textual records
DR2012:0015:025:031
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Original folder inscribed in graphite: RSC: ACAD ARTS & HUM OF CAN / 2008+
2008-2011
Correspondence, meeting agendas, and annual reports related to Melvin Charney's membership in the RSC Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada
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DR2012:0015:025:031
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Original folder inscribed in graphite: RSC: ACAD ARTS & HUM OF CAN / 2008+
textual records
2008-2011
drawings
MoMA Drawings
PHCON2002:0016:039
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Series of drawings from a sketchpad document design proposals for an alteration of the façade of the Museum of Modern Art.
1978
MoMA Drawings
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PHCON2002:0016:039
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Series of drawings from a sketchpad document design proposals for an alteration of the façade of the Museum of Modern Art.
drawings
1978
textual records
DR2012:0015:021:023
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence between Melvin Charney and staff at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, notes, newspaper clippings, and waybills. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTREAL
1979-1986, 1991-1999, 2005, 2007
Correspondence of Melvin Charney with Musée des Beaux arts de Montréal
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DR2012:0015:021:023
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File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence between Melvin Charney and staff at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, notes, newspaper clippings, and waybills. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS DE MONTREAL
textual records
1979-1986, 1991-1999, 2005, 2007
PH2011:0004:001-032
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Group consists of 42 black and white photographs on 32 plates, made between 27 May 1888 and 24 November 1888, showing the construction of the Dôme des Palais des Beaux Arts et the Dôme des Arts Libéraux, Société des Ponts et Travaux en Fer, Exposition Universelle de 1889, Paris, France
May 27- November 24, 1888
Various views of construction of the Dômes des Palais des Beaux Arts et des Arts Libéraux, Société des Ponts et Travaux en Fer, Exposition Universelle de 1889, Paris, France
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PH2011:0004:001-032
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Group consists of 42 black and white photographs on 32 plates, made between 27 May 1888 and 24 November 1888, showing the construction of the Dôme des Palais des Beaux Arts et the Dôme des Arts Libéraux, Société des Ponts et Travaux en Fer, Exposition Universelle de 1889, Paris, France
archives
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Fonds
Richard Henriquez fonds
AP059
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The Richard Henriquez fonds, 1962-2002, documents the professional career of architect and urban designer Richard G. Henriquez. More specifically, the fonds documents Henriquez’s architectural training at the University of Manitoba, his early career as an architect in Jamaica, and his career as a principal at the architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects. The fonds contains approximately 8935 drawings (including reprographic copies), 106 panels, 100 photographs, 31 l.m textual records, 5 offset printing plates and 1 model.
1962-2002
Richard Henriquez fonds
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AP059
Synopsis:
The Richard Henriquez fonds, 1962-2002, documents the professional career of architect and urban designer Richard G. Henriquez. More specifically, the fonds documents Henriquez’s architectural training at the University of Manitoba, his early career as an architect in Jamaica, and his career as a principal at the architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects. The fonds contains approximately 8935 drawings (including reprographic copies), 106 panels, 100 photographs, 31 l.m textual records, 5 offset printing plates and 1 model.
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Fonds
1962-2002
textual records
AP197.S3.001
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This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958- 1983. Correspondence documents the beginning of Frampton's professional career and includes letters from his time as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; an associate professor and, subsequently, Ware Professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and an editor of Oppositions. This correspondence includes a letter inviting Frampton to teach at Princeton University and his acceptance of the position, his appointment to the Loeb Fellowship, and his appointment as an Associate Professor at Columbia University as well as correspondence concerning the first and second editions of Modern Architecture: a critical history. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Peter Eisenman; Robert Vickery; Anthony Hill; Melvin Charney; Richard Meier; Max Bill; Panos Koulermos; Tadao Ando; Tomás Maldonado; Manfredo Tafuri; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; Architecture and Urbanism; DOMUS; and Thames and Hudson. Activities documented in this box include: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to attend or present lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries.
1958-1984
Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984
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AP197.S3.001
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This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958- 1983. Correspondence documents the beginning of Frampton's professional career and includes letters from his time as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; an associate professor and, subsequently, Ware Professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and an editor of Oppositions. This correspondence includes a letter inviting Frampton to teach at Princeton University and his acceptance of the position, his appointment to the Loeb Fellowship, and his appointment as an Associate Professor at Columbia University as well as correspondence concerning the first and second editions of Modern Architecture: a critical history. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Peter Eisenman; Robert Vickery; Anthony Hill; Melvin Charney; Richard Meier; Max Bill; Panos Koulermos; Tadao Ando; Tomás Maldonado; Manfredo Tafuri; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; Architecture and Urbanism; DOMUS; and Thames and Hudson. Activities documented in this box include: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to attend or present lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries.
textual records
1958-1984
British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
ARCH285217
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Plan for the University Arts College of the Panjab University in sector 14 in Chandigarh, India.
ca. 1950-1960
Plan for the University Arts College in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH285217
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Plan for the University Arts College of the Panjab University in sector 14 in Chandigarh, India.
ARCH268845
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Plan for the University Arts College of the Panjab University in sector 14 in Chandigarh, India.
ca. 1950-1960
Plan for the University Arts College in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH268845
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Plan for the University Arts College of the Panjab University in sector 14 in Chandigarh, India.
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AP206.S1.1976.PR01
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This project series documents custom display units for the exhibition hall at the Government Arts College in India in 1976. The exact location of the Government Arts College for this project is not identified in the documentation. Several Government Arts Colleges exist throughout India. The project is recorded through an original drawing showing plans, a section and an axonometric view dating from 1976.
1976
Display units, Government Arts College, India (1976)
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AP206.S1.1976.PR01
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This project series documents custom display units for the exhibition hall at the Government Arts College in India in 1976. The exact location of the Government Arts College for this project is not identified in the documentation. Several Government Arts Colleges exist throughout India. The project is recorded through an original drawing showing plans, a section and an axonometric view dating from 1976.
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1976