Speed Limits
Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
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20 May 2009 to 8 November 2009
Speed Limits
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Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. It marks the centenary of the foundation of the Italian Futurist movement, whose inaugural manifesto famously proclaimed “that the world’s magnificence has been(...)
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photographs
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209 slide(s)
ARCH274249
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Presentation slides for projects filed under, "Commercial and Office: Small Scale". Contains: University of California (1986), Stanford University Biological Sciences Building Expansion (1985), Donn Chappellet Winery Offices and Bottling Facilities (1967), Erickson/Massey Offices (1968), Jawl Office and Warehouse (1971), Evergreen Building (1978), Teck Mining Office Interiors (1980), Arthur Erickson Architects Office, Los Angeles (1981), 320 Taylor Way, Vancouver (1981), Suki's Hair Salon (1986).
after 1986
Presentation slides for various small scale commercial and offices projects
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ARCH274249
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Presentation slides for projects filed under, "Commercial and Office: Small Scale". Contains: University of California (1986), Stanford University Biological Sciences Building Expansion (1985), Donn Chappellet Winery Offices and Bottling Facilities (1967), Erickson/Massey Offices (1968), Jawl Office and Warehouse (1971), Evergreen Building (1978), Teck Mining Office Interiors (1980), Arthur Erickson Architects Office, Los Angeles (1981), 320 Taylor Way, Vancouver (1981), Suki's Hair Salon (1986).
photographs
Quantity:
209 slide(s)
after 1986
Project
San Diego Convention Center
AP022.S1.1981.PR16
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File documents a built convention centre comprised of exhibit spaces, meeting rooms and offices on the upper level, a 250.000 square-foot exhibition hall at street level, and underground parking, San Diego, California. File contains photographic materials, publication drawings, a presentation drawing, textual records and a model.
1981-1985
San Diego Convention Center
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AP022.S1.1981.PR16
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File documents a built convention centre comprised of exhibit spaces, meeting rooms and offices on the upper level, a 250.000 square-foot exhibition hall at street level, and underground parking, San Diego, California. File contains photographic materials, publication drawings, a presentation drawing, textual records and a model.
Project
1981-1985
Series
Projects administration
AP022.S2
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Series is comprised of records relating to built and proposed projects, offer of services files to potential clients, and projects documentation from the offices of Erickson / Massey Architects (1963-1972) and Arthur Erickson Architects (1972-1991), Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia. It also includes documentation and working documents for projects on which Arthur Erickson worked as a design consultant. Documents include specifications, building programs and other long term documentation for external audits refered as "permanent files". It also contains offer of services and related proposals and correspondance.Series also contains general project documentation for both built and un-built projects designed at the offices of Erickson/Massey Architects, Vancouver and Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Toronto. Project binders were filed under general headings including: Education, Commercial, Housing, Medical, Planning, Transit and Theatre and Performing Arts. Also included in this series are slides of projects not documented under the project series in series AP022.S1. The majority of the material is photographic, some records also include project information sheets, newspaper clippings, and a few reports. A large portion of the documentation binders were assembled on 1 October 1990 at the offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. The material was used for either external presentation or internal documentation purposes.
1953-2005
Projects administration
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AP022.S2
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Series is comprised of records relating to built and proposed projects, offer of services files to potential clients, and projects documentation from the offices of Erickson / Massey Architects (1963-1972) and Arthur Erickson Architects (1972-1991), Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia. It also includes documentation and working documents for projects on which Arthur Erickson worked as a design consultant. Documents include specifications, building programs and other long term documentation for external audits refered as "permanent files". It also contains offer of services and related proposals and correspondance.Series also contains general project documentation for both built and un-built projects designed at the offices of Erickson/Massey Architects, Vancouver and Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Toronto. Project binders were filed under general headings including: Education, Commercial, Housing, Medical, Planning, Transit and Theatre and Performing Arts. Also included in this series are slides of projects not documented under the project series in series AP022.S1. The majority of the material is photographic, some records also include project information sheets, newspaper clippings, and a few reports. A large portion of the documentation binders were assembled on 1 October 1990 at the offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. The material was used for either external presentation or internal documentation purposes.
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1953-2005
photographs
ARCH274331
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Project slides, "Later Works," including: Markham Municipal Building (1986); Brisbane Competition (1990); Canadian Chancery, Washington, D.C. (1984); California Plaza (1986); Teck Mining Headquarters (1980); Brentwood Branch Library (1987); Fresno City Hall (1987). Includes primarily images of models, sites, interiors and presentation slides. The majority of slides are from the Vancouver and Los Angeles offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. A few slides are from the Toronto offices of Arthur Erickson Architects.
1980-1990
Project documentation for presentation purposes for Erickson's later works
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ARCH274331
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Project slides, "Later Works," including: Markham Municipal Building (1986); Brisbane Competition (1990); Canadian Chancery, Washington, D.C. (1984); California Plaza (1986); Teck Mining Headquarters (1980); Brentwood Branch Library (1987); Fresno City Hall (1987). Includes primarily images of models, sites, interiors and presentation slides. The majority of slides are from the Vancouver and Los Angeles offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. A few slides are from the Toronto offices of Arthur Erickson Architects.
photographs
1980-1990
textual records
ARCH260072
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Proposals: Guaranty Trust Computer Centre, Toronto; New Massey Hall study; Arts and Sciences Technology Centre (with D. Jensen Associates); SANCST Science Halls; Maryland Science Centre; Museum of Toronto study; New National Gallery of Canada competition with David, Boulva, Cleve Associated Architects; Rideau Hall. Including textual documents concerning proposals for Detroit Institute of Arts; York University Building and Campus Common proposal (1987); project file of descriptions from Los Angeles office
1986-1988
Proposals for various projects
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ARCH260072
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Proposals: Guaranty Trust Computer Centre, Toronto; New Massey Hall study; Arts and Sciences Technology Centre (with D. Jensen Associates); SANCST Science Halls; Maryland Science Centre; Museum of Toronto study; New National Gallery of Canada competition with David, Boulva, Cleve Associated Architects; Rideau Hall. Including textual documents concerning proposals for Detroit Institute of Arts; York University Building and Campus Common proposal (1987); project file of descriptions from Los Angeles office
textual records
1986-1988
archives
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Fonds
AP194
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The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
1995-2000
Johan Bettum OCEAN North project records
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AP194
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The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
archives
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Fonds
1995-2000
textual records
DR2012:0012:106:007
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence, invoices, notes, and art consignment lists related to the transport of five pieces of work to the William Turner Gallery, including: - In flight series ... French paratroopers, Zaire, 1994; - Trees ... via dell'Arancera, Borghese gardens, November 2000, no. 6; - Trees ... Parc de Sceaux, France, May 2001/1; - Trees ... Parc de Sceaux, France, May 2001/2; - Tree ... North Rustico, P.E.I. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TURNER GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
2009
Correspondence, invoices, notes and consignement lists related to artworks transportation
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DR2012:0012:106:007
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence, invoices, notes, and art consignment lists related to the transport of five pieces of work to the William Turner Gallery, including: - In flight series ... French paratroopers, Zaire, 1994; - Trees ... via dell'Arancera, Borghese gardens, November 2000, no. 6; - Trees ... Parc de Sceaux, France, May 2001/1; - Trees ... Parc de Sceaux, France, May 2001/2; - Tree ... North Rustico, P.E.I. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TURNER GALLERY, LOS ANGELES
textual records
2009
born digital
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4025 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2001.D1.009
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Contains photographs of an early Carbon Tower study model, 2002; the Extreme Textiles exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 2005; the 1:125 scale 3D Systems model on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2006-2007; and the 1:50 and 1:125 scale 3D Systems Carbon Tower models, 2013-2014. Original directory name: "MODEL PHOTOS". Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Canon RAW, DS_store file (MAC), Tagged Image File Format, Adobe Photoshop
2002-2014
Photographs of 3D Systems models and exhibits
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.009
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Contains photographs of an early Carbon Tower study model, 2002; the Extreme Textiles exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 2005; the 1:125 scale 3D Systems model on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2006-2007; and the 1:50 and 1:125 scale 3D Systems Carbon Tower models, 2013-2014. Original directory name: "MODEL PHOTOS". Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Canon RAW, DS_store file (MAC), Tagged Image File Format, Adobe Photoshop
born digital
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4025 digital file(s)
2002-2014
Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
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4 July 2007 to 30 September 2007
Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky
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Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
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