Architecture as Evidence
Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 June 2016 to 11 September 2016
Architecture as Evidence
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Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
DR1988:0046
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- Sketch for an adaption of the Ionic order, in particular the capitals, using wavy lines and patterns.
architecture
1919 ?
Detail of a design for a modified Ionic order
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DR1988:0046
Description:
- Sketch for an adaption of the Ionic order, in particular the capitals, using wavy lines and patterns.
architecture
drawings
DR1995:0004
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- Details include capitals of two Composite columns, entablature, base, and a drawing of an unidentified motif.
architecture, sculpture
18 January 1845
Details of the cloister garth, Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy
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DR1995:0004
Description:
- Details include capitals of two Composite columns, entablature, base, and a drawing of an unidentified motif.
drawings
18 January 1845
architecture, sculpture
DR1988:0050
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- Drawing of or for the upper portion of a compound pier, including the shaft, capitals and the springing of the arches.
architecture
1919
Drawing showing the upper half of a compound pier
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DR1988:0050
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- Drawing of or for the upper portion of a compound pier, including the shaft, capitals and the springing of the arches.
architecture
DR1988:0030
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- Sketch for the exterior of a chapel set in a landscape, including entrance portico, drum, and dome. Human heads are used as decorative motifs on the pediments and as capitals on the square posts, forming herms.
architecture
1918
Design for a chapel using representations of human heads as decorative elements
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DR1988:0030
Description:
- Sketch for the exterior of a chapel set in a landscape, including entrance portico, drum, and dome. Human heads are used as decorative motifs on the pediments and as capitals on the square posts, forming herms.
architecture
photographs
PH1981:1267:004
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- This photograph shows Arnaldo Marchetti using a photograph identical to PH1981:1267:003 as a reference while sculpting the clay master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal.
architecture, sculpture
1969
Close-up view of Arnaldo Marchetti at the Western Pattern Works sculpting a full-scale one-quarter section clay master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1981:1267:004
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- This photograph shows Arnaldo Marchetti using a photograph identical to PH1981:1267:003 as a reference while sculpting the clay master for the restoration of the Corinthian capitals of the principal façade of the Head Office of the Bank of Montréal.
photographs
1969
architecture, sculpture
DR1988:0437:044
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is dedicated to Chinese philosophy. The macchina is in the form of a wall articulated with a specially designed order of architecture. The capitals of the order consist of two dragons looking in opposite directions. Statues representing chinese philosophers are placed between the columns.
temporary architecture
printed 1772
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1772
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DR1988:0437:044
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is dedicated to Chinese philosophy. The macchina is in the form of a wall articulated with a specially designed order of architecture. The capitals of the order consist of two dragons looking in opposite directions. Statues representing chinese philosophers are placed between the columns.
temporary architecture
PH1984:0977:614
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The photographs shows the house before the 1886 Charleston earthquake, in which the giant portico was demolished, leaving only its base. The photograph shows the house with the Tower of the Winds portico intact, featuring four Corinthian Capitals modelled after the Tower of the Winds, a time keeping tower, in Athens Greece. After the earthquake, the columns were buried in the back yard.
ca. 1860-1886
View of the William Ravenel house, 13 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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PH1984:0977:614
Description:
The photographs shows the house before the 1886 Charleston earthquake, in which the giant portico was demolished, leaving only its base. The photograph shows the house with the Tower of the Winds portico intact, featuring four Corinthian Capitals modelled after the Tower of the Winds, a time keeping tower, in Athens Greece. After the earthquake, the columns were buried in the back yard.
drawings
Quantity:
8 reprographic copy(ies)
ARCH269659
Description:
Group consists of reproduction of plans for Chandigarh, India, including: - Plan of the sector 22 - Plan of the business district - Master plan of Punjab University in sector 14 - General layout plan of Chandigarh - Plan of the Capitol Complex - Drawing by Le Corbusier "Chandigarh, Naissance d'une capitale" dated March 3, 1957 - Maps of India showing the situation of Chandigarh
between 1951 and 1965
Reproduction of plans for Chandigarh
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ARCH269659
Description:
Group consists of reproduction of plans for Chandigarh, India, including: - Plan of the sector 22 - Plan of the business district - Master plan of Punjab University in sector 14 - General layout plan of Chandigarh - Plan of the Capitol Complex - Drawing by Le Corbusier "Chandigarh, Naissance d'une capitale" dated March 3, 1957 - Maps of India showing the situation of Chandigarh
drawings
Quantity:
8 reprographic copy(ies)
between 1951 and 1965
archives
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Fonds
Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
AP110
Synopsis:
The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
1988-2009
Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
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AP110
Synopsis:
The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1988-2009