for publication purposes. File also contains photographic materials, including views of building by photographers Paul Hester, Henry Bowles and F.W. Seiders, as well as textual records.
1979-1982
School of Architecture Addition, Rice University, Competition and Construction, Houston, Texas, United States
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AP140.S2.SS1.D56
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File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a renovation and addition to the Rice School of Architecture, located in Anderson Hall, on the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas, United States. Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1982. File contains reference material and conceptual drawings, a large number of design development drawings for alternative schemes and several presentation drawings, including many produced for publication purposes. File also contains photographic materials, including views of building by photographers Paul Hester, Henry Bowles and F.W. Seiders, as well as textual records.
File 56
1979-1982
Kids Build
Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Hall cases
9 December 2015 to 24 April 2016
Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Hall cases