Project
AP143.S6.D6
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File documents the project Moving Arrows, Eros, and Other Errors for the 1986 Biennale, Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1985. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation models, presentation panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, and a book.
1985
Moving Arrows, Eros, and Other Errors, Romeo + Juliet
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AP143.S6.D6
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File documents the project Moving Arrows, Eros, and Other Errors for the 1986 Biennale, Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1985. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials, presentation models, presentation panels, publication drawings, reference drawings, and a book.
File 6
1985
Project
Guggenheim Venezia
AP142.S1.D167
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cafe, bookshop, and offices for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1989 and 1990. File contains textual records, including drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, a building programme, a technical report, and photocopies of views of models.
1989-1990
Guggenheim Venezia
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AP142.S1.D167
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cafe, bookshop, and offices for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1989 and 1990. File contains textual records, including drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, a building programme, a technical report, and photocopies of views of models.
File 167
1989-1990
Project
Un dictionnaire
AP041.S1.1970.D2
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UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of black and white photographs of wire-service newspaper articles selected by Charney for their depiction of “people and buildings caught in upheavals”. Charney described these images as “monuments which are created by events outside the confines of architectural institutions”, meaning that buildings and locations assume a “monumental connotation” when they become associated with a significant event. UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of 300 plates, each plate a photograph that “traces the contours of relations which affect our grasp of the significance of buildings”. UN DICTIONNAIRE was presented as an installation at Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie in Paris in 1994 and at the Canadian Pavilion of the 7th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice in 2000 as well as at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2001-2002. The publication “Tracking images : Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire...” related to this project was also realized in collaboration the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2000. This project series contains correspondence, notes, photographs, installations plans and exhibition space plans related for the aforementioned exhibitions in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and in Montréal. It also contains reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 21-28)
1970-2001
Un dictionnaire
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AP041.S1.1970.D2
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UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of black and white photographs of wire-service newspaper articles selected by Charney for their depiction of “people and buildings caught in upheavals”. Charney described these images as “monuments which are created by events outside the confines of architectural institutions”, meaning that buildings and locations assume a “monumental connotation” when they become associated with a significant event. UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of 300 plates, each plate a photograph that “traces the contours of relations which affect our grasp of the significance of buildings”. UN DICTIONNAIRE was presented as an installation at Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie in Paris in 1994 and at the Canadian Pavilion of the 7th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice in 2000 as well as at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2001-2002. The publication “Tracking images : Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire...” related to this project was also realized in collaboration the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2000. This project series contains correspondence, notes, photographs, installations plans and exhibition space plans related for the aforementioned exhibitions in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and in Montréal. It also contains reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 21-28)
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1970-2001
Project
AP142.S1.D66
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File documents an unexecuted project for the conversion of the 16th century Zitelle building into a university complex in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1986. File contains measured drawings, design drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records including correspondence and drawings.
1982-1986
Fabrica delle Zitelle alla Giudecca in Venezia
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AP142.S1.D66
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File documents an unexecuted project for the conversion of the 16th century Zitelle building into a university complex in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1986. File contains measured drawings, design drawings, and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records including correspondence and drawings.
File 66
1982-1986
drawings
DR2012:0012:046:029
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Consists of plans for the installation of the work titled "Un Dictionnaire" in the Canadian Pavillion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2000.
2000
Plans for the installation of the work titled "Un Dictionnaire"
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DR2012:0012:046:029
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Consists of plans for the installation of the work titled "Un Dictionnaire" in the Canadian Pavillion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2000.
drawings
2000
Project
AP140.S2.SS3.D13
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File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates to the British Architecture Today exhibition at the British Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991. File contains textual records, including schedules of materials lent to the exhibition, clippings and correspondence with Francesco Dal Co.
1991
British Architecture Today, Biennale di Venezia
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AP140.S2.SS3.D13
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File documents the participation of the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates to the British Architecture Today exhibition at the British Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1991. File contains textual records, including schedules of materials lent to the exhibition, clippings and correspondence with Francesco Dal Co.
File 13
1991
Sub-series
AP207.S2.SS09
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
1992-2010
Radicals. Architettura e Design 1960-1975 (1992)
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AP207.S2.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
Subseries
1992-2010
textual records
DR2012:0012:086:010
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Assorted documents in French, including two copies of Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection, along with reprographic copies therefrom, which references A construction in Venice.
1991
Publication "Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection" related to Melvin Charney and his projects
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DR2012:0012:086:010
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Assorted documents in French, including two copies of Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection, along with reprographic copies therefrom, which references A construction in Venice.
textual records
1991
drawings
AP178.S2.1988.001
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This sketchbooks includes sketches of the Étienne Marcel statue at the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. It also contains a self portrait and notes about Venice.
January 1988
Sketchbook 265: Viajens - LC - Soutinho - Veneza - Penafiel - Moveis LC- Poissy
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AP178.S2.1988.001
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This sketchbooks includes sketches of the Étienne Marcel statue at the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville. It also contains a self portrait and notes about Venice.
drawings
January 1988
Project
Five Easy Pieces
AP143.S6.D3
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File documents an unexecuted project for Five Easy Pieces: Dialectical Fragments Toward the Decomposition and Reintegration of Suburbia, Peter Eisenman's submission to the "Suburban Alternatives, 11 American Projects" section of the Biennale di Venezia held in 1976 in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was probably produced in 1976. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, and photographic material.
[1976]
Five Easy Pieces
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AP143.S6.D3
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File documents an unexecuted project for Five Easy Pieces: Dialectical Fragments Toward the Decomposition and Reintegration of Suburbia, Peter Eisenman's submission to the "Suburban Alternatives, 11 American Projects" section of the Biennale di Venezia held in 1976 in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was probably produced in 1976. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, publication drawings, reference drawings, and photographic material.
File 3
[1976]