The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
16 July 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Toolkit for Today: Unmaking Filmmaking
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The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records
AP197.S3.002
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This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1984-1990. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, attend or present at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries such as the American Academy in Rome. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Ignasi de Sola-Morales Rubio; Tadao Ando; Rafael Moneo; James Stirling; Marco Frascari; Alvaro Siza; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; the Progressive Architecture; and Architecture and Urbanism. This correspondence includes Frampton’s invitation to be the Craig Francis Cullinan Visiting Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Rice University; correspondence with Rizzoli International Publications about the Tadao Ando book; correspondence with MIT Press for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; and correspondence about critical regionalism.
1984-1990
Personal and professional correspondence from 1984-1990
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AP197.S3.002
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This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1984-1990. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, attend or present at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries such as the American Academy in Rome. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Ignasi de Sola-Morales Rubio; Tadao Ando; Rafael Moneo; James Stirling; Marco Frascari; Alvaro Siza; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; the Progressive Architecture; and Architecture and Urbanism. This correspondence includes Frampton’s invitation to be the Craig Francis Cullinan Visiting Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Rice University; correspondence with Rizzoli International Publications about the Tadao Ando book; correspondence with MIT Press for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; and correspondence about critical regionalism.
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1984-1990
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DR2012:0012:131:014
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to a cancelled book project by Melvin Charney, tentatively titled A way out: on the liberation of architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON
1970-1982
Correspondence related to Melvin Charney's writings
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DR2012:0012:131:014
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to a cancelled book project by Melvin Charney, tentatively titled A way out: on the liberation of architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON
textual records
1970-1982
books
Livres sur le dessin
ARCH257818
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« Sketches Abroad » par Millard Sheets; « Heards from life », «How to draw the head », « Figures From Life » par Walter F. Foster; « How to Draw Horses » par Don Louis Perceval; « Modern Architecture » par Allen M. Weary.
publié 1930
Livres sur le dessin
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ARCH257818
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« Sketches Abroad » par Millard Sheets; « Heards from life », «How to draw the head », « Figures From Life » par Walter F. Foster; « How to Draw Horses » par Don Louis Perceval; « Modern Architecture » par Allen M. Weary.
books
publié 1930
archives
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Fonds
André Blouin fonds
AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
Synopsis:
The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
archives
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Fonds
1933-1996
textual records
DR2012:0015:021:007
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typewritten) and notes related to La Ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1994. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU / CCI
1974-1979, 1991-1994
Correspondence with the Centre Georges Pompidou
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DR2012:0015:021:007
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typewritten) and notes related to La Ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1994. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU / CCI
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1974-1979, 1991-1994
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ARCH256951
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3 files for AE books - 2 ripped pages from The Architecture of Arthur Erickson and a draft of chronology of work with revisions and correspondence; drafts of exhibition catalogue; correspondence, thumbnails of book, design schedule.
1987-1988
Correspondence, draft of exhibition catalogues, design schedule and revisions work related to various books on Erickson
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ARCH256951
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3 files for AE books - 2 ripped pages from The Architecture of Arthur Erickson and a draft of chronology of work with revisions and correspondence; drafts of exhibition catalogue; correspondence, thumbnails of book, design schedule.
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1987-1988
ARCH284730
24 June 1975
ARCH284731
24 June 1975
ARCH284732
24 June 1976