photographs
ARCH274615
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Project slides for the renovation and redesign of Criswell Hotel San Francisco, a former Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office building into a 350 room hotel at 600 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California. Arthur Erickson Architects, Los Angeles, in association with Whisler-Patri Architects, San Francisco were commisioned for the project. Group includes: model, site photographs, schematic design, renderings and details.
n.d.
Project documentation slides for various projects
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ARCH274615
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Project slides for the renovation and redesign of Criswell Hotel San Francisco, a former Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office building into a 350 room hotel at 600 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California. Arthur Erickson Architects, Los Angeles, in association with Whisler-Patri Architects, San Francisco were commisioned for the project. Group includes: model, site photographs, schematic design, renderings and details.
photographs
n.d.
ARCH272811
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Small riverbed stones used for small-scale study models.
2012-2015
Weavers' Studio : stone samples (small)
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ARCH272811
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Small riverbed stones used for small-scale study models.
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AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the residential complex Bonjour Tristesse after Siza won the competition for Block 121. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 2/80 A. Drawings in this subseries show changes between the competition entry for Bonjour Tristesse and the built project. For instance, drawings depict the decision to reduce the number of floors, as well as Siza’s proposal to preserve the ground floor shops that remained from the previous building. Other changes documented include changes in the number of staircases as well the omission of an entrance ramp. Documenting this project subseries are sketches, studies, plans, elevations, and details. There are photographs, negatives, and slides that show the construction site and the building during and after construction. There are also photographs and negatives of the model for Bonjour Tristesse. For correspondence and project documentation see the project series.
circa 1981-2005
Edificio de Apartamentos Bonjour Tristesse [Bonjour Tristesse residential complex], Berlin, Germany (1980-1984)
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AP178.S1.1980.PR02.SS2
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This project subseries documents the residential complex Bonjour Tristesse after Siza won the competition for Block 121. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 2/80 A. Drawings in this subseries show changes between the competition entry for Bonjour Tristesse and the built project. For instance, drawings depict the decision to reduce the number of floors, as well as Siza’s proposal to preserve the ground floor shops that remained from the previous building. Other changes documented include changes in the number of staircases as well the omission of an entrance ramp. Documenting this project subseries are sketches, studies, plans, elevations, and details. There are photographs, negatives, and slides that show the construction site and the building during and after construction. There are also photographs and negatives of the model for Bonjour Tristesse. For correspondence and project documentation see the project series.
Project
circa 1981-2005
Project
AP207.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents the "Rumble" Sofa, a couch designed by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. The "Rumble" Sofa was part of the furniture at Pettena's studio-home." […] The design of this couch […] derives from the experience of living in a spacious place, originally a 19th century studio for artists, in which the furnishings had to suit the scale of the place and not that of the being." [1] The project series contains sketches, plans and details of the couch, as well as videos and photographs of the couch showing its various possible shapes and usages. It also includes a small wooden model with movable blocks, each block represents one of the cushions of the couch. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-rumble-couch-1967/ (last accessed 16 October 2019)
circa 1967
“Rumble” Sofa [“Rumble” Couch] (1967)
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AP207.S1.1967.PR01
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This project series documents the "Rumble" Sofa, a couch designed by Pettena in 1967 and produced in 1968 by Gufram, an Italian seat and furniture manufacturer based in Barolo. The "Rumble" Sofa was part of the furniture at Pettena's studio-home." […] The design of this couch […] derives from the experience of living in a spacious place, originally a 19th century studio for artists, in which the furnishings had to suit the scale of the place and not that of the being." [1] The project series contains sketches, plans and details of the couch, as well as videos and photographs of the couch showing its various possible shapes and usages. It also includes a small wooden model with movable blocks, each block represents one of the cushions of the couch. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/design-rumble-couch-1967/ (last accessed 16 October 2019)
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circa 1967
Series
AP177.S1
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This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
1996-2014
RUR Architecture working files
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AP177.S1
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This series documents Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto’s design process for the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library competition in 1996. The variety of formats present in the series relate to the firm’s design process for this project, where manual drawings, physical models and CAD software contributed to one another throughout design iteration. Some digital files were created after the competition. Manual drawings include penciled sketches, detailed inked plans and printed CAD files generally taped on larger mylar sheets. They represent either plans or details of the building’s design. The printed renderings most often present elevations and sections of the buildings. For plans, other printed CAD files were inked back on mylar sheets. Drawings are often annotated and precisely identify the different elements of the library’s program. Digital files represent either elements of the architectural design (conveyors, auditorium, store, etc.) or detailed plans, including topographical lines and 3-D models. They include rendered and scanned images and plans in TIFF, GIF, JPEG, PICT (MacIntosh QuickDraw) and FH5 (Macromedia Freehand) file formats. Most CAD models were created in form*Z, although Microstation DGN files and IGES files created in Alias are also present in the project records. The directory “Kansai Documents” contains a few textual records created with the publishing software QuarkXPress, including labels to be printed and used on physical drawings, correspondence and a text by Jesse Reiser for the Reversible Destiny exhibition catalogue in 1997. Most directories and file names are indicative of the file’s content, clearly referring to building elements, although in some cases files names are non-descriptive. For example, some files use the name of one of the assistants (Yama). File names are sometimes repeated in different directories, including files that are part of AP177.S2.001
Series
1996-2014
photographs
Kay Vierk 26
ARCH219263
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one photograph of a drawing and two photographs of models
Kay Vierk 26
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ARCH219263
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one photograph of a drawing and two photographs of models
photographs
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents an unexecuted project for the regional government (wilaya) headquarters in Skikda, Algeria. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains several conceptual and design development drawings for alternative schemes for site layout and buildings. File also contains photographs of site and of models, and textual records including reprographic copies of a 1977 proposal by Italian architectural firm Gregotti Associati for the same site and urban planning studies by Italian engineering firm IN.CO. S.p.A..
1975-1978
Administrative Headquarters, Skikda, Algeria
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AP140.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents an unexecuted project for the regional government (wilaya) headquarters in Skikda, Algeria. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains several conceptual and design development drawings for alternative schemes for site layout and buildings. File also contains photographs of site and of models, and textual records including reprographic copies of a 1977 proposal by Italian architectural firm Gregotti Associati for the same site and urban planning studies by Italian engineering firm IN.CO. S.p.A..
File 51
1975-1978
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AP149.S1.1984.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's post-occupancy study for Aranya Township, India, which was a newly development township completed in 1988 near Indore. Minimum Cost Housing Group initially work on the design of a plot of the township, which was the first one to be built and served as an alternative model to the whole township. The masterplan for the township was created by architect Balkrishna Doshi and the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in 1981. The other plots started to be planned by and built in 1989. The Minimum Cost Housing Group then returned to Aranya to undertake the post-occupancy survey of the whole site and students from the group kept studying the site up to 2018. The material for this file was produced between 1984 and 2012. The project series contains slides, study drawings of the township and a publication on the post-occupancy study by the McGill group.
1984-2002
Aranya township post-occupancy study
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AP149.S1.1984.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's post-occupancy study for Aranya Township, India, which was a newly development township completed in 1988 near Indore. Minimum Cost Housing Group initially work on the design of a plot of the township, which was the first one to be built and served as an alternative model to the whole township. The masterplan for the township was created by architect Balkrishna Doshi and the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in 1981. The other plots started to be planned by and built in 1989. The Minimum Cost Housing Group then returned to Aranya to undertake the post-occupancy survey of the whole site and students from the group kept studying the site up to 2018. The material for this file was produced between 1984 and 2012. The project series contains slides, study drawings of the township and a publication on the post-occupancy study by the McGill group.
Project
1984-2002
drawings, photographs
Reference materials, notes, photographs, mostly related to the Université du Québec à Montréal
DR2012:0012:103:005
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File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials, notes, photographs, and printouts of the following: - Model of Université du Québec à Montréal(1 photograph); - Composite photograph of soldier (2 photographs, 3 printouts); - Demonstration in front of Université du Québec à Montréal, 1973 (2 photographs); - Unidentified men (1 photograph). Original folder inscribed in graphite: QUÉBEC BOOK CH 1 ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER 1
1972-1973
Reference materials, notes, photographs, mostly related to the Université du Québec à Montréal
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DR2012:0012:103:005
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File containing documents in English and French, including reference materials, notes, photographs, and printouts of the following: - Model of Université du Québec à Montréal(1 photograph); - Composite photograph of soldier (2 photographs, 3 printouts); - Demonstration in front of Université du Québec à Montréal, 1973 (2 photographs); - Unidentified men (1 photograph). Original folder inscribed in graphite: QUÉBEC BOOK CH 1 ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER 1
drawings, photographs
1972-1973
Project
Ashmole
AP144.S2.D142
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File documents a project for the design of an exhbition entitled 'Ancient and Modern' at the McAlpine Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. The exhibition featured ancient artifacts, alongside the works of two contemporary artists (Sidney Nolan and William Turnbull) and two contemporary architects (Cedric Price and Quinlan Terry). Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1987, and in 1993, but predominantly in 1987. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, models, photographs, and textual records.
1986-1987, 1993, predominant 1987
Ashmole
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AP144.S2.D142
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File documents a project for the design of an exhbition entitled 'Ancient and Modern' at the McAlpine Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. The exhibition featured ancient artifacts, alongside the works of two contemporary artists (Sidney Nolan and William Turnbull) and two contemporary architects (Cedric Price and Quinlan Terry). Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1987, and in 1993, but predominantly in 1987. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, models, photographs, and textual records.
File 142
1986-1987, 1993, predominant 1987