Learning from... Nairobi
Italian documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano presents his ongoing study of Nairobi’s exploding slums. The city is represented through the many portraits of residents, workers and communities he captured, giving evidence of the built environment that shapes local urban cultures. The Learning From… series takes its title from Learning From Las Vegas(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 October 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Nairobi
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Italian documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano presents his ongoing study of Nairobi’s exploding slums. The city is represented through the many portraits of residents, workers and communities he captured, giving evidence of the built environment that shapes local urban cultures. The Learning From… series takes its title from Learning From Las Vegas(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2008
Ryue Nishizawa: Some Ideas on Living
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Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Madrid Sur, Spain (1991)
AP164.S1.1991.D3
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The project series documents urban development research for the south of Madrid. The research was done for the Madrid City Council. The office identified this project as number 73. For the project redaction, Abalos & Herreros worked with Sara de la Mata, Javier Herreros, Javier Fresnada, Juan Manuel Fernandez, Serafin Sardina, Fernando Gutierrez, Javier Peña and Alberto Sotodosos. In 1991, they won the prize for architecture and urban planning from the Madrid City Council for this project. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and working drawings; cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials; and clippings, notes, project descriptions and collages.
1990-1996
Madrid Sur, Spain (1991)
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AP164.S1.1991.D3
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The project series documents urban development research for the south of Madrid. The research was done for the Madrid City Council. The office identified this project as number 73. For the project redaction, Abalos & Herreros worked with Sara de la Mata, Javier Herreros, Javier Fresnada, Juan Manuel Fernandez, Serafin Sardina, Fernando Gutierrez, Javier Peña and Alberto Sotodosos. In 1991, they won the prize for architecture and urban planning from the Madrid City Council for this project. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and working drawings; cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials; and clippings, notes, project descriptions and collages.
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1990-1996
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AP041.S1.1967.D2
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This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
1967
Canadian government pavilion, Japan world exposition, Osaka, Japan
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AP041.S1.1967.D2
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This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
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1967
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118 drawing(s)
DR1995:0160:001-118
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This file consists of design development drawings, presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, working drawings, details, axonometric drawings, site plan, beer bottle labels, financial statement, and form from Price's time at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Projects represented in this file consist of an ice rink (Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, London); the British Transport Commission offices, exhibition halls and restaurants (London); a wholesale gown showroom and offices (London); and the Eel and Elephant, a pub and restaurant with boarding facilities (location unknown).
Drawings for various Architectural Association School of Architecture school projects
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DR1995:0160:001-118
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This file consists of design development drawings, presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, working drawings, details, axonometric drawings, site plan, beer bottle labels, financial statement, and form from Price's time at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Projects represented in this file consist of an ice rink (Richmond, Richmond upon Thames, London); the British Transport Commission offices, exhibition halls and restaurants (London); a wholesale gown showroom and offices (London); and the Eel and Elephant, a pub and restaurant with boarding facilities (location unknown).
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118 drawing(s)
Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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AP075.S1.2011.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the interior atrium of the Telus Garden Presentation Centre, located at the corner of West Georgia and Richards streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 2011 with architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects and landscape architecture firm Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project consisted in designing an interior atrium space of eight-storey high. The atrium included an interior garden with trees and low growing fern, a restaurant, a commercial area, a public space and an outdoor patio with pines and ornemental trees. It was completed in 2012. This project is documented through correspondence, including correspondence with architects, concept presentation documents, and landscape services proposals from Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project series also contains design development drawings, including planters details, sections, plans and building working drawings used as reference.
2003-2011
Telus Garden Presentation Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia (2011)
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AP075.S1.2011.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the interior atrium of the Telus Garden Presentation Centre, located at the corner of West Georgia and Richards streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 2011 with architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects and landscape architecture firm Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project consisted in designing an interior atrium space of eight-storey high. The atrium included an interior garden with trees and low growing fern, a restaurant, a commercial area, a public space and an outdoor patio with pines and ornemental trees. It was completed in 2012. This project is documented through correspondence, including correspondence with architects, concept presentation documents, and landscape services proposals from Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project series also contains design development drawings, including planters details, sections, plans and building working drawings used as reference.
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2003-2011
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House 11a
AP143.S4.D23
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File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
1978
House 11a
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AP143.S4.D23
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File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
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1978
Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
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25 January 1995 to 23 April 1995
The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France
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Édouard Baldus, more than any other photographer, defined the modern landscape and established the standard for architectural photography. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus: Landscapes and Monuments of France chronicles the Golden Age of France as seen by the photographer. The Photographs of Édouard Baldus is organized by chronological sections to reveal the evolution of(...)
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Anyone Corporation fonds
AP116
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The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
1990-2001
Anyone Corporation fonds
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AP116
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The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
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1990-2001