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AP018.S1.1981.PR19
Description:
This project series documents the Nova Computer Centre in Calgary, Alberta from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8119. This project consisted of a three-storey building with a basement and penthouse, located at 10th Avenue and 15th Street. The building was designed to house the computer equipment of Novalta Properties Ltd., their corporate records, and support staff. The building was separated in two by function with a central atrium in the center. Overall, the project had 131,000 square feet of developable area. The project is recorded through drawings, material samples, and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings include plans, details, elevations and sections. These drawings are marked The Chandler Kennedy Architectural Group, who were the consulting architects on the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and inspection reports, tender documents, cost control and building statistics records, interior design and contractor documentation, certificates of payment, supplementary instructions, change orders, interoffice letters, and specifications.
1981-1984
Nova Computer Centre, Calgary, Alberta (1981)
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AP018.S1.1981.PR19
Description:
This project series documents the Nova Computer Centre in Calgary, Alberta from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8119. This project consisted of a three-storey building with a basement and penthouse, located at 10th Avenue and 15th Street. The building was designed to house the computer equipment of Novalta Properties Ltd., their corporate records, and support staff. The building was separated in two by function with a central atrium in the center. Overall, the project had 131,000 square feet of developable area. The project is recorded through drawings, material samples, and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings include plans, details, elevations and sections. These drawings are marked The Chandler Kennedy Architectural Group, who were the consulting architects on the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and inspection reports, tender documents, cost control and building statistics records, interior design and contractor documentation, certificates of payment, supplementary instructions, change orders, interoffice letters, and specifications.
Project
1981-1984
textual records
ARCH153541
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Two-page update of the situation of CASE by Stanford Anderson, 10 May 1968 Four letters from Richard Meier about New York CASE meetings, January & February 1968 Correspondence between Thomas R. Vreeland, Jr. and Peter Eisenman about the dissolution of CASE, Jan. 1968 Letter from Peter Waldman, 19 September 1968 Memo from Colin Rowe, Cornell University, October 16 1968
1968
CASE Meeting: Cambridge, 10 May 1968
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ARCH153541
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Two-page update of the situation of CASE by Stanford Anderson, 10 May 1968 Four letters from Richard Meier about New York CASE meetings, January & February 1968 Correspondence between Thomas R. Vreeland, Jr. and Peter Eisenman about the dissolution of CASE, Jan. 1968 Letter from Peter Waldman, 19 September 1968 Memo from Colin Rowe, Cornell University, October 16 1968
textual records
1968
DR1986:0073
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- This drawing shows four one-storey elevations for the Margret Schevill House: northwest elevation at top left; southwest elevation in upper centre; southeast elevation centre right; and northeast elevation at the bottom. The southwest and northeast elevations for the Margret Schevill House are measured in numbers; the other two are measured in letters.
architecture
before 5 April 1941
Presentation drawing showing four elevations for Margaret Schevill House, Tucson, Arizona
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DR1986:0073
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- This drawing shows four one-storey elevations for the Margret Schevill House: northwest elevation at top left; southwest elevation in upper centre; southeast elevation centre right; and northeast elevation at the bottom. The southwest and northeast elevations for the Margret Schevill House are measured in numbers; the other two are measured in letters.
architecture
archives
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Fonds
Peter Eisenman fonds
AP143
Synopsis:
The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
Peter Eisenman fonds
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AP143
Synopsis:
The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
archives
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Fonds
1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
textual records
IAUS 1973-1974
ARCH153470
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Memo concerning the Library from Suzanne (Frank?) Financial documents : salaries & consultant fees (1971, 1972); balance sheet (1976); budget predictions (1973-1976) Minutes of Executive Committee meeting, 6 June 1972 Minutes of Fellows Meeting, 25 April 1975 Correspondence : letters from funding institutions, AIA medal 1976, etc. Prospectus, 1976
1971-1976
IAUS 1973-1974
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ARCH153470
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Memo concerning the Library from Suzanne (Frank?) Financial documents : salaries & consultant fees (1971, 1972); balance sheet (1976); budget predictions (1973-1976) Minutes of Executive Committee meeting, 6 June 1972 Minutes of Fellows Meeting, 25 April 1975 Correspondence : letters from funding institutions, AIA medal 1976, etc. Prospectus, 1976
textual records
1971-1976
textual records
Quantity:
12 file
ARCH240759
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Invitation Lists (2 files) Anyone Fact-Check Participants Correspondence Copies of Letters to Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - General Info Anyone Conference 5/10,11,12 Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Kurt Forster) Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Erin, Maria, etc.) Anyone Conference 1991 - Schedule Anyone Publicity - Brochures
1991
Invitation designed by Massimo Vignelli for the inaugural Any conference
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ARCH240759
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Invitation Lists (2 files) Anyone Fact-Check Participants Correspondence Copies of Letters to Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - General Info Anyone Conference 5/10,11,12 Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Kurt Forster) Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Erin, Maria, etc.) Anyone Conference 1991 - Schedule Anyone Publicity - Brochures
textual records
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12 file
1991
textual records
Project documentation, Golden Rock Airport, Passenger Terminal Expansion, St. Kitts, West Indies
AP018.S1.1976.PR22.014
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This is a box containing contractor correspondence, site meeting reports, financial records, change orders, work orders, deficiency lists, interoffice letters, status reports, resource data, a reconnaissance report, construction and detail planning records, the joint venture agreement with the consulting architects, the project proposal, a bill of quantities for the Canadian government and specifications.
1976 - 1983
Project documentation, Golden Rock Airport, Passenger Terminal Expansion, St. Kitts, West Indies
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AP018.S1.1976.PR22.014
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This is a box containing contractor correspondence, site meeting reports, financial records, change orders, work orders, deficiency lists, interoffice letters, status reports, resource data, a reconnaissance report, construction and detail planning records, the joint venture agreement with the consulting architects, the project proposal, a bill of quantities for the Canadian government and specifications.
textual records
1976 - 1983
drawings, textual records
DR1995:0188:753-803
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correspondence, invoice, price lists, trade catalogues, clippings, sketches, meeting notes, draft Fun Palace booklet, publications, preliminary report on Fun Palace Project, consultants' letters of interest, promotional material, perspectives and conceptual thumbnail sketches, draft building programme, drawings for brochure layout, outline for article, meeting notes of film, architect's statement, and technical notes
Correspondence, invoice, price lists, trade catalogues
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DR1995:0188:753-803
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correspondence, invoice, price lists, trade catalogues, clippings, sketches, meeting notes, draft Fun Palace booklet, publications, preliminary report on Fun Palace Project, consultants' letters of interest, promotional material, perspectives and conceptual thumbnail sketches, draft building programme, drawings for brochure layout, outline for article, meeting notes of film, architect's statement, and technical notes
drawings, textual records
textual records
Trustees & Fellows
ARCH153457
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2 letters from Kenneth Frampton, April & June 1982 Minutes of the Fellow's meeting of June 22, 1982 IAUS, Preliminary Budget Proposal, FY1983 Various correspondence to PDE, 1982 Various memos and reports to PDE from secretary Cynthia Kemper List of Trustees and Fellows Letter of resignation from the Board of Walter Chatham PDE's application to the National Council of Architectural Registration Board, Oct. 1981
1982
Trustees & Fellows
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ARCH153457
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2 letters from Kenneth Frampton, April & June 1982 Minutes of the Fellow's meeting of June 22, 1982 IAUS, Preliminary Budget Proposal, FY1983 Various correspondence to PDE, 1982 Various memos and reports to PDE from secretary Cynthia Kemper List of Trustees and Fellows Letter of resignation from the Board of Walter Chatham PDE's application to the National Council of Architectural Registration Board, Oct. 1981
textual records
1982
textual records
ARCH153876
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“On Reading Architecture” by Mario Gandelsonas (typewritten) Xerox of Newseek (Oct. 27, 1980) The Architectural Discourse: Gandelsonas's Course 50 Riverside Tenants Corp (PDE's residence): financial statement, December 31, 1981. Postcard from John Lobell to PDE Fragment of a thesis (2 chapters), 2 copies with notes Letters to Michael Spens from MIT Press
1980-1981
Miscellaneous [Articles and Lectures]
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ARCH153876
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“On Reading Architecture” by Mario Gandelsonas (typewritten) Xerox of Newseek (Oct. 27, 1980) The Architectural Discourse: Gandelsonas's Course 50 Riverside Tenants Corp (PDE's residence): financial statement, December 31, 1981. Postcard from John Lobell to PDE Fragment of a thesis (2 chapters), 2 copies with notes Letters to Michael Spens from MIT Press
textual records
1980-1981