textual records
ARCH260032
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Proposals in the United States and Canada, including correspondence, concerning: Suffolk County Courthouse; North Carolina State University; Philadelphia World Forum Project (Harborplace Square); Pittsburgh evolving space project; Diker residence, Cannecticut; Rockville, Maryville Treatment Centres; Lincoln Performing Center for the Arts, New York; New York State Urban Development Corporation; 60 Wall Street, New York; New York Trump Tower; West Palm Beach, Florida, Center for the Performing Arts; Russell House, Tacoma Washington (includes colour photos); Tampa, Florida, University Library; Hotel, Vail, Colorado; Addition to Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. Canada: city of Oshawa interior design review; General Motors Head office, Oshawa; Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; Roy Thompson Hall; Bank of Canada, Ottawa; National Museum of Man, Ottawa; Saudi Arabian Embassy, Ottawa; Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, Ottawa; Mosque (Saudi Embassy), Ottawa.
1980-1986
Proposals in the United States and Canada, including correspondence
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ARCH260032
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Proposals in the United States and Canada, including correspondence, concerning: Suffolk County Courthouse; North Carolina State University; Philadelphia World Forum Project (Harborplace Square); Pittsburgh evolving space project; Diker residence, Cannecticut; Rockville, Maryville Treatment Centres; Lincoln Performing Center for the Arts, New York; New York State Urban Development Corporation; 60 Wall Street, New York; New York Trump Tower; West Palm Beach, Florida, Center for the Performing Arts; Russell House, Tacoma Washington (includes colour photos); Tampa, Florida, University Library; Hotel, Vail, Colorado; Addition to Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC; State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. Canada: city of Oshawa interior design review; General Motors Head office, Oshawa; Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa; Roy Thompson Hall; Bank of Canada, Ottawa; National Museum of Man, Ottawa; Saudi Arabian Embassy, Ottawa; Saint Peter's Lutheran Church, Ottawa; Mosque (Saudi Embassy), Ottawa.
textual records
1980-1986
archives
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Fonds
Ray Affleck fonds
AP088
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The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
1952-1989
Ray Affleck fonds
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AP088
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The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
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1952-1989
Sense of the City
Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
26 October 2005 to 10 September 2006
Sense of the City
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Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 September 2016, 6pm
Nicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
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Ábalos & Herreros fonds
AP164
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The Ábalos&Herreros fonds documents the activities of the architectural firm Ábalos&Herreros, founded by architects Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. The archive primarily consists of drawings, photographic materials and textual documentation, and covers the existance of the firm from 1985 to 2008. The concentration of the firm's work was produced in the city of Madrid and the Community of Madrid where the firm maintained its head office. However, the archive also documents projects for other Spanish autonomous communities as well as for other countries such as Portugal, Germany, the United States, and Brazil.
1920-2009
Ábalos & Herreros fonds
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AP164
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The Ábalos&Herreros fonds documents the activities of the architectural firm Ábalos&Herreros, founded by architects Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros. The archive primarily consists of drawings, photographic materials and textual documentation, and covers the existance of the firm from 1985 to 2008. The concentration of the firm's work was produced in the city of Madrid and the Community of Madrid where the firm maintained its head office. However, the archive also documents projects for other Spanish autonomous communities as well as for other countries such as Portugal, Germany, the United States, and Brazil.
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1920-2009
research
Visiting Scholars 2004
Jean-Pierre Chupin, École darchitecture, Université de Montréal, Canada Topic: Théories du projet et paradoxes de la pensée analogique au tournant des années 70 Samuel D. Abert, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Topic: And was Jerusalem builded here… Maarten Delbeke, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium Topic: The Sacred History of(...)
January 2004 to August 2004
Visiting Scholars 2004
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Jean-Pierre Chupin, École darchitecture, Université de Montréal, Canada Topic: Théories du projet et paradoxes de la pensée analogique au tournant des années 70 Samuel D. Abert, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Topic: And was Jerusalem builded here… Maarten Delbeke, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium Topic: The Sacred History of(...)
research
January 2004 to
August 2004
drawings
AP206.S3.061
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These drawings consist of architectural drawings "by Prakash, dated 1984, retrospectively recalling the design process of the School of Art while working with Le Corbusier,"[1] frame control drawings, a Chandigarh sun chart and Modulor drawings. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 75.
1984
Architectural and Modulor drawings
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AP206.S3.061
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These drawings consist of architectural drawings "by Prakash, dated 1984, retrospectively recalling the design process of the School of Art while working with Le Corbusier,"[1] frame control drawings, a Chandigarh sun chart and Modulor drawings. [1]Vikramaditya Prakash, One Continuous Line: Art, Architecture and Urbanism of Aditya Prakash (Ahmedabad, India: Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019), 75.
drawings
1984
Learning from... Rome
Filmmaker and photographer Armin Linke reveals the societal changes, cultural complexities, and beauty of contemporary Rome through two short films and architectural photographs from his archives. The first film focuses on a moment of natural choreography as some 100,000 starlings fly against the backdrop of the city of Rome. Linke presents a selection of photographs,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
5 March 2009
Learning from... Rome
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Filmmaker and photographer Armin Linke reveals the societal changes, cultural complexities, and beauty of contemporary Rome through two short films and architectural photographs from his archives. The first film focuses on a moment of natural choreography as some 100,000 starlings fly against the backdrop of the city of Rome. Linke presents a selection of photographs,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
21 videocassette(s)
DR1999:0363
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videocassettes include: - 8 mm - undated - Mercator Madrid Pal System - 2/17/94 - Affect, Singularity, Aggregation - April 7th, 1994 - P.E. Penn State - Mica T.V " The New Urban Landscape Exhibition" - Rovereto - TVR - Tokyo Koizumi July 3rd - P.E. Affect Singularity, Aggregation - 4D view - Colegio Oficial De Arquitectos De Madrid - Peter Eisenman - Kinetic Designs Inc. Michael O´Malley - Togo Murano, His House and Other Works - Columbus Convention Center, News & Weather report - P.E. on Charlie Rose - Eisenman Architecture, What a Wonderful World - Banyoles Al Costat de Barcelona - Koizumi - unknown title 88/8/3 - unknown (X2)
Lectures about Wexner Center, Colombus, Ohio and Banyoles Olympic Hotel, Banyoles, Spain and other projects
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DR1999:0363
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videocassettes include: - 8 mm - undated - Mercator Madrid Pal System - 2/17/94 - Affect, Singularity, Aggregation - April 7th, 1994 - P.E. Penn State - Mica T.V " The New Urban Landscape Exhibition" - Rovereto - TVR - Tokyo Koizumi July 3rd - P.E. Affect Singularity, Aggregation - 4D view - Colegio Oficial De Arquitectos De Madrid - Peter Eisenman - Kinetic Designs Inc. Michael O´Malley - Togo Murano, His House and Other Works - Columbus Convention Center, News & Weather report - P.E. on Charlie Rose - Eisenman Architecture, What a Wonderful World - Banyoles Al Costat de Barcelona - Koizumi - unknown title 88/8/3 - unknown (X2)
21 videocassette(s)