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Migrant housing
AP182.S1.2011.D2
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File documents a research project on chawls, tenement houses found in Bombay and other Indian cities. File contains photographs and models.
2011-2014
Migrant housing
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AP182.S1.2011.D2
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File documents a research project on chawls, tenement houses found in Bombay and other Indian cities. File contains photographs and models.
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2011-2014
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Tower of Cards and 1 Joker
AP145.S2.D73
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File documents an executed project for a landmark in Groningen, Netherlands. The project by John Hejduk is part of a masterplan by Daniel Libeskind titled Stadsmarkering Groningen and commissioned by the city of Groningen to commemorate its 950th anniversary by placing ten artworks at the access roads to Groningen. In addition to Hejduk and Libeskind, who also contributed an artwork, participants included Kurt Walter Forster, Akira Asada and Shiro Takatani, Thom Puckey, Gunner Daan, Heiner Müller, William Forsythe, Leonhard Lapin and Enn Laansoo, and Paul Virilio. Hejduk's project comprises three components: the Tower of Cards, the Tower of Letters, and the Joker's Perch. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains a study model.
[1990]
Tower of Cards and 1 Joker
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AP145.S2.D73
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File documents an executed project for a landmark in Groningen, Netherlands. The project by John Hejduk is part of a masterplan by Daniel Libeskind titled Stadsmarkering Groningen and commissioned by the city of Groningen to commemorate its 950th anniversary by placing ten artworks at the access roads to Groningen. In addition to Hejduk and Libeskind, who also contributed an artwork, participants included Kurt Walter Forster, Akira Asada and Shiro Takatani, Thom Puckey, Gunner Daan, Heiner Müller, William Forsythe, Leonhard Lapin and Enn Laansoo, and Paul Virilio. Hejduk's project comprises three components: the Tower of Cards, the Tower of Letters, and the Joker's Perch. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains a study model.
File 73
[1990]
textual records
ARCH183804
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-drafts of guest lists, menus and invitations, correspondence with caterer and event coordinating firm (Forward Miller & Company Ltd.), press releases, photographs of gala location (Tomar Studios, 601 West 26th Street, New York City), time tables, seating arrangements (from the office of Robert Spickler, Associate Director of the CCA)
1998-1999
IFCCA Prize Competition, Gala Evening, 28 June 1999 - New York. Logistique, event and list
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ARCH183804
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-drafts of guest lists, menus and invitations, correspondence with caterer and event coordinating firm (Forward Miller & Company Ltd.), press releases, photographs of gala location (Tomar Studios, 601 West 26th Street, New York City), time tables, seating arrangements (from the office of Robert Spickler, Associate Director of the CCA)
textual records
1998-1999
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records
ARCH153796
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Laws defining the role of the New York State Council on Architecture Description of a project for "A National Urban Design Center" prepared by George A. Dudler, Dean School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, March 1966-March 1967, 54p Report on the Minnesota Experimental City, Nov. 11, 1968
1966-1968
New York State Council on Architecture, 1968-1969
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ARCH153796
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Laws defining the role of the New York State Council on Architecture Description of a project for "A National Urban Design Center" prepared by George A. Dudler, Dean School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, March 1966-March 1967, 54p Report on the Minnesota Experimental City, Nov. 11, 1968
textual records
1966-1968
archives
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Fonds
Cedric Price fonds
AP144
Synopsis:
The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
Cedric Price fonds
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AP144
Synopsis:
The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
archives
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Fonds
1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
drawings
DR2012:0012:046:027
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Includes planimetric maps, isometric drawings and sketches. Titles of drawings include "Un nouveau Faubourg sur les traces d'un ancien" and "Faubourg dans la Ville, 1990". Included are copies of old street plans, one of Boulevard Dorchester (now Boulevard René Lévesque), 1953, and one of the city of Montréal in 1907.
1907-1990
Planimetric maps, isometric drawings and sketches
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DR2012:0012:046:027
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Includes planimetric maps, isometric drawings and sketches. Titles of drawings include "Un nouveau Faubourg sur les traces d'un ancien" and "Faubourg dans la Ville, 1990". Included are copies of old street plans, one of Boulevard Dorchester (now Boulevard René Lévesque), 1953, and one of the city of Montréal in 1907.
drawings
1907-1990
textual records
DR2001:0021
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Documents include La biennale de Venise: maps, documentation. Progetto Venezia :documents include folder, maps, elevation, planiphotograph for Palmanova Villa, Farsetti villa, Rialto Market (Mercato di Rialto). Cincinnati Arts Centre :documents include folder, notes, correspondences, telephone conversation, records, clippings, meeting notes, travel itinerary, transmittals, list of the committees members, list of appointments, list of authority members, promotional material, photographs, map of the city, proposal, request for the proposal, list of the design team selection committee, status report to the city council, correspondence from Wayne P. Lawson, Facility Study from Artsoft for the columbus Performing Arts, facility study for the Cincinnati Performing Cultural development plan for Columbus, survey, need assessment study.
Correspondence and notes for La biennale de Venise
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DR2001:0021
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Documents include La biennale de Venise: maps, documentation. Progetto Venezia :documents include folder, maps, elevation, planiphotograph for Palmanova Villa, Farsetti villa, Rialto Market (Mercato di Rialto). Cincinnati Arts Centre :documents include folder, notes, correspondences, telephone conversation, records, clippings, meeting notes, travel itinerary, transmittals, list of the committees members, list of appointments, list of authority members, promotional material, photographs, map of the city, proposal, request for the proposal, list of the design team selection committee, status report to the city council, correspondence from Wayne P. Lawson, Facility Study from Artsoft for the columbus Performing Arts, facility study for the Cincinnati Performing Cultural development plan for Columbus, survey, need assessment study.
textual records
textual records
ARCH260102
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9 files labelled "U.S.A." consisting of correspondence, notes, site plans, brochures and clippings for projects in Kansas City (mixed-site development), Los Angeles (Warner Center, Manufacturers Life Insurance), Des Moins (arts center addition), Maine (College of the Atlantic), Minneapolis (convention center), Houston (Hilton International), New Jersey (Grotta Residence)
1980-1985
Correspondence, notes, site plans, brochures and clippings for projects
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ARCH260102
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9 files labelled "U.S.A." consisting of correspondence, notes, site plans, brochures and clippings for projects in Kansas City (mixed-site development), Los Angeles (Warner Center, Manufacturers Life Insurance), Des Moins (arts center addition), Maine (College of the Atlantic), Minneapolis (convention center), Houston (Hilton International), New Jersey (Grotta Residence)
textual records
1980-1985
archives
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Fonds
John Hejduk fonds
AP145
Synopsis:
The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
John Hejduk fonds
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AP145
Synopsis:
The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
archives
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Fonds
1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996