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research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
1 June, 6 p.m.
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
textual records, graphic materials
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11 textual record(s) and ephemera
DR1987:0866:001-011
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- This group of correspondence, clippings and a copy of a resolution was compiled by the architect, Lloyd Wright, for his own record while he was persuing the commission for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Mines Field, California. While Wright received the approval of the Municipal Art Commission, his design was ultimately rejected by the Airport Committee in favour of a Spanish Colonial design. The correspondence is composed of carbon copies and mimeographs of a letter sent to the Municipal Art Commission requesting that the commission consider his design. There are several copies of this letter, probably because it was sent to individual committee members and a copy was made of each letter. Of the newspaper clippings, three relate to the Mines Field project; the most significant is a half-page spread with photographs of both Lloyd Wright's project and the successful Spanish Colonial design. Also on the same page are photographs of four of people involved in the commission, including Lloyd Wright, a councilman, a member of the art commission, and the airport manager. The two other Mines Field clippings announce the completion of an aircraft factory at Mines Field and the completion of the municipal airport within thirty days. The unrelated clipping announces a model airport to be built in Chicago. Also included with these documents are a copy of the resolution made by the Municipal Art Commission recommending Wright's design to the Airport Committee and an envelope addressed to Clifford Henderson, Director of Municipal Airports, City of Los Angeles.
architecture
printed 1929
Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Newspaper clippings, copies of a letter and a copy of a resolution relating to Lloyd Wright's design
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DR1987:0866:001-011
Description:
- This group of correspondence, clippings and a copy of a resolution was compiled by the architect, Lloyd Wright, for his own record while he was persuing the commission for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Mines Field, California. While Wright received the approval of the Municipal Art Commission, his design was ultimately rejected by the Airport Committee in favour of a Spanish Colonial design. The correspondence is composed of carbon copies and mimeographs of a letter sent to the Municipal Art Commission requesting that the commission consider his design. There are several copies of this letter, probably because it was sent to individual committee members and a copy was made of each letter. Of the newspaper clippings, three relate to the Mines Field project; the most significant is a half-page spread with photographs of both Lloyd Wright's project and the successful Spanish Colonial design. Also on the same page are photographs of four of people involved in the commission, including Lloyd Wright, a councilman, a member of the art commission, and the airport manager. The two other Mines Field clippings announce the completion of an aircraft factory at Mines Field and the completion of the municipal airport within thirty days. The unrelated clipping announces a model airport to be built in Chicago. Also included with these documents are a copy of the resolution made by the Municipal Art Commission recommending Wright's design to the Airport Committee and an envelope addressed to Clifford Henderson, Director of Municipal Airports, City of Los Angeles.
textual records, graphic materials
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11 textual record(s) and ephemera
printed 1929
architecture
archives
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Fonds
AP226
Synopsis:
The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
1970 - 2011
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds
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AP226
Synopsis:
The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1970 - 2011
textual records, models
ARCH165840
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Maquette reprenant la forme de la Maison Coloniale, composée de 2 paquets de chèques (dépenses relatives à la Maison Coloniale) et de matériaux divers
Maquette reprenant la forme de la Maison Coloniale
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ARCH165840
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Maquette reprenant la forme de la Maison Coloniale, composée de 2 paquets de chèques (dépenses relatives à la Maison Coloniale) et de matériaux divers
textual records, models
webpages
Living Lands
Details of ongoing commitments and projects that share the aims of providing support and resources to Indigenous communities and researchers to interrogate the built environment, and of reshaping our own institutional understanding of the work we do as a settler institution intent on pushing architectural thinking forward.
Living Lands
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Summary:
Details of ongoing commitments and projects that share the aims of providing support and resources to Indigenous communities and researchers to interrogate the built environment, and of reshaping our own institutional understanding of the work we do as a settler institution intent on pushing architectural thinking forward.
webpages
Learning from... Shanghai
In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
7 May 2009
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
drawings, textual records, photographs
ARCH170989
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Coupures de journaux, photographies et reproduction de photographies de la Maison Coloniale et d'autres édifices du quartier
1988-1990
Coupures de journaux, photographies et reproduction de photographies
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ARCH170989
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Coupures de journaux, photographies et reproduction de photographies de la Maison Coloniale et d'autres édifices du quartier
drawings, textual records, photographs
1988-1990
Maison Coloniale: model
ARCH165838
Description:
Maquette de la Maison Coloniale Note: La maquette nécessite des réparations mineures fabriquée par Ghislain Bélanger
1986-1990
Maison Coloniale: model
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ARCH165838
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Maquette de la Maison Coloniale Note: La maquette nécessite des réparations mineures fabriquée par Ghislain Bélanger
articles
Lina Bo Bardi as Migrant: from Collector to Cohabitant
Ana María León on modernity, coloniality, and identity
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Of Migration
drawings
ARCH163837
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- Carnet de croquis, noir - Toronto Waterworks - Mobilier pour l'exposition "À table" - Boston Metro, structure du plafond et mobilier, détail de l'entrée - Maison Coloniale, escalier
1988
Toronto Waterworks, "À table", Boston Metro, Maison Coloniale
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ARCH163837
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- Carnet de croquis, noir - Toronto Waterworks - Mobilier pour l'exposition "À table" - Boston Metro, structure du plafond et mobilier, détail de l'entrée - Maison Coloniale, escalier
drawings
1988