Sub-series
Dead projects
AP140.S2.SS2
Description:
Sub-series documents "dead projects", by the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. These projects are those which did not lead to commissions, or the production of drawings, but were preliminary contacts or negotiations between clients and competition organizers and the architectural firms. Most of these projects were for locations in the United States, but also include locations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Iran, France, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1963 and probably 2002. Sub-series contains textual records, such as notes, proposals, correspondence with clients or consultants, reports, building programs, contracts or agreements. It also contains maps of sites and cadastral plans used as reference, and site plans.
circa 1963-2002
Dead projects
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AP140.S2.SS2
Description:
Sub-series documents "dead projects", by the successive firms of Stirling and Gowan; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. These projects are those which did not lead to commissions, or the production of drawings, but were preliminary contacts or negotiations between clients and competition organizers and the architectural firms. Most of these projects were for locations in the United States, but also include locations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Iran, France, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, Canada, Austria and Switzerland. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1963 and probably 2002. Sub-series contains textual records, such as notes, proposals, correspondence with clients or consultants, reports, building programs, contracts or agreements. It also contains maps of sites and cadastral plans used as reference, and site plans.
Sub-Series 2
circa 1963-2002
Project
AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
Casa Verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
Project
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
archives
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Fonds
CP138
Synopsis:
The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
1914-2008
Gordon Matta-Clark collection
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CP138
Synopsis:
The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
archives
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Collection
1914-2008
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0255:252-381
Description:
symposium paper on marinas, clippings, extracts from papers and reports, promotional material, brochures, book titled 'Port-Grimaud et la Côte des Maures' (Grange Batelière, Paris) , magazine (periodical), mock-up of drawings for publication, government reports, regulations, booklet, maps, specifications, technical drawings, borehole test results, reference drawings, correspondence, publications, study, annual report, pamphlets, postcards, newspapers, photographs and contact sheet of area and site, postcards of local area and views, photographs and postcards of mono-rail and cable cars, including Expo 67 site, panoramic views of Two Tree Island, aerial photographs, original drawings, photographs, and texts on existing conditions and photographic survey, chapter of 'Logbook' titled '2 Existing characteristics', chart, and ordnance map showing photographic survey
Symposium paper on marinas, clippings, extracts from papers and reports
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DR1995:0255:252-381
Description:
symposium paper on marinas, clippings, extracts from papers and reports, promotional material, brochures, book titled 'Port-Grimaud et la Côte des Maures' (Grange Batelière, Paris) , magazine (periodical), mock-up of drawings for publication, government reports, regulations, booklet, maps, specifications, technical drawings, borehole test results, reference drawings, correspondence, publications, study, annual report, pamphlets, postcards, newspapers, photographs and contact sheet of area and site, postcards of local area and views, photographs and postcards of mono-rail and cable cars, including Expo 67 site, panoramic views of Two Tree Island, aerial photographs, original drawings, photographs, and texts on existing conditions and photographic survey, chapter of 'Logbook' titled '2 Existing characteristics', chart, and ordnance map showing photographic survey
drawings, textual records, photographs
Project
Mostra AR Parigi
AP142.S2.D4
Description:
File documents an exhibition on Aldo Rossi that was held in 1991 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, at Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1992), and at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (1993), at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (1993). The exhibition travelled or was intended to travel to Brussels, Belgium, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Moscow, Russia, New York City, United States, and Tokyo, Japan. Further research may confirm these and other sites for the exhibition. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1993. File contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, estimates, appraisals, invoices, calculations, administrative records, financial records, price lists, clippings, business cards, memorandums, layouts, lists of exhibited works, a list of donated works, acquisitions lists, lists of lenders of works, lists of photographs for the catalogue, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, a schedule for drawings, imprints and draft imprints, exhibition plans and layouts, invitations, an exhibition guide book, a pamphlet on the furniture of Aldo Rossi, a calendar, a bibliography, a biographical chronology, drafts and the published exhibition catalogue 'Aldo Rossi par Aldo Rossi, architecte', and material for Alberto Ferlenga's 'Aldo Rossi: Architetture 1988-1992', a floppy disk, drafts for the exhibition and exhibition catalogue, draft exhibition labels, a document label, a report, notes, photocopies of views of drawings, views of models, and views of completed projects, negatives, and photographs, including contact sheets, views of models, views of an exhibition showing drawings and models, and views of completed projects by Aldo Rossi.
1991-1993
Mostra AR Parigi
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AP142.S2.D4
Description:
File documents an exhibition on Aldo Rossi that was held in 1991 at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, at Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1992), and at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany (1993), at Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (1993). The exhibition travelled or was intended to travel to Brussels, Belgium, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Moscow, Russia, New York City, United States, and Tokyo, Japan. Further research may confirm these and other sites for the exhibition. Material in this file was produced in 1991 and 1993. File contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, estimates, appraisals, invoices, calculations, administrative records, financial records, price lists, clippings, business cards, memorandums, layouts, lists of exhibited works, a list of donated works, acquisitions lists, lists of lenders of works, lists of photographs for the catalogue, lists of projects by Aldo Rossi, a schedule for drawings, imprints and draft imprints, exhibition plans and layouts, invitations, an exhibition guide book, a pamphlet on the furniture of Aldo Rossi, a calendar, a bibliography, a biographical chronology, drafts and the published exhibition catalogue 'Aldo Rossi par Aldo Rossi, architecte', and material for Alberto Ferlenga's 'Aldo Rossi: Architetture 1988-1992', a floppy disk, drafts for the exhibition and exhibition catalogue, draft exhibition labels, a document label, a report, notes, photocopies of views of drawings, views of models, and views of completed projects, negatives, and photographs, including contact sheets, views of models, views of an exhibition showing drawings and models, and views of completed projects by Aldo Rossi.
File 4
1991-1993
Project
New Westminster Pier
AP144.S2.D106
Description:
File documents a competition entry for a new pier on the Thames in the City of Westminster, London, England. The Westminster pier project consisted of a restaurant with deck and observation tower, a fixed pier or public walkway, a catwalk, various ramps, and a pontoon. Existing conditions drawings and photographs include: a hydrographic plan, site plan, and section of the pier and pier edge; an enlarged contact sheet of photographs of the site and surrounding area; and a photocopy of a photograph of a typical pier boat, possibly used for reference purposes. Conceptual sketches include numerous thumbnail and annotated diagrammatic sketches which explore the functional relationships of the areas encompassed by the project. Design development drawings show sections through river embankments, restaurant and tower structures, walkways, ramps, and catwalks, at high and low tide and at night and during the day. Axonometric drawings show the principal structures, circulation paths, and access and control points. A group of drawings are probably a competition entry set marked by a hole punched in the upper right hand corner. Presentation panels are composed of reproductions of photographs of the existing site with overdrawing and montage which shows Price's project in relationship to the river. Two presentation panels which show the walkway/ramp, pontoon, and restaurant in partial elevation have been coloured with airbrush. Duplicate reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some are annotated with notes. File also contains clippings about "sub-marine engineering" which are possibly related to this project. Material in this file was produced in 1979. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, presentation panels, and textual records.
1979
New Westminster Pier
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AP144.S2.D106
Description:
File documents a competition entry for a new pier on the Thames in the City of Westminster, London, England. The Westminster pier project consisted of a restaurant with deck and observation tower, a fixed pier or public walkway, a catwalk, various ramps, and a pontoon. Existing conditions drawings and photographs include: a hydrographic plan, site plan, and section of the pier and pier edge; an enlarged contact sheet of photographs of the site and surrounding area; and a photocopy of a photograph of a typical pier boat, possibly used for reference purposes. Conceptual sketches include numerous thumbnail and annotated diagrammatic sketches which explore the functional relationships of the areas encompassed by the project. Design development drawings show sections through river embankments, restaurant and tower structures, walkways, ramps, and catwalks, at high and low tide and at night and during the day. Axonometric drawings show the principal structures, circulation paths, and access and control points. A group of drawings are probably a competition entry set marked by a hole punched in the upper right hand corner. Presentation panels are composed of reproductions of photographs of the existing site with overdrawing and montage which shows Price's project in relationship to the river. Two presentation panels which show the walkway/ramp, pontoon, and restaurant in partial elevation have been coloured with airbrush. Duplicate reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some are annotated with notes. File also contains clippings about "sub-marine engineering" which are possibly related to this project. Material in this file was produced in 1979. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, presentation panels, and textual records.
File 106
1979
photographs
ARCH268596
Description:
Contains photographic materials of 6 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Polideportivo Madrigal de las Altas Torres, AP164.S1.1990.D6 (56 photographs, 2 photomontages: views of the area and model); - Unidentified project, [Polideportivo Madrigal?] (12 photographs: model); - Cityvips, Fuencarral, AP164.S1.1990.D7 (14 photographs: construction phase and views of a bookstore); - Concurso Embajada de Francia, AP164.S1.1991.D1 (26 photographs: views of model); - Unidentified project in Barcelona (4 photographs: exterior views of a building); - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (178 photographs, 2 contact sheets: views of the area, construction phase, model and views of the built project); - RENFE Burgos, AP164.S1.1990.D4 (44 photographs, 4 photomontages: aerial views of the area); - Unidentified project (15 photographs: views of the area); - Madrid Sur, AP164.S1.1991.D3 (53 photographs: model).
between 1989 and 1998
Ring binder with photographic materials related to six projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH268596
Description:
Contains photographic materials of 6 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Polideportivo Madrigal de las Altas Torres, AP164.S1.1990.D6 (56 photographs, 2 photomontages: views of the area and model); - Unidentified project, [Polideportivo Madrigal?] (12 photographs: model); - Cityvips, Fuencarral, AP164.S1.1990.D7 (14 photographs: construction phase and views of a bookstore); - Concurso Embajada de Francia, AP164.S1.1991.D1 (26 photographs: views of model); - Unidentified project in Barcelona (4 photographs: exterior views of a building); - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (178 photographs, 2 contact sheets: views of the area, construction phase, model and views of the built project); - RENFE Burgos, AP164.S1.1990.D4 (44 photographs, 4 photomontages: aerial views of the area); - Unidentified project (15 photographs: views of the area); - Madrid Sur, AP164.S1.1991.D3 (53 photographs: model).
photographs
between 1989 and 1998
textual records, photographs
Quantity:
15 file
ARCH242914
Description:
Nina Last (book) Review of White Walls Wilson - drafts of article by Mabel O. Wilson Kolbowski - correspondence regarding article by Silvia Kolbowski Bloomer (4000) - drafts of article by Jennifer Bloomer Vanstiphout, on Meier at The Hague - drafts of article by Wouter Vanstiphout Denis Ortiz, Jack's Underground - drafts Linder - drafts of article by Mark Linder Apter, Morocco in B/W - drafts of article by Emily Apter [Ernest] Pascucci, "White Forms, Forms of Whiteness" Cohen - article by Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb Appadurai - article by Arjun Appadurai Kwinter - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter, correspondence Nelson - drafts of article by Steven Nelson, includes Guggenheim publicity kits with 8 photographs Browser Letter from Black Mountain College - drafts of article by Steven Browser Jazz Responses - includes Letters from New Orleans Images (5 photo contact prints)
1996
Article texts, correspondence, photos
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ARCH242914
Description:
Nina Last (book) Review of White Walls Wilson - drafts of article by Mabel O. Wilson Kolbowski - correspondence regarding article by Silvia Kolbowski Bloomer (4000) - drafts of article by Jennifer Bloomer Vanstiphout, on Meier at The Hague - drafts of article by Wouter Vanstiphout Denis Ortiz, Jack's Underground - drafts Linder - drafts of article by Mark Linder Apter, Morocco in B/W - drafts of article by Emily Apter [Ernest] Pascucci, "White Forms, Forms of Whiteness" Cohen - article by Jean-Louis Cohen and Monique Eleb Appadurai - article by Arjun Appadurai Kwinter - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter, correspondence Nelson - drafts of article by Steven Nelson, includes Guggenheim publicity kits with 8 photographs Browser Letter from Black Mountain College - drafts of article by Steven Browser Jazz Responses - includes Letters from New Orleans Images (5 photo contact prints)
textual records, photographs
Quantity:
15 file
1996
Project
Maison Coloniale
AP066.S2.D19
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de construction de la Maison Coloniale, une habitation associée à un atelier d'architecture et un hall d'exposition, situé au 4333 avenue Coloniale, à Montréal, Québec. Les matériaux utilisés pour réaliser cette construction sont le béton armé, l'acier et le bois. Le budget alloué pour ce projet était de 300 000$ et la superficie est de 340 mètres carrés. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'architecture du Gouverneur général du Canada. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies, des photographies, des documents textuels, des maquettes et un négatif. Description du projet par l'architecte: "En concevant la Maison Coloniale, entre autres choses qui s'y trouvent inscrites, j'ai pensé à l'état des métiers. La solidarité qui nous lie est tellement ténue, les savoir-faire se déplacent, les langages s'autonomisent. Ici la structure de béton n'aura pour but structural que de survivre à sa peine : le squelette est dehors, qu'est-ce que cela veut nous dire? Partout la division, la séparation des éléments. La juxtaposition, la superposition et la répétition forment un langage dans le langage. Tout y est contact de points et de surface, d'appuis et d'ancrages. Le squelette est dehors, le corps est dedans. Qu'est-ce que cela veut nous dire? La Maison nous dit la nature de notre côtoiement. Elle nous rappelle nos liens possibles et nous apprend qu'à force de séparation, tout s'unit. Elle nous indique la distance qu'il nous reste à franchir pour se toucher et s'émouvoir. Elle est comme vous et moi, un peu résistante et prête à tout donner. Elle nous dit la convivialité et nous rappelle nos moyens d'humains. Elle nous rappelle que c'est nous qui l'avons faite!" Jacques Rousseau, "Éthique et tact", dans Architecture, éthique et technologie, édité par Louise Pelletier et Alberto Pérez-Gómez, McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, 1994, p. 137-150.
1986-1990
Maison Coloniale
Actions:
AP066.S2.D19
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de construction de la Maison Coloniale, une habitation associée à un atelier d'architecture et un hall d'exposition, situé au 4333 avenue Coloniale, à Montréal, Québec. Les matériaux utilisés pour réaliser cette construction sont le béton armé, l'acier et le bois. Le budget alloué pour ce projet était de 300 000$ et la superficie est de 340 mètres carrés. Aussi, le projet s'est mérité le Prix d'architecture du Gouverneur général du Canada. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies, des photographies, des documents textuels, des maquettes et un négatif. Description du projet par l'architecte: "En concevant la Maison Coloniale, entre autres choses qui s'y trouvent inscrites, j'ai pensé à l'état des métiers. La solidarité qui nous lie est tellement ténue, les savoir-faire se déplacent, les langages s'autonomisent. Ici la structure de béton n'aura pour but structural que de survivre à sa peine : le squelette est dehors, qu'est-ce que cela veut nous dire? Partout la division, la séparation des éléments. La juxtaposition, la superposition et la répétition forment un langage dans le langage. Tout y est contact de points et de surface, d'appuis et d'ancrages. Le squelette est dehors, le corps est dedans. Qu'est-ce que cela veut nous dire? La Maison nous dit la nature de notre côtoiement. Elle nous rappelle nos liens possibles et nous apprend qu'à force de séparation, tout s'unit. Elle nous indique la distance qu'il nous reste à franchir pour se toucher et s'émouvoir. Elle est comme vous et moi, un peu résistante et prête à tout donner. Elle nous dit la convivialité et nous rappelle nos moyens d'humains. Elle nous rappelle que c'est nous qui l'avons faite!" Jacques Rousseau, "Éthique et tact", dans Architecture, éthique et technologie, édité par Louise Pelletier et Alberto Pérez-Gómez, McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, 1994, p. 137-150.
Projet
1986-1990
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Fonds
Anyone Corporation fonds
AP116
Synopsis:
The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
1990-2001
Anyone Corporation fonds
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AP116
Synopsis:
The Anyone Corporation fonds is composed primarily of textual and photographic records which document the activities of the Anyone Corporation over the course of its planned ten year life span from 1990 to 2001. The non-profit, New York City based organization, was founded by Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Arata Isozaki, and Ignasi de Solà-Morales Rubio in order to stimulate a fruitful dialogue between architecture and general culture at the dawn of the new millennium. To this end, ANY (acronym for Architecture New York) organised ten international conferences and numerous public seminars, as well as publishing conference journals, a series of architecture related books, and ANY, a theory driven bi-monthly magazine.
archives
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Fonds
1990-2001