video
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14 videocassette(s)
DR2004:1369
Description:
VHS Includes: 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-3 (55 min); 'Equinox: Taking the Tunnel', Uden Associates Ltd Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Cedric Price, 1/8/86 (1 hr); 'True Stories: The Lord of the Bush' (1 hr); 'Serre' (1 hr); 'Glass House' Allford, Hall, Monaghan, Morris (2 min); 'Classic Homes Programme 4: The Prefab' Uden Associates Ltd (24 min); BBC/Martin Pawley/Architecture Armageddon (1 hr); Equinox Programme on Caravans & Caravan Design (1 hr); Cedric Price, Ranulph Glanville & James Turrell & Portsmoth Art College Picture Re-enactments (1 hr);
'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects'
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DR2004:1369
Description:
VHS Includes: 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 86-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-1 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-2 (55 min); 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' 87-3 (55 min); 'Equinox: Taking the Tunnel', Uden Associates Ltd Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Cedric Price, 1/8/86 (1 hr); 'True Stories: The Lord of the Bush' (1 hr); 'Serre' (1 hr); 'Glass House' Allford, Hall, Monaghan, Morris (2 min); 'Classic Homes Programme 4: The Prefab' Uden Associates Ltd (24 min); BBC/Martin Pawley/Architecture Armageddon (1 hr); Equinox Programme on Caravans & Caravan Design (1 hr); Cedric Price, Ranulph Glanville & James Turrell & Portsmoth Art College Picture Re-enactments (1 hr);
video
Quantity:
14 videocassette(s)
photographs
ARCH257680
Description:
Russel and Dumoulin office interiors; St David's School for Boys ; Yarmonic University; Berlitz alterations ; Camberra Exposition ; De Havilland Aircraft ; Duthie Book Store ; False Creek Theatre ; PNE Administration Building ; Anton Residence : 3 planches ; Puddifoot Shop ; Village Lake Louise ; Wood Gundy Offices ; World Wide Travel ; Redekop Apartments ; Shannon News Estate ; Trail urban developemnt ; Champlain Heights Elementary School; Beaubien Estates Townhouses ; Compartime ; British Columbia Research Council ; Garibaldi Olympic development ass. ; Massey College ; Metal Residence ; Matsoui/Matsqui Office Building ; Mitchell Residence ; Simon Fraser University ; Simpson Apartments ; Stegman Residence ; University of Victoria ; Venezuela Pavilion Expo '67 ; Woodcroft Estates ; X-Kalay; NAPP Laboratories; Dilworth Nountain ;Mac Millan Bloedel ; "Man in the Community" ; Expo' 70 Pavilion, victoria Harbour ; Canada Place, Edmonton; Bank of Canada head office; Begg Building; Canadian Chancery / New Canadian Embassy, Washington; Dawson housing Port Moody; Dowtown Core, BC Building; British Columbia Place Park ; Francisco Kripacz Appartment ; Mont Seymor Cafeteria; Lethbridge University; Winnipeg project, Trizac; Children Gallery VAG; Greenwood Park; Metro Toronto HQ
Projects photographs for various projects
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ARCH257680
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Russel and Dumoulin office interiors; St David's School for Boys ; Yarmonic University; Berlitz alterations ; Camberra Exposition ; De Havilland Aircraft ; Duthie Book Store ; False Creek Theatre ; PNE Administration Building ; Anton Residence : 3 planches ; Puddifoot Shop ; Village Lake Louise ; Wood Gundy Offices ; World Wide Travel ; Redekop Apartments ; Shannon News Estate ; Trail urban developemnt ; Champlain Heights Elementary School; Beaubien Estates Townhouses ; Compartime ; British Columbia Research Council ; Garibaldi Olympic development ass. ; Massey College ; Metal Residence ; Matsoui/Matsqui Office Building ; Mitchell Residence ; Simon Fraser University ; Simpson Apartments ; Stegman Residence ; University of Victoria ; Venezuela Pavilion Expo '67 ; Woodcroft Estates ; X-Kalay; NAPP Laboratories; Dilworth Nountain ;Mac Millan Bloedel ; "Man in the Community" ; Expo' 70 Pavilion, victoria Harbour ; Canada Place, Edmonton; Bank of Canada head office; Begg Building; Canadian Chancery / New Canadian Embassy, Washington; Dawson housing Port Moody; Dowtown Core, BC Building; British Columbia Place Park ; Francisco Kripacz Appartment ; Mont Seymor Cafeteria; Lethbridge University; Winnipeg project, Trizac; Children Gallery VAG; Greenwood Park; Metro Toronto HQ
photographs
Project
SAS 29
AP144.S2.D111
Description:
File documents an executed project for interior renovations to Hobbs Food Shop, a specialty grocery store located on 29 South Audley Street, London, England. Cedric Price's design includes the layout and detailing for display and holding cases, and possibly renovations for the kitchen, basement storage and bathroom facilities. Price also proposed an unusual front entrance which is flanked on either side by sculptural "tuning forks". There is an existing conditions reference plan of no. 26 and no. 29 South Audley Street. A panel with a reprographic copy of a schematic diagram outlines possible routes to the workplace for the staff. Conceptual and design development drawings include schematic sketches; numerous alternate floor plans; triangular, bulk barrel and zig-zag configurations for display and holding cases; and thumbnail sketches for the "tuning forks" for the entrance. Design development drawings also include: plans for proposals 1 and 2 for the renovations; an enlarged plan for the forecourt and display window showing the entrance, and including a key to storage areas; an axonometric for the entrance interior and an elevation for the principal façade showing the "tuning forks"; and plans, sections, and details for shelves, display counters, and holding cases. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings and these include: basement and kitchen plan layouts; a front elevation with "tuning forks" and fascia panels showing transoms and stallboards with Hobbs and Co. logo; and interior wall elevations. Some of the reprographic copies have been annotated with notes. Material in this file was produced between 1980 and 1983, but predominantly in 1981. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, a panel, models, and textual records.
1980-1983, predominant 1981
SAS 29
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AP144.S2.D111
Description:
File documents an executed project for interior renovations to Hobbs Food Shop, a specialty grocery store located on 29 South Audley Street, London, England. Cedric Price's design includes the layout and detailing for display and holding cases, and possibly renovations for the kitchen, basement storage and bathroom facilities. Price also proposed an unusual front entrance which is flanked on either side by sculptural "tuning forks". There is an existing conditions reference plan of no. 26 and no. 29 South Audley Street. A panel with a reprographic copy of a schematic diagram outlines possible routes to the workplace for the staff. Conceptual and design development drawings include schematic sketches; numerous alternate floor plans; triangular, bulk barrel and zig-zag configurations for display and holding cases; and thumbnail sketches for the "tuning forks" for the entrance. Design development drawings also include: plans for proposals 1 and 2 for the renovations; an enlarged plan for the forecourt and display window showing the entrance, and including a key to storage areas; an axonometric for the entrance interior and an elevation for the principal façade showing the "tuning forks"; and plans, sections, and details for shelves, display counters, and holding cases. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings and these include: basement and kitchen plan layouts; a front elevation with "tuning forks" and fascia panels showing transoms and stallboards with Hobbs and Co. logo; and interior wall elevations. Some of the reprographic copies have been annotated with notes. Material in this file was produced between 1980 and 1983, but predominantly in 1981. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, a panel, models, and textual records.
File 111
1980-1983, predominant 1981
Series
AP177.S1
Description:
This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
1996-2014
RUR Architecture working files
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AP177.S1
Description:
This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
Series
1996-2014
Project
AP056.S1.1988.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the first scheme and final design of The Design Exchange in Toronto from 1988-1994. The office identified the project numbers as 8801 for the first scheme and 9231 for the final design. Although two project numbers were used, materials for each project cannot be clearly separated. This project consisted of the renovation, restauration and expansion of the old Toronto Stock Exchange building, located at the base of the Ernst Young Tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre. The Design Exchange (D/X) was a new cultural institution, dedicated to the economic and cultural promotion of design in the country through exhibits, lectures, banquets, trade shows and other events. With Shirley Blumberg as the partner-in-charge, the art deco style trading floor was restored as an open event space, with the original Charles Comfort murals retained. In order to create harmony between the art deco building and the neo-modernist renovations, bold, linear architectural elements such as stairs, walls, screens and bridges were reiterated throughout the design. A staircase from the trading floor led to an overlooking bridge and created a connection between the trading floor, trading gallery and resource centre. Other areas of the 40,000 square foot building included an exhibit space, café, member's lounge, retail store, seminar rooms and administrative offices. Coloured planes of cobalt blue, chartreuse and ochre were set against a material palette of red oak, cherry, limestone, glass and stainless steel. The project is recorded through drawings and photographs dating from 1988-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include a large amount of sketches. Also included are plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and drawings for custom furnishings. The photographs show the completed interiors of the building.
1988-1994
The Design Exchange, Toronto (1988-1994)
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AP056.S1.1988.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the first scheme and final design of The Design Exchange in Toronto from 1988-1994. The office identified the project numbers as 8801 for the first scheme and 9231 for the final design. Although two project numbers were used, materials for each project cannot be clearly separated. This project consisted of the renovation, restauration and expansion of the old Toronto Stock Exchange building, located at the base of the Ernst Young Tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre. The Design Exchange (D/X) was a new cultural institution, dedicated to the economic and cultural promotion of design in the country through exhibits, lectures, banquets, trade shows and other events. With Shirley Blumberg as the partner-in-charge, the art deco style trading floor was restored as an open event space, with the original Charles Comfort murals retained. In order to create harmony between the art deco building and the neo-modernist renovations, bold, linear architectural elements such as stairs, walls, screens and bridges were reiterated throughout the design. A staircase from the trading floor led to an overlooking bridge and created a connection between the trading floor, trading gallery and resource centre. Other areas of the 40,000 square foot building included an exhibit space, café, member's lounge, retail store, seminar rooms and administrative offices. Coloured planes of cobalt blue, chartreuse and ochre were set against a material palette of red oak, cherry, limestone, glass and stainless steel. The project is recorded through drawings and photographs dating from 1988-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include a large amount of sketches. Also included are plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and drawings for custom furnishings. The photographs show the completed interiors of the building.
Project
1988-1994
Project
AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
1998-2006
C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Iberê Camargo [Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum], Porto Alegre, Brazil (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
Project
1998-2006
photographs
DR2012:0012:155:002
Description:
Binder containing duplicates slides of photographs and photographic artworks taken in the following locations: - Montreal, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1975 (5 slides); - Italy, 1960-1961 (3 slides); - Turkey, 1961 (2 slides and 4 negatives); - New York City, room 202, P.S. 1 1979 (1 slide); - Canadian prairies, 1985 (11 slides, 3 slides appear to be duplicates); - Tel Aviv, 1993 (57 slides, 38 slides appear to be duplicates); - Jerusalem, 1994 (31 slides, 24 slides appear to be duplicates); - Paris, 1994-1995 (buildings) and 1998-1999 (trees) (45 slides, 26 slides appear to be duplicates); - Brussels, 1994-1995 (34 slides, 27 slides appear to be duplicates); - Maine, 2000-2001 (3 slides, 2 slides appear to be duplicates); - Rome, 2000-2001 (17 slides, 13 slides appear to be duplicates). Projects: - Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris, 1988; - Variations, rue Beranger, Paris, 1996-1997; - Variations, rue Charlot, Paris, 1996-1997; - Origins of a white city... no. 2, 1994-1995; - Origins of a white city... no. 3, 1994-1995; - Monuments: Zachariah's tomb, Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, 1993; - Tel Aviv series ... the white city revisited, 1993; - Grain elevators, Wellington, south of Lethbridge, 1985; - Milk River, Alberta, 1985; - House and store, Milk River, Alberta, 1985. Ring binder labelled: PHOTOG DUP SLIDES / 1
1956-2001
Photographs of various projects by Melvin Charney and reference photographs of artworks
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DR2012:0012:155:002
Description:
Binder containing duplicates slides of photographs and photographic artworks taken in the following locations: - Montreal, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1975 (5 slides); - Italy, 1960-1961 (3 slides); - Turkey, 1961 (2 slides and 4 negatives); - New York City, room 202, P.S. 1 1979 (1 slide); - Canadian prairies, 1985 (11 slides, 3 slides appear to be duplicates); - Tel Aviv, 1993 (57 slides, 38 slides appear to be duplicates); - Jerusalem, 1994 (31 slides, 24 slides appear to be duplicates); - Paris, 1994-1995 (buildings) and 1998-1999 (trees) (45 slides, 26 slides appear to be duplicates); - Brussels, 1994-1995 (34 slides, 27 slides appear to be duplicates); - Maine, 2000-2001 (3 slides, 2 slides appear to be duplicates); - Rome, 2000-2001 (17 slides, 13 slides appear to be duplicates). Projects: - Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris, 1988; - Variations, rue Beranger, Paris, 1996-1997; - Variations, rue Charlot, Paris, 1996-1997; - Origins of a white city... no. 2, 1994-1995; - Origins of a white city... no. 3, 1994-1995; - Monuments: Zachariah's tomb, Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, 1993; - Tel Aviv series ... the white city revisited, 1993; - Grain elevators, Wellington, south of Lethbridge, 1985; - Milk River, Alberta, 1985; - House and store, Milk River, Alberta, 1985. Ring binder labelled: PHOTOG DUP SLIDES / 1
photographs
1956-2001
Project
Blackpool Project
AP144.S2.D81
Description:
File documents the completed project for a restaurant at the Blackpool Zoo Park in Blackpool, England, for client J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Initially the brief also called for the erection of five pre-fabricated Wimpy kiosks, of which at least one and possibly two kiosks were erected. The restaurant building is a square, clear-span, steel-frame building with its own kitchen and store rooms, and includes a cafeteria, a full service restaurant and bar, and offices. The restaurant dining room can be converted from one large space into two by means of a curtain on a track, removable barrier rails, and mobile cash and cutlery units. The exterior is timber-clad with tinted glazing. Existing conditions drawings show the existing site layout, landscaping plans and plans showing water supply and electrical services. Design development drawings and working drawings include preliminary interior perspectives, site plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, utility plans, sections, elevations, axonometric views of interior, roof trusses, and structural system, construction details, and progress charts. Two sets of drawings that include plans, sections, and elevations, were possibly used for presentation purposes. Construction details are drawn on letter-size paper and show details for curtain tracks, exterior walls, and windows. A project schedule listing the remaining work is dated October 29, 1973. Consultant's drawings for catering, structural, mechanical, and electrical services are also included in the file. Over 300 detail drawings on letter-size paper are included in the textual records. Cedric Price visited the restaurant in 1988. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 81. Some reference drawings are attributed to H. Carpenter, Engineer, County Borough of Blackpool, and to Building Design Partnership. Versa-Serve Ltd Catering Consultants, Briggs Amasco, Crittall-Hope, Archbell Greenwood Ltd Structural Engineers, Hall & Kay Limited, Campbell & Isherwood Ltd Electrical Engineers appear as consultants in this project. Bovis: Fee Construction Limited appears as the general contractor for this project. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, technical drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1963-1988, predominant 1971-1975
Blackpool Project
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AP144.S2.D81
Description:
File documents the completed project for a restaurant at the Blackpool Zoo Park in Blackpool, England, for client J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Initially the brief also called for the erection of five pre-fabricated Wimpy kiosks, of which at least one and possibly two kiosks were erected. The restaurant building is a square, clear-span, steel-frame building with its own kitchen and store rooms, and includes a cafeteria, a full service restaurant and bar, and offices. The restaurant dining room can be converted from one large space into two by means of a curtain on a track, removable barrier rails, and mobile cash and cutlery units. The exterior is timber-clad with tinted glazing. Existing conditions drawings show the existing site layout, landscaping plans and plans showing water supply and electrical services. Design development drawings and working drawings include preliminary interior perspectives, site plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, utility plans, sections, elevations, axonometric views of interior, roof trusses, and structural system, construction details, and progress charts. Two sets of drawings that include plans, sections, and elevations, were possibly used for presentation purposes. Construction details are drawn on letter-size paper and show details for curtain tracks, exterior walls, and windows. A project schedule listing the remaining work is dated October 29, 1973. Consultant's drawings for catering, structural, mechanical, and electrical services are also included in the file. Over 300 detail drawings on letter-size paper are included in the textual records. Cedric Price visited the restaurant in 1988. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 81. Some reference drawings are attributed to H. Carpenter, Engineer, County Borough of Blackpool, and to Building Design Partnership. Versa-Serve Ltd Catering Consultants, Briggs Amasco, Crittall-Hope, Archbell Greenwood Ltd Structural Engineers, Hall & Kay Limited, Campbell & Isherwood Ltd Electrical Engineers appear as consultants in this project. Bovis: Fee Construction Limited appears as the general contractor for this project. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, technical drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 81
1963-1988, predominant 1971-1975
archives
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Fonds
AP177
Synopsis:
The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
Synopsis:
The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
archives
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Fonds
1996-2015
DR1974:0002:022:001-021
Description:
- This album contains 21 transfer lithographs of contract and working drawings for the Chambre des Notaires, Paris. The transfer lithographs of the contract drawings (DR1974:0002:022:002, DR1974:0002:022:003 and DR1974:0002:022:005 - DR1974:0002:022:011) are signed by architects Charles Rohault de Fleury and Auguste Joseph Pellechet (Hillairet, 393), and by six unidentified hands, probably those of the contractors and/or client(s). Several revisions are evident between these transfer lithographs, dated April 1855, and the transfer lithographs of the working drawings, predominantly dated June 1855 (DR1974:0002:022:001 and DR1974:0002:022:012 - DR1974:0002:022:018). Minor changes have been made in the distribution of spaces on all floors, while more significant changes have been made in the dimensions and design of the façade bays (Bergdoll). Rohault de Fleury considered three alternate elevations (DR1974:0002:022:019 - DR1974:0002:022:021) for the principal façade with different column dispositions and window designs. The basic arrangement of the façade, however, remained the same: three floors each carrying a different order, separated by prominent entablatures and surmounted by an attic roof with dormer windows. The façade as constructed most closely approximates the elevations on transfer lithographs DR1974:0002:022:001 and DR1974:0002:022:002. The floor plans, with their detailed measurements, also correspond quite closely to the building as constructed (Bergdoll). The plans are particularly informative concerning the mixed use of iron and masonry construction. The "soubassement" consists of numerous masonry supports spanned by iron beams, while the "rez-de-chaussée" and "entresol" are constructed of iron columns, beams, and lintels allowing for abundant fenestration on the side façades (DR1974:0002:022:003 - DR1974:0002:022:004). The upper stories then revert back to a construction similar to that of the "soubassement".
architecture
contracted 12 May 1855, prints executed between February and June 1855
Album of transfer lithographs of working and contract drawings for the Chambre des Notaires, place du Châtelet, Paris
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DR1974:0002:022:001-021
Description:
- This album contains 21 transfer lithographs of contract and working drawings for the Chambre des Notaires, Paris. The transfer lithographs of the contract drawings (DR1974:0002:022:002, DR1974:0002:022:003 and DR1974:0002:022:005 - DR1974:0002:022:011) are signed by architects Charles Rohault de Fleury and Auguste Joseph Pellechet (Hillairet, 393), and by six unidentified hands, probably those of the contractors and/or client(s). Several revisions are evident between these transfer lithographs, dated April 1855, and the transfer lithographs of the working drawings, predominantly dated June 1855 (DR1974:0002:022:001 and DR1974:0002:022:012 - DR1974:0002:022:018). Minor changes have been made in the distribution of spaces on all floors, while more significant changes have been made in the dimensions and design of the façade bays (Bergdoll). Rohault de Fleury considered three alternate elevations (DR1974:0002:022:019 - DR1974:0002:022:021) for the principal façade with different column dispositions and window designs. The basic arrangement of the façade, however, remained the same: three floors each carrying a different order, separated by prominent entablatures and surmounted by an attic roof with dormer windows. The façade as constructed most closely approximates the elevations on transfer lithographs DR1974:0002:022:001 and DR1974:0002:022:002. The floor plans, with their detailed measurements, also correspond quite closely to the building as constructed (Bergdoll). The plans are particularly informative concerning the mixed use of iron and masonry construction. The "soubassement" consists of numerous masonry supports spanned by iron beams, while the "rez-de-chaussée" and "entresol" are constructed of iron columns, beams, and lintels allowing for abundant fenestration on the side façades (DR1974:0002:022:003 - DR1974:0002:022:004). The upper stories then revert back to a construction similar to that of the "soubassement".
architecture