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Place Ville Marie (Associated Commercial Photographers, Ltd.), Expo 67 Theme Pavilions (Michael Drummond, Photographer), exterior and interior views of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Place des Arts under Construction, elevation sketch for McGill University Centre, brochure and models for City of Calgary Urban Renewal Schemes (Arnott Rogers Batten Ltd., photographers), Housing project for Chateauguay P.Q. for Concordia Estates, Place Bonaventure roof terrace, Seven Islands City Hall, model for Fathers of Confederation Centre, P.E.I Government Buildings, first scheme model for 1000 de la Gauchetière Building in Montreal (Dimakopoulos)
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Place Ville Marie (Associated Commercial Photographers, Ltd.), Expo 67 Theme Pavilions (Michael Drummond, Photographer), exterior and interior views of Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Place des Arts under Construction, elevation sketch for McGill University Centre, brochure and models for City of Calgary Urban Renewal Schemes (Arnott Rogers Batten Ltd., photographers), Housing project for Chateauguay P.Q. for Concordia Estates, Place Bonaventure roof terrace, Seven Islands City Hall, model for Fathers of Confederation Centre, P.E.I Government Buildings, first scheme model for 1000 de la Gauchetière Building in Montreal (Dimakopoulos)
photographs
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textual records
AP197.S1.SS9.001
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This box contains notes, drafts, articles, book reviews and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-Z. The contents are mostly older texts by Frampton, circa 1960-1990. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: Raimund Abraham; Tadao Ando; contemporary architecture; the modern urban form; Gustave Eiffel; English neoclassicism; Louis Kahn; John Hejduk; Herman Hertzberger; postmodern theory; Steven Holl; industrialization; Le Corbusier; El Lissitzky; modernism; Palais Royale; Carlo Scarpa; James Stirling; Team 10; technology; and Otto Wagner.
circa 1964-1990
Kenneth Frampton texts, articles and notes (A-Z)
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AP197.S1.SS9.001
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This box contains notes, drafts, articles, book reviews and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-Z. The contents are mostly older texts by Frampton, circa 1960-1990. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: Raimund Abraham; Tadao Ando; contemporary architecture; the modern urban form; Gustave Eiffel; English neoclassicism; Louis Kahn; John Hejduk; Herman Hertzberger; postmodern theory; Steven Holl; industrialization; Le Corbusier; El Lissitzky; modernism; Palais Royale; Carlo Scarpa; James Stirling; Team 10; technology; and Otto Wagner.
textual records
circa 1964-1990
As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
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31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Inter / Faces
How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
photographs
DR2012:0012:155:005
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Binder containing notes, a photograph, and slides related to the following projects: - Rue de la Commune 1963, 1976, 1991-1992 (9 slides, including 7 duplicates, 1 black-and-white photograph); - Faubourg Saint-Laurent 1989-1990 (121 slides, including 7 duplicates, 7 pages of handwritten notes); - Carré Viger 1991 (65 slides, including 35 duplicates); - Place de baseball des Expos de Montréal 1999 (25 slides, including 16 duplicates); - Unknown project located in old Montréal n.d. (10 slides, including 3 duplicates). Ring binder labelled: URBAN ARCHITECTURE / ORIGINAL SLIDES AND DUPLICATES
between 1963 and 1999
Photographs of various projects by Melvin Charney
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DR2012:0012:155:005
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Binder containing notes, a photograph, and slides related to the following projects: - Rue de la Commune 1963, 1976, 1991-1992 (9 slides, including 7 duplicates, 1 black-and-white photograph); - Faubourg Saint-Laurent 1989-1990 (121 slides, including 7 duplicates, 7 pages of handwritten notes); - Carré Viger 1991 (65 slides, including 35 duplicates); - Place de baseball des Expos de Montréal 1999 (25 slides, including 16 duplicates); - Unknown project located in old Montréal n.d. (10 slides, including 3 duplicates). Ring binder labelled: URBAN ARCHITECTURE / ORIGINAL SLIDES AND DUPLICATES
photographs
between 1963 and 1999
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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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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
In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
Hall cases
5 September 2013 to 5 December 2013
H-BLOCK: Social Housing – Ilse Bing
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In 1929, Ilse Bing bought a Leica camera and started a photographic career that took her from Frankfurt to New York via Paris. While still in Frankfurt, she was commissioned by architect and urban planner Mart Stam to undertake a photographic survey of the modern buildings that were being erected in the city, including the Henry and Emma Budge-Heim H-block building. Built(...)
Hall cases
By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
Octagonal gallery
18 April 2002 to 29 September 2002
Lewis Baltz: The New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California
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The exhibition presents a work by American artist Lewis Baltz that provokes critical thought on the relationships between architecture, landscape, and photography. The New Industrial Parks is part of a monographic series developed in the 1970s (The Tract Houses, Maryland, Nevada and Park City) that deals with wide-ranging cultural and philosophical questions about(...)
Octagonal gallery