textual records
ARCH276173
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19 files - Group includes working files of the virtual firm, Atelier and general office files. Files are organized alphabetically and contain the following: Indonesia - Madura; India; Intrawest; Irish Memorial; Japanese Landscape Conference; Tokyo International Forum; Japan Kansai-Kan Library; Jeddah; Jeddah - Architectura; J.S. Building Openings; Institute of Education, Hong Kong; Al Buhairat City, Saudi Arabia; Keller Dale (1992-1993); Kripacz, Jose C.V.; Kaufamn; Kenzo Tang Association; Kuwait Current; Kuwait, Oil Sector Complex; Kuwait Waterfront.
1992-1997
Working files from firm Atelier and general office files
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ARCH276173
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19 files - Group includes working files of the virtual firm, Atelier and general office files. Files are organized alphabetically and contain the following: Indonesia - Madura; India; Intrawest; Irish Memorial; Japanese Landscape Conference; Tokyo International Forum; Japan Kansai-Kan Library; Jeddah; Jeddah - Architectura; J.S. Building Openings; Institute of Education, Hong Kong; Al Buhairat City, Saudi Arabia; Keller Dale (1992-1993); Kripacz, Jose C.V.; Kaufamn; Kenzo Tang Association; Kuwait Current; Kuwait, Oil Sector Complex; Kuwait Waterfront.
textual records
1992-1997
photographs
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16 photograph(s)
ARCH280883
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Group consists of photographs of models for Chandigarh, India, including photographs of the models for the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12, model for the University Library in sector 14 and the Government press building in sector 18. There is also a photograph of a model of the general layout of the sector 17 and a photograph of a model of the Chandigarh site. The group also includes photographs of the Nehru Memorial in sector 14.
between 1953 and 1963
Photographs of buildings and general layout model for Chandigarh
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ARCH280883
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Group consists of photographs of models for Chandigarh, India, including photographs of the models for the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12, model for the University Library in sector 14 and the Government press building in sector 18. There is also a photograph of a model of the general layout of the sector 17 and a photograph of a model of the Chandigarh site. The group also includes photographs of the Nehru Memorial in sector 14.
photographs
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16 photograph(s)
between 1953 and 1963
photographs
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10 photograph(s)
ARCH269666
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Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Pierre Jeanneret smoking in his office at the Architects's office in sector 19 - Le Corbusier and an indian journalist at the Bhakra Dam, near Talwara - Le Corbusier sitting in a car - Le Corbusier working at the Bhakra Dam - Sketches by Le Corbusier (2 photographs) - Entrance of an rural house - A man with two cobras - Women and children spinning string in a rural home near Chandigarh - A woman and a baby
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs predominantly of Chandigarh
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ARCH269666
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Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - Pierre Jeanneret smoking in his office at the Architects's office in sector 19 - Le Corbusier and an indian journalist at the Bhakra Dam, near Talwara - Le Corbusier sitting in a car - Le Corbusier working at the Bhakra Dam - Sketches by Le Corbusier (2 photographs) - Entrance of an rural house - A man with two cobras - Women and children spinning string in a rural home near Chandigarh - A woman and a baby
photographs
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10 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH269668
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Group consists of various photographs in Chandigarh, India, including: - Sketches by Le Corbusier for the Capitol Complex - Museum and Art Gallery in sector 10 - The Gandhi Bhawan and the University Library at Panjab University in sector 14 - Interior of the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research reflecting on a pool in sector 12 - People walking in front of the Shop-Cum-Flat II - Workers in a scaffolding - Men on bikes in a Chandigarh street
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH269668
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Group consists of various photographs in Chandigarh, India, including: - Sketches by Le Corbusier for the Capitol Complex - Museum and Art Gallery in sector 10 - The Gandhi Bhawan and the University Library at Panjab University in sector 14 - Interior of the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research in sector 12 - Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research reflecting on a pool in sector 12 - People walking in front of the Shop-Cum-Flat II - Workers in a scaffolding - Men on bikes in a Chandigarh street
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
drawings, textual records
ARCH267676
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Sketches by Pierre Jeanneret depicting studies for dwelling(s) and other building(s), including plans, facades, details, and building materials, as well as furniture. Some sketches are annotated by the artist and include mathematical calculations. It is likely that sketche(s) depict buildings in Chandigarh, India. Further research is required. Also contains: - A drawing depicting a colossus with a foot in Chandigarh and a foot in Durgapur. - Notes pertaning to the construction and design of unidentified buildings. - Notes pertaining to the use of building materials.
between 1951-1962
Sketches by Pierre Jeanneret depicting studies for dwelling(s) and other building(s)
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ARCH267676
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Sketches by Pierre Jeanneret depicting studies for dwelling(s) and other building(s), including plans, facades, details, and building materials, as well as furniture. Some sketches are annotated by the artist and include mathematical calculations. It is likely that sketche(s) depict buildings in Chandigarh, India. Further research is required. Also contains: - A drawing depicting a colossus with a foot in Chandigarh and a foot in Durgapur. - Notes pertaning to the construction and design of unidentified buildings. - Notes pertaining to the use of building materials.
drawings, textual records
between 1951-1962
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH269673
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Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Bas-relief of a tree in concrete - Bas-relief of the "Modulor Man" in concrete - The Assembly tower in construction in the Capitol Complex - Detail of the Assembly cornice (2 photographs) - Workers in a scaffolding - Women carrying a basket in their hands - The administration building at the Panjab University in sector 14 - Children and a baby sleeping in a basket - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH269673
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Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Bas-relief of a tree in concrete - Bas-relief of the "Modulor Man" in concrete - The Assembly tower in construction in the Capitol Complex - Detail of the Assembly cornice (2 photographs) - Workers in a scaffolding - Women carrying a basket in their hands - The administration building at the Panjab University in sector 14 - Children and a baby sleeping in a basket - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model
photographs
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10 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
DR1987:0352
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- The entire site appears at lower left, sketched in graphite with the amphibian landing, dock, hangars and airplane circulation route highlighted in India ink. This sketch, and the others on this sheet that deal with the path taxiing airplanes will follow in picking up and depositing passengers at the station, are part of a series of eight drawings (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390). For a more detailed discussion of this drawing and its relationship to others in this series, consult Shubert.
architecture
1929
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Sketch plan for the airport showing alternate designs for airplane circulation
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DR1987:0352
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- The entire site appears at lower left, sketched in graphite with the amphibian landing, dock, hangars and airplane circulation route highlighted in India ink. This sketch, and the others on this sheet that deal with the path taxiing airplanes will follow in picking up and depositing passengers at the station, are part of a series of eight drawings (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390). For a more detailed discussion of this drawing and its relationship to others in this series, consult Shubert.
architecture
articles
A Matter of Terms
Critical Cataloguing, Pierre Jeanneret, CCA archive, United Africa Company, terminology, archival descriptions, changing terms, peon, Chandigarh, India
23 May 2023
A Matter of Terms
Jennifer Préfontaine, Michele Tenzon, Ewan Harrison, Iain Jackson, Claire Tunstall, and Rixt Woudstra discuss changing terms in archival descriptions
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photographs
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10 photograph(s)
Photographs of Chandigarh
ARCH269671
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Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model makers at work (2 photographs) - Portrait of Pierre Jeanneret - Pierre Jeanneret and Jawaharlal Nehru at Gandhi Bhawan inauguration - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model - Pierre Jeanneret sitting on the branch of a tree with three unidentified men - Sketches by Le Corbusier - Woman standing near a rural home - Two women walking away with baskets in their hands - A man and a child plowing the ground with two oxen
between 1951 and 1965
Photographs of Chandigarh
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ARCH269671
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Group consists of photographs of Chandigarh, India, including: - Model makers at work (2 photographs) - Portrait of Pierre Jeanneret - Pierre Jeanneret and Jawaharlal Nehru at Gandhi Bhawan inauguration - Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Parmeshwari Lal Varma discussing in front of the Chandigarh general layout model - Pierre Jeanneret sitting on the branch of a tree with three unidentified men - Sketches by Le Corbusier - Woman standing near a rural home - Two women walking away with baskets in their hands - A man and a child plowing the ground with two oxen
photographs
Quantity:
10 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965