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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant recipients: José Aragüez (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Britt Eversole (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Michael Kubo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Peter Minosh (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation); Bryan Norwood (Harvard(...)
June 2013 to August 2013
Doctoral Students Program 2013
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant recipients: José Aragüez (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Britt Eversole (Princeton University, Graduate School of Architecture); Michael Kubo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Peter Minosh (Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation); Bryan Norwood (Harvard(...)
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June 2013 to
August 2013
born digital
AP177.S1.008
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This file consists of the digital working files retained by RUR Architecture at their office. It was transferred to CCA on an EZ Drive cartridge identified “Reiser + Umemoto Kansai-kan National Diet Library”. The following files were forward-migrated to versions 6 and 7, or 8, of form*Z Project File format: Kansai Diagrams/diagram-1 Kansai 3-D Models/building/COMPLETE BUILDING Kansai 3-D Models/building/pig.1 Kansai 3-D Models/building/scissors They are available by consulting AP177.S1.008.FM Most common file formats: form*Z Project File, Macintosh PICT Image, Quark Xpress Data File, Microstation CAD Drawing, Graphics Interchange Format, Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES), Macromedia Freehand.
1996
RUR Architecture digital working files of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library
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AP177.S1.008
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This file consists of the digital working files retained by RUR Architecture at their office. It was transferred to CCA on an EZ Drive cartridge identified “Reiser + Umemoto Kansai-kan National Diet Library”. The following files were forward-migrated to versions 6 and 7, or 8, of form*Z Project File format: Kansai Diagrams/diagram-1 Kansai 3-D Models/building/COMPLETE BUILDING Kansai 3-D Models/building/pig.1 Kansai 3-D Models/building/scissors They are available by consulting AP177.S1.008.FM Most common file formats: form*Z Project File, Macintosh PICT Image, Quark Xpress Data File, Microstation CAD Drawing, Graphics Interchange Format, Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES), Macromedia Freehand.
born digital
1996
research
TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Alma Mikulinsky (University of Toronto); Inhye Kang (McGill University); Nicholas Roquet (McGill University); Leila Farah (McGill University); Deborah J. Watt (University of British Columbia); Nancy Cuthbert (University of Victoria); Dana Broadbent (McGill University); Carole Lévesque (Université de Montréal);(...)
January 2007 to November 2007
Doctoral Students Program 2007
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Alma Mikulinsky (University of Toronto); Inhye Kang (McGill University); Nicholas Roquet (McGill University); Leila Farah (McGill University); Deborah J. Watt (University of British Columbia); Nancy Cuthbert (University of Victoria); Dana Broadbent (McGill University); Carole Lévesque (Université de Montréal);(...)
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January 2007 to
November 2007
archives
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Cedric Price fonds
AP144
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The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
Cedric Price fonds
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AP144
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The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
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1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
Kenneth Frampton, Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton, Jacqueline Meyer
August 2017 to September 2017
“Dear Ken”: Reading the Archive Out Loud
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An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
Starting from... People
One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
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5 October 2011 to 22 January 2012
Starting from... People
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One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
Hall cases
Old Books New Cities
The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
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12 December 2013 to 15 June 2014
Old Books New Cities
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The pressing need to reconstruct cities after the Second World War and the sudden post-war rise in population led the public sector to assume an ever-increasing role in the design and construction of the urban environment. In different political contexts, large urban developments or the construction of entirely new towns were directed by municipal or state powers and(...)
Hall cases
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
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1996-2015
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Starting From... The Bubble
The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
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26 November 2009 to 17 January 2010
Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
Hall cases