textual records
AP206.S2.020
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This file consists of the following papers: "Simla: The Metropolis on the Mountain" "Living in Cities: Ludhiana"
circa 1970s
Published and unpublished papers
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AP206.S2.020
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This file consists of the following papers: "Simla: The Metropolis on the Mountain" "Living in Cities: Ludhiana"
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circa 1970s
The Unschool
What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
30 July 2012 to 3 August 2012
The Unschool
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What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
Learning from… Tokyo
In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
26 April 2007 , 7pm
Learning from… Tokyo
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In this lecture entitled Tokyo Nine Flux, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto interprets urban space in Tokyo as a causal chain of responses to flux – natural phenomena such as earthquakes and typhoons that pose a constant threat to the city, and increases in population, traffic and waste. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto is co-founder, with Momoyo Kaijima, of the architectural studio Atelier(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
graphic materials
ARCH153787
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Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications: Oppositions, nos 5, 6, 7, 8; 1975 (2) Oppositions Books, [no date] (2) Architecture: Program for Continuing Education in Architecture; October 7 to December 19 [?] (2) Architecture 2: Program for Continuing Education in Architecture; March 3 to May 15, 1975 (2) A New Wave of Japanese Architecture; September 25 to November 14, 1978 (2) A New Wave of Austrian Architecture; March 24 to May 19, 1980 (2) The Advanced Studio Workshop: '80/'81 (2) City as Theater: Evening Program in Architecture and Planning; March 1 to June 29, 1977 (2) Open Plan 77: Architecture in American Culture; October 3 to December 8, 1977 (3) Open Plan 79: Architecture in American Culture; March 5 to May 10, 1979 (3) Open Plan 80: Architecture in American Culture; February 18 to May 1, 1980 (4 : 2 large & 2 small) Vienna/New York: National Tour Program; March 24 to May 4 [?] (1) Between Utopia and Nightmare: Five Lectures on Visions in Architecture by Anthony Vidler, The Architectural Association School of Architecture [no date] (2)
1975-1981
Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications
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ARCH153787
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Various posters advertising IAUS related programming and publications: Oppositions, nos 5, 6, 7, 8; 1975 (2) Oppositions Books, [no date] (2) Architecture: Program for Continuing Education in Architecture; October 7 to December 19 [?] (2) Architecture 2: Program for Continuing Education in Architecture; March 3 to May 15, 1975 (2) A New Wave of Japanese Architecture; September 25 to November 14, 1978 (2) A New Wave of Austrian Architecture; March 24 to May 19, 1980 (2) The Advanced Studio Workshop: '80/'81 (2) City as Theater: Evening Program in Architecture and Planning; March 1 to June 29, 1977 (2) Open Plan 77: Architecture in American Culture; October 3 to December 8, 1977 (3) Open Plan 79: Architecture in American Culture; March 5 to May 10, 1979 (3) Open Plan 80: Architecture in American Culture; February 18 to May 1, 1980 (4 : 2 large & 2 small) Vienna/New York: National Tour Program; March 24 to May 4 [?] (1) Between Utopia and Nightmare: Five Lectures on Visions in Architecture by Anthony Vidler, The Architectural Association School of Architecture [no date] (2)
graphic materials
1975-1981
drawings, photographs
DR2012:0011:032
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Ring binder containing drawings, photographs, reprographic copies, stats of architectural, art, and graphic design work, and a watercolour related to Melvin Charney's activities as a student at McGill University, and include the following early projects: - Kitchen details for Mr. and Mrs. A. Zion (1 stat); - Design of vol. 2, no. 2 of YES: A Creative Quarterly (1 copy); - Small weekend house (3 stats); - Curb-service restaurant, for summer use only, on a Laurentian road (2 stat); - Studio-house in the Laurentian mountains (2 stats); - Apartment house to complete an existing pattern of older garden apartments (3 stats); - Community library for the Town of Mount Royal (6 stats); - Motel near the St. Lawrence River (2 stats); - Child centre (3 stats); - Building for the Province of Quebec Architects Association (4 stats); - Cloverdale shopping centre (1 stat); - Morse Jewellers (4 stats); - Steinberg's supermarket, Montreal North; - Reinforced concrete canopy, Molson Stadium (1 sketch, 1 photograph, 1 stat); - Town of Dorval subdivision proposal (1 stat); - Ottawa City Hall, study of lighting of areas in the building (1 stat); - Entrance vestibule, 1552 St. Matthew Street, Montreal (1 stat).
1955-1957
Portfolio for application to the graduate program at Yale University
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DR2012:0011:032
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Ring binder containing drawings, photographs, reprographic copies, stats of architectural, art, and graphic design work, and a watercolour related to Melvin Charney's activities as a student at McGill University, and include the following early projects: - Kitchen details for Mr. and Mrs. A. Zion (1 stat); - Design of vol. 2, no. 2 of YES: A Creative Quarterly (1 copy); - Small weekend house (3 stats); - Curb-service restaurant, for summer use only, on a Laurentian road (2 stat); - Studio-house in the Laurentian mountains (2 stats); - Apartment house to complete an existing pattern of older garden apartments (3 stats); - Community library for the Town of Mount Royal (6 stats); - Motel near the St. Lawrence River (2 stats); - Child centre (3 stats); - Building for the Province of Quebec Architects Association (4 stats); - Cloverdale shopping centre (1 stat); - Morse Jewellers (4 stats); - Steinberg's supermarket, Montreal North; - Reinforced concrete canopy, Molson Stadium (1 sketch, 1 photograph, 1 stat); - Town of Dorval subdivision proposal (1 stat); - Ottawa City Hall, study of lighting of areas in the building (1 stat); - Entrance vestibule, 1552 St. Matthew Street, Montreal (1 stat).
drawings, photographs
1955-1957
archives
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AP171
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This fonds documents the professional practice and activities of the Foreign Office Architects between 1989 and 2011, with a primary focus on their architectural projects. The documents in the fonds include drawings and plans, photographic materials, presentation panels, models, textual records, and digital files relating to 192 projects and international exhibitions . Additionally, the fonds includes material relating to publications, office activities, and research.
circa 1983-2011
Foreign Office Architects fonds
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AP171
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This fonds documents the professional practice and activities of the Foreign Office Architects between 1989 and 2011, with a primary focus on their architectural projects. The documents in the fonds include drawings and plans, photographic materials, presentation panels, models, textual records, and digital files relating to 192 projects and international exhibitions . Additionally, the fonds includes material relating to publications, office activities, and research.
archives
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circa 1983-2011
The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
14 October 1983 to 11 December 1983
The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
125 Kilos of Books
125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 March 2006 to 30 April 2006
125 Kilos of Books
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125 Kilos of Books presents a selection of printed architectural works from the CCA collection dating from the fifteenth century to the present in order to provoke thought about what seems, at first sight, the most banal fact of any book: its size. With dimensions ranging from 10 centimetres to 1 metre, the works are explored through such themes as Buildings are Bigger(...)
Octagonal gallery
textual records
DR1995:0316:001-001
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clippings, including material relating to the Cedric Price projects: New Aviary, Zoological Society (AP144.S2.D31), Robson Translloyd, London W.1 (AP144.S2.D36), Radome Development (AP144.S2.D40), Auditorium, Claverton Bath (AP144.S2.D41), House, Selsdon (AP144.S2.D42), Tone Vale Hospital, Taunton (AP144.S2.D47), Circlorama (AP144.S2.D51), Barking Flyover (AP144.S2.D57), Whyte Lion Development (AP144.S2.D60), Bath Festival (AP144.S2.D62), BAA/LHA/North (AP144.S2.D65), (AP144.S2.D70 BTDB Computer), Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72), BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), Phun City (AP144.S2.D77), Olympia (AP144.S2.D83), Two Tree Island (AP144.S2.D84), McAppy (AP144.S2.D89), River Clyde Competition (AP144.S2.D90), Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy (AP144.S2.D93), Water Wall (AP144.S2.D94), Scotswhim (AP144.S2.D95), G.T.R. (AP144.S2.D97), Whitehall (AP144.S2.D98), Strike (AP144.S2.D99), Generator (AP144.S2.D100), Domain (AP144.S2.D108), Castel (AP144.S2.D109), CP Aviary (AP144.S2.D113), and for Picstate, Polyark (AP144.S3.D33), and a project for Tunisia
1962-1993
Press clippings for various projects
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DR1995:0316:001-001
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clippings, including material relating to the Cedric Price projects: New Aviary, Zoological Society (AP144.S2.D31), Robson Translloyd, London W.1 (AP144.S2.D36), Radome Development (AP144.S2.D40), Auditorium, Claverton Bath (AP144.S2.D41), House, Selsdon (AP144.S2.D42), Tone Vale Hospital, Taunton (AP144.S2.D47), Circlorama (AP144.S2.D51), Barking Flyover (AP144.S2.D57), Whyte Lion Development (AP144.S2.D60), Bath Festival (AP144.S2.D62), BAA/LHA/North (AP144.S2.D65), (AP144.S2.D70 BTDB Computer), Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72), BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), Phun City (AP144.S2.D77), Olympia (AP144.S2.D83), Two Tree Island (AP144.S2.D84), McAppy (AP144.S2.D89), River Clyde Competition (AP144.S2.D90), Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy (AP144.S2.D93), Water Wall (AP144.S2.D94), Scotswhim (AP144.S2.D95), G.T.R. (AP144.S2.D97), Whitehall (AP144.S2.D98), Strike (AP144.S2.D99), Generator (AP144.S2.D100), Domain (AP144.S2.D108), Castel (AP144.S2.D109), CP Aviary (AP144.S2.D113), and for Picstate, Polyark (AP144.S3.D33), and a project for Tunisia
textual records
1962-1993
Members of the Montréal collective SYN-atelier d’exploration urbaine present a workshop investigating urban microclimates in downtown Montréal. Caused by particular conditions in urban construction, microclimates are environments that have surprising temperature variations — a building courtyard that is several degrees warmer than the street or a windy alley many degrees(...)
7 March 2009
Exploring Urban Microclimates
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Members of the Montréal collective SYN-atelier d’exploration urbaine present a workshop investigating urban microclimates in downtown Montréal. Caused by particular conditions in urban construction, microclimates are environments that have surprising temperature variations — a building courtyard that is several degrees warmer than the street or a windy alley many degrees(...)