The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Peguis First Nation and the Netley-Libau Marsh: Documenting Indigenous Land Use and Occupancy at the Mouth of Lake Winnipeg
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
DR1964:0016:001
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- This unfinished elevation is for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel composed of arched and pedimented altars and niches which are surmounted by an entablature supported by columns. Decorative elements include marble panels, swags, curtains, ornamental urns and candlesticks. Wash has been loosely applied to the right side of the drawing, while the left remains unfinished with a partially drawn altar and niche.
interior design
17th century
Elevation for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel
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DR1964:0016:001
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- This unfinished elevation is for a decorative programme, probably for a chapel composed of arched and pedimented altars and niches which are surmounted by an entablature supported by columns. Decorative elements include marble panels, swags, curtains, ornamental urns and candlesticks. Wash has been loosely applied to the right side of the drawing, while the left remains unfinished with a partially drawn altar and niche.
interior design
PH1980:0817:033
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Photograph depicts a tall, round structure constructed in stones. The structure appears old, with a deep crack down the front and evidence of patching jobs in the stonework. It has a pointed cone shaped roof constructed of wood. A narrow doorway supported by wooden beams is at centre with a small wood-framed window above it. The structure appears to be on a hilltop or similarly elevated area.
1889-1896
View of a round stone structure identified as a windmill in a field, Quebec, Canada
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PH1980:0817:033
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Photograph depicts a tall, round structure constructed in stones. The structure appears old, with a deep crack down the front and evidence of patching jobs in the stonework. It has a pointed cone shaped roof constructed of wood. A narrow doorway supported by wooden beams is at centre with a small wood-framed window above it. The structure appears to be on a hilltop or similarly elevated area.
photographs
ARCH193315
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Building demolition, photos (historic in terms of city's appearance); aerial photos of St. James St, St. Antoine, Notre Dame and University; photos of after demolition; retaining walls, excavation under CNR; caisson under rail tracks and girders, drilling, "strike", tiebacks for retaining walls, services supported along University Avenue.
entre janvier et mai 1966
Album de photographies relatives à l'échangeur rue University / autoroute Ville-Marie, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH193315
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Building demolition, photos (historic in terms of city's appearance); aerial photos of St. James St, St. Antoine, Notre Dame and University; photos of after demolition; retaining walls, excavation under CNR; caisson under rail tracks and girders, drilling, "strike", tiebacks for retaining walls, services supported along University Avenue.
photographs
entre janvier et mai 1966
DR1985:0289
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- Drawn from a higher vantage point than DR1985:0288, this drawing depicts the widely photographed south facade of Fallingwater, with its cantilevered stepped terraces, supported in part by parapets which act as upturned carrying beams, and dominant central chimney into which main beams are anchored. The lesser beam rests on an existing boulder (Zevi & Kaufmann, Jr., 1962, 22-23; Hoffman, 1978, 13, 40).
architecture
between December 1935 and January 1936
Bird's-eye perspective sketch for Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania, showing an oblique view of the south elevation over the waterfall
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DR1985:0289
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- Drawn from a higher vantage point than DR1985:0288, this drawing depicts the widely photographed south facade of Fallingwater, with its cantilevered stepped terraces, supported in part by parapets which act as upturned carrying beams, and dominant central chimney into which main beams are anchored. The lesser beam rests on an existing boulder (Zevi & Kaufmann, Jr., 1962, 22-23; Hoffman, 1978, 13, 40).
architecture
drawings, textual records, works of art
DR1982:0125 V:001-016
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- The fourteen drawings depict six designs for the coronation arch of Alberto I, two designs for a structure resembling a mausoleum set into a monumental staircase, a design for a fountain supporting the coats of arms of Alberto I, and city views, including a view of a bridge culminating in a giant pavilion. The two photomechanical prints show a plan of Durham Cathedral and a design for a lion which is partly torn off.
architecture
second half of the 19th century
Fourteen sketches for buildings and monuments honouring Alberto I, and two prints
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DR1982:0125 V:001-016
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- The fourteen drawings depict six designs for the coronation arch of Alberto I, two designs for a structure resembling a mausoleum set into a monumental staircase, a design for a fountain supporting the coats of arms of Alberto I, and city views, including a view of a bridge culminating in a giant pavilion. The two photomechanical prints show a plan of Durham Cathedral and a design for a lion which is partly torn off.
drawings, textual records, works of art
second half of the 19th century
architecture
textual records
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16 file
Fund Raising
ARCH241941
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Fund Raising Guggenheim Fund Raising Efforts / Any New York State Council of the Arts AJ / Letter / [Charles] Gwathmey Shimizu [Corporation] Contract Shimizu Correspondence Any - Graham Foundation Graham Foundation - Anyplace Grant Foundation Research Advanta - Any - Braun [National Endowment for the Arts] NEA Grant [Illinois Institute of Technology] IIT Grants (Any 24) Any - Academic Supporters Grant Literature 97-98 Finances Computer and Fax Info; Other equipment
1991-2000
Fund Raising
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ARCH241941
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Fund Raising Guggenheim Fund Raising Efforts / Any New York State Council of the Arts AJ / Letter / [Charles] Gwathmey Shimizu [Corporation] Contract Shimizu Correspondence Any - Graham Foundation Graham Foundation - Anyplace Grant Foundation Research Advanta - Any - Braun [National Endowment for the Arts] NEA Grant [Illinois Institute of Technology] IIT Grants (Any 24) Any - Academic Supporters Grant Literature 97-98 Finances Computer and Fax Info; Other equipment
textual records
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16 file
1991-2000
DR1988:0323
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- This print depicts an altarpiece with two columns supporting a broken pediment. In the centre is a painting depicting the Annunciation, with the angel Gabriel desending from the upper right. The painting is flanked by large sculpted angels and surmounted by three winged putti and a sculpted decorative head. - The incomplete series of numbered prints, DR1988:0306 - DR1988:0331, shows Early Baroque church facades in Rome, altars, tombs, wall monuments, tabernacles and an antique temple.
architecture
printed during the first half of the 17th century
Design for an altar with an altarpiece showing the Annunciation
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DR1988:0323
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- This print depicts an altarpiece with two columns supporting a broken pediment. In the centre is a painting depicting the Annunciation, with the angel Gabriel desending from the upper right. The painting is flanked by large sculpted angels and surmounted by three winged putti and a sculpted decorative head. - The incomplete series of numbered prints, DR1988:0306 - DR1988:0331, shows Early Baroque church facades in Rome, altars, tombs, wall monuments, tabernacles and an antique temple.
architecture
drawings
Détails divers
ARCH8224
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Détails divers : diagramme de localisation des robinets d'incendie extérieurs, détails des citernes à cadavres. Aile D : enchevalement du plancher de la salle D115 pour supporter les équipements du Conseil national de recherches (CNR), plan de la chambre de radium du CNR. Aile G : détail du comptoir de la cafétéria, 4e étage. Aile I : enchevalement du plancher de la salle I107. Ailes K et L : plans du dépôt de livres, plan clef du mobilier de la bibliothèque. Ailes L et H' : détails des canalisations principales d'urgence. Aile F' : emplacement des casiers dans la salle F'504 (dessins 71 à 81, 81A).
1942-1944
Détails divers
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ARCH8224
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Détails divers : diagramme de localisation des robinets d'incendie extérieurs, détails des citernes à cadavres. Aile D : enchevalement du plancher de la salle D115 pour supporter les équipements du Conseil national de recherches (CNR), plan de la chambre de radium du CNR. Aile G : détail du comptoir de la cafétéria, 4e étage. Aile I : enchevalement du plancher de la salle I107. Ailes K et L : plans du dépôt de livres, plan clef du mobilier de la bibliothèque. Ailes L et H' : détails des canalisations principales d'urgence. Aile F' : emplacement des casiers dans la salle F'504 (dessins 71 à 81, 81A).
drawings
1942-1944
archives
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Fonds
AP181
Synopsis:
The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
1994-2015
COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records
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AP181
Synopsis:
The COOP HIMMELB(L)AU BMW Welt project records, 1994-2007, document the design of the firm’s BMW Welt project, also known as BMW World, in Munich, Germany. The archive consists of approximately 52, 400 born-digital files representing the greater part of the digital archive of the project, as well as 52 of the study models made in the earlier stages of the project.
archives
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Fonds
1994-2015