ARCH284316
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With a handwritten note about ordering dicyclopentadiene from Fisher Scientific
7 August 1973
Letter from Witold Rybczynski to Alvaro Ortega and others requesting a shipment of material to be used for making sulphur fire resistant
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ARCH284316
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With a handwritten note about ordering dicyclopentadiene from Fisher Scientific
archives
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Fonds
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.
1947, 1970-2012
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.
archives
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Fonds
1947, 1970-2012
photographs
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4 photograph(s)
ARCH273326
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Group consists of photographs of members of Minimum Cost Housing Group making sulphur concrete bricks, including some used for the publications about sulphur concrete.
1975
Centre Publication / Photographs
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ARCH273326
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Group consists of photographs of members of Minimum Cost Housing Group making sulphur concrete bricks, including some used for the publications about sulphur concrete.
photographs
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4 photograph(s)
1975
photographs
Quantity:
145 photograph(s)
ARCH273328
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Group consists of photographs (including 3 contact sheets) of the members of the Minimum Cost Housing Group making sulphur concrete and sulphur concrete bricks, and photographs of installation, tools and devices for making concrete and bricks, including some used for the publications about sulphur concrete.
ca. 1974
Photographs of the members of the Minimum Cost Housing Group
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ARCH273328
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Group consists of photographs (including 3 contact sheets) of the members of the Minimum Cost Housing Group making sulphur concrete and sulphur concrete bricks, and photographs of installation, tools and devices for making concrete and bricks, including some used for the publications about sulphur concrete.
photographs
Quantity:
145 photograph(s)
ca. 1974
Series
Housing Research Projects
AP149.S1
Description:
Series related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group projects and publications, including the publications known as the "The Problem is" series about low-cost housing between 1971 and 1978 and all the other publications related to projects from 1984 to 2004. This series documents publications about the projects of prefabricated houses for the developing countries, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house, low-cost sanitation systems, sulphur concrete for low-cost housing, building components from secondary use, rooftop gardens and urban agriculture, domestic water saving devices, human settlement developement or improvement in developping countries and in Native American communities. The material in this series was produced between 1970 and 2011. The file contains textual records, mainly dummies for the publications, office records and reports, photographic material related to the projects, copies of the publications, a few drawings and plans related to the housing project and samples of the sulphur bricks developed by the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1970-2011
Housing Research Projects
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AP149.S1
Description:
Series related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group projects and publications, including the publications known as the "The Problem is" series about low-cost housing between 1971 and 1978 and all the other publications related to projects from 1984 to 2004. This series documents publications about the projects of prefabricated houses for the developing countries, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house, low-cost sanitation systems, sulphur concrete for low-cost housing, building components from secondary use, rooftop gardens and urban agriculture, domestic water saving devices, human settlement developement or improvement in developping countries and in Native American communities. The material in this series was produced between 1970 and 2011. The file contains textual records, mainly dummies for the publications, office records and reports, photographic material related to the projects, copies of the publications, a few drawings and plans related to the housing project and samples of the sulphur bricks developed by the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
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1970-2011
photographs
SADDLE LAKE
ARCH273327
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Group consists of photographs of the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve project, in Alberta, for the thesis entitled "Sulphur as an Intermediaire Technology for Housing within Community Development" by J.J. Boon.
ca. 1974
SADDLE LAKE
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ARCH273327
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Group consists of photographs of the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve project, in Alberta, for the thesis entitled "Sulphur as an Intermediaire Technology for Housing within Community Development" by J.J. Boon.
photographs
ca. 1974
photographs
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7 photograph(s)
ARCH273321
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Group consists of photographs of Ecol House, including a photograph of Buckminster Fuller during a visit of the Ecol House, a photograph of the interlocking sulphur concrete wall of the house, and photographs of Arthur Acheson and his wife living in Ecol House.
1972 or before
Photographs of Ecol House, including a photograph of Buckminster Fuller
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ARCH273321
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Group consists of photographs of Ecol House, including a photograph of Buckminster Fuller during a visit of the Ecol House, a photograph of the interlocking sulphur concrete wall of the house, and photographs of Arthur Acheson and his wife living in Ecol House.
photographs
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7 photograph(s)
1972 or before
journals and magazines
Sulphur Institute journal.
Description:
volumes illustrations 28 cm
[Washington] Sulphur Institute.
journals and magazines
[Washington] Sulphur Institute.
journals and magazines
Description:
volumes illustrations 28 cm
Washington, Sulphur Institute.
journals and magazines
Washington, Sulphur Institute.
books
Description:
iv, 236 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
[Place of publication not identified] : The Sulphur Institute, [1976?]
New Uses for Sulphur and Pyrites : Madrid, 17-19 May 1976 / the Sulphur Institute.
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iv, 236 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
books
[Place of publication not identified] : The Sulphur Institute, [1976?]