Series
Hans Scharoun
AP162.S7
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Hans Scharoun to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette, with Scharoun writing under the pseudonym Hannes. Born in 1893 in Bremen, Germany, Scharoun studied archictecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1912 and 1914. From 1915 to 1918 he worked on a military commission for the rebuilding of East Prussia. In 1919, he joined the Arbeitsrat für Kunst led by Bruno Taut. From 1919 to 1925 he worked independently, taking on private and public commissions as well as architectural projects for exhibitions. He taught at the Akademie für Kunst und Gewerbe in Breslau from 1925 to 1932, and at the Technische Universität Berlin as a town planning professor from 1946 to 1958. In 1956, he won the first prize of the competition for the Philharmonie concert hall in West Berlin. He died in Berlin in 1972. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hans Scharoun to the Die gläserne Kette circle and related drawings.
between 1919 and 1920
Hans Scharoun
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AP162.S7
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Hans Scharoun to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette, with Scharoun writing under the pseudonym Hannes. Born in 1893 in Bremen, Germany, Scharoun studied archictecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1912 and 1914. From 1915 to 1918 he worked on a military commission for the rebuilding of East Prussia. In 1919, he joined the Arbeitsrat für Kunst led by Bruno Taut. From 1919 to 1925 he worked independently, taking on private and public commissions as well as architectural projects for exhibitions. He taught at the Akademie für Kunst und Gewerbe in Breslau from 1925 to 1932, and at the Technische Universität Berlin as a town planning professor from 1946 to 1958. In 1956, he won the first prize of the competition for the Philharmonie concert hall in West Berlin. He died in Berlin in 1972. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hans Scharoun to the Die gläserne Kette circle and related drawings.
series
between 1919 and 1920
textual records
AP206.S2.016
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
1968-1979
Published and unpublished papers (folder 3 of 5)
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AP206.S2.016
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
textual records
1968-1979
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Fonds
Umberto Riva fonds
AP180
Synopsis:
The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
1959-2012
Umberto Riva fonds
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AP180
Synopsis:
The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
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Fonds
1959-2012
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Professional Work
AP145.S2
Description:
Series contains professional work for residential, commercial, religious, and recreational architectural and design projects, and includes competition entries, commissions, and "dead projects". Architectural drawings are in the hand of John Hejduk and others, and the series includes reprographic copies of drawings by Hejduk and others.
1954-2000, predominant 1954-1996
Professional Work
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AP145.S2
Description:
Series contains professional work for residential, commercial, religious, and recreational architectural and design projects, and includes competition entries, commissions, and "dead projects". Architectural drawings are in the hand of John Hejduk and others, and the series includes reprographic copies of drawings by Hejduk and others.
Series 2
1954-2000, predominant 1954-1996
PH1986:1173
Description:
- The titles of a published identical image, "Ise Jingu East Treasury Façade" and "East Treasury, Outer Shrine" are inaccurate, as the structure shown is the West Treasure House. Part of the south gateway of the innermost fence [mizugaki] is visible at left ('Ise Jingu', p. x, pl. 94; 'Ise: Prototype of Japanese Architecture', p. 129).
architecture
1953 or 1960
View of the Saihoden [West Treasure House], Geku [Outer Shrine], Ise Daijingu (also known as Ise Jingu [Ise Shrine]), Ise-shi, Japan
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PH1986:1173
Description:
- The titles of a published identical image, "Ise Jingu East Treasury Façade" and "East Treasury, Outer Shrine" are inaccurate, as the structure shown is the West Treasure House. Part of the south gateway of the innermost fence [mizugaki] is visible at left ('Ise Jingu', p. x, pl. 94; 'Ise: Prototype of Japanese Architecture', p. 129).
architecture
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Pierre Dionne fonds
AP006
Synopsis:
The Pierre Dionne fonds, 1948-1976, documents the professional career of architect Pierre Dionne. The fonds documents 467of Dionne’s architectural works: 11 student projects (ca. 1948-1952), 437 professional projects (1951-1976) and 19 miscellaneous projects (various dates). Materials in this fonds consist of 6244 drawings (including reprographic copies), 857 photographic materials, 165 slides, 5 l.m. of textual records and 6 models.
1948-1976
Pierre Dionne fonds
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AP006
Synopsis:
The Pierre Dionne fonds, 1948-1976, documents the professional career of architect Pierre Dionne. The fonds documents 467of Dionne’s architectural works: 11 student projects (ca. 1948-1952), 437 professional projects (1951-1976) and 19 miscellaneous projects (various dates). Materials in this fonds consist of 6244 drawings (including reprographic copies), 857 photographic materials, 165 slides, 5 l.m. of textual records and 6 models.
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1948-1976
Sub-series
AP001.S3.SS04
Description:
Cette sous-série contient diverses publications et documentation utilisées par Ernest Cormier comme matériel de référence sur les normes architectural ou d'ingénierie, principalement dans le cadre de ces activités professionnelles. La sous-série contient aussi des plans et dessins de projets d'architecture non réalisés par Cormier et utilisés comme référence.
1909-1978
Notes techniques et documents de référence
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AP001.S3.SS04
Description:
Cette sous-série contient diverses publications et documentation utilisées par Ernest Cormier comme matériel de référence sur les normes architectural ou d'ingénierie, principalement dans le cadre de ces activités professionnelles. La sous-série contient aussi des plans et dessins de projets d'architecture non réalisés par Cormier et utilisés comme référence.
Sous-série
1909-1978
Sub-series
AP058.S2.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
1977-1990
Other conferences and lectures
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AP058.S2.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
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1977-1990
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Lars Spuybroek fonds
AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
1980s-2010
Lars Spuybroek fonds
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AP173
Synopsis:
The Lars Spuybroek fonds documents the professional practice of architect Lars Spuybroek from his early projects in the 1990s to projects undertaken with his firm NOX from 1995 to 2010. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of photographic materials, drawings and textual records relating to over 70 projects, such as the H2Oexpo in Neeltje Jans Island, Netherlands (1997), the Maison Folie in Nantes, France (2001) and the D-Tower in Doetinchem, Netherlands (2004).
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Fonds
1980s-2010
textual records
ARCH276328
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Group primarily contains conference proceedings and reports. Includes: Annual Report Canadian Council on Urban and Regional Research (1971); Conference of Cities, Indianapolis, Indiana (25-28 May 1971); International Reseach Symposium, Architecture and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario (24-27 September 1992); reports from the Science Council of Canada; CIDA annual reviews.
1971-1992
Conference proceedings and reports
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ARCH276328
Description:
Group primarily contains conference proceedings and reports. Includes: Annual Report Canadian Council on Urban and Regional Research (1971); Conference of Cities, Indianapolis, Indiana (25-28 May 1971); International Reseach Symposium, Architecture and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario (24-27 September 1992); reports from the Science Council of Canada; CIDA annual reviews.
textual records
1971-1992