DR2019:0019
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Photograph of a model for one of four "Folly" projects designed by Agrest and Gandelsonas for the exhibition "Architecture III: Follies: Architecture for the Late Twentieth-Century Landscape" at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, October 22-November 19, 1983
between 1983 and 1995
Photograph of model for Folly Three: The Rigorous Abolition of History
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DR2019:0019
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Photograph of a model for one of four "Folly" projects designed by Agrest and Gandelsonas for the exhibition "Architecture III: Follies: Architecture for the Late Twentieth-Century Landscape" at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, October 22-November 19, 1983
between 1983 and 1995
DR2019:0020
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Photograph of a model for one of four "Folly" projects designed by Agrest and Gandelsonas for the exhibition "Architecture III: Follies: Architecture for the Late Twentieth-Century Landscape" at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, October 22-November 19, 1983
between 1983 and 1995?
Photograph of model for Folly Two: Six Hundred Leagues of Stone
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DR2019:0020
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Photograph of a model for one of four "Folly" projects designed by Agrest and Gandelsonas for the exhibition "Architecture III: Follies: Architecture for the Late Twentieth-Century Landscape" at Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, October 22-November 19, 1983
between 1983 and 1995?
archives
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AP194
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The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
1995-2000
Johan Bettum OCEAN North project records
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AP194
Synopsis:
The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
archives
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1995-2000
photographs
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183 photograph(s)
PH1987:0633-0815
Description:
- This group of 183 photographs documents the study trip of September 1932 to the Soviet Union organized by André Bloc, editor of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (PH1987:0633-PH1987:0815). There are 162 views of buildings, 20 portraits, and one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (PH1987:0700). - There are 77 views of buildings in Kharkov, Zaporozhe and Kiev [?], Soviet Union (now Ukraine). The 32 views of buildings in Kharkov include: 14 views of Dzerzhinskaya Square showing the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings and/or the House of Planning Organizations buildings; six views of the Head Post Office; six views of workers' housing and the club-cafeteria of the Kharkov Tractor Plant (KhTZ) Settlement; four views of the Automated Telephone Station (ATS); and one view each of Revolution Theatre and industrial housing. Also included is one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism. -- The 44 views of buildings in Zaporozhe include: 28 views of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station, one an interior view; one view of the Dneprostroi Head Office building; 12 views of communal housing, two showing the cafeteria; two views of an apartment house, and one view of a store entrance. -- There is one view of an entrance to a Dinamo Stadium, possibly in Kiev. - There are 55 views of buildings in Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union (now Russia). The 49 views of buildings in Moscow include: 20 views of the All-Union Electro-Technical Association administration building; 10 views of the VTsIK residential complex, including two views of the clubhouse; five views of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building; three views of Dinamo Stadium; two views of the Zuev Club (club for communal services workers); and one view each of Udarnik Cinema, Mechanized Canteen no. 1, a square with the Kremlin in the background, and the Hotel Octobre. There are also five views of communal housing in Moscow. -- The six views of buildings in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) include four views of the Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, one view of an apartment house, and one view of a park [?] entrance with the Admiralty in the background. - There are six views of buildings in Poland including: four views of the Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland and two views of an unidentified building. - There are 23 views of buildings whose location has not been determined including: 14 views of apartment houses, one of which is possibly a medical clinic; three views of communal services [?] building, two of which may be apartment houses; two views of a multifunctional building showing stores and apartments; and one view each of a Modernist house, a kiosk and church, an office or government office building, and an unidentified building. Also included is a view of a landscape showing a lake with mountains in the background. - There are 20 portraits of study tour partipants including 10 portraits taken in the train, four group portraits taken on a train stop in Hannover, Germany, two group portraits taken after a meeting of the Society for Foreign Cultural Relations (VOKS), and group portraits of study tour members in the Building Museum, Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), at dinner in Warsaw, Poland, and in a garden pavilion. There is one portrait of Professor Einhorn delivering a lecture on Kharkov urbanisation in Kharkov.
architecture, engineering, portrait, urban planning
September 1932
Photographs of buildings and urban development taken during the Study Tour of September 1932 organized by André Bloc of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui magazine, Soviet Union (now in Russia and Ukraine)
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PH1987:0633-0815
Description:
- This group of 183 photographs documents the study trip of September 1932 to the Soviet Union organized by André Bloc, editor of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (PH1987:0633-PH1987:0815). There are 162 views of buildings, 20 portraits, and one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (PH1987:0700). - There are 77 views of buildings in Kharkov, Zaporozhe and Kiev [?], Soviet Union (now Ukraine). The 32 views of buildings in Kharkov include: 14 views of Dzerzhinskaya Square showing the Department of Industry and Planning (Gosprom) buildings and/or the House of Planning Organizations buildings; six views of the Head Post Office; six views of workers' housing and the club-cafeteria of the Kharkov Tractor Plant (KhTZ) Settlement; four views of the Automated Telephone Station (ATS); and one view each of Revolution Theatre and industrial housing. Also included is one photograph of a perspective drawing for the House of Political Prisoners of Tsarism. -- The 44 views of buildings in Zaporozhe include: 28 views of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station, one an interior view; one view of the Dneprostroi Head Office building; 12 views of communal housing, two showing the cafeteria; two views of an apartment house, and one view of a store entrance. -- There is one view of an entrance to a Dinamo Stadium, possibly in Kiev. - There are 55 views of buildings in Moscow and Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union (now Russia). The 49 views of buildings in Moscow include: 20 views of the All-Union Electro-Technical Association administration building; 10 views of the VTsIK residential complex, including two views of the clubhouse; five views of the Narkomfin (People's Commissariat for Finance) Apartment Building; three views of Dinamo Stadium; two views of the Zuev Club (club for communal services workers); and one view each of Udarnik Cinema, Mechanized Canteen no. 1, a square with the Kremlin in the background, and the Hotel Octobre. There are also five views of communal housing in Moscow. -- The six views of buildings in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) include four views of the Vyborgskaya Mechanized Canteen, one view of an apartment house, and one view of a park [?] entrance with the Admiralty in the background. - There are six views of buildings in Poland including: four views of the Central Institute of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland and two views of an unidentified building. - There are 23 views of buildings whose location has not been determined including: 14 views of apartment houses, one of which is possibly a medical clinic; three views of communal services [?] building, two of which may be apartment houses; two views of a multifunctional building showing stores and apartments; and one view each of a Modernist house, a kiosk and church, an office or government office building, and an unidentified building. Also included is a view of a landscape showing a lake with mountains in the background. - There are 20 portraits of study tour partipants including 10 portraits taken in the train, four group portraits taken on a train stop in Hannover, Germany, two group portraits taken after a meeting of the Society for Foreign Cultural Relations (VOKS), and group portraits of study tour members in the Building Museum, Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), at dinner in Warsaw, Poland, and in a garden pavilion. There is one portrait of Professor Einhorn delivering a lecture on Kharkov urbanisation in Kharkov.
photographs
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183 photograph(s)
September 1932
architecture, engineering, portrait, urban planning
Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
15 November 2024 to 30 March 2025
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
textual records
AP075.S3.SS1.019
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Contains typescript text for the following lectures by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: - The Magic of Sand - Indoors and Out - Planning for Play Everywhere. Play in Hospitals, 1984. - Landscape Architecture in the 20th Century: The Relationship of Architecture and - Landscape Architecture. Museum of Modern Art October 21-22. - Lecture given at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1954. - The TVA as creator of a Regional Landscape. - Greening the City. University of Texas. November 18, 1994. - The Garden in My Life and My Work. Western Washington University. June 14, 1988. - Nature in the City: or, the City in Nature. Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance, Calgary, Alberta. February 11, 1987. - Address to the Graduating Classes in Agrcultural Sciences, Applied Science, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Forestry, - Interdisciplinary Studies. The University of British Columbia. May 29, 1991. - The Garden as Art. Van Dusen Botanical Garden. October 2, 1990. - Landscapes that Shaped Vancouver. The Society of Architectural Historians. October 13, 2000. - Breaking Ground. Smith College. March 26, 2001. - Green Spaces: Inspiring Landscapes by Women - Landscape Architecture in the Next Millenium. Hotel Vancouver. March 29, 1999. - Landscape Architecture: Bridge Between Buliding and Nature. Toronto, ON. November 26, 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. Harvard University. March 27, 2001. - Leadership in Landscape: Sustainable Development Directions for the Future. Smith College. March 18, 1998. - Linking Places to Design: An Ecological Approach. Alaska Design Forum Lecture. April 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. February 22, 2001. - The Meanings of Gardens… Transformed. University of Virginia. March 23, 2001. - Landscape Architecture North of the Arctic Circle. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. March 26, 2007. - Landscape Architecture Aesthetics and Sustainability. Palm Springs, CA. March 15, 2008. - Limiting Footprints: Low Impact Technologies. University of Arkansas. February 20, 2005. - Conservation of 20th Century Canadian Landscapes. ASLA CSLA Montreal. September 22, 2001. - Government Complex of the Province of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Changes of a City. October 11, 1979. - Heritage of Green Spaces: Robson Square. Vancouver Heritage Foundation. April 21, 2010. - Where Architecture Meets the Trees. Smith College. February 29, 1992. - Green Roofs and Sustainable Development: Ideas into Action. McGill University. October 21, 2005.
1954-2010
Texts of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for various lectures
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AP075.S3.SS1.019
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Contains typescript text for the following lectures by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: - The Magic of Sand - Indoors and Out - Planning for Play Everywhere. Play in Hospitals, 1984. - Landscape Architecture in the 20th Century: The Relationship of Architecture and - Landscape Architecture. Museum of Modern Art October 21-22. - Lecture given at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 1954. - The TVA as creator of a Regional Landscape. - Greening the City. University of Texas. November 18, 1994. - The Garden in My Life and My Work. Western Washington University. June 14, 1988. - Nature in the City: or, the City in Nature. Architecture and Urban Studies Alliance, Calgary, Alberta. February 11, 1987. - Address to the Graduating Classes in Agrcultural Sciences, Applied Science, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community and Regional Planning, Forestry, - Interdisciplinary Studies. The University of British Columbia. May 29, 1991. - The Garden as Art. Van Dusen Botanical Garden. October 2, 1990. - Landscapes that Shaped Vancouver. The Society of Architectural Historians. October 13, 2000. - Breaking Ground. Smith College. March 26, 2001. - Green Spaces: Inspiring Landscapes by Women - Landscape Architecture in the Next Millenium. Hotel Vancouver. March 29, 1999. - Landscape Architecture: Bridge Between Buliding and Nature. Toronto, ON. November 26, 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. Harvard University. March 27, 2001. - Leadership in Landscape: Sustainable Development Directions for the Future. Smith College. March 18, 1998. - Linking Places to Design: An Ecological Approach. Alaska Design Forum Lecture. April 1999. - Limiting Footprints: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Architecture. February 22, 2001. - The Meanings of Gardens… Transformed. University of Virginia. March 23, 2001. - Landscape Architecture North of the Arctic Circle. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. March 26, 2007. - Landscape Architecture Aesthetics and Sustainability. Palm Springs, CA. March 15, 2008. - Limiting Footprints: Low Impact Technologies. University of Arkansas. February 20, 2005. - Conservation of 20th Century Canadian Landscapes. ASLA CSLA Montreal. September 22, 2001. - Government Complex of the Province of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC: Changes of a City. October 11, 1979. - Heritage of Green Spaces: Robson Square. Vancouver Heritage Foundation. April 21, 2010. - Where Architecture Meets the Trees. Smith College. February 29, 1992. - Green Roofs and Sustainable Development: Ideas into Action. McGill University. October 21, 2005.
textual records
1954-2010
Project
AP075.S1.2012.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's work as a consultanh architects for the revitalisation of the green roof and upper floors planters of the Vancouver Public Library, also know as Library Square, on West Georgia Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project from 2008-2012 with landscape architects firm Enns Gauthier Landscape Architects and architectural firms Safdie Architects and DA Architects + Planners. The project consisted mainly in assessment, maintenance and replanting of trampled area or badly maintained trees. The project series contains a few sketches, working drawings, including higher levels floor plans, sections and site plans, and renderings. The project is also documented through project proposal, specifications, correspondence with architects and consultants, reports, financial document, meetings notes and documentation.
2001-2018
Vancouver Public Library green roof, Vancouver, British Columbia (2012)
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AP075.S1.2012.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's work as a consultanh architects for the revitalisation of the green roof and upper floors planters of the Vancouver Public Library, also know as Library Square, on West Georgia Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project from 2008-2012 with landscape architects firm Enns Gauthier Landscape Architects and architectural firms Safdie Architects and DA Architects + Planners. The project consisted mainly in assessment, maintenance and replanting of trampled area or badly maintained trees. The project series contains a few sketches, working drawings, including higher levels floor plans, sections and site plans, and renderings. The project is also documented through project proposal, specifications, correspondence with architects and consultants, reports, financial document, meetings notes and documentation.
Project
2001-2018
drawings
ARCH274218
Description:
Contains a design development submission (bound set of drawings) that includes general, landscape, architecture, structural, plumbing, mechanical and electrical drawings. There are also a few electrophotographic prints of plans.
ca. 2004
Portfolio containing a design development submission for the project Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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ARCH274218
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Contains a design development submission (bound set of drawings) that includes general, landscape, architecture, structural, plumbing, mechanical and electrical drawings. There are also a few electrophotographic prints of plans.
drawings
ca. 2004
PH1999:0172
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Photograph commissioned by Vanity Fair. Published in Vanity Fair, "Season in the Sun", August 1999.Outside the bar, counterclockwise from rear left: former pastry chef Albert Kumin, former press agent Roger Martin, landscape architect Karl Linn, architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, project director Phyllis Lambert, architect Philip Johnson, sculptor Richard Lippold, lawyer Lester Klepper, former co-owner Tom Margittai. Inside the bar, from left: former executive chef Seppi Renggli, current chef Hitsch Albin, former press agent Philip Miles, current pastry chef Patrick Lemblé, adman George Lois, food writer Mimi Sheraton, sculptor Marilynn Gelfman Karp, adman Ron Holland, menu and logo designer Emil Antonucci, former director George Lang, current co-directors Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini.
architecture
19 March 1999; 14 April 1999
Group portrait of the original creative team of the Four Seasons Restaurant Grill Room, including Phyllis Lambert and Philip Johnson, Restaurant Four Seasons, Seagram Building, New York City, New York, United States
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PH1999:0172
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Photograph commissioned by Vanity Fair. Published in Vanity Fair, "Season in the Sun", August 1999.Outside the bar, counterclockwise from rear left: former pastry chef Albert Kumin, former press agent Roger Martin, landscape architect Karl Linn, architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable, project director Phyllis Lambert, architect Philip Johnson, sculptor Richard Lippold, lawyer Lester Klepper, former co-owner Tom Margittai. Inside the bar, from left: former executive chef Seppi Renggli, current chef Hitsch Albin, former press agent Philip Miles, current pastry chef Patrick Lemblé, adman George Lois, food writer Mimi Sheraton, sculptor Marilynn Gelfman Karp, adman Ron Holland, menu and logo designer Emil Antonucci, former director George Lang, current co-directors Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini.
architecture
Project
AP075.S1.2005.PR05
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus, a high school and community facility on Willow Street, at the corne of 41st Avenue, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project from 2005-2007 with architectural firm Acton Ostry Architects. The landscape project comprises the addition of trees along 41st Avenue and Willow Street, while preserving existing ones, and the design of three paved terraces along the north side of the building and creating the planting plant, that included a rainwater garden next to the east terrace. The project series contains solely four site and planting plans with plants list, and a detail section plan for the terraces.
2005-2007
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia (2005)
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AP075.S1.2005.PR05
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Jewish Community Campus, a high school and community facility on Willow Street, at the corne of 41st Avenue, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project from 2005-2007 with architectural firm Acton Ostry Architects. The landscape project comprises the addition of trees along 41st Avenue and Willow Street, while preserving existing ones, and the design of three paved terraces along the north side of the building and creating the planting plant, that included a rainwater garden next to the east terrace. The project series contains solely four site and planting plans with plants list, and a detail section plan for the terraces.
Project
2005-2007