Project
AP056.S1.1989.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the winning competition entry and subsequent construction for Kitchener City Hall in Kitchener, Ontario from 1989-1993. The office identified the project number as 8928. This project consisted of a U-shaped civic building comprised of a circular rotunda in the centre, an office tower to the right, the council chambers to the left, and two rectangular arms on either side to create the arms of the U. These elements, which wrapped around a large reflecting pool that doubled as a skating rink, were visually separated but coherent in their design and use of materials. Located on the block between Young, College, Duke and King Streets, the interior and exteriors of the property were designed for city government, but also for the larger public with community, public spaces, and open interaction with local government as key design concepts for the project. After entering the Civic Square outside the building, patrons can pass through the main portico, into the Interior Civic Square were the round Civic Rotunda rests in the centre. The rotunda’s interior was designed for use as a public gathering space, where events and activities could be held. The top of the rotunda had sandblasted glass windows with patinated copper frames, letting natural light shine into the large space below. A staircase from the main Civic Square led to an exterior terrace that wrapped around the top of the rotunda. The Administrative Office Tower was ten-storeys with a mechanical penthouse, and was used for civic offices. The Council Chamber was comprised of limestone with refinished metal panels forming a curved roof on top. The two wings along the sides of the property contained tenant areas, a restaurant, information offices, alderman’s offices and the mayor’s office, among other spaces. The back of the property had landscaped exteriors and outdoor play areas for the building’s daycare. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, presentation paintings and models dating from 1989-1993. The drawings consist of concepts for both the competition entry and the subsequent construction of the project. These include sketches, base maps and area surveys produced by the city and contractors, presentation boards and paintings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. There are also photographic reproductions of presentation drawings. The photographs show finished interiors and exteriors and the project model.
1989-1993
Kitchener City Hall Competition, Ontario (1989-1993)
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AP056.S1.1989.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the winning competition entry and subsequent construction for Kitchener City Hall in Kitchener, Ontario from 1989-1993. The office identified the project number as 8928. This project consisted of a U-shaped civic building comprised of a circular rotunda in the centre, an office tower to the right, the council chambers to the left, and two rectangular arms on either side to create the arms of the U. These elements, which wrapped around a large reflecting pool that doubled as a skating rink, were visually separated but coherent in their design and use of materials. Located on the block between Young, College, Duke and King Streets, the interior and exteriors of the property were designed for city government, but also for the larger public with community, public spaces, and open interaction with local government as key design concepts for the project. After entering the Civic Square outside the building, patrons can pass through the main portico, into the Interior Civic Square were the round Civic Rotunda rests in the centre. The rotunda’s interior was designed for use as a public gathering space, where events and activities could be held. The top of the rotunda had sandblasted glass windows with patinated copper frames, letting natural light shine into the large space below. A staircase from the main Civic Square led to an exterior terrace that wrapped around the top of the rotunda. The Administrative Office Tower was ten-storeys with a mechanical penthouse, and was used for civic offices. The Council Chamber was comprised of limestone with refinished metal panels forming a curved roof on top. The two wings along the sides of the property contained tenant areas, a restaurant, information offices, alderman’s offices and the mayor’s office, among other spaces. The back of the property had landscaped exteriors and outdoor play areas for the building’s daycare. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, presentation paintings and models dating from 1989-1993. The drawings consist of concepts for both the competition entry and the subsequent construction of the project. These include sketches, base maps and area surveys produced by the city and contractors, presentation boards and paintings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. There are also photographic reproductions of presentation drawings. The photographs show finished interiors and exteriors and the project model.
Project
1989-1993
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Joar Nango, Nicole Luke, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Rafico Ruiz, circumpolar North, Inuit, Inuit Nunangat, Sami, Sapmi, Towards Home
11 June 2022 to 26 March 2023
Main Galleries Keyword(s):
Joar Nango, Nicole Luke, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, Rafico Ruiz, circumpolar North, Inuit, Inuit Nunangat, Sami, Sapmi, Towards Home
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Fonds
Günter Günschel fonds
AP187
Synopsis:
The Günter Günschel fonds documents the architectural work of Günter Günschel. The fonds spans the years 1943 to 2006 and consists of drawings, photographic materials, and textual documentation related to over 50 projects, such as Kristallwucherungen (1953-1988), Geodätische Hallen (1955-1978), Wohnheim in Raumzellenbauweise für das Studentenwerk Göttingen (1969), Stadtquartiere (1977-1988), Emtwurf zur Bebauung der Weserinsel Teerhof in Bremen (1977-1978), and Stühle, Computergrafiken (1998).
1943-2006
Günter Günschel fonds
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AP187
Synopsis:
The Günter Günschel fonds documents the architectural work of Günter Günschel. The fonds spans the years 1943 to 2006 and consists of drawings, photographic materials, and textual documentation related to over 50 projects, such as Kristallwucherungen (1953-1988), Geodätische Hallen (1955-1978), Wohnheim in Raumzellenbauweise für das Studentenwerk Göttingen (1969), Stadtquartiere (1977-1988), Emtwurf zur Bebauung der Weserinsel Teerhof in Bremen (1977-1978), and Stühle, Computergrafiken (1998).
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Fonds
1943-2006
Sub-series
AP075.S3.SS1
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
1949-2019
Professional associations and engagements
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AP075.S3.SS1
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
Sub-series
1949-2019
DR1974:0002:002:001-094
Description:
- This album consists mainly of elevations, sections and plans for a number of domestic commissions by Charles Rohault de Fleury: a house in Cologne, a hothouse for M. Faquet-Lemaitre, two [?] apartment houses and three private houses in Paris, a house for Mme de Lescure, Royan, and the Administration générale des omnibus office building, Paris. Both the drawings for the house in Cologne and the three variant projects for a hothouse are probably presentation drawings. There are contract drawings, probably the architect's copies, for apartment houses for M. Piet and M. Le Comte, and houses for M. Moreau Chaslon, Mme la comtesse de Lubersac, Mme de Lescure and M. Waresquiel. A sheet of cost calculations attached to a preliminary site plan, are probably for M. Waresquiel's house. The first plan for Mme la comtesse de Lubersac's house (DR1974:0002:002:084), and the plans for M. Waresquiel's house are annotated with the functions of the rooms. The architect's copies of the drawings for the country house in Royan, given to the client by the architect, include drawings of the foundations and framework, larger scale elevational and sectional details of the architectural elements, profiles and joinery details. The function within the design process of the prints for the commercial building for the Administration Générale de Omnibus is unclear. The principal elevation (DR1974:0002:002:020) is rendered in watercolour, suggesting it may be a presentation print. The other prints for this building exhibit the same degree of finish as the contract drawings in this album, but the absence of the client's and contractor's signatures and the revision attached to DR1974:0002:002:022 suggests they may be part of the design development stage of the project. Also included in the album is a sheet of preliminary sketches for a tomb for Daguerre (not the photographer) and two small unbound sheets of sketches for unidentified projects (DR1974:0002:002:048 and DR1974:0002:002:028).
architecture
drawings exectued between 1838 and 1854, prints executed between 1838 and 1856
Album of prints and drawings for nine domestic commissions, an office building, a tomb, and a hothouse in Paris, Royan and Cologne
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DR1974:0002:002:001-094
Description:
- This album consists mainly of elevations, sections and plans for a number of domestic commissions by Charles Rohault de Fleury: a house in Cologne, a hothouse for M. Faquet-Lemaitre, two [?] apartment houses and three private houses in Paris, a house for Mme de Lescure, Royan, and the Administration générale des omnibus office building, Paris. Both the drawings for the house in Cologne and the three variant projects for a hothouse are probably presentation drawings. There are contract drawings, probably the architect's copies, for apartment houses for M. Piet and M. Le Comte, and houses for M. Moreau Chaslon, Mme la comtesse de Lubersac, Mme de Lescure and M. Waresquiel. A sheet of cost calculations attached to a preliminary site plan, are probably for M. Waresquiel's house. The first plan for Mme la comtesse de Lubersac's house (DR1974:0002:002:084), and the plans for M. Waresquiel's house are annotated with the functions of the rooms. The architect's copies of the drawings for the country house in Royan, given to the client by the architect, include drawings of the foundations and framework, larger scale elevational and sectional details of the architectural elements, profiles and joinery details. The function within the design process of the prints for the commercial building for the Administration Générale de Omnibus is unclear. The principal elevation (DR1974:0002:002:020) is rendered in watercolour, suggesting it may be a presentation print. The other prints for this building exhibit the same degree of finish as the contract drawings in this album, but the absence of the client's and contractor's signatures and the revision attached to DR1974:0002:002:022 suggests they may be part of the design development stage of the project. Also included in the album is a sheet of preliminary sketches for a tomb for Daguerre (not the photographer) and two small unbound sheets of sketches for unidentified projects (DR1974:0002:002:048 and DR1974:0002:002:028).
drawings, textual records, works of art
drawings exectued between 1838 and 1854, prints executed between 1838 and 1856
architecture
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AP144.S2.D108
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful entry in an invited competition for a mid-rise office building for approximately 250 employees in Brühl, near Cologne, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The building was intended to serve as the headquarters for the German lock company DOM Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Conceptual, schematic and design development sketches and drawings include isometrics and perspectives showing early ideas for the building's massing; schematic floor plans showing horizontal and vertical circulation paths throughout the building; diagrammatic plans indicating how people by car, foot, or bicycle would enter the building; diagrammatic sections showing the relationship between functional areas; and plan obliques of functional areas for square footage calculations. A panel composed of sketches with text and annotations describes Price's concept and the building program. Design development drawings also include floor plans showing circulation patterns, elevations showing the exterior stainless-steel cladding, isometrics showing the relationship between floor levels and functional areas, and perspectives which were possibly used to develop the overall massing of the building. A set of four panels numbered 2 through 5 depict floor plans, elevations, and sections from another project, Steel House (AP144.S2.D60). One presentation board is a collage composed of four coloured photographs of the working design models. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some of them are coloured with markers and annotated. Material in this file was produced in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, other panels, presentation models, photographic materials, and textual records.
1980
Domain
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AP144.S2.D108
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful entry in an invited competition for a mid-rise office building for approximately 250 employees in Brühl, near Cologne, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The building was intended to serve as the headquarters for the German lock company DOM Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Conceptual, schematic and design development sketches and drawings include isometrics and perspectives showing early ideas for the building's massing; schematic floor plans showing horizontal and vertical circulation paths throughout the building; diagrammatic plans indicating how people by car, foot, or bicycle would enter the building; diagrammatic sections showing the relationship between functional areas; and plan obliques of functional areas for square footage calculations. A panel composed of sketches with text and annotations describes Price's concept and the building program. Design development drawings also include floor plans showing circulation patterns, elevations showing the exterior stainless-steel cladding, isometrics showing the relationship between floor levels and functional areas, and perspectives which were possibly used to develop the overall massing of the building. A set of four panels numbered 2 through 5 depict floor plans, elevations, and sections from another project, Steel House (AP144.S2.D60). One presentation board is a collage composed of four coloured photographs of the working design models. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some of them are coloured with markers and annotated. Material in this file was produced in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, other panels, presentation models, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 108
1980
textual records, graphic materials
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11 textual record(s) and ephemera
DR1987:0866:001-011
Description:
- This group of correspondence, clippings and a copy of a resolution was compiled by the architect, Lloyd Wright, for his own record while he was persuing the commission for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Mines Field, California. While Wright received the approval of the Municipal Art Commission, his design was ultimately rejected by the Airport Committee in favour of a Spanish Colonial design. The correspondence is composed of carbon copies and mimeographs of a letter sent to the Municipal Art Commission requesting that the commission consider his design. There are several copies of this letter, probably because it was sent to individual committee members and a copy was made of each letter. Of the newspaper clippings, three relate to the Mines Field project; the most significant is a half-page spread with photographs of both Lloyd Wright's project and the successful Spanish Colonial design. Also on the same page are photographs of four of people involved in the commission, including Lloyd Wright, a councilman, a member of the art commission, and the airport manager. The two other Mines Field clippings announce the completion of an aircraft factory at Mines Field and the completion of the municipal airport within thirty days. The unrelated clipping announces a model airport to be built in Chicago. Also included with these documents are a copy of the resolution made by the Municipal Art Commission recommending Wright's design to the Airport Committee and an envelope addressed to Clifford Henderson, Director of Municipal Airports, City of Los Angeles.
architecture
printed 1929
Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Newspaper clippings, copies of a letter and a copy of a resolution relating to Lloyd Wright's design
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DR1987:0866:001-011
Description:
- This group of correspondence, clippings and a copy of a resolution was compiled by the architect, Lloyd Wright, for his own record while he was persuing the commission for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Mines Field, California. While Wright received the approval of the Municipal Art Commission, his design was ultimately rejected by the Airport Committee in favour of a Spanish Colonial design. The correspondence is composed of carbon copies and mimeographs of a letter sent to the Municipal Art Commission requesting that the commission consider his design. There are several copies of this letter, probably because it was sent to individual committee members and a copy was made of each letter. Of the newspaper clippings, three relate to the Mines Field project; the most significant is a half-page spread with photographs of both Lloyd Wright's project and the successful Spanish Colonial design. Also on the same page are photographs of four of people involved in the commission, including Lloyd Wright, a councilman, a member of the art commission, and the airport manager. The two other Mines Field clippings announce the completion of an aircraft factory at Mines Field and the completion of the municipal airport within thirty days. The unrelated clipping announces a model airport to be built in Chicago. Also included with these documents are a copy of the resolution made by the Municipal Art Commission recommending Wright's design to the Airport Committee and an envelope addressed to Clifford Henderson, Director of Municipal Airports, City of Los Angeles.
textual records, graphic materials
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11 textual record(s) and ephemera
printed 1929
architecture
Project
Mostra AR Parigi
AP142.S2.D4
Description:
File documents an exhibition on Aldo Rossi that was held in 1991 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, at Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1992), and at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (1993), at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (1993). The exhibition travelled or was intended to travel to Brussels, Belgium, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Moscow, Russia, New York City, United States, and Tokyo, Japan. Further research may confirm these and other sites for the exhibition. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1993. File contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, estimates, appraisals, invoices, calculations, administrative records, financial records, price lists, clippings, business cards, memorandums, layouts, lists of exhibited works, a list of donated works, acquisitions lists, lists of lenders of works, lists of photographs for the catalogue, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, a schedule for drawings, imprints and draft imprints, exhibition plans and layouts, invitations, an exhibition guide book, a pamphlet on the furniture of Aldo Rossi, a calendar, a bibliography, a biographical chronology, drafts and the published exhibition catalogue 'Aldo Rossi par Aldo Rossi, architecte', and material for Alberto Ferlenga's 'Aldo Rossi: Architetture 1988-1992', a floppy disk, drafts for the exhibition and exhibition catalogue, draft exhibition labels, a document label, a report, notes, photocopies of views of drawings, views of models, and views of completed projects, negatives, and photographs, including contact sheets, views of models, views of an exhibition showing drawings and models, and views of completed projects by Aldo Rossi.
1991-1993
Mostra AR Parigi
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AP142.S2.D4
Description:
File documents an exhibition on Aldo Rossi that was held in 1991 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, at Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1992), and at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (1993), at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (1993). The exhibition travelled or was intended to travel to Brussels, Belgium, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Moscow, Russia, New York City, United States, and Tokyo, Japan. Further research may confirm these and other sites for the exhibition. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1993. File contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, estimates, appraisals, invoices, calculations, administrative records, financial records, price lists, clippings, business cards, memorandums, layouts, lists of exhibited works, a list of donated works, acquisitions lists, lists of lenders of works, lists of photographs for the catalogue, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, a schedule for drawings, imprints and draft imprints, exhibition plans and layouts, invitations, an exhibition guide book, a pamphlet on the furniture of Aldo Rossi, a calendar, a bibliography, a biographical chronology, drafts and the published exhibition catalogue 'Aldo Rossi par Aldo Rossi, architecte', and material for Alberto Ferlenga's 'Aldo Rossi: Architetture 1988-1992', a floppy disk, drafts for the exhibition and exhibition catalogue, draft exhibition labels, a document label, a report, notes, photocopies of views of drawings, views of models, and views of completed projects, negatives, and photographs, including contact sheets, views of models, views of an exhibition showing drawings and models, and views of completed projects by Aldo Rossi.
File 4
1991-1993
Project
AP056.S1.1988.PR11
Description:
This project series documents the design of a housing complex known as Dovestar in Toronto from1988-1991. The office identified the project number as 8815. This project consisted of a proposed housing complex on the corner of St. Joseph and St. Nicholas Streets, comprised of three components - the Dovestar condominiums, the CityHome building and a Co-op building. Maintaining the historic building facades along St. Joseph Street, the 19-storey Dovestar condominiums would bridge over St. Nicholas Street to connect to the CityHome building as one congruent structure. Across the street from Dovestar, the CityHome building was defined as the first five storeys of the property, also with historic facades at the lower levels, and the remaining storeys were part of the Dovestar condominium. The Co-op building was entirely separate, set apart from the others by a common outdoor garden space. Dovestar was to be a 312 unit condominium complex, approximately 32,000 square metres in size, with retail spaces and two-storey townhouse units on the ground floor. The CityHome building would be 35 units, approximately 3,500 square metres in size, with retail, restaurant spaces, and two-storey townhouse units on the ground floor. Finally, the Co-op building was to be 24 units and approximately 1,971 square metres in size. All three buildings shared 247 parking spaces and recreational areas totalling 2,934 square metres. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1988-1991. The drawings are mostly originals and include site plans and surveys, sketches, elevations, plans, sections, and isometrics.
1988-1991
Dovestar Project, Toronto (1988-1991)
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AP056.S1.1988.PR11
Description:
This project series documents the design of a housing complex known as Dovestar in Toronto from1988-1991. The office identified the project number as 8815. This project consisted of a proposed housing complex on the corner of St. Joseph and St. Nicholas Streets, comprised of three components - the Dovestar condominiums, the CityHome building and a Co-op building. Maintaining the historic building facades along St. Joseph Street, the 19-storey Dovestar condominiums would bridge over St. Nicholas Street to connect to the CityHome building as one congruent structure. Across the street from Dovestar, the CityHome building was defined as the first five storeys of the property, also with historic facades at the lower levels, and the remaining storeys were part of the Dovestar condominium. The Co-op building was entirely separate, set apart from the others by a common outdoor garden space. Dovestar was to be a 312 unit condominium complex, approximately 32,000 square metres in size, with retail spaces and two-storey townhouse units on the ground floor. The CityHome building would be 35 units, approximately 3,500 square metres in size, with retail, restaurant spaces, and two-storey townhouse units on the ground floor. Finally, the Co-op building was to be 24 units and approximately 1,971 square metres in size. All three buildings shared 247 parking spaces and recreational areas totalling 2,934 square metres. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1988-1991. The drawings are mostly originals and include site plans and surveys, sketches, elevations, plans, sections, and isometrics.
Project
1988-1991
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Georg Lippsmeier Collection
CD037
Synopsis:
The Georg Lippsmeier collection comprises the research collection of the Institut für Tropenbau. Founded by Georg Lippsmeier the Institute was active from the 1960s to the early 1990s. The collection includes research material on architecture in tropical climates and building technologies.
1960s-2010
Georg Lippsmeier Collection
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CD037
Synopsis:
The Georg Lippsmeier collection comprises the research collection of the Institut für Tropenbau. Founded by Georg Lippsmeier the Institute was active from the 1960s to the early 1990s. The collection includes research material on architecture in tropical climates and building technologies.
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1960s-2010