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Student work
AP140.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
Student work
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AP140.S1.SS1
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Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
Sub-series 1
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
Project
AP144.S2.D93
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File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy
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AP144.S2.D93
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File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
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1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
born digital
AP184.S3.004
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Complete contents of CD-R labeled “May 24/99 Casabella Images / Asymptote Architecture / New York Stock Exchange / Ramp Projects / -Texts / -Ramp Images / -3DTFV Images”. File includes an .iso disk image of the dual-formatted ISO-9660/HFS disk and digital files exported from the disk image using FTK Imager. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, Unidentified, Microsoft FoxPro Memo, Microsoft Word Document.
9 March 1999 - 24 May 1999
Press release, credit text, and images of Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center
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AP184.S3.004
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Complete contents of CD-R labeled “May 24/99 Casabella Images / Asymptote Architecture / New York Stock Exchange / Ramp Projects / -Texts / -Ramp Images / -3DTFV Images”. File includes an .iso disk image of the dual-formatted ISO-9660/HFS disk and digital files exported from the disk image using FTK Imager. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, Unidentified, Microsoft FoxPro Memo, Microsoft Word Document.
born digital
9 March 1999 - 24 May 1999
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
Series
AP184.S1
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Series 1, Three Dimensional Trading Floor, 1990 - 2009, relates to Asymptote Architecture’s design of a virtualized NYSE Trading Floor that visualized real-time numerical and statistical data. This series includes textual, born-digital, and audiovisual components, as well as digital artefacts, and chiefly dates from 1997 to 2002. The intent of the New York Stock Exchange Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF) was to detect suspicious trading activity, track the impact of global news events on the market and potentially predict a crash before it happened. In order to achieve this technically, Asymptote worked with Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) RealityEngine hardware which had been built specifically for these visualization-intensive applications. They also worked with Softimage and Alias software for modeling, rendering and animating, and VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Macromedia Flash in order to integrate real-time data into a navigable three-dimensional environment. The main elements of the virtual environment include posts, containers, and back wall. The two container types, Index Container (IC) and Group Container (GC), allow for visualization and comparison of stock histories and behaviors. The posts display stock information, corresponding heat maps on floors, and alerts. The back wall integrates live news broadcasts. Materials in this series are largely digital and primarily include still raster images and video demonstrating 3DTF functionality. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya, Alias, Microstation, and Form-Z formats. Other digital materials include Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) files, HTML files, Silicon Graphics Images databases, research material, press kits, presentations, and handout files. The textual records are largely materials that were handed out at presentation meetings for each phase of the project. These typically illustrate major virtual components of 3DTF, like the heat maps and posts, and overlap significantly with the related digital files. There is also one VHS tape which compiles nearly twenty minutes of animated renderings. Finally, this series includes 43 CDs. The CDs were processed and are included as part of the digital records; the CDs themselves were kept in instances where they may have artefactual value, especially if they were visually interesting or informationally important.
1990-2009
Three Dimensional Trading Floor
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AP184.S1
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Series 1, Three Dimensional Trading Floor, 1990 - 2009, relates to Asymptote Architecture’s design of a virtualized NYSE Trading Floor that visualized real-time numerical and statistical data. This series includes textual, born-digital, and audiovisual components, as well as digital artefacts, and chiefly dates from 1997 to 2002. The intent of the New York Stock Exchange Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF) was to detect suspicious trading activity, track the impact of global news events on the market and potentially predict a crash before it happened. In order to achieve this technically, Asymptote worked with Silicon Graphics Incorporated (SGI) RealityEngine hardware which had been built specifically for these visualization-intensive applications. They also worked with Softimage and Alias software for modeling, rendering and animating, and VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Macromedia Flash in order to integrate real-time data into a navigable three-dimensional environment. The main elements of the virtual environment include posts, containers, and back wall. The two container types, Index Container (IC) and Group Container (GC), allow for visualization and comparison of stock histories and behaviors. The posts display stock information, corresponding heat maps on floors, and alerts. The back wall integrates live news broadcasts. Materials in this series are largely digital and primarily include still raster images and video demonstrating 3DTF functionality. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya, Alias, Microstation, and Form-Z formats. Other digital materials include Virtual Reality Markup Language (VRML) files, HTML files, Silicon Graphics Images databases, research material, press kits, presentations, and handout files. The textual records are largely materials that were handed out at presentation meetings for each phase of the project. These typically illustrate major virtual components of 3DTF, like the heat maps and posts, and overlap significantly with the related digital files. There is also one VHS tape which compiles nearly twenty minutes of animated renderings. Finally, this series includes 43 CDs. The CDs were processed and are included as part of the digital records; the CDs themselves were kept in instances where they may have artefactual value, especially if they were visually interesting or informationally important.
Series
1990-2009
archives
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Fonds
AP181
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The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
1994-2015
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records
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AP181
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The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
archives
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1994-2015
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
born digital, photographs
AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
2010
Photographs of Vancouver’s Universities landscape projects by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander.
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AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
born digital, photographs
2010
born digital, photographs
AP170.S4.002
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This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
Publication images and animations for HypoSurface and other dECOi projects (1 of 2)
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AP170.S4.002
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This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
born digital, photographs
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
books
Exchange : universal design.
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64 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Toronto : Design Exchange, 2005.
books
Toronto : Design Exchange, 2005.