graphic materials
Quantity:
18 ephemera(s)
DR1990:0022:005-022
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
before 26 April 1954
Villa Chimanbhai: Cut-outs of floor plan showing changes in room sizes
Actions:
DR1990:0022:005-022
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
graphic materials
Quantity:
18 ephemera(s)
before 26 April 1954
architecture
textual records
Quantity:
4 typescript(s)
Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai
DR1990:0022:023-026
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture
3 December 1953, 26 April 1954, and 10 April 1989
Letters from Le Corbusier to Mr. Chimanbhai, and a letter from Balkrishna V. Doshi to Anand Sarabhai
Actions:
DR1990:0022:023-026
Description:
- Part of a larger group of prints and other works from the design development process of Le Corbusier's unexecuted Villa Chimanbhai project, acquired from the Chimanbhai family. Included are photographs of a model, cut-outs sent to the client which demonstrate changes in the dimensions of individual rooms, and letters from the office of Le Corbusier to the client. Also includes a letter dated 1989 by B.V. Doshi indicating his interest in the project. The larger group of Chimanbhai material includes a model, which is not the model in photographs DR1990:0022:001 - DR1990:0022:004, and at least three series of prints -- some with annotated changes. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
textual records
Quantity:
4 typescript(s)
3 December 1953, 26 April 1954, and 10 April 1989
architecture
maps, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0254:030-030
Description:
clippings, pamphlet, press releases, notes, instructions, promotional material, brochures, newsletter, price list, correspondence, catalogues, specifications, manuals, maps, publication, conference agenda, reports, postcards, and model airplane boxes
Clippings, pamphlet, press releases, notes, instructions
Actions:
DR1995:0254:030-030
Description:
clippings, pamphlet, press releases, notes, instructions, promotional material, brochures, newsletter, price list, correspondence, catalogues, specifications, manuals, maps, publication, conference agenda, reports, postcards, and model airplane boxes
maps, textual records, photographs
Project
AP143.S4.D12
Description:
This project series documents House IV, an unexecuted project designed for unknown clients in Falls Village, Connecticut. Materials in this file were produced in 1970 and 1971. Documents include fifty-eight conceptual drawings (files: DR1994:0132:001-058) and presentation plans that show the internal organization of the house. Although never realized, House IV was extensively published, particularly as a series of axonometrics showing the transformations of the original cube. Some of the files documenting this are a set of axonometric drawings (DR1994:0132:120-184) and copies mounted on board (DR1994:0132:185-198). Other files, including files of photographic materials, document the layout of these drawings for publication. Also included are studies for exterior and interior elevations and silhouettes painted on mylar (DR1994:0132:214-230). Conceptual drawings and design development drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics. Presentation/publication drawings also include plans, elevations, sections, and axonometrics. Also included in this project series is a completed model.
1970-1971
House IV, Falls Village, Connecticut (1970-1971)
Actions:
AP143.S4.D12
Description:
This project series documents House IV, an unexecuted project designed for unknown clients in Falls Village, Connecticut. Materials in this file were produced in 1970 and 1971. Documents include fifty-eight conceptual drawings (files: DR1994:0132:001-058) and presentation plans that show the internal organization of the house. Although never realized, House IV was extensively published, particularly as a series of axonometrics showing the transformations of the original cube. Some of the files documenting this are a set of axonometric drawings (DR1994:0132:120-184) and copies mounted on board (DR1994:0132:185-198). Other files, including files of photographic materials, document the layout of these drawings for publication. Also included are studies for exterior and interior elevations and silhouettes painted on mylar (DR1994:0132:214-230). Conceptual drawings and design development drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics. Presentation/publication drawings also include plans, elevations, sections, and axonometrics. Also included in this project series is a completed model.
File 12
1970-1971
Project
Sheffield Festival
AP144.S2.D61
Description:
File documents an unrealized project for the Sheffield Festival which was organized by the University of Sheffield Union of Students, in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. An early proposal by Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price called for lightweight and movable gem-shaped enclosures of metal tubing, and fibreglass panels to be illustrated by Topolski. Later proposals involved the participation of Richard Hamilton, Robyn Denny, Bernard Cohen, and Joe Tilson. Material in this file includes conceptual sketches, detail sketches of support system, reprographic copies from original drawings, and photographic views of a model. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, with Peter Murray. 'The Second Instalment in the Cedric Price Supplement Series', 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 38. Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price also collaborated on a later project (see Topolski/Waterloo AP144.S2.D88). Material in the file was produced between 1964 and 1968. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1964-1968
Sheffield Festival
Actions:
AP144.S2.D61
Description:
File documents an unrealized project for the Sheffield Festival which was organized by the University of Sheffield Union of Students, in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. An early proposal by Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price called for lightweight and movable gem-shaped enclosures of metal tubing, and fibreglass panels to be illustrated by Topolski. Later proposals involved the participation of Richard Hamilton, Robyn Denny, Bernard Cohen, and Joe Tilson. Material in this file includes conceptual sketches, detail sketches of support system, reprographic copies from original drawings, and photographic views of a model. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, with Peter Murray. 'The Second Instalment in the Cedric Price Supplement Series', 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 38. Feliks Topolski and Cedric Price also collaborated on a later project (see Topolski/Waterloo AP144.S2.D88). Material in the file was produced between 1964 and 1968. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 61
1964-1968
Sub-series
Bloco B, Reconstrução do Chiado, [Block B, Reconstruction of the Chiado] Lisbon, Portugal, 1988-1998
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS5
Description:
This project subseries documents Bloco B for the reconstruction of Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office's archives identified this project as 58/80. The office assigned the dates 1988-1998 for this project. Bloco B was located between Rua Do Carmo and Calçada Sacramento. Bloco B included buildings 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Leonel building), 25 and 26. The construction work for the buildings of Bloco B included restorations of windows, doors, façades, painting, stonework, as well as work on the structure and mechanical systems. Drawings include plans prior to the fire, preliminary plans, studies, working drawings, and structural drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, reports, correspondence, and studies. Photographic materials and slides document the buildings prior to the fire, damaged buildings, the project site, construction work, and model. It is important to note that this subseries includes general documentation for Bloco B, for more specific details, see the individual building subseries for the Leonel building (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS6).
circa 1970-2003
Bloco B, Reconstrução do Chiado, [Block B, Reconstruction of the Chiado] Lisbon, Portugal, 1988-1998
Actions:
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS5
Description:
This project subseries documents Bloco B for the reconstruction of Chiado in Lisbon, Portugal. The office's archives identified this project as 58/80. The office assigned the dates 1988-1998 for this project. Bloco B was located between Rua Do Carmo and Calçada Sacramento. Bloco B included buildings 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (Leonel building), 25 and 26. The construction work for the buildings of Bloco B included restorations of windows, doors, façades, painting, stonework, as well as work on the structure and mechanical systems. Drawings include plans prior to the fire, preliminary plans, studies, working drawings, and structural drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, reports, correspondence, and studies. Photographic materials and slides document the buildings prior to the fire, damaged buildings, the project site, construction work, and model. It is important to note that this subseries includes general documentation for Bloco B, for more specific details, see the individual building subseries for the Leonel building (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS6).
Project
circa 1970-2003
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
Actions:
Description:
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Main galleries
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
Actions:
Description:
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
photographs
ARCH278584
Description:
Installation view of the Projects 45 exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 22–April 12, 1994 . The images show the partial Iris Dome model in various stages of opening.
1994
Installation view of the Projects 45 exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art
Actions:
ARCH278584
Description:
Installation view of the Projects 45 exhibition, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 22–April 12, 1994 . The images show the partial Iris Dome model in various stages of opening.
photographs
1994
Learning from... Madrid
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
4 December 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Madrid
Actions:
Description:
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre