DR1987:0271
Description:
- The two drawings on this sheet are partial reflected ceiling plans for upper and lower balcony soffits for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Both drawings include areas where the decorative treatment of the soffit is worked out in detail, including the decoration around the dome of the lower balcony. The entire sheet is covered with a 7.5 cm grid.
architecture
1914 or 1915
Plan and decorative details of the soffit of the upper and lower balconies for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
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DR1987:0271
Description:
- The two drawings on this sheet are partial reflected ceiling plans for upper and lower balcony soffits for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Both drawings include areas where the decorative treatment of the soffit is worked out in detail, including the decoration around the dome of the lower balcony. The entire sheet is covered with a 7.5 cm grid.
architecture
drawings
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14 File
ARCH41264
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dentist's laboratory for General Offices, wickets, doors for General Offices, grating and catch-pit for Central Heating Plant, A.A. dome for Torpedo and Gunnery School, exterior steps, doors and breeching for chimney for Central Heating Plant, pipe trench and water main to temporary barracks, entrance to Torpedo and Gunnery School, windows for Signal A.S.D.I.C. Building, partition and window for hospital
Dentist's laboratory for General Offices, wickets, doors for General Offices
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ARCH41264
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dentist's laboratory for General Offices, wickets, doors for General Offices, grating and catch-pit for Central Heating Plant, A.A. dome for Torpedo and Gunnery School, exterior steps, doors and breeching for chimney for Central Heating Plant, pipe trench and water main to temporary barracks, entrance to Torpedo and Gunnery School, windows for Signal A.S.D.I.C. Building, partition and window for hospital
drawings
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14 File
drawings, textual records
DR1982:0127 R
Description:
- The drawing apparently depicts a coronation ceremony showing an interior resembling that of St. Peter's, Rome, looking towards the altar. Under the dome there is an elevated throne with a baldachin formed by a huge central crown with swags of red fabric which extend from the crown to the piers at the crossing. The design for a smaller structure which figures below is probably an earlier drawing.
architecture
second half of the 19th century
Sketch and a manuscript relating to the coronation ceremony of Alberto I
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DR1982:0127 R
Description:
- The drawing apparently depicts a coronation ceremony showing an interior resembling that of St. Peter's, Rome, looking towards the altar. Under the dome there is an elevated throne with a baldachin formed by a huge central crown with swags of red fabric which extend from the crown to the piers at the crossing. The design for a smaller structure which figures below is probably an earlier drawing.
drawings, textual records
second half of the 19th century
architecture
photographs
RCCL / Patent Images
ARCH268464
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Ring binder containing 493 slides. Contents: "miscellaneous computer renderings", "patent images", "some robot and medical stuff", "Cooper Union projects", "wooden prototype sphere", "early projects (eg. folding tent)", "very miscellaneous -- Includes paintings, nasa projects, non-Hoberman-yet-related-structures, space project renderings", "RCCL Icosahedron slides (all originals") October 2000, "EXPO Dome pre-installation at Liberty Science Center Spring 2000 (all originals)"
1977-2000
RCCL / Patent Images
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ARCH268464
Description:
Ring binder containing 493 slides. Contents: "miscellaneous computer renderings", "patent images", "some robot and medical stuff", "Cooper Union projects", "wooden prototype sphere", "early projects (eg. folding tent)", "very miscellaneous -- Includes paintings, nasa projects, non-Hoberman-yet-related-structures, space project renderings", "RCCL Icosahedron slides (all originals") October 2000, "EXPO Dome pre-installation at Liberty Science Center Spring 2000 (all originals)"
photographs
1977-2000
textual records
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2 textual record(s)
ARCH266280
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This group consists of a letter from Fiberglass Canada ltd. and a copy of the brochure "Excelite News" with an article about the Excelite domes of the James Lyng School, in Montréal, Québec.
June 1968
A letter from Fiberglass Canada ltd
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ARCH266280
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This group consists of a letter from Fiberglass Canada ltd. and a copy of the brochure "Excelite News" with an article about the Excelite domes of the James Lyng School, in Montréal, Québec.
textual records
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2 textual record(s)
June 1968
drawings, textual records
DR1982:0126 R:001-004
Description:
- The four drawings depict a design for a monumental building, possibly Sta. Annunziata, with a shallow dome and a large staircase (DR1982:0126 R:001), a plan for a domed church inscribed "S[t]ma Annunziata" (DR1982:0126 R:002), a gothic-style palace in front of a piazza with curving colonnades and a fountain (DR1982:0126 R:003), and a gateway surmounted by the device of Alberto I (DR1982:0126 R:004).
architecture
second half of the 19th century
Four sketches for buildings and monuments honouring Alberto I, including a church, a palace and a gateway to a garden
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DR1982:0126 R:001-004
Description:
- The four drawings depict a design for a monumental building, possibly Sta. Annunziata, with a shallow dome and a large staircase (DR1982:0126 R:001), a plan for a domed church inscribed "S[t]ma Annunziata" (DR1982:0126 R:002), a gothic-style palace in front of a piazza with curving colonnades and a fountain (DR1982:0126 R:003), and a gateway surmounted by the device of Alberto I (DR1982:0126 R:004).
drawings, textual records
second half of the 19th century
architecture
Project
AP178.S1.1979.PR02
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The project series documents the 1979 design entry for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 48/70; in the past the office identified the project as number 159. The office assigned the date 1979 for this project. This project was submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin, Germany. Siza would later submit proposals to the IBA for Block 70 and 89 (Fränkelufer residential complex), Block 121 (Bonjour Tristesse), Block 11-12 (Kottbusser Damm), Monument to Gestapo victims Prinz- Albrecht-Palais, and a proposal for the Kulturforum. The Görlitzer Bad swimming pool was Siza's first international project and first competition. Preceding the IBA competition, Siza attended the 1976 International Design Zentrum (IDZ) symposium in Berlin, "Stadtstruktur-Stadtgestalt". Brigitte Fleck, responsible for national and international architecture competitions for the Senate of Berlin (1971-1985), invited Siza to participate in the IBA competition to design the swimming pool for Kreuzberg. Fleck had heard of Siza’s participation in the IDZ symposium and became interested in Siza’s work with the Servicio Ambulatorio de Apio Lokal (SAAL). By this time Siza’s work with SAAL had been published in the December 1976 and March 1978 publications of the Lotus International Quarterly Architectural Review (numbers 13 and 18). Fleck felt that Siza's work with SAAL would be relevant to the IBA. In 1979, Siza entered his design for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool to be built on a vacant area on the east side of Kreuzberg. The design for the pool was strongly opposed by the public because the dome over the main swimming pool was said to resemble a mosque. This area of Kreuzberg was largely populated by Turkish Muslims and there was hostility towards this immigrant community. Although Siza’s entry went through the first round of the IBA competition, it did not win the competition and was only awarded a special prize. The project series contains sketches and studies, as well as conceptual and design development drawings of elevations, site plans, and floor plans. Documentation for the competition includes site plans for the competition and a strata plan. The photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides mostly document the model and drawings for the project.
1978-1979
Piscina de "Görlitzer Bad" Kreuzberg, Berlim Oeste [Görlitzer Bad swimming pool], Berlin, Germany (1978-1979)
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AP178.S1.1979.PR02
Description:
The project series documents the 1979 design entry for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 48/70; in the past the office identified the project as number 159. The office assigned the date 1979 for this project. This project was submitted to the International Architectural Exhibition Berlin competition (International Bauaustellung, IBA, circa 1979-1987), an urban renewal strategy for West Berlin, Germany. Siza would later submit proposals to the IBA for Block 70 and 89 (Fränkelufer residential complex), Block 121 (Bonjour Tristesse), Block 11-12 (Kottbusser Damm), Monument to Gestapo victims Prinz- Albrecht-Palais, and a proposal for the Kulturforum. The Görlitzer Bad swimming pool was Siza's first international project and first competition. Preceding the IBA competition, Siza attended the 1976 International Design Zentrum (IDZ) symposium in Berlin, "Stadtstruktur-Stadtgestalt". Brigitte Fleck, responsible for national and international architecture competitions for the Senate of Berlin (1971-1985), invited Siza to participate in the IBA competition to design the swimming pool for Kreuzberg. Fleck had heard of Siza’s participation in the IDZ symposium and became interested in Siza’s work with the Servicio Ambulatorio de Apio Lokal (SAAL). By this time Siza’s work with SAAL had been published in the December 1976 and March 1978 publications of the Lotus International Quarterly Architectural Review (numbers 13 and 18). Fleck felt that Siza's work with SAAL would be relevant to the IBA. In 1979, Siza entered his design for the Görlitzer Bad swimming pool to be built on a vacant area on the east side of Kreuzberg. The design for the pool was strongly opposed by the public because the dome over the main swimming pool was said to resemble a mosque. This area of Kreuzberg was largely populated by Turkish Muslims and there was hostility towards this immigrant community. Although Siza’s entry went through the first round of the IBA competition, it did not win the competition and was only awarded a special prize. The project series contains sketches and studies, as well as conceptual and design development drawings of elevations, site plans, and floor plans. Documentation for the competition includes site plans for the competition and a strata plan. The photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and slides mostly document the model and drawings for the project.
Project
1978-1979
AR1996:1001:232
Description:
- The inscribed titles on two drawings by Théophile Fahrland indicate that the subjects are a "tambour" [drum] (AR1996:1001:232) and details for a "tambour" (AR1996:1001:231) for Notre-Dame de Montréal. The subject of these drawings is identified as a "bearing wall [?]", since the definition of a "drum" - a vertical wall, either circular or polygonal in plan, that carries a dome - apparently does not apply in this case (Art and Architecture Thesaurus). Further research is required to determine the subject of these drawings more precisely.
architecture
contracted 20 September 1862
Plan, elevation and section for a bearing wall [?] for Notre-Dame de Montréal for the renovations of the 1860s
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AR1996:1001:232
Description:
- The inscribed titles on two drawings by Théophile Fahrland indicate that the subjects are a "tambour" [drum] (AR1996:1001:232) and details for a "tambour" (AR1996:1001:231) for Notre-Dame de Montréal. The subject of these drawings is identified as a "bearing wall [?]", since the definition of a "drum" - a vertical wall, either circular or polygonal in plan, that carries a dome - apparently does not apply in this case (Art and Architecture Thesaurus). Further research is required to determine the subject of these drawings more precisely.
architecture
textual records
DR1970:0002:003
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Text in Italian. The letter was originally sent to Carlo Roner accompanied by a painting by Canova and drawings. One of the drawings, described in the letter, is a signed drawing by Vincenzo Scamozzi representing a project for Salzburg Cathedral with sketches of the dome on the verso. Lazzari also mentions a plan for the same cathedral. Lazzari expresses certainty as to the authenticity of the first drawing but declines to make a similar assertion about the plan. The letter also discusses the painting by Canova.
21 June 1844
Letter from Francesco Lazzari to Carlo Roner
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DR1970:0002:003
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Text in Italian. The letter was originally sent to Carlo Roner accompanied by a painting by Canova and drawings. One of the drawings, described in the letter, is a signed drawing by Vincenzo Scamozzi representing a project for Salzburg Cathedral with sketches of the dome on the verso. Lazzari also mentions a plan for the same cathedral. Lazzari expresses certainty as to the authenticity of the first drawing but declines to make a similar assertion about the plan. The letter also discusses the painting by Canova.
textual records
21 June 1844
drawings
DR1987:0273
Description:
- A long, rectangular garden structure in the form of a loggia separating two small end pavilions. The loggia, consisting of five bays articulated by freestanding Doric columns, is approached by steps across its entire width and opens onto a series of niches occupied by sculptural figures in the rear wall. The end pavilions, which show on the main exterior elevation a pedimented window framed by rustication and a molded arch, are square in plan and capped by a dome not expressed on the exterior.
architecture, landscape architecture
ca. 1800
Plan, elevation, and sections of a garden coffee house
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DR1987:0273
Description:
- A long, rectangular garden structure in the form of a loggia separating two small end pavilions. The loggia, consisting of five bays articulated by freestanding Doric columns, is approached by steps across its entire width and opens onto a series of niches occupied by sculptural figures in the rear wall. The end pavilions, which show on the main exterior elevation a pedimented window framed by rustication and a molded arch, are square in plan and capped by a dome not expressed on the exterior.
drawings
ca. 1800
architecture, landscape architecture