textual records
ARCH256925
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15 files - District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York (1971); Orion Financial Group correspondence; blank forms; technical literature; research on concert halls/theatres; research on earth-sheltered architecture; letter from AEA expressing interest in submitting projects to Architectural Biennale Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria (1987); correspondence concerning computers; project status reports; 4 miscellaneous folders of correspondence concerning: talk with Dr. Hollenberg, office policies and memos, CCA exhibition catalogue (1987), requests for information, magazine clippings, minutes, Canadian Who's Who, King Abdulaziz University, Mundipharma, University of Arizona, Etisalat floor patterns, Town of Markham invoice, requests, press clippings, letters to AE, inter-office memos.
1971, 1987-1988
District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York
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ARCH256925
Description:
15 files - District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York (1971); Orion Financial Group correspondence; blank forms; technical literature; research on concert halls/theatres; research on earth-sheltered architecture; letter from AEA expressing interest in submitting projects to Architectural Biennale Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria (1987); correspondence concerning computers; project status reports; 4 miscellaneous folders of correspondence concerning: talk with Dr. Hollenberg, office policies and memos, CCA exhibition catalogue (1987), requests for information, magazine clippings, minutes, Canadian Who's Who, King Abdulaziz University, Mundipharma, University of Arizona, Etisalat floor patterns, Town of Markham invoice, requests, press clippings, letters to AE, inter-office memos.
textual records
1971, 1987-1988
archives
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Fonds
AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
2001-2014
Testa & Weiser project records
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AP174
Synopsis:
The Testa & Weiser project records, 2001-2014, document the firm’s involvement in several projects as well as the development and use of the software script Weaver. The bulk of the records in the archive are digital files, the majority of which relate to the unbuilt research projects Carbon Tower (2001) and Strand Tower (2006). The archive also contains eight 3D printed physical models and 56 drawings.
archives
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Fonds
2001-2014
Project
AP207.S1.1971.PR04
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's performance "Vestirsi Di Siede", also know in English as "Wearable Chairs". The performance was carried out between 3 pm and 5 pm on February 12, 1971, in the streets of Minneapolis by ten students of Pettena at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The students, each wearing a portable chair harnessed on their back, wandered around the city, either by foot or by bus, and than returned to the college. "In this performance, it was the body that activated and gave meaning to the object: the chair only taking on meaning when carried, otherwise, it became disjointed." [1] The chairs were then put on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A second edition of the performance was also carried out with the students from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, 2011, and an installation of the chairs was presented at the exhibition "Un art pauvre" at the Centre Pompidou in 2016. The project series contains photographs of the performance by the students of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and photographs of the exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1971. It also contains three sketches for the chairs, a drawing of the performance and a statement about the perfomance. The project series also includes photographs of the performance of the NABA students in 2011. Source: [1] FRAC Centre-Val de Loire, http://www.frac-centre.fr/_en/art-and-architecture-collection/pettena-gianni/wearable-chairs-verstirsi-siede-317.html?authID=148&ensembleID=1286 (last accessed 11 November 2019)
1971-2017
Vestirsi Di Siede [Wearable Chairs] (1971)
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AP207.S1.1971.PR04
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's performance "Vestirsi Di Siede", also know in English as "Wearable Chairs". The performance was carried out between 3 pm and 5 pm on February 12, 1971, in the streets of Minneapolis by ten students of Pettena at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The students, each wearing a portable chair harnessed on their back, wandered around the city, either by foot or by bus, and than returned to the college. "In this performance, it was the body that activated and gave meaning to the object: the chair only taking on meaning when carried, otherwise, it became disjointed." [1] The chairs were then put on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. A second edition of the performance was also carried out with the students from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) in Milan, 2011, and an installation of the chairs was presented at the exhibition "Un art pauvre" at the Centre Pompidou in 2016. The project series contains photographs of the performance by the students of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and photographs of the exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 1971. It also contains three sketches for the chairs, a drawing of the performance and a statement about the perfomance. The project series also includes photographs of the performance of the NABA students in 2011. Source: [1] FRAC Centre-Val de Loire, http://www.frac-centre.fr/_en/art-and-architecture-collection/pettena-gianni/wearable-chairs-verstirsi-siede-317.html?authID=148&ensembleID=1286 (last accessed 11 November 2019)
Project
1971-2017
Main galleries
31 January 2019, 6:30pm
Main galleries
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Jean-Louis Cohen, Amerikanizm, Russian architecture, Soviet Union, United States, USSR
13 November 2019 to 26 July 2020
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Jean-Louis Cohen, Amerikanizm, Russian architecture, Soviet Union, United States, USSR
Sub-series
Broadcast
AP165.S5.SS1
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The Broadcast sub-series, circa 1990 – 2000, consists of 31 video recordings that consist of television broadcasts of Hoberman and his work in transformable design. This includes educational series about Hoberman’s innovation in folding structures, national and international news coverage of Hoberman’s projects and exhibitions, and other collected broadcasts. Material consists of Betacam SP cassettes, MiniDV cassettes, U-matic cassettes and Betacam cassettes. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 90’s to early 2000’s. Video recordings in this sub-series are about Hoberman and/or feature his work in a number of different spaces around the world. It includes television programs featuring Hoberman such as Mister Rogers and The Discovery Channel’s “Invention” series; news coverage from networks such as ABC News and CNN, including footage of President Clinton with the Hoberman Sphere on Eyewitness News, August 16, 1988, and international broadcasts in Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands; and footage of Hoberman’s Innovative Lives Presentation at the Lemelson Centre for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian in 1996.
circa 1990-2000
Broadcast
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AP165.S5.SS1
Description:
The Broadcast sub-series, circa 1990 – 2000, consists of 31 video recordings that consist of television broadcasts of Hoberman and his work in transformable design. This includes educational series about Hoberman’s innovation in folding structures, national and international news coverage of Hoberman’s projects and exhibitions, and other collected broadcasts. Material consists of Betacam SP cassettes, MiniDV cassettes, U-matic cassettes and Betacam cassettes. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 90’s to early 2000’s. Video recordings in this sub-series are about Hoberman and/or feature his work in a number of different spaces around the world. It includes television programs featuring Hoberman such as Mister Rogers and The Discovery Channel’s “Invention” series; news coverage from networks such as ABC News and CNN, including footage of President Clinton with the Hoberman Sphere on Eyewitness News, August 16, 1988, and international broadcasts in Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands; and footage of Hoberman’s Innovative Lives Presentation at the Lemelson Centre for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian in 1996.
Sub-series 1
circa 1990-2000
PHCON2002:0016:005
Description:
Binder consists of published documentation on the work of Gordon Matta-Clark from the period from 1971 to 1977. It includes exhibition catalogues, reviews of exhibitions, and published interviews; these include documentation on Alternatives to the Washington Square Art Fair (1973) ; Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); City Slivers (1976); Conical Intersect (1975); Contrabienal (1971); Day's End (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Jacks (1971); Jacob's Ladder (1977); Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); Open House (1972); Underground Paris (1977); Subway Graffiti (1973); Splitting (1974); Tree Dance (1971); and Walls Paper (1972). Photographs, both personal and those created for publicity, are contained in the binder, as well as correspondence and an example of a Certificate of Authenticity created to give to purchasers of his works. Also included are a series of different resumes written by Matta-Clark along with a more extensive posthumous curriculum vitae and a list of the books in his library. Binder contains photographs, slides and textual records.
1971-1977
Reviews, Announcements, Catalogues & Photos 1970-77
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PHCON2002:0016:005
Description:
Binder consists of published documentation on the work of Gordon Matta-Clark from the period from 1971 to 1977. It includes exhibition catalogues, reviews of exhibitions, and published interviews; these include documentation on Alternatives to the Washington Square Art Fair (1973) ; Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973); Bingo (1974); City Slivers (1976); Conical Intersect (1975); Contrabienal (1971); Day's End (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); Jacks (1971); Jacob's Ladder (1977); Meander (1976); Office Baroque (1977); Open House (1972); Underground Paris (1977); Subway Graffiti (1973); Splitting (1974); Tree Dance (1971); and Walls Paper (1972). Photographs, both personal and those created for publicity, are contained in the binder, as well as correspondence and an example of a Certificate of Authenticity created to give to purchasers of his works. Also included are a series of different resumes written by Matta-Clark along with a more extensive posthumous curriculum vitae and a list of the books in his library. Binder contains photographs, slides and textual records.
1971-1977
photographs
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P6
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
circa 1950-1992
Various portraits and views of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P6
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
photographs
circa 1950-1992
photographs
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P23
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
circa 1950-1992
Various portraits and views of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P23
Description:
views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
photographs
circa 1950-1992
textual records
AP142.S2.D4.P3
Description:
sketches, drawings, photographs of models, photocopies of views of models, correspondence, appraisals, exhibitions plans and layouts, lists of exhibited works, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, lists of lenders of works, and notes
Sketches, drawings, photographs of models, photocopies of views of models
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AP142.S2.D4.P3
Description:
sketches, drawings, photographs of models, photocopies of views of models, correspondence, appraisals, exhibitions plans and layouts, lists of exhibited works, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, lists of lenders of works, and notes
textual records