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Fonds
AP056
Synopsis:
The Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg fonds documents the architectural projects of the firm from 1984-2003. 125 projects are recorded through drawings, photographs, models, textual records, periodicals and paintings. These projects include built work, proposals and competition entries.
1984-2003
Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
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AP056
Synopsis:
The Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg fonds documents the architectural projects of the firm from 1984-2003. 125 projects are recorded through drawings, photographs, models, textual records, periodicals and paintings. These projects include built work, proposals and competition entries.
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Fonds
1984-2003
Project
AP164.S1.2002.D8
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The project series documents the design for a residential tower for youth in the district of Sant Andreu, Barcelona. The design was for the account of the City Council and the Patronat Municipal de l'Habitatge. The promoter REGESA, Societat Urbanística Metropolitana Rehabilitació i Gestió, worked with Abalos & Herreros for this project that was never built. The project site was located between the streets Ferran Junoy, Tucuman and Borredà, nearby the shopping center La Maquinista. The firm identified this project as number 152. Records document first and second iterations of the design for the tower, primarily differentiated by the base of the building. The first design includes a rectangular base. The firm identified this iteration of the project as number 152-1. The second design of the tower includes a triangular base for the building. The firm identified this iteration as number 152-2. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, cartographic, digital and reference materials, project descriptions, correspondence, proposals, budgets, notes, agendas, contracts, invoices, trade catalogues, and paper models. Records predominantly date from 2001 to 2007.
1985-2007
10JH, Sant Andreu viviendas para jóvenes, Barcelona, Spain (2002)
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AP164.S1.2002.D8
Description:
The project series documents the design for a residential tower for youth in the district of Sant Andreu, Barcelona. The design was for the account of the City Council and the Patronat Municipal de l'Habitatge. The promoter REGESA, Societat Urbanística Metropolitana Rehabilitació i Gestió, worked with Abalos & Herreros for this project that was never built. The project site was located between the streets Ferran Junoy, Tucuman and Borredà, nearby the shopping center La Maquinista. The firm identified this project as number 152. Records document first and second iterations of the design for the tower, primarily differentiated by the base of the building. The first design includes a rectangular base. The firm identified this iteration of the project as number 152-1. The second design of the tower includes a triangular base for the building. The firm identified this iteration as number 152-2. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, cartographic, digital and reference materials, project descriptions, correspondence, proposals, budgets, notes, agendas, contracts, invoices, trade catalogues, and paper models. Records predominantly date from 2001 to 2007.
Project
1985-2007
Sub-series
Corridart
AP041.S3.SS02
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The sub-series documents the executed exhibition project for entitled "Corridart" in Montréal, Québec, in 1976. The exhibition consists of a series of 16 installations by 60 artists spread on 7 km on Sherbrooke street between Atwater and Pie XI streets. The exhibition was curated by Melvin Charney and was financed by the ministère de la Culture du Québec as a cultural component for the Montreal Summer Olympics of 1976. Charney himself designed one of the installation "Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke" representing historical buildings of Sherbrooke street that were demolished to built new structures for the Expo 67 and later the Summer Olympics. The installations were illegally demolished after a week, on the evening of July 13th, two days before the opening of the Olympics by the City of Montréal in a controversial decision by the Mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau. The sub-series includes diazoprints for installation supports and maps of the installation site, photographs documenting the complete length of the North and South sides of Sherbrooke Street and a report with photographic documentation.
1976
Corridart
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AP041.S3.SS02
Description:
The sub-series documents the executed exhibition project for entitled "Corridart" in Montréal, Québec, in 1976. The exhibition consists of a series of 16 installations by 60 artists spread on 7 km on Sherbrooke street between Atwater and Pie XI streets. The exhibition was curated by Melvin Charney and was financed by the ministère de la Culture du Québec as a cultural component for the Montreal Summer Olympics of 1976. Charney himself designed one of the installation "Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke" representing historical buildings of Sherbrooke street that were demolished to built new structures for the Expo 67 and later the Summer Olympics. The installations were illegally demolished after a week, on the evening of July 13th, two days before the opening of the Olympics by the City of Montréal in a controversial decision by the Mayor of Montréal, Jean Drapeau. The sub-series includes diazoprints for installation supports and maps of the installation site, photographs documenting the complete length of the North and South sides of Sherbrooke Street and a report with photographic documentation.
Subseries
1976
Sub-series
AP104.S1.SS2
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Drawings relating to Parizeau's architectural career in Montreal are represented in a number of independant projects, including a small chapel beside the St. Lawrence River, a pair of two-storey cabin-cottages outside of Montreal, and several residences in the city. The documents are mostly original preliminary studies with some reproductions of working drawings. It should be noted that there are also photographs of exterior details of the Laroque Residence and the Jarry Residence in documents CO2 in Series II. Reproductions of designs for worker housing by French architect Eugène Beaudoin in 1938 perhaps give a clue to Parizeau's relatively early employment of modernist forms. A residence in Baie D'Urfé is unlikely to be connected to Parizeau because its date, ca. 1955, is a decade after his death. Parizeau's concern with furniture and interior design is represented in the Archive with many lively perspective sketches in colour, and elevation and plan studies of several kinds of rooms and types of furniture. Some preliminary drawings for interiors were grouped with the Gillow house in Ville Mont-Royal, and the Walter Downs Residence in Montreal.
ca. 1933-1955
Dessins d'architecture et de meubles
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AP104.S1.SS2
Description:
Drawings relating to Parizeau's architectural career in Montreal are represented in a number of independant projects, including a small chapel beside the St. Lawrence River, a pair of two-storey cabin-cottages outside of Montreal, and several residences in the city. The documents are mostly original preliminary studies with some reproductions of working drawings. It should be noted that there are also photographs of exterior details of the Laroque Residence and the Jarry Residence in documents CO2 in Series II. Reproductions of designs for worker housing by French architect Eugène Beaudoin in 1938 perhaps give a clue to Parizeau's relatively early employment of modernist forms. A residence in Baie D'Urfé is unlikely to be connected to Parizeau because its date, ca. 1955, is a decade after his death. Parizeau's concern with furniture and interior design is represented in the Archive with many lively perspective sketches in colour, and elevation and plan studies of several kinds of rooms and types of furniture. Some preliminary drawings for interiors were grouped with the Gillow house in Ville Mont-Royal, and the Walter Downs Residence in Montreal.
Sous-série 2
ca. 1933-1955
PH1986:0901:018
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- This photograph was taken from the top of the northern wall of Peking (now Beijing), near the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), looking into the northeastern section of the Inner City. - The title of a published identical image, "View of Confucian temple from An-ting Gate, Peking, October 1860" is inaccurate, as the Confucius Temple [also known as the Kongzimiao] is situated to the right of the buildings depicted in this view (Naquin, p. 444, map 12.1).
architecture
13 October 1860 or later
View of the Yonghe Gong [Lamasery of Harmony and Peace] (also known as the Lama Temple) showing Wanfu Ge [Ten Thousand Blessings Hall] and other buildings, Peking (now Beijing), China
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PH1986:0901:018
Description:
- This photograph was taken from the top of the northern wall of Peking (now Beijing), near the Anting Gate (now Anding Men), looking into the northeastern section of the Inner City. - The title of a published identical image, "View of Confucian temple from An-ting Gate, Peking, October 1860" is inaccurate, as the Confucius Temple [also known as the Kongzimiao] is situated to the right of the buildings depicted in this view (Naquin, p. 444, map 12.1).
architecture
Project
Miragaia, Porto
CD034.S1.1975.PR01
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This project series contains reproductions of drawings and panels displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Miragaia, in Porto Portugal. The exhibit text explained that: ... although the Miragaia project was never built, its seminal and programmatic character contributed significantly to the development of the SAAL Process. The project architect Fernando Távora first worked on the Barredo Neighbourhood ― a very poor area in the Porto's historic centre ― as an architect and teacher at the city's School of Fine Arts, and the Miragaia project built on this research, demonstrating a knowledge of and sensitivity to both the physical terrain and the social landscape of Porto, presenting a nuanced view of life in an urban space. Despite the strengths of the plan, the city council's policy on Porto's historic centre subsequently did not include Távora's project for Miragaia. Nonetheless, in the seriousness of its design and the depth of knowledge that it displayed, the project was a significant attempt to recover and rationalize Miragaia's vacant riverside zone. The highly developed nature of the proposal, its level of surgical precision, and Fernando Távora's thoughtful notes reveal a great deal about SAAL, its structure, its relationship with residents, and the overall model for urban intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Fernando Távora worked for SAAL/North with Antónia Nolo, Bernardo Ferrão, Gil Carneiro, Joaquim Jordão, Jorge Barros, Manuel Campos, Pedro Paredes and the residents' association Miragaia, that was founded on March 30th, 1976. The project was for 900 dwellings, but none were built. The operation began in June 1975. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, presentation panels, site plans and a study of a logo. The original drawings and panels were produced from 1975 to 1977 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
1975-1977
Miragaia, Porto
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CD034.S1.1975.PR01
Description:
This project series contains reproductions of drawings and panels displayed in the exhibit to document the neighbourhood Miragaia, in Porto Portugal. The exhibit text explained that: ... although the Miragaia project was never built, its seminal and programmatic character contributed significantly to the development of the SAAL Process. The project architect Fernando Távora first worked on the Barredo Neighbourhood ― a very poor area in the Porto's historic centre ― as an architect and teacher at the city's School of Fine Arts, and the Miragaia project built on this research, demonstrating a knowledge of and sensitivity to both the physical terrain and the social landscape of Porto, presenting a nuanced view of life in an urban space. Despite the strengths of the plan, the city council's policy on Porto's historic centre subsequently did not include Távora's project for Miragaia. Nonetheless, in the seriousness of its design and the depth of knowledge that it displayed, the project was a significant attempt to recover and rationalize Miragaia's vacant riverside zone. The highly developed nature of the proposal, its level of surgical precision, and Fernando Távora's thoughtful notes reveal a great deal about SAAL, its structure, its relationship with residents, and the overall model for urban intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Fernando Távora worked for SAAL/North with Antónia Nolo, Bernardo Ferrão, Gil Carneiro, Joaquim Jordão, Jorge Barros, Manuel Campos, Pedro Paredes and the residents' association Miragaia, that was founded on March 30th, 1976. The project was for 900 dwellings, but none were built. The operation began in June 1975. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, presentation panels, site plans and a study of a logo. The original drawings and panels were produced from 1975 to 1977 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
Project
1975-1977
textual records
AP206.S2.057
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.058 and AP206.S2.059. This file includes the following papers: Untitled paper on art activities in Chandigarh, 1982 "Avoidable Waste of Energy," newspaper article, 1983 "Need to Halt Waste of Energy," newspaper article, 1983 "Review of Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William JR Curtis," 1983 "Chandigarh Whose Baby?" "The Personality of a Unique City," newspaper article, 1983
1982-1985
Published and unpublished papers (folder 2 of 4)
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AP206.S2.057
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.056, AP206.S2.058 and AP206.S2.059. This file includes the following papers: Untitled paper on art activities in Chandigarh, 1982 "Avoidable Waste of Energy," newspaper article, 1983 "Need to Halt Waste of Energy," newspaper article, 1983 "Review of Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William JR Curtis," 1983 "Chandigarh Whose Baby?" "The Personality of a Unique City," newspaper article, 1983
textual records
1982-1985
textual records
AP206.S2.027
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.024, AP206.S2.025, AP206.S2.026, AP206.S2.028 and AP206.S2.029. This file includes the following papers: "The spirit of Chandigarh" 1976 “Mediocrity,” 1976 “The Sector,” 1976 “Chandigarh,” 1976 “Housing,” 1976 “Greed,” 1976 “The Time,” 1976 “The Leisure Valley,” 1976 “The City Centre,” “The V2s,” “Shopping,” 1976 “The Educational Zone,” 1976 “The Capitol Complex” “The Lake” “The Spiritual Responsibility,” 1976
1972-1978
Unpublished papers (folder 4 of 6)
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AP206.S2.027
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.024, AP206.S2.025, AP206.S2.026, AP206.S2.028 and AP206.S2.029. This file includes the following papers: "The spirit of Chandigarh" 1976 “Mediocrity,” 1976 “The Sector,” 1976 “Chandigarh,” 1976 “Housing,” 1976 “Greed,” 1976 “The Time,” 1976 “The Leisure Valley,” 1976 “The City Centre,” “The V2s,” “Shopping,” 1976 “The Educational Zone,” 1976 “The Capitol Complex” “The Lake” “The Spiritual Responsibility,” 1976
textual records
1972-1978
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Aditya Prakash fonds
AP206
Synopsis:
The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1947-2008
Aditya Prakash fonds
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AP206
Synopsis:
The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
archives
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1947-2008
drawings
DR2012:0015:023:002-002
Description:
Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
1980-1995
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his middle and later works
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DR2012:0015:023:002-002
Description:
Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
drawings
1980-1995