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ARCH274177
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6 files- press clippings related to Arthur Erickson's receipt of the AIA Gold Medal 1986 and various architectural projects (1970s-1980s); correspondence related to a promotional brochure that included selected projects by Arthur Erickson; correspondence about John Chen's book, Architecture in Colour Drawings (1996); correspondence about image rights for Glass in Architecture, with a case study on the Vancouver Law Courts, published by Phaidon Press (1996).
Press clippings on Arthur Erickson and correspondence related to articles
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ARCH274177
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6 files- press clippings related to Arthur Erickson's receipt of the AIA Gold Medal 1986 and various architectural projects (1970s-1980s); correspondence related to a promotional brochure that included selected projects by Arthur Erickson; correspondence about John Chen's book, Architecture in Colour Drawings (1996); correspondence about image rights for Glass in Architecture, with a case study on the Vancouver Law Courts, published by Phaidon Press (1996).
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Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D55
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for eleven luxury townhouses and apartments in Manhattan, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1978. Based on conversation with Michael Wilford (2 May 2014), attribution of project has been revised to solely Jame Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. At a yet undetermined date in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the office of James Stirling and Partner became known as James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. File documents for the Eleven Townhouses project do not allow attribution to one firm or the other. File contains design development and presentation drawings as well as photographic materials.
1978
Eleven Townhouses Competition, New York, New York, United States
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AP140.S2.SS1.D55
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for eleven luxury townhouses and apartments in Manhattan, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1978. Based on conversation with Michael Wilford (2 May 2014), attribution of project has been revised to solely Jame Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. At a yet undetermined date in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the office of James Stirling and Partner became known as James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. File documents for the Eleven Townhouses project do not allow attribution to one firm or the other. File contains design development and presentation drawings as well as photographic materials.
File 55
1978
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Travels
AP075.S4.SS5
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This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's travel for the purpose of research on lansdscaping. It contains material related to her travels in China in the mid 1970s, a tour of Renaissance gardens in Italy in 1988, a tour of gardens in England in the end of the 1980s, a travel in Japan in the early 1990s, in Germany in 1998, and in England and Sweden in the mid 2010s. The sub-series predominantly photographs, notes from her travels, and collected touristic documentation and leaflets. It also contains a collection of slides from various travels in Europe, in the Middle East and the United States.
1975-2015
Travels
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AP075.S4.SS5
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This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's travel for the purpose of research on lansdscaping. It contains material related to her travels in China in the mid 1970s, a tour of Renaissance gardens in Italy in 1988, a tour of gardens in England in the end of the 1980s, a travel in Japan in the early 1990s, in Germany in 1998, and in England and Sweden in the mid 2010s. The sub-series predominantly photographs, notes from her travels, and collected touristic documentation and leaflets. It also contains a collection of slides from various travels in Europe, in the Middle East and the United States.
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1975-2015
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AP018.S1.1972.PR02
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This project series documents a feasibility study for a convention centre in Toronto from 1972-1973. The office identified the project number as 7228. This project consisted of a study to evaluate the feasibility of various downtown sites to build a convention centre, particularly sites close to the CN Tower and Union Station. The project also included the design of the convention centre, establishing realistic project costs and testing the building criteria with governments and committees. The debate on whether the convention centre should be constructed lasted throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. Parkin Architects Planners also investigated specific sites and refined the design in the late 1970s, under a different project number (see project series AP018.S1.1978.PR05 described in this fonds), and the project was later referred to as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre. It should be noted that Congress Centre and Convention Centre are used interchangeably in the materials. Eventually, the building contract was given to another architectural firm and today is known as the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation boards and textual records dating from around 1972-1977. The drawings consist of plans, elevations, sections, diagrams and sketches, while the textual records include press clippings, project notes, correspondence, the feasibility report, conference reports, and the project proposal. The presentation boards consist of photographs of the project model, site investigation plans, and a painting of the project by Dawson.
circa 1972-1977
Convention Centre for Metropolitan Toronto, Feasibility Study, Toronto (1972)
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AP018.S1.1972.PR02
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This project series documents a feasibility study for a convention centre in Toronto from 1972-1973. The office identified the project number as 7228. This project consisted of a study to evaluate the feasibility of various downtown sites to build a convention centre, particularly sites close to the CN Tower and Union Station. The project also included the design of the convention centre, establishing realistic project costs and testing the building criteria with governments and committees. The debate on whether the convention centre should be constructed lasted throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. Parkin Architects Planners also investigated specific sites and refined the design in the late 1970s, under a different project number (see project series AP018.S1.1978.PR05 described in this fonds), and the project was later referred to as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre. It should be noted that Congress Centre and Convention Centre are used interchangeably in the materials. Eventually, the building contract was given to another architectural firm and today is known as the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation boards and textual records dating from around 1972-1977. The drawings consist of plans, elevations, sections, diagrams and sketches, while the textual records include press clippings, project notes, correspondence, the feasibility report, conference reports, and the project proposal. The presentation boards consist of photographs of the project model, site investigation plans, and a painting of the project by Dawson.
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circa 1972-1977
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DR2012:0015:022:010
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, and press clippings related to the following projects and/or events: - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Corridart; - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - CCA garden; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Conseil des arts & lettres du Québec; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Melvin Charney: oeuvres 1970-1979; - Un dictionnaire; - Displacements: the work of artist-architect Melvin Charney.
between 1972 and 2000
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:022:010
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, and press clippings related to the following projects and/or events: - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Corridart; - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - CCA garden; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - Conseil des arts & lettres du Québec; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Melvin Charney: oeuvres 1970-1979; - Un dictionnaire; - Displacements: the work of artist-architect Melvin Charney.
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between 1972 and 2000
archives
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Fonds
Bauhaus in America fonds
AP217
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The Bauhaus in America fonds, circa 1930 – 2011, documents the research and production activities that went into producing the documentary film Bauhaus in America (1995) directed by Judith Pearlman. Material in the fonds consists of research in the form of photographs, textual records, publications, and ephemera from institutions in Germany and the United States. The fonds also contains film, video, and audio recordings that were used for preliminary research and compiled into the finished film. The recordings are primarily interviews with Bauhaus-related individuals. There is also material related to publishing activities based on the research for the film.
circa 1930 - 2011
Bauhaus in America fonds
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AP217
Synopsis:
The Bauhaus in America fonds, circa 1930 – 2011, documents the research and production activities that went into producing the documentary film Bauhaus in America (1995) directed by Judith Pearlman. Material in the fonds consists of research in the form of photographs, textual records, publications, and ephemera from institutions in Germany and the United States. The fonds also contains film, video, and audio recordings that were used for preliminary research and compiled into the finished film. The recordings are primarily interviews with Bauhaus-related individuals. There is also material related to publishing activities based on the research for the film.
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circa 1930 - 2011
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AP009
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The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
1979-1983
Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records
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AP009
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The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
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1979-1983
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AP180.S1.1965.PR01
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This project series documents the Cooperativa di abitazione, a built eight-storey low-income housing cooperative of friends and acquaintances on Via Paravia in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this housing complex from 1965-1967. The project is considered his first major project and was the first residential complex that he designed. This project is also known as 37 Via Paravia and was realized in collaboration with Bianco Bottero. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including elevations, axonometric drawings, sections, floor plans, furnishing details, structural details, and electrical plans. The project series also includes drawings for a later alteration to the living room bookcase design, around the mid-1970s.
1967-1969
Cooperativa di abitazione in via Paravia [Housing cooperative on via Paravia], Milan, Italy (1965-1966)
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AP180.S1.1965.PR01
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This project series documents the Cooperativa di abitazione, a built eight-storey low-income housing cooperative of friends and acquaintances on Via Paravia in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this housing complex from 1965-1967. The project is considered his first major project and was the first residential complex that he designed. This project is also known as 37 Via Paravia and was realized in collaboration with Bianco Bottero. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including elevations, axonometric drawings, sections, floor plans, furnishing details, structural details, and electrical plans. The project series also includes drawings for a later alteration to the living room bookcase design, around the mid-1970s.
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1967-1969
PHCON2002:0016:017
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Binder documents correspondence between Anne Alpert's family members during the 1960s and 1970s. Gordon Matta-Clark's letters to his mother during his years as a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and his years as an artist/architect are among those included, as well as letters from his twin brother John Sebastian Matta to various family members. Letters from Roberto Matta and his wife, Malitte Matta, are also found in the binder, along with personal letters addressed to Anne Alpert, miscellaneous memorabilia, and family photographs. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1964-1976
Gordon Matta-Clark Mother's papers: Family Letters 1964 to 1976
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PHCON2002:0016:017
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Binder documents correspondence between Anne Alpert's family members during the 1960s and 1970s. Gordon Matta-Clark's letters to his mother during his years as a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and his years as an artist/architect are among those included, as well as letters from his twin brother John Sebastian Matta to various family members. Letters from Roberto Matta and his wife, Malitte Matta, are also found in the binder, along with personal letters addressed to Anne Alpert, miscellaneous memorabilia, and family photographs. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1964-1976
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AP207.S2.SS09
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
1992-2010
Radicals. Architettura e Design 1960-1975 (1992)
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AP207.S2.SS09
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
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1992-2010