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Unintended Memories
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Naoya Hatakeyama, conversation, oral history
11 September 2023
Unintended Memories
Naoya Hatakeyama in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Jeff Wall, conversation, oral history
5 June 2023
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Hal Ingberg fonds
AP120
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Le fonds documente les activités professionnels de l'architecte Hal Ingberg (b. 1960). Il contient des dessins, des photographies, des esquisses, des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des documents textuels qui comprend une sélection de projets développés ou réalisés entre 1991 et 2002.
1991-2002
Hal Ingberg fonds
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Le fonds documente les activités professionnels de l'architecte Hal Ingberg (b. 1960). Il contient des dessins, des photographies, des esquisses, des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des documents textuels qui comprend une sélection de projets développés ou réalisés entre 1991 et 2002.
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What could a school in Montréal look like? During March Break, families are invited to come and explore how the design of school spaces can create a feeling of belonging and inspire learning. Work together to build a model that translates your dreams into reality.
8 March 2013
E pour École
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What could a school in Montréal look like? During March Break, families are invited to come and explore how the design of school spaces can create a feeling of belonging and inspire learning. Work together to build a model that translates your dreams into reality.
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960
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Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
photographs
Harvard and its Surroundings
PH1979:0604
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This album comprises 102 pages of texts (descriptions of Harvard University and surroundings), a Key Plan of the vicinity of Harvard University, an Index, a List of Illustrations and an Introduction, 39 albertypes (collotypes, full pages), 28 engravings and 2 half-titles. The title page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription Edition. Published by Moses King, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.; a presentation page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription (fourth) edition by Moses King. Copiously illustrated with albertypes, and engravings. Cambridge. Moses King, Publisher, Harvard Square, 1882. Copyright, 1878, by Moses King. Copyright, 1880, by Charles W. Sever. Copyright, 1882, by Moses King. Designs by L.S. Ipsen; Sketches by H. M. Stephenson; University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. The illustrations are listed as follows: -Memorial Hall. - Dining Hall, Memorial Transept and Sanders Theatre -Harvard Hall. - Physical Laboratory and Lecture rooms -Massachusetts Hall. - Examinations Rooms -The Quadrance of Harvard College. Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, Thayer -Matthews Hall. - Dormitory -Dane Hall. - Law School -Wadsworth, or Old Presidents' House. - Dormitory -Grays Hall. - Dormitory -Boylston Hall. - Chemical Laboratory -Gore Hall. - The Universityé Library -Weld Hall. - Dormitory -Old President's Chair -University Hall. - Administration and Lecture Rooms -Sever Hall. - Lectures, Recitations and Examinations -Thayer Hall. - Dormitory -Appleton Chapel. - University House of Worship -Holden Chapel (engraving) -Holworthy Hall. - Dormitory -Stoughton Hall. - Dormitory -Hollis Hall. - Dormitory -Holmes House (engraving) -Hemenway Gymnasium -Interior of the Harvard (Hemenway) Gymnasium -Society Hall (engraving) -Lawrence Scientific School. - Laboratories Lecture and Workrooms -Divinity Hall. - Lecture Room, Library and Dormitory -Memorial Hall Transept (engraving) -Memorial Dining Hall. - The Students' Commons -Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology -Museum of Comparative Zoology. - Natural History Collections -Plan of Oxford Street -The Old Gymnasium -University Boat Club House -The President's House. - Residence of the Executive Officer -Dana House (engraving) -Holyoke House. - Shops and Dormitory -College House. - Post Office, Shops and Dormitory -Botanic Garden and Herbarium -The Astronomical Observatory -The Old Medical School. - Lectures, Laboratories, Museums, etc. -The Harvard Medical School. The New Building -Dental School. - Lecture and Workrooms and Laboratory -Bussey Institution. - School of Horticulture and Agriculture -Harvard Surroundings (engraving) -Old Mile Stone (engraving) -Felton Building, - Dormitory -Beck Hall, - Dormitory -Old Cambridge Baptist Church (engraving) -Moses King's Harvard-Square Publishing House -Hasty Pudding Club House (sketch by Cabot and Chandler: Architects: Boston) -Little's Block. - Shops and Dormitory -First Parish Church (engraving) -Christ Church (engraving) -Soldiers' Monument (engraving) -Shepard Memorial Church (engraving) -Washington Elm (engraving) -Waterhouse House (engraving) -Elmwood (engraving) -Fayerweather House (engraving) -Lee House (engraving) -Riedesel House (engraving) -Washington's Head-quarters, or Longfellow's Home (engraving) -Protestant Episcopal Theological School of Massachusetts (engraving) -Vassal House (engraving) -Brattle House (engraving) -New CIty Building (engraving) -Hicks House (engraving) -St. Paul's Church (engraving) -University Press John Wilson & Son
architecture
1882
Harvard and its Surroundings
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This album comprises 102 pages of texts (descriptions of Harvard University and surroundings), a Key Plan of the vicinity of Harvard University, an Index, a List of Illustrations and an Introduction, 39 albertypes (collotypes, full pages), 28 engravings and 2 half-titles. The title page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription Edition. Published by Moses King, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.; a presentation page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription (fourth) edition by Moses King. Copiously illustrated with albertypes, and engravings. Cambridge. Moses King, Publisher, Harvard Square, 1882. Copyright, 1878, by Moses King. Copyright, 1880, by Charles W. Sever. Copyright, 1882, by Moses King. Designs by L.S. Ipsen; Sketches by H. M. Stephenson; University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. The illustrations are listed as follows: -Memorial Hall. - Dining Hall, Memorial Transept and Sanders Theatre -Harvard Hall. - Physical Laboratory and Lecture rooms -Massachusetts Hall. - Examinations Rooms -The Quadrance of Harvard College. Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, Thayer -Matthews Hall. - Dormitory -Dane Hall. - Law School -Wadsworth, or Old Presidents' House. - Dormitory -Grays Hall. - Dormitory -Boylston Hall. - Chemical Laboratory -Gore Hall. - The Universityé Library -Weld Hall. - Dormitory -Old President's Chair -University Hall. - Administration and Lecture Rooms -Sever Hall. - Lectures, Recitations and Examinations -Thayer Hall. - Dormitory -Appleton Chapel. - University House of Worship -Holden Chapel (engraving) -Holworthy Hall. - Dormitory -Stoughton Hall. - Dormitory -Hollis Hall. - Dormitory -Holmes House (engraving) -Hemenway Gymnasium -Interior of the Harvard (Hemenway) Gymnasium -Society Hall (engraving) -Lawrence Scientific School. - Laboratories Lecture and Workrooms -Divinity Hall. - Lecture Room, Library and Dormitory -Memorial Hall Transept (engraving) -Memorial Dining Hall. - The Students' Commons -Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology -Museum of Comparative Zoology. - Natural History Collections -Plan of Oxford Street -The Old Gymnasium -University Boat Club House -The President's House. - Residence of the Executive Officer -Dana House (engraving) -Holyoke House. - Shops and Dormitory -College House. - Post Office, Shops and Dormitory -Botanic Garden and Herbarium -The Astronomical Observatory -The Old Medical School. - Lectures, Laboratories, Museums, etc. -The Harvard Medical School. The New Building -Dental School. - Lecture and Workrooms and Laboratory -Bussey Institution. - School of Horticulture and Agriculture -Harvard Surroundings (engraving) -Old Mile Stone (engraving) -Felton Building, - Dormitory -Beck Hall, - Dormitory -Old Cambridge Baptist Church (engraving) -Moses King's Harvard-Square Publishing House -Hasty Pudding Club House (sketch by Cabot and Chandler: Architects: Boston) -Little's Block. - Shops and Dormitory -First Parish Church (engraving) -Christ Church (engraving) -Soldiers' Monument (engraving) -Shepard Memorial Church (engraving) -Washington Elm (engraving) -Waterhouse House (engraving) -Elmwood (engraving) -Fayerweather House (engraving) -Lee House (engraving) -Riedesel House (engraving) -Washington's Head-quarters, or Longfellow's Home (engraving) -Protestant Episcopal Theological School of Massachusetts (engraving) -Vassal House (engraving) -Brattle House (engraving) -New CIty Building (engraving) -Hicks House (engraving) -St. Paul's Church (engraving) -University Press John Wilson & Son
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1882
architecture
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Main galleries
9 October 1991 to 12 January 1992
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
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16 May 2012 to 14 October 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
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Topology and Tracing Paper
The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
9 March 2017
When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)