Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D90
Description:
File documents a premiated competition entry for the Tokyo International Forum, in Tokyo, Japan. The office of James Stirling, Michael Wlford, and Associates was awarded second prize in the Tokyo International Forum International Design Competition. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1990. File contains several design development and presentation drawings. Photographic materials include views of presentation drawings, several by photographers Prudence Cuming Associates Limited, and views of the presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains textual records and a presentation model.
1989-1990
Tokyo International Forum Competition, Tokyo, Japan
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AP140.S2.SS1.D90
Description:
File documents a premiated competition entry for the Tokyo International Forum, in Tokyo, Japan. The office of James Stirling, Michael Wlford, and Associates was awarded second prize in the Tokyo International Forum International Design Competition. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1990. File contains several design development and presentation drawings. Photographic materials include views of presentation drawings, several by photographers Prudence Cuming Associates Limited, and views of the presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains textual records and a presentation model.
File 90
1989-1990
Project
Lightweight Enclosures Unit
AP144.S2.D79
Description:
File documents the work of the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) which was set up by Frank Newby and Cedric Price after their completion of a UK government research programme into air structures in 1969 (see Air Structures Research AP144.S2.D63). The work of LEU included research and design into the social, economic and structural development of lightweight enclosures. The LEU published a bibliography for the industry on air structures in 1972 titled 'Air Structures Bibliography, B0001-0069 and B0070-0119. It also helped produce the report BS6661:1986 'Design, construction and maintenance of single-skin air supported structures', and reviewed lightweight enclosures in AD 8/71, p 465. LEU was commissioned to write 'Air Support Structures: BSI Draft for Development Code of Practice' (DD50). This work is documented in DOE Air Structure (AP144.S2.D91). Frank Newby continued to work on the review of DD50 up until the 1980s. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1993. Group DR2004:1356 contains a 1973 drawing attributed to Pierre Martin for S.A.S. (Lausanne). Group DR2004:1353 contains reference drawings by architect Rurik Ekstrom, for Antioch Pneumatic Campus, Columbia Maryland (1972). Group DR2004:0132 contains material that relates to 'Air Structures' a conference on Antioch Campus in Columbia, Maryland, US May 22-34, 1973. DR2004:0135 contains publications by Frei Otto and the Institute of Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart, and a transcript of an Air Structures Lecture, presented in Maryland, possibly by Cedric Price. DR2004:0137, DR2004:0139, and DR2004:0141 contain materials that relate to DD50 'Draft for Development: Air Supported Structures' for British Standards Institution, 1976 (see DOE Air Structure AP144.S2.D91). DR2004:0142 contains papers from the 'International Symposium on Pneumatic Structures' - Delft, 1972. DR2004:0145 contains material on 'Pneuma Jam'. DR2004:0146 contains material that relates to Christo (1973 projects). Group DR2004:0127 contains material that relates to Christo and his project, Valley Curtain. The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, reference drawings, photographic materials, a poster, and textual records.
1956-1995, predominant 1969-1986
Lightweight Enclosures Unit
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AP144.S2.D79
Description:
File documents the work of the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) which was set up by Frank Newby and Cedric Price after their completion of a UK government research programme into air structures in 1969 (see Air Structures Research AP144.S2.D63). The work of LEU included research and design into the social, economic and structural development of lightweight enclosures. The LEU published a bibliography for the industry on air structures in 1972 titled 'Air Structures Bibliography, B0001-0069 and B0070-0119. It also helped produce the report BS6661:1986 'Design, construction and maintenance of single-skin air supported structures', and reviewed lightweight enclosures in AD 8/71, p 465. LEU was commissioned to write 'Air Support Structures: BSI Draft for Development Code of Practice' (DD50). This work is documented in DOE Air Structure (AP144.S2.D91). Frank Newby continued to work on the review of DD50 up until the 1980s. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1993. Group DR2004:1356 contains a 1973 drawing attributed to Pierre Martin for S.A.S. (Lausanne). Group DR2004:1353 contains reference drawings by architect Rurik Ekstrom, for Antioch Pneumatic Campus, Columbia Maryland (1972). Group DR2004:0132 contains material that relates to 'Air Structures' a conference on Antioch Campus in Columbia, Maryland, US May 22-34, 1973. DR2004:0135 contains publications by Frei Otto and the Institute of Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart, and a transcript of an Air Structures Lecture, presented in Maryland, possibly by Cedric Price. DR2004:0137, DR2004:0139, and DR2004:0141 contain materials that relate to DD50 'Draft for Development: Air Supported Structures' for British Standards Institution, 1976 (see DOE Air Structure AP144.S2.D91). DR2004:0142 contains papers from the 'International Symposium on Pneumatic Structures' - Delft, 1972. DR2004:0145 contains material on 'Pneuma Jam'. DR2004:0146 contains material that relates to Christo (1973 projects). Group DR2004:0127 contains material that relates to Christo and his project, Valley Curtain. The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, reference drawings, photographic materials, a poster, and textual records.
File 79
1956-1995, predominant 1969-1986
Project
AP143.S4.D108
Description:
The project series documents the executed project for Cites of Artificial Excavation, Madrid, Spain. Material in was produced between 1994 and 1995. In 1993, the CCA invited Peter Eisenman to design an installation for the exhibition 'Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988'. The exhibition was presented at the CCA from 2 March to 29 May 1994. The drawings and models in this project series document the development of Eisenman's installation design from late 1993 through March 1994, as well as the various processes used by the architect in his investigation of the 'Cities of Artificial Excavation'. Eisenman uses a computer to superimpose, distort and multiply a Greek cross, while simultaneously modifying its plan and section. The computer enables the architect to generate geometric figures that are extremely difficult to produce by traditional means. It also constitutes a new phase in Eisenman's research into the depersonalization of the creative process, a central concern of his 'Cities of Artificial Excavation' (1978-1988). The Greek cross was one of the elements of the grid developed for the 'Museum of Artifical Excavation', and part of the project he submitted for the Internationale Bauausstellung in Berlin (1980-1986). The project series contains material by Eisenman's office including material for schemes A and B, the first and second proposals for the installation, as well as material for the exhibition installation. Material for scheme A includes conceptual drawings (DR1994:0030:001-005), hardline design development drawings (DR1994:0030:006-011), design development computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:012-027), and fully developed drawings (DR1994:0030:028-034). Material for scheme B, a design which is closer to the final project, includes hardline drawings (DR1994:0030:035-044) and computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:045-069). Material for the exhibition installation includes: computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:070-196) which were generated to construct models for the installation, notably a preliminary model (DR1994:0035) and the final model (DR1994:0036) which was used for planning the exhibition layout; hardline drawings which are the final drawings for the installation (DR1994:0030:262-265); a preliminary exhibition layout (DR1994:0030:280); and Iris colour prints of computer-aided conceptual axonometrics (DR1994:0030:281-282). Three working models show different stages of the design development (DR1994:0031 - DR1994:0034). Also included are photographs of the completed installation by Richard Pare (DR1994:0037:001-028), fragments of the installation preserved after its demolition (DR1994:0038:001-0028), and paint samples (DR1994:0038:035-037). The project series contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, publication drawings, reference drawings, textual records, and models.
1994-1995
Cities of Artificial Excavation, Madrid
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AP143.S4.D108
Description:
The project series documents the executed project for Cites of Artificial Excavation, Madrid, Spain. Material in was produced between 1994 and 1995. In 1993, the CCA invited Peter Eisenman to design an installation for the exhibition 'Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988'. The exhibition was presented at the CCA from 2 March to 29 May 1994. The drawings and models in this project series document the development of Eisenman's installation design from late 1993 through March 1994, as well as the various processes used by the architect in his investigation of the 'Cities of Artificial Excavation'. Eisenman uses a computer to superimpose, distort and multiply a Greek cross, while simultaneously modifying its plan and section. The computer enables the architect to generate geometric figures that are extremely difficult to produce by traditional means. It also constitutes a new phase in Eisenman's research into the depersonalization of the creative process, a central concern of his 'Cities of Artificial Excavation' (1978-1988). The Greek cross was one of the elements of the grid developed for the 'Museum of Artifical Excavation', and part of the project he submitted for the Internationale Bauausstellung in Berlin (1980-1986). The project series contains material by Eisenman's office including material for schemes A and B, the first and second proposals for the installation, as well as material for the exhibition installation. Material for scheme A includes conceptual drawings (DR1994:0030:001-005), hardline design development drawings (DR1994:0030:006-011), design development computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:012-027), and fully developed drawings (DR1994:0030:028-034). Material for scheme B, a design which is closer to the final project, includes hardline drawings (DR1994:0030:035-044) and computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:045-069). Material for the exhibition installation includes: computer-aided drawings (DR1994:0030:070-196) which were generated to construct models for the installation, notably a preliminary model (DR1994:0035) and the final model (DR1994:0036) which was used for planning the exhibition layout; hardline drawings which are the final drawings for the installation (DR1994:0030:262-265); a preliminary exhibition layout (DR1994:0030:280); and Iris colour prints of computer-aided conceptual axonometrics (DR1994:0030:281-282). Three working models show different stages of the design development (DR1994:0031 - DR1994:0034). Also included are photographs of the completed installation by Richard Pare (DR1994:0037:001-028), fragments of the installation preserved after its demolition (DR1994:0038:001-0028), and paint samples (DR1994:0038:035-037). The project series contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, publication drawings, reference drawings, textual records, and models.
File 108
1994-1995
archives
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Fonds
Gene Summers fonds
AP114
Synopsis:
The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
1957 - 2004
Gene Summers fonds
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AP114
Synopsis:
The Gene Summers fonds documents primarily the later part of Gene Summers' career as an architect, developer, artist and art collector. Summer's early work with the Office of Mies van der Rohe and C.F. Murphy Associates is summarily represented by notes, sketches and photographs.
archives
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Fonds
1957 - 2004
Project
AP164.S1.2004.D15
Description:
The project series documents the competition for a college in Puigpunyent, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 196. Documenting the project are competition documents, presentation drawings and graphic materials.
circa 2004
Colegio en Puigpunyent, Mallorca, Spain (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D15
Description:
The project series documents the competition for a college in Puigpunyent, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 196. Documenting the project are competition documents, presentation drawings and graphic materials.
Project
circa 2004
Project
AP013.S2.D605
Description:
File documents an executed (?) project for house alterations in Saint John, New Brunswick. Material in this file was produced in 1954. File contains preliminary drawings, miscellaneous drawings, and a textual document.
1954
House Conversion for B.R. Guss
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AP013.S2.D605
Description:
File documents an executed (?) project for house alterations in Saint John, New Brunswick. Material in this file was produced in 1954. File contains preliminary drawings, miscellaneous drawings, and a textual document.
Project
1954
Project
Addition to Roslyn School
AP013.S1.D88
Description:
File documents an executed project for a school addition in Westmount, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1924. File contains index cards, working drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
1924
Addition to Roslyn School
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AP013.S1.D88
Description:
File documents an executed project for a school addition in Westmount, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1924. File contains index cards, working drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
Project
1924
Project
Montreal Eaton's Store
AP013.S1.D103
Description:
File documents an executed project for a department store in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1925. File contains index cards, survey drawings, a photograph, and textual documents.
1925
Montreal Eaton's Store
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AP013.S1.D103
Description:
File documents an executed project for a department store in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1925. File contains index cards, survey drawings, a photograph, and textual documents.
Project
1925
Project
Office and Loft Building
AP013.S1.D128
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for an office and loft building in an unknown location. Material in this file was produced in 1927. File contains index cards, and a preliminary drawing.
1927
Office and Loft Building
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AP013.S1.D128
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for an office and loft building in an unknown location. Material in this file was produced in 1927. File contains index cards, and a preliminary drawing.
Project
1927
Project
AP013.S1.D178
Description:
File documents an executed (?) project for church alterations in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1933 and 1936. File contains an index card, preliminary drawings, and detail drawings.
1933-1936
Alterations to Christ Church Cathedral
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AP013.S1.D178
Description:
File documents an executed (?) project for church alterations in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1933 and 1936. File contains an index card, preliminary drawings, and detail drawings.
Project
1933-1936