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AP103
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The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds
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AP103
Synopsis:
The IFCCA Prize Competition for the Design of Cities fonds primarily documents the activities involved in the organization and realization of the Prize Competition, as well as the most active years of the IFCCA. The fonds is made up of primarily of textual documents dating from 1992 to 2001. The Prize Competition challenged architects from around the world to rethink and redesign a site on the western edge of Manhattan, New York City, New York. Five finalists were chosen by a jury of well known figures in the architecture field, and given four months to complete their proposals. Peter Eisenman, Peter Eisenman Architects, New York City, was declared the winner on 28 June 1999. Two exhibitions of the work of the finalists, in New York City (1999, with an accompanying colloquium) and at the CCA in Montreal (2000-2001) followed the Prize Competition.
archives
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Fonds
1992-2001, predominant 1996-2001
drawings, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
AP197.S4.009
Description:
This box contains Kenneth Frampton's various certificates and diplomas as well as some prints, drawings, posters, and photographs. This box includes: posters of lectures and exhibitions presented at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University; a print by Frampton entitled "unfinished modern project in homage to it and to Habermas;" his diploma from the Architectural Association (1956); a certifacte from the Royal Insititute of British Architects (1961); a certificate from the L'Academie d`architecture; a Honory Fellowship from the Royal Institiute of Architects of Ireland; a professional headshot and a group photograph of Frampton at the ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012). This box also includes gifts that Frampton received over the years such as an old photograph of Frampton that was given to him for 56th birthday and drawings from SHIM SUTCLIFFE for his 80th birthday.
1956-2016
Kenneth Frampton certificates, diplomas, and posters
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AP197.S4.009
Description:
This box contains Kenneth Frampton's various certificates and diplomas as well as some prints, drawings, posters, and photographs. This box includes: posters of lectures and exhibitions presented at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University; a print by Frampton entitled "unfinished modern project in homage to it and to Habermas;" his diploma from the Architectural Association (1956); a certifacte from the Royal Insititute of British Architects (1961); a certificate from the L'Academie d`architecture; a Honory Fellowship from the Royal Institiute of Architects of Ireland; a professional headshot and a group photograph of Frampton at the ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2012). This box also includes gifts that Frampton received over the years such as an old photograph of Frampton that was given to him for 56th birthday and drawings from SHIM SUTCLIFFE for his 80th birthday.
drawings, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
1956-2016
Project
CI007.S1.1949.PR02
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This project series documents Mies van der Rohe architecture project of for the Seagram Building in New York, United States, commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, and for which he was involved as architect, in collaboration with Philip Johnson, interior designer and furniture designer. The building was built between 1949 and 1958. The materiel in this series was produced between 1949 and 1997, but predominantly between 1949 and 1963. The series contains photographs of the exterior and the interior of the building predominantly by photographer Ezra Stoller, and also photographs and portraits of architects and creative team working of the design and planning of the Seagram Building project, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. The serie also includes a conceptual sketch for the building Plaza by Mies van der Rohe.
1949-1997
Seagram Building, New York, United States (1949-1958)
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CI007.S1.1949.PR02
Description:
This project series documents Mies van der Rohe architecture project of for the Seagram Building in New York, United States, commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, and for which he was involved as architect, in collaboration with Philip Johnson, interior designer and furniture designer. The building was built between 1949 and 1958. The materiel in this series was produced between 1949 and 1997, but predominantly between 1949 and 1963. The series contains photographs of the exterior and the interior of the building predominantly by photographer Ezra Stoller, and also photographs and portraits of architects and creative team working of the design and planning of the Seagram Building project, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. The serie also includes a conceptual sketch for the building Plaza by Mies van der Rohe.
project
1949-1997
PH1993:0222
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- The early 1930s marked the beginning of limitations on creative freedom in the Soviet Union, government approval of Constructivism, and the arrival of Socialist Realism in the arts, literature, and architecture. This photograph may reflect the times in the architects' rather sombre facial expressions and the copy of 'Pravda' in the foreground, an apparent reference to the Communist presence in the creative process.
architecture, portrait
1930-1931
Portrait of D. Fridman and G. Glushchenko through a glass model for the Building of Industry, Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union (now Ekaterinburg, Russia)
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PH1993:0222
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- The early 1930s marked the beginning of limitations on creative freedom in the Soviet Union, government approval of Constructivism, and the arrival of Socialist Realism in the arts, literature, and architecture. This photograph may reflect the times in the architects' rather sombre facial expressions and the copy of 'Pravda' in the foreground, an apparent reference to the Communist presence in the creative process.
architecture, portrait
Project
AP207.S1.2012.PR03
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The project series documents "The Curious Mr. Pettena", a series of photographs taken by Pettena during his stay in the United States from 1971 to 1973. During that time "[Pettena] discovers views and contexts which he feels near to his theoretic and visual work, a temporary architecture as well, documenting research and whatever comes from the mind, making it real, or discovering it in something already built where nature has worked so that it may become part of a common language or subject." [1] The project series contains the photograph series and a project description. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-the-curious-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
2012-2015
The Curious Mr. Pettena (2012)
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AP207.S1.2012.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "The Curious Mr. Pettena", a series of photographs taken by Pettena during his stay in the United States from 1971 to 1973. During that time "[Pettena] discovers views and contexts which he feels near to his theoretic and visual work, a temporary architecture as well, documenting research and whatever comes from the mind, making it real, or discovering it in something already built where nature has worked so that it may become part of a common language or subject." [1] The project series contains the photograph series and a project description. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-the-curious-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
Project
2012-2015
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS12
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Giardini Parchi Paesaggi. L’avventura delle idee in Toscana dall’Ottocento a oggi", curated by Pettena and presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in 1998. The exhibition focuses on landscape architecture and its historical development by using the example of Tuscany from the 19th century to present day. "This set out to illustrate a historical course of development that also entailed the consideration and reevaluation [sic] of the landscape that results from human activity [...] and extended as far as an analysis and presentation of the most modern theme parks of sculpture and environmental art." [1] The sub-series contains research material, such as photocopies of articles and books on landscape architecture, and reference photographs. The sub-series also contains texts for the publication and correspondence related to the planning of the exhibition. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
circa 1998
Giardini Parchi Paesaggi. L’avventura delle idee in Toscana dall’Ottocento a oggi (1998)
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AP207.S2.SS12
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Giardini Parchi Paesaggi. L’avventura delle idee in Toscana dall’Ottocento a oggi", curated by Pettena and presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in 1998. The exhibition focuses on landscape architecture and its historical development by using the example of Tuscany from the 19th century to present day. "This set out to illustrate a historical course of development that also entailed the consideration and reevaluation [sic] of the landscape that results from human activity [...] and extended as far as an analysis and presentation of the most modern theme parks of sculpture and environmental art." [1] The sub-series contains research material, such as photocopies of articles and books on landscape architecture, and reference photographs. The sub-series also contains texts for the publication and correspondence related to the planning of the exhibition. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
Subseries
circa 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Series
Projects
AP041.S1
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This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
1955-2012
Projects
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AP041.S1
Description:
This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
Series
1955-2012
drawings, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
AP197.S4.008
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This box contains certificates and diplomas as well as prints, drawings, posters and vinyl records that Frampton received or collected. Frampton received certificates and diplomas from the following universities and associations: Architectural Association School of Architecture London (1955); the American Institiute of Architects (1993); the America Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston (1993); Honorary Professorship, Nanjing University (2004); the University of Waterloo (1995); and the American Instititute of Architects New York State (2010). The box also includes: a poster for the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation designed by Kenneth Frampton; a Berlin Grafik; a drawing by A. Campo Baeza; a group photograph of Kenneth Frampton at the International Symposium of "Structure, fabric and topography"; a vinyl record of "Le Corbusier"; and a vinyl record of "Conversations regarding the future of architecture."
circa 1955- 2012
Kenneth Frampton certificates, diplomas, and collectables
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AP197.S4.008
Description:
This box contains certificates and diplomas as well as prints, drawings, posters and vinyl records that Frampton received or collected. Frampton received certificates and diplomas from the following universities and associations: Architectural Association School of Architecture London (1955); the American Institiute of Architects (1993); the America Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston (1993); Honorary Professorship, Nanjing University (2004); the University of Waterloo (1995); and the American Instititute of Architects New York State (2010). The box also includes: a poster for the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation designed by Kenneth Frampton; a Berlin Grafik; a drawing by A. Campo Baeza; a group photograph of Kenneth Frampton at the International Symposium of "Structure, fabric and topography"; a vinyl record of "Le Corbusier"; and a vinyl record of "Conversations regarding the future of architecture."
drawings, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
circa 1955- 2012
textual records
ARCH252103
Description:
prospectus for a joint venture between McDonough, Rainey and Davis, Brody & Associates, two architectural firms, for the design of the new headquarters for AMCA International Ltd (now known as United Dominion Industries). Includes curriculum vitaes, lists of awards and publications, an exhibition label for "Progressive Architecture," photographs of past projects, some by completed by the firms
circa 1967-1982
McDonough, Rainey/Davis, Brody & Associates, Architects in a Joint Venture prepared for: AMCA International, Corporation, Hanover New Hampshire
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ARCH252103
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prospectus for a joint venture between McDonough, Rainey and Davis, Brody & Associates, two architectural firms, for the design of the new headquarters for AMCA International Ltd (now known as United Dominion Industries). Includes curriculum vitaes, lists of awards and publications, an exhibition label for "Progressive Architecture," photographs of past projects, some by completed by the firms
textual records
circa 1967-1982