PH1980:0358:001
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- Glasgow Town Hall is identifed by a sign "[illeg.] ALL WORKING MEN'S CLUB". The keystones of the arcades of the building are carved with human heads and grotesques known as the "Tontine Heads".
architecture, sculpture
1868-1871
View of Glasgow Town Hall (now demolished) and the Tontine Hotel with an equestrian monument in the foreground, Scotland
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PH1980:0358:001
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- Glasgow Town Hall is identifed by a sign "[illeg.] ALL WORKING MEN'S CLUB". The keystones of the arcades of the building are carved with human heads and grotesques known as the "Tontine Heads".
architecture, sculpture
archives
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Fonds
Lars Spuybroek fonds
AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
1980s-2010
Lars Spuybroek fonds
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AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
archives
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Fonds
1980s-2010
drawings
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10 File
ARCH261324
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Site development drawings - master site plan, site and floor plans, Erickson/Massey sign, Phase II construction schedule, construction progress chart, elevations showing dimensions of a jade stone.
1964-1965
Site development drawings - master site plan, site and floor plans
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ARCH261324
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Site development drawings - master site plan, site and floor plans, Erickson/Massey sign, Phase II construction schedule, construction progress chart, elevations showing dimensions of a jade stone.
drawings
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10 File
1964-1965
textual records
Correspondence
ARCH255077
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11 files of correspondence concerning: outdoor site sign, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation codes, offers of services from other firms, inquiries for project information, sent and received document transmittals.
1984-1985
Correspondence
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ARCH255077
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11 files of correspondence concerning: outdoor site sign, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation codes, offers of services from other firms, inquiries for project information, sent and received document transmittals.
textual records
1984-1985
articles
Everyday Safety: Beware of Falling Fruit
Sony Devabhaktuni and Joanna Mansbridge on performances of everyday safety in Hong Kong
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Keep Safe
Project
AP144.S2.D13
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File documents a project for an arts centre at Bennington College, Vermont. It was designed by the Chicago-based firm of Robertson Ward Jr., F.A.I.A. for whom Price was a consultant while he worked on other projects in Detroit (see Detroit Think Grid, 1954-1968, AP144.S2.D73). Design requirements specified that no metal or rubber materials be used, and Price collaborated on the development of custom structural wood connectors. Architectural working drawings show Phase 1 of the project for a two-storey studio (1970). Later structural drawings, created in collaboration with Chicago consulting engineers, The Engineers Collaborative, show both a visual arts building and a performing arts building. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1973. All drawings are stamped and signed by Robertson Ward. Jr., registered architect, State of Vermont. Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains working drawings.
1970-1973
Bennington College Arts Centre
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AP144.S2.D13
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File documents a project for an arts centre at Bennington College, Vermont. It was designed by the Chicago-based firm of Robertson Ward Jr., F.A.I.A. for whom Price was a consultant while he worked on other projects in Detroit (see Detroit Think Grid, 1954-1968, AP144.S2.D73). Design requirements specified that no metal or rubber materials be used, and Price collaborated on the development of custom structural wood connectors. Architectural working drawings show Phase 1 of the project for a two-storey studio (1970). Later structural drawings, created in collaboration with Chicago consulting engineers, The Engineers Collaborative, show both a visual arts building and a performing arts building. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1973. All drawings are stamped and signed by Robertson Ward. Jr., registered architect, State of Vermont. Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains working drawings.
File 13
1970-1973
textual records
ARCH255023
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materials and drawings, site conditions and surveys, original drawing of Yorkdale sign placement, correspondence with James Carruthers and original drawings, consultants and drawings, including design sketches and structural detail drawings.
1974-1975
Materials and drawings, site conditions and surveys, correspondence
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ARCH255023
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materials and drawings, site conditions and surveys, original drawing of Yorkdale sign placement, correspondence with James Carruthers and original drawings, consultants and drawings, including design sketches and structural detail drawings.
textual records
1974-1975
Gilles Clément
French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 October 2006
Gilles Clément
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French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 October 2009 , 7pm
Geoff Manaugh: Cities of the CDC
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Sub-series
AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
1945-1975
Chandigarh, Inde = Chandigarh, India
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AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
Sous-série 3
1945-1975