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Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
1970-2008
Douglas Kelbaugh fonds
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AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
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1970-2008
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Visiting Scholars 2014
Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
May 2014 to September 2014
Visiting Scholars 2014
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Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
research
May 2014 to
September 2014
photographs
PH2019:0003:001-063
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Group consists of 63 photographic prints of full-scale architectural mock-ups at construction sites and fabrication facilities in North America and Europe, from the series "Archetypes."
2016-2018
Architectural mock-ups from the series "Archetypes"
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PH2019:0003:001-063
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Group consists of 63 photographic prints of full-scale architectural mock-ups at construction sites and fabrication facilities in North America and Europe, from the series "Archetypes."
photographs
2016-2018
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John Hejduk fonds
AP145
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The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
John Hejduk fonds
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AP145
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The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
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1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
Main galleries
4 July 2007 to 30 September 2007
Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky
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Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
Main galleries
The Idea of the Penitentiary
This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
Hall cases
8 November 1995 to 31 May 1996
The Idea of the Penitentiary
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This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
Hall cases
Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Main galleries
17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Main galleries
textual records
AP075.S3.SS4.001
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This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for plants of the region of Vancouver Island, Alberta, Ontario, Québec and Europe, catalogues for ornemental grasses, turf, seeds, bamboos, wild flowers, orchids, and roses.
1980-2017
Industry catalogues for plants and seeds
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AP075.S3.SS4.001
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This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for plants of the region of Vancouver Island, Alberta, Ontario, Québec and Europe, catalogues for ornemental grasses, turf, seeds, bamboos, wild flowers, orchids, and roses.
textual records
1980-2017
research
Visiting Scholars 2017
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
June 2017 to September 2017
Visiting Scholars 2017
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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June 2017 to
September 2017
research
Visiting Scholars 2016
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
2 June 2016 to 2 September 2016
Visiting Scholars 2016
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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2 June 2016 to
2 September 2016