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Sub-series
Sub-series
Title:
Domestic Commissions
Domestic Commissions
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CI001.S2.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. Charles' Hôtel Soltykoff (1854)(DR1974:0002:003:001-105) is exemplary of the Second Empire not only in its architectural language, programme and interior decoration, but also its use of mixed stone and iron construction. The album for Hôtel Soltykoff is one of the most comprehensive in the CCA collection. The drawings incorporate several phases of the design process from conceptual ideas to post-construction revisions. Numerous drawings for the structure and exterior ornamentation are included as well as drawings for the embellishment of the interior spaces. The interior drawings are especially interesting for evidence they provide of the palette of colours and ornamental motifs utilized in the Second Empire. Several prints (plates XIX - XXIII) in 'Oeuvre de C. Rohault de Fleury, architecte', which include general plans and elevations (few of which are included in the Hôtel Solytkoff album), are a useful complement to more specific drawings in the album. The Hôtel Sauvage (ca. 1862) album (DR1974:0002:006:001-024) - a set of 24 contract drawings- consists exclusively general plans, sections and elevations. This group of drawings give a good overall sense of both the interior and exterior. Hôtel Sauvage, like Hôtel Soltykoff is also typical of the Second Empire in style and programme. Château de Marcoussis (ca. 1861), for which a group of drawings were acquired in 1986, diverges somewhat in character from the other examples of Charles' domestic works represented in the CCA collection (DR1986:0379 - DR1986:0413). While most of the other houses are strictly classical in planning and design, for Château de Marcoussis, Charles adopted a more romantic asymmetrical château style design. The domestic commissions (1838-1856) in album, DR1974:0002:002:001-094, roughly fall into two categories. The first category consists of single residences - both town and country. The regimentation of plans and façades in the hôtel particular and country houses manifests the continued influence of Durand, yet Charles was also clearly affected by the Second Empire propensity for elaborate façade treatments with decoratively-shaped windows, complex mouldings and extensive rustication. The second category consists of urban apartment building with stores or occasionally offices on the ground floor, apartments, generally two per floor, above and often servants' rooms in the attic. These buildings are articulated in a restrained manner with mouldings, decorative ironwork and some stone ornament.
CI001.S2.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. Charles' Hôtel Soltykoff (1854)(DR1974:0002:003:001-105) is exemplary of the Second Empire not only in its architectural language, programme and interior decoration, but also its use of mixed stone and iron construction. The album for Hôtel Soltykoff is one of the most comprehensive in the CCA collection. The drawings incorporate several phases of the design process from conceptual ideas to post-construction revisions. Numerous drawings for the structure and exterior ornamentation are included as well as drawings for the embellishment of the interior spaces. The interior drawings are especially interesting for evidence they provide of the palette of colours and ornamental motifs utilized in the Second Empire. Several prints (plates XIX - XXIII) in 'Oeuvre de C. Rohault de Fleury, architecte', which include general plans and elevations (few of which are included in the Hôtel Solytkoff album), are a useful complement to more specific drawings in the album. The Hôtel Sauvage (ca. 1862) album (DR1974:0002:006:001-024) - a set of 24 contract drawings- consists exclusively general plans, sections and elevations. This group of drawings give a good overall sense of both the interior and exterior. Hôtel Sauvage, like Hôtel Soltykoff is also typical of the Second Empire in style and programme. Château de Marcoussis (ca. 1861), for which a group of drawings were acquired in 1986, diverges somewhat in character from the other examples of Charles' domestic works represented in the CCA collection (DR1986:0379 - DR1986:0413). While most of the other houses are strictly classical in planning and design, for Château de Marcoussis, Charles adopted a more romantic asymmetrical château style design. The domestic commissions (1838-1856) in album, DR1974:0002:002:001-094, roughly fall into two categories. The first category consists of single residences - both town and country. The regimentation of plans and façades in the hôtel particular and country houses manifests the continued influence of Durand, yet Charles was also clearly affected by the Second Empire propensity for elaborate façade treatments with decoratively-shaped windows, complex mouldings and extensive rustication. The second category consists of urban apartment building with stores or occasionally offices on the ground floor, apartments, generally two per floor, above and often servants' rooms in the attic. These buildings are articulated in a restrained manner with mouldings, decorative ironwork and some stone ornament.
People:
Date:
[between 1838 and 1861]
[between 1838 and 1861]
Title:
Domestic Commissions
CI001.S2.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. Charles' Hôtel Soltykoff (1854)(DR1974:0002:003:001-105) is exemplary of the Second Empire not only in its architectural language, programme and interior decoration, but also its use of mixed stone and iron construction. The album for Hôtel Soltykoff is one of the most comprehensive in the CCA collection. The drawings incorporate several phases of the design process from conceptual ideas to post-construction revisions. Numerous drawings for the structure and exterior ornamentation are included as well as drawings for the embellishment of the interior spaces. The interior drawings are especially interesting for evidence they provide of the palette of colours and ornamental motifs utilized in the Second Empire. Several prints (plates XIX - XXIII) in 'Oeuvre de C. Rohault de Fleury, architecte', which include general plans and elevations (few of which are included in the Hôtel Solytkoff album), are a useful complement to more specific drawings in the album. The Hôtel Sauvage (ca. 1862) album (DR1974:0002:006:001-024) - a set of 24 contract drawings- consists exclusively general plans, sections and elevations. This group of drawings give a good overall sense of both the interior and exterior. Hôtel Sauvage, like Hôtel Soltykoff is also typical of the Second Empire in style and programme. Château de Marcoussis (ca. 1861), for which a group of drawings were acquired in 1986, diverges somewhat in character from the other examples of Charles' domestic works represented in the CCA collection (DR1986:0379 - DR1986:0413). While most of the other houses are strictly classical in planning and design, for Château de Marcoussis, Charles adopted a more romantic asymmetrical château style design. The domestic commissions (1838-1856) in album, DR1974:0002:002:001-094, roughly fall into two categories. The first category consists of single residences - both town and country. The regimentation of plans and façades in the hôtel particular and country houses manifests the continued influence of Durand, yet Charles was also clearly affected by the Second Empire propensity for elaborate façade treatments with decoratively-shaped windows, complex mouldings and extensive rustication. The second category consists of urban apartment building with stores or occasionally offices on the ground floor, apartments, generally two per floor, above and often servants' rooms in the attic. These buildings are articulated in a restrained manner with mouldings, decorative ironwork and some stone ornament.
Domestic Commissions
CI001.S2.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. Charles' Hôtel Soltykoff (1854)(DR1974:0002:003:001-105) is exemplary of the Second Empire not only in its architectural language, programme and interior decoration, but also its use of mixed stone and iron construction. The album for Hôtel Soltykoff is one of the most comprehensive in the CCA collection. The drawings incorporate several phases of the design process from conceptual ideas to post-construction revisions. Numerous drawings for the structure and exterior ornamentation are included as well as drawings for the embellishment of the interior spaces. The interior drawings are especially interesting for evidence they provide of the palette of colours and ornamental motifs utilized in the Second Empire. Several prints (plates XIX - XXIII) in 'Oeuvre de C. Rohault de Fleury, architecte', which include general plans and elevations (few of which are included in the Hôtel Solytkoff album), are a useful complement to more specific drawings in the album. The Hôtel Sauvage (ca. 1862) album (DR1974:0002:006:001-024) - a set of 24 contract drawings- consists exclusively general plans, sections and elevations. This group of drawings give a good overall sense of both the interior and exterior. Hôtel Sauvage, like Hôtel Soltykoff is also typical of the Second Empire in style and programme. Château de Marcoussis (ca. 1861), for which a group of drawings were acquired in 1986, diverges somewhat in character from the other examples of Charles' domestic works represented in the CCA collection (DR1986:0379 - DR1986:0413). While most of the other houses are strictly classical in planning and design, for Château de Marcoussis, Charles adopted a more romantic asymmetrical château style design. The domestic commissions (1838-1856) in album, DR1974:0002:002:001-094, roughly fall into two categories. The first category consists of single residences - both town and country. The regimentation of plans and façades in the hôtel particular and country houses manifests the continued influence of Durand, yet Charles was also clearly affected by the Second Empire propensity for elaborate façade treatments with decoratively-shaped windows, complex mouldings and extensive rustication. The second category consists of urban apartment building with stores or occasionally offices on the ground floor, apartments, generally two per floor, above and often servants' rooms in the attic. These buildings are articulated in a restrained manner with mouldings, decorative ironwork and some stone ornament.
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File 2
File 2
Date:
[between 1838 and 1861]
[between 1838 and 1861]
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Series
Series
Title:
Research Library
Research Library
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Reference number:
AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
People:
Date:
1935-2013
1935-2013
Title:
Research Library
Actions:
AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
Research Library
Actions:
AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
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Series
Series
Date:
1935-2013
1935-2013
People:
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
This critical reading of exemplary projects from the CCA Collection reveals everyday spatial and power dynamics that have created middlegrounds but that have not often been acknowledged. Beyond restitution, how can architects participate in imagining more just futures for sites of dispossession?
This critical reading of exemplary projects from the CCA Collection reveals everyday spatial and power dynamics that have created middlegrounds but that have not often been acknowledged. Beyond restitution, how can architects participate in imagining more just futures for sites of dispossession?
Location:
Hall Cases Keyword(s):
Middleground, hall cases, Rafico Ruiz, Louise Paradis, indigenous, sovereignty, Ella den Elzen, Camille Saade-Traboulsi
Hall Cases Keyword(s):
Middleground, hall cases, Rafico Ruiz, Louise Paradis, indigenous, sovereignty, Ella den Elzen, Camille Saade-Traboulsi
Date:
10 February 2021 to 13 March 2022
10 February 2021 to 13 March 2022
Title:
Middleground: Siting Dispossession
Actions:
Description:
This critical reading of exemplary projects from the CCA Collection reveals everyday spatial and power dynamics that have created middlegrounds but that have not often been acknowledged. Beyond restitution, how can architects participate in imagining more just futures for sites of dispossession?
Middleground: Siting Dispossession
Actions:
Description:
This critical reading of exemplary projects from the CCA Collection reveals everyday spatial and power dynamics that have created middlegrounds but that have not often been acknowledged. Beyond restitution, how can architects participate in imagining more just futures for sites of dispossession?
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
10 February 2021 to
13 March 2022
10 February 2021 to
13 March 2022
Location:
Hall Cases Keyword(s):
Middleground, hall cases, Rafico Ruiz, Louise Paradis, indigenous, sovereignty, Ella den Elzen, Camille Saade-Traboulsi
Hall Cases Keyword(s):
Middleground, hall cases, Rafico Ruiz, Louise Paradis, indigenous, sovereignty, Ella den Elzen, Camille Saade-Traboulsi
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Actions:
Description:
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
Date:
12 December 2019 to 15 November 2020
12 December 2019 to 15 November 2020
Title:
Detour: Alternative Readings of Travel
Actions:
Description:
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
Detour: Alternative Readings of Travel
Actions:
Description:
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
12 December 2019 to
15 November 2020
12 December 2019 to
15 November 2020
Level of archival description:
Sub-series
Sub-series
Title:
Domestic Commissions
Domestic Commissions
Reference number:
CI001.S1.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. The austere classicism of Hubert's domestic work reflects the prevailing taste of the day and reveals the strong influence of his teacher, Jean Nicholas Louis Durand. The compostional effect of the houses' façades relies on the shape and rhythm of the fenestration and the geometric division by string courses and occasionally, pilasters. Columns are used infrequently as is decorative stonework. The plans are symmetrical and modular. This approach to design is especially evident in the series of proposals for a country house for comte Treilhard (DR1974:0002:034:001-082) and in a group of unidentified designs for houses (DR1974:0002:035:001-034), all of which illustrate an emphasis on plan in the design process and a distinct approach to the composition of the elevations, both derived from Durand. Hubert's domestic work was also influenced by Palladio (see especially DR1974:0002:038:001-029). The interiors and furniture designed by Hubert are typical of the Empire style (1). The drawings in the CCA collection illustrate the materials, palette and ornamental motifs of the period. The garden structures in Hubert's albums are more fanciful than his houses and are either Rustic, Chinoiserie or classical in style (2). His garden designs follow the contemporary French trend for "jardins anglais" with winding paths and naturalistic placement of the vegetation, sometimes in combination with more formal French gardens (3). One of the most comprehensively documented domestic project by Hubert is the Rohault de Fleury House (12-14 rue d'Aguesseau; 1824). The CCA collection contains an interesting series of preliminary drawings for alternate proposals for this house, a number of highly finished wash drawings (including the interior decorative scheme) for the final scheme (DR1974:0002:011:001-08) and several earlier (ca. 1806) proposals (DR1974:0002:035:001-034). The Domaine de la Vallée album (DR1974:0002:025:001-059) is notable for the range of subject matter included as well as for the insights into the character of a working country estate in the nineteenth century. The proposed modifications encompassed both functional (a bridge, a levee, granaries and stables) and aesthetic improvements, such as ornamental garden temples. The renovation of the house also exhibits both functional and aesthetic improvements. (1) Examples of Hubert's interiors and furniture can be found in albums, DR1974:0002:007:001-068, DR1974:0002:011:001-089, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (2) The best examples of his pavilions are found in album, DR1974:0002:038:001-029 with other examples in albums, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (3) Examples are found in albums, DR1974:0002:035:001-034 and DR1974:0002 :025:001-059. Also of note are drawings, DR1974:0002:007:007 and DR1974:0002:007:068.
CI001.S1.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. The austere classicism of Hubert's domestic work reflects the prevailing taste of the day and reveals the strong influence of his teacher, Jean Nicholas Louis Durand. The compostional effect of the houses' façades relies on the shape and rhythm of the fenestration and the geometric division by string courses and occasionally, pilasters. Columns are used infrequently as is decorative stonework. The plans are symmetrical and modular. This approach to design is especially evident in the series of proposals for a country house for comte Treilhard (DR1974:0002:034:001-082) and in a group of unidentified designs for houses (DR1974:0002:035:001-034), all of which illustrate an emphasis on plan in the design process and a distinct approach to the composition of the elevations, both derived from Durand. Hubert's domestic work was also influenced by Palladio (see especially DR1974:0002:038:001-029). The interiors and furniture designed by Hubert are typical of the Empire style (1). The drawings in the CCA collection illustrate the materials, palette and ornamental motifs of the period. The garden structures in Hubert's albums are more fanciful than his houses and are either Rustic, Chinoiserie or classical in style (2). His garden designs follow the contemporary French trend for "jardins anglais" with winding paths and naturalistic placement of the vegetation, sometimes in combination with more formal French gardens (3). One of the most comprehensively documented domestic project by Hubert is the Rohault de Fleury House (12-14 rue d'Aguesseau; 1824). The CCA collection contains an interesting series of preliminary drawings for alternate proposals for this house, a number of highly finished wash drawings (including the interior decorative scheme) for the final scheme (DR1974:0002:011:001-08) and several earlier (ca. 1806) proposals (DR1974:0002:035:001-034). The Domaine de la Vallée album (DR1974:0002:025:001-059) is notable for the range of subject matter included as well as for the insights into the character of a working country estate in the nineteenth century. The proposed modifications encompassed both functional (a bridge, a levee, granaries and stables) and aesthetic improvements, such as ornamental garden temples. The renovation of the house also exhibits both functional and aesthetic improvements. (1) Examples of Hubert's interiors and furniture can be found in albums, DR1974:0002:007:001-068, DR1974:0002:011:001-089, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (2) The best examples of his pavilions are found in album, DR1974:0002:038:001-029 with other examples in albums, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (3) Examples are found in albums, DR1974:0002:035:001-034 and DR1974:0002 :025:001-059. Also of note are drawings, DR1974:0002:007:007 and DR1974:0002:007:068.
People:
Date:
1802-[1840]
1802-[1840]
Title:
Domestic Commissions
CI001.S1.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. The austere classicism of Hubert's domestic work reflects the prevailing taste of the day and reveals the strong influence of his teacher, Jean Nicholas Louis Durand. The compostional effect of the houses' façades relies on the shape and rhythm of the fenestration and the geometric division by string courses and occasionally, pilasters. Columns are used infrequently as is decorative stonework. The plans are symmetrical and modular. This approach to design is especially evident in the series of proposals for a country house for comte Treilhard (DR1974:0002:034:001-082) and in a group of unidentified designs for houses (DR1974:0002:035:001-034), all of which illustrate an emphasis on plan in the design process and a distinct approach to the composition of the elevations, both derived from Durand. Hubert's domestic work was also influenced by Palladio (see especially DR1974:0002:038:001-029). The interiors and furniture designed by Hubert are typical of the Empire style (1). The drawings in the CCA collection illustrate the materials, palette and ornamental motifs of the period. The garden structures in Hubert's albums are more fanciful than his houses and are either Rustic, Chinoiserie or classical in style (2). His garden designs follow the contemporary French trend for "jardins anglais" with winding paths and naturalistic placement of the vegetation, sometimes in combination with more formal French gardens (3). One of the most comprehensively documented domestic project by Hubert is the Rohault de Fleury House (12-14 rue d'Aguesseau; 1824). The CCA collection contains an interesting series of preliminary drawings for alternate proposals for this house, a number of highly finished wash drawings (including the interior decorative scheme) for the final scheme (DR1974:0002:011:001-08) and several earlier (ca. 1806) proposals (DR1974:0002:035:001-034). The Domaine de la Vallée album (DR1974:0002:025:001-059) is notable for the range of subject matter included as well as for the insights into the character of a working country estate in the nineteenth century. The proposed modifications encompassed both functional (a bridge, a levee, granaries and stables) and aesthetic improvements, such as ornamental garden temples. The renovation of the house also exhibits both functional and aesthetic improvements. (1) Examples of Hubert's interiors and furniture can be found in albums, DR1974:0002:007:001-068, DR1974:0002:011:001-089, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (2) The best examples of his pavilions are found in album, DR1974:0002:038:001-029 with other examples in albums, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (3) Examples are found in albums, DR1974:0002:035:001-034 and DR1974:0002 :025:001-059. Also of note are drawings, DR1974:0002:007:007 and DR1974:0002:007:068.
Domestic Commissions
CI001.S1.D2
Description:
Hubert and Charles Rohault de Fleury received domestic commissions for both urban housing -hôtel particuliers and apartment houses- and rural dwellings -châteaux, country houses and estates. Hubert also executed designs for furniture and garden pavilions. Hubert' work is characterized by restrained classical exteriors and luxurious Empire style interiors; both Charles' exteriors and interiors, especially those for Hôtels Sauvage and Soltykoff, reflect the exuberance of the Second Empire. The CCA albums include drawings from all stages of the design process but with an emphasis on design development drawings. Hubert's albums contain cost calculations and estimates, notes and letters. In general, the drawings by Charles are from a more developed phase of design than Hubert's; Hubert's commissions are more varied than Charles'. The austere classicism of Hubert's domestic work reflects the prevailing taste of the day and reveals the strong influence of his teacher, Jean Nicholas Louis Durand. The compostional effect of the houses' façades relies on the shape and rhythm of the fenestration and the geometric division by string courses and occasionally, pilasters. Columns are used infrequently as is decorative stonework. The plans are symmetrical and modular. This approach to design is especially evident in the series of proposals for a country house for comte Treilhard (DR1974:0002:034:001-082) and in a group of unidentified designs for houses (DR1974:0002:035:001-034), all of which illustrate an emphasis on plan in the design process and a distinct approach to the composition of the elevations, both derived from Durand. Hubert's domestic work was also influenced by Palladio (see especially DR1974:0002:038:001-029). The interiors and furniture designed by Hubert are typical of the Empire style (1). The drawings in the CCA collection illustrate the materials, palette and ornamental motifs of the period. The garden structures in Hubert's albums are more fanciful than his houses and are either Rustic, Chinoiserie or classical in style (2). His garden designs follow the contemporary French trend for "jardins anglais" with winding paths and naturalistic placement of the vegetation, sometimes in combination with more formal French gardens (3). One of the most comprehensively documented domestic project by Hubert is the Rohault de Fleury House (12-14 rue d'Aguesseau; 1824). The CCA collection contains an interesting series of preliminary drawings for alternate proposals for this house, a number of highly finished wash drawings (including the interior decorative scheme) for the final scheme (DR1974:0002:011:001-08) and several earlier (ca. 1806) proposals (DR1974:0002:035:001-034). The Domaine de la Vallée album (DR1974:0002:025:001-059) is notable for the range of subject matter included as well as for the insights into the character of a working country estate in the nineteenth century. The proposed modifications encompassed both functional (a bridge, a levee, granaries and stables) and aesthetic improvements, such as ornamental garden temples. The renovation of the house also exhibits both functional and aesthetic improvements. (1) Examples of Hubert's interiors and furniture can be found in albums, DR1974:0002:007:001-068, DR1974:0002:011:001-089, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (2) The best examples of his pavilions are found in album, DR1974:0002:038:001-029 with other examples in albums, DR1974:0002:025:001-059, DR1974:0002:030:001-065 and DR1974:0002:035:001-034. (3) Examples are found in albums, DR1974:0002:035:001-034 and DR1974:0002 :025:001-059. Also of note are drawings, DR1974:0002:007:007 and DR1974:0002:007:068.
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File 2
File 2
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1802-[1840]
1802-[1840]
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AP140.S2.SS10.D2
Description:
This sub-series documents some of the reference materials used or collection during the activities and procedures of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1957 and 1998. Sub-series contains reference materials including typescripts dated from the early 1960s, articles and drafts of articles, translations, publications, regulations, postcards and invitation cards. It contains also materials from the surviving office library of James Stirling and Michael Wilford as it existed in 2000 when it was housed at 8 Fitzroy Square in London. During the processing the office library, a selection publications were transferred in the CCA library collection to facilitate description and access. This sub-series contains part of the published materials that remained in the archives.
AP140.S2.SS10.D2
Description:
This sub-series documents some of the reference materials used or collection during the activities and procedures of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1957 and 1998. Sub-series contains reference materials including typescripts dated from the early 1960s, articles and drafts of articles, translations, publications, regulations, postcards and invitation cards. It contains also materials from the surviving office library of James Stirling and Michael Wilford as it existed in 2000 when it was housed at 8 Fitzroy Square in London. During the processing the office library, a selection publications were transferred in the CCA library collection to facilitate description and access. This sub-series contains part of the published materials that remained in the archives.
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Date:
1962-1995
1962-1995
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Reference materials and library
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AP140.S2.SS10.D2
Description:
This sub-series documents some of the reference materials used or collection during the activities and procedures of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1957 and 1998. Sub-series contains reference materials including typescripts dated from the early 1960s, articles and drafts of articles, translations, publications, regulations, postcards and invitation cards. It contains also materials from the surviving office library of James Stirling and Michael Wilford as it existed in 2000 when it was housed at 8 Fitzroy Square in London. During the processing the office library, a selection publications were transferred in the CCA library collection to facilitate description and access. This sub-series contains part of the published materials that remained in the archives.
Reference materials and library
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AP140.S2.SS10.D2
Description:
This sub-series documents some of the reference materials used or collection during the activities and procedures of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1957 and 1998. Sub-series contains reference materials including typescripts dated from the early 1960s, articles and drafts of articles, translations, publications, regulations, postcards and invitation cards. It contains also materials from the surviving office library of James Stirling and Michael Wilford as it existed in 2000 when it was housed at 8 Fitzroy Square in London. During the processing the office library, a selection publications were transferred in the CCA library collection to facilitate description and access. This sub-series contains part of the published materials that remained in the archives.
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File 2
File 2
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1962-1995
1962-1995
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events
events
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Join us on Thursday 1 August as Ignacio G. Galan explores the activist designs developed within this context by disabled individuals in their own spaces of residence. Through select objects from the CCA Collection Ignacio G. Galán will situate the Center of Independent Living’s transformations of the household in relation to shifting discourses and paradigms of(...)
Join us on Thursday 1 August as Ignacio G. Galan explores the activist designs developed within this context by disabled individuals in their own spaces of residence. Through select objects from the CCA Collection Ignacio G. Galán will situate the Center of Independent Living’s transformations of the household in relation to shifting discourses and paradigms of(...)
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1 August 2024, 6pm
1 August 2024, 6pm
Title:
Research Fellow Seminar: Ignacio G. Galán
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Description:
Join us on Thursday 1 August as Ignacio G. Galan explores the activist designs developed within this context by disabled individuals in their own spaces of residence. Through select objects from the CCA Collection Ignacio G. Galán will situate the Center of Independent Living’s transformations of the household in relation to shifting discourses and paradigms of(...)
Research Fellow Seminar: Ignacio G. Galán
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Description:
Join us on Thursday 1 August as Ignacio G. Galan explores the activist designs developed within this context by disabled individuals in their own spaces of residence. Through select objects from the CCA Collection Ignacio G. Galán will situate the Center of Independent Living’s transformations of the household in relation to shifting discourses and paradigms of(...)
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events
events
Date:
1 August 2024
6pm
1 August 2024
6pm
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drawings
drawings
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Presentation drawing(s)
Presentation drawing(s)
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Reference number:
AP142.S1.D153.P4
Description:
presentation drawing(s) graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies Aldo Rossi Fonds Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal plans, elevations, sections, an axonometric, and details
AP142.S1.D153.P4
Description:
presentation drawing(s) graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies Aldo Rossi Fonds Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal plans, elevations, sections, an axonometric, and details
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Presentation drawing(s)
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AP142.S1.D153.P4
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presentation drawing(s) graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies Aldo Rossi Fonds Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal plans, elevations, sections, an axonometric, and details
Presentation drawing(s)
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AP142.S1.D153.P4
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presentation drawing(s) graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies Aldo Rossi Fonds Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/ Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal plans, elevations, sections, an axonometric, and details
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drawings
drawings
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
Reference number:
AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
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1947, 1970-2012
1947, 1970-2012
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Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
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AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
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AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
Date:
1947, 1970-2012
1947, 1970-2012
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research
research
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Description:
The 2023 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program invited new directions, readings, and interactions with the photographic works held in our Collection with a view to charting how broader understandings of ‘vision’ may exceed what Vilém Flusser names the ‘technical image.’
The 2023 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program invited new directions, readings, and interactions with the photographic works held in our Collection with a view to charting how broader understandings of ‘vision’ may exceed what Vilém Flusser names the ‘technical image.’
Date:
March 2023 to April 2023
March 2023 to April 2023
Title:
Virtual Research Fellows 2023
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Description:
The 2023 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program invited new directions, readings, and interactions with the photographic works held in our Collection with a view to charting how broader understandings of ‘vision’ may exceed what Vilém Flusser names the ‘technical image.’
Virtual Research Fellows 2023
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Description:
The 2023 edition of the Virtual Fellowship Program invited new directions, readings, and interactions with the photographic works held in our Collection with a view to charting how broader understandings of ‘vision’ may exceed what Vilém Flusser names the ‘technical image.’
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research
research
Date:
March 2023 to
April 2023
March 2023 to
April 2023
