Series
Architectural projects
AP206.S1
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The Architectural projects series, 1957-2007, records 82 architectural projects of Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect in Chandigarh, India. Most of these projects were completed with his daughter, Chetna Prakash, through his private practice, Arcon Architects, from 1982-2007. These projects include private residences, housing complexes, university campuses, schools, factories, theatres, sport and yoga centres, offices and furniture, among others. The projects include built work, competition entries and proposals, though it is not always clear which projects were realized. While many projects were located in Chandigarh, the series documents projects across northern India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The projects in this series were identified based on their unique locations and dates. Some projects, located at the same site, consisted of multiple buildings and were designed and/or constructed over long periods of time. The materials for projects like this are described together in one project series, instead of being separated out by building or time period. These projects are recorded largely through original drawings, which include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details, axonometric views and working drawings. However, materials for each project are sparse, often consisting of only 1-10 drawings. Textual records and photographs are also included in the materials for a few projects. The photographs show completed work, while the textual records primarily consist of client correspondence.
1957-2007
Architectural projects
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AP206.S1
Description:
The Architectural projects series, 1957-2007, records 82 architectural projects of Aditya Prakash throughout his career as an architect in Chandigarh, India. Most of these projects were completed with his daughter, Chetna Prakash, through his private practice, Arcon Architects, from 1982-2007. These projects include private residences, housing complexes, university campuses, schools, factories, theatres, sport and yoga centres, offices and furniture, among others. The projects include built work, competition entries and proposals, though it is not always clear which projects were realized. While many projects were located in Chandigarh, the series documents projects across northern India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The projects in this series were identified based on their unique locations and dates. Some projects, located at the same site, consisted of multiple buildings and were designed and/or constructed over long periods of time. The materials for projects like this are described together in one project series, instead of being separated out by building or time period. These projects are recorded largely through original drawings, which include sketches, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details, axonometric views and working drawings. However, materials for each project are sparse, often consisting of only 1-10 drawings. Textual records and photographs are also included in the materials for a few projects. The photographs show completed work, while the textual records primarily consist of client correspondence.
Series
1957-2007
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D33
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File documents phases I and IA of the executed Southgate Housing project in Runcorn, England, United Kingdom. The project was demolished in 1990 and 1991. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1991. File contains several design development drawings, including early schematic drawings, as well as presentation drawings and publication drawings. Photographic materials include views of the building site and of completed buildings by photographers Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig, James Maltby, John Mills and by Roses Photographic Dealers. File also contains a large number of working drawings and textual records and an origami model.
1964-1991
Southgate Housing, Phases I and IA, Runcorn, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D33
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File documents phases I and IA of the executed Southgate Housing project in Runcorn, England, United Kingdom. The project was demolished in 1990 and 1991. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1991. File contains several design development drawings, including early schematic drawings, as well as presentation drawings and publication drawings. Photographic materials include views of the building site and of completed buildings by photographers Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig, James Maltby, John Mills and by Roses Photographic Dealers. File also contains a large number of working drawings and textual records and an origami model.
File 33
1964-1991
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AP164.S1.1992.D4
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The project series documents the competition entry for the head office of the General Savings Bank of Granada, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 78. Abalos & Herreros worked with Efren Garcia, Martin Marciano, Javier Peña and Javier Sanjuan. Their entry did not win the competition. Documenting the project are design development and working drawings, and graphic and photographic materials.
circa 1992
Caja de Ahorros de Granada, Spain (1992)
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AP164.S1.1992.D4
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The project series documents the competition entry for the head office of the General Savings Bank of Granada, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 78. Abalos & Herreros worked with Efren Garcia, Martin Marciano, Javier Peña and Javier Sanjuan. Their entry did not win the competition. Documenting the project are design development and working drawings, and graphic and photographic materials.
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circa 1992
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AP164.S1.1999.D6
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The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
Estudio Gordillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain (1999)
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AP164.S1.1999.D6
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The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
Project
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
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Academic works
AP169.S3
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Series 3, Academic works, 1995 - 2011, relates to Bernard Cache’s work as a scholar and author. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 1999 to 2007. Cache pursued and academic career, teaching and lecturing at many universities while also publishing books and articles. His area of interest revolves around computational architecture, geometrics, history of geometric, stereotomy, engineering and philosophy. These records depict his investment in the study of the relation between ancient theory and the field of computational architecture drawings with CAD or BIM software. His work concentrates on prominent figures such as Greek mathematician Euclid to Roman architect Vitruvius and German painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. Materials in this series reflect Bernard Cache’s work as a scholar. This includes notes for his articles and lectures as well as drafts for different lectures and texts. It also contains syllabi and planning materials for classes given by Cache on Non-Standard Design and Production in Architecture. The series holds a significant amount of images used for presentation or as examples during those lectures and classes (in JPEG and BMP formats). Those images are for the most part derived from CAD original drawings in TopSolid.
1995-2011
Academic works
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AP169.S3
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Series 3, Academic works, 1995 - 2011, relates to Bernard Cache’s work as a scholar and author. This series includes born-digital material and chiefly dates from 1999 to 2007. Cache pursued and academic career, teaching and lecturing at many universities while also publishing books and articles. His area of interest revolves around computational architecture, geometrics, history of geometric, stereotomy, engineering and philosophy. These records depict his investment in the study of the relation between ancient theory and the field of computational architecture drawings with CAD or BIM software. His work concentrates on prominent figures such as Greek mathematician Euclid to Roman architect Vitruvius and German painter and theorist Albrecht Dürer. Materials in this series reflect Bernard Cache’s work as a scholar. This includes notes for his articles and lectures as well as drafts for different lectures and texts. It also contains syllabi and planning materials for classes given by Cache on Non-Standard Design and Production in Architecture. The series holds a significant amount of images used for presentation or as examples during those lectures and classes (in JPEG and BMP formats). Those images are for the most part derived from CAD original drawings in TopSolid.
Series
1995-2011
Sub-series
AP018.S1.1980.PR09.SS1
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This project series documents the design and construction of an office building for Marathon Realty in Toronto at the corner of York and Front Streets from 1980-1983. The office identified the project number as 8009. The project consisted of two nineteen storey towers with stainless steel and glass exteriors connected by a glass atrium on each floor. Owned and commissioned by Marathon Realty, the majority of the building’s space was designed for rental. Due to this, the design was highly modular with no interior walls on most floors. Each floor was approximately 18,000 square feet. The ground floor consisted of a lobby, a bank and a restaurant. At the beginning of this project, the project was named Marathon Realty Office Building, Front and York Streets. Soon after, the office building became known as University Place, which it is often referred to as in these materials. Eventually, the building would become the headquarters of CitiBank and renamed Citigroup Place. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, textual records and other materials dating from 1980-1987. The majority of the drawings are located within the textual records and show the design of building details. Other drawings include site surveys, design development drawings, presentation drawings, and construction drawings. The photographs show construction progress, tests, models, and the finished project. The textual records contain the project proposal, contracts, client and contractor correspondence, inter-office memos, meeting minutes, financial records, change orders, supplementary instructions, specifications, detail planning, artist’s portfolios for the building’s art competition, site inspection reports, and schedules. File AP018.S1.1980.PR09.004 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office. The CCA also holds materials for a subproject under this project series, which document the installation of signs to the top of the building after the building's construction (AP018.S1.1980.PR09.SS1). Subproject materials are viewed separately from the project due to the different project numbers originally assigned by the office.
1980-1987
University Place Building, Front and York Streets, Toronto (1980-1987)
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AP018.S1.1980.PR09.SS1
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of an office building for Marathon Realty in Toronto at the corner of York and Front Streets from 1980-1983. The office identified the project number as 8009. The project consisted of two nineteen storey towers with stainless steel and glass exteriors connected by a glass atrium on each floor. Owned and commissioned by Marathon Realty, the majority of the building’s space was designed for rental. Due to this, the design was highly modular with no interior walls on most floors. Each floor was approximately 18,000 square feet. The ground floor consisted of a lobby, a bank and a restaurant. At the beginning of this project, the project was named Marathon Realty Office Building, Front and York Streets. Soon after, the office building became known as University Place, which it is often referred to as in these materials. Eventually, the building would become the headquarters of CitiBank and renamed Citigroup Place. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, textual records and other materials dating from 1980-1987. The majority of the drawings are located within the textual records and show the design of building details. Other drawings include site surveys, design development drawings, presentation drawings, and construction drawings. The photographs show construction progress, tests, models, and the finished project. The textual records contain the project proposal, contracts, client and contractor correspondence, inter-office memos, meeting minutes, financial records, change orders, supplementary instructions, specifications, detail planning, artist’s portfolios for the building’s art competition, site inspection reports, and schedules. File AP018.S1.1980.PR09.004 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office. The CCA also holds materials for a subproject under this project series, which document the installation of signs to the top of the building after the building's construction (AP018.S1.1980.PR09.SS1). Subproject materials are viewed separately from the project due to the different project numbers originally assigned by the office.
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1980-1987
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AP004.S1.D33
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Dossier consists of two propositions for the project of the First Church of Christ Scientist on the corner of Côte-des-Neiges and MacGregor, including textual documents, drawings and one reprographic copy. The clipping is from the Montreal-Star, [n.d.] and shows what was built. - Materials: stone, brick - Roof: 4-sided roof - Number of floors: basement, ground floor and first floor
1926-1938
First Church of Christ Scientist, Montréal, Québec
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AP004.S1.D33
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Dossier consists of two propositions for the project of the First Church of Christ Scientist on the corner of Côte-des-Neiges and MacGregor, including textual documents, drawings and one reprographic copy. The clipping is from the Montreal-Star, [n.d.] and shows what was built. - Materials: stone, brick - Roof: 4-sided roof - Number of floors: basement, ground floor and first floor
Project
1926-1938
Sub-series
Documentation Files
AP032.S1.SS1.D7
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Information files from European and American sources collected by Goldsmith. Papers concerning a range of subjects, mostly on architects (Mies van der Rohe, Buckminister Fuller), architecture, engineering materials and techniques, military events, and I.I.T. Includes periodicals, clippings, technical brochures, building and company profiles, essays, diazos, post cards, bulletins, photographs, and some sketches, notes and correspondence concerning Goldsmith.
1940-1960
Documentation Files
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AP032.S1.SS1.D7
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Information files from European and American sources collected by Goldsmith. Papers concerning a range of subjects, mostly on architects (Mies van der Rohe, Buckminister Fuller), architecture, engineering materials and techniques, military events, and I.I.T. Includes periodicals, clippings, technical brochures, building and company profiles, essays, diazos, post cards, bulletins, photographs, and some sketches, notes and correspondence concerning Goldsmith.
File 7
1940-1960
Project
AP164.S1.1994.D2
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The project series documents self-sufficient hybrid towers in Madrid, Spain. The project was entered in the 1994 international competition “Zephyr” held by the Comisión Comunidades Europeas. Abalos & Herreros worked in collaboration with Pablo Gallego and Beatriz Inglés. The firm identified this project as number 91. Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
circa 1994
Concurso Zephyr: torres mixtas autosuficientes, Madrid, Spain (1994)
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AP164.S1.1994.D2
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The project series documents self-sufficient hybrid towers in Madrid, Spain. The project was entered in the 1994 international competition “Zephyr” held by the Comisión Comunidades Europeas. Abalos & Herreros worked in collaboration with Pablo Gallego and Beatriz Inglés. The firm identified this project as number 91. Documenting the project are conceptual and design development drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
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circa 1994
Project
AP164.S1.2003.D1
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The project series documents the competition entry for the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit and were second finalists with a project that allied natural and artificial spaces. The firm identified this project as number 161. Documenting the project are conceptual, presentation, design development drawings, photographic and digital materials, and bidding annoucements, correspondence, and resumes.
2002-2003, predominant 2003
New Museum de Arte Contemporáneo, New York, United States (2003)
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AP164.S1.2003.D1
Description:
The project series documents the competition entry for the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit and were second finalists with a project that allied natural and artificial spaces. The firm identified this project as number 161. Documenting the project are conceptual, presentation, design development drawings, photographic and digital materials, and bidding annoucements, correspondence, and resumes.
Project
2002-2003, predominant 2003