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Ernest Isbell Barott fonds
AP003
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The Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1983, documents architect Ernest Isbell Barott’s design and construction of over 380 built projects in Canada. The fonds comprises of materials relating to projects executed by Ernest Isbell Barott during his active years at the firm, 1912-1962, as well as projects exclusively completed by the firm after Barott’s retirement, 1962-1983. Materials in this fonds consist of approximately 11 764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1795 photographic materials, 8.75 l.m. of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key.
1912-1983
Ernest Isbell Barott fonds
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AP003
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The Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1983, documents architect Ernest Isbell Barott’s design and construction of over 380 built projects in Canada. The fonds comprises of materials relating to projects executed by Ernest Isbell Barott during his active years at the firm, 1912-1962, as well as projects exclusively completed by the firm after Barott’s retirement, 1962-1983. Materials in this fonds consist of approximately 11 764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1795 photographic materials, 8.75 l.m. of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key.
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1912-1983
An Atlas. A Bricolage. A Compendium of different elements and strategies for understanding the city. ABC : MTL is an urban abecedary and open-source initiative that maps contemporary Montreal in a diversity of ways and media. Over ninety contributions including photography, music videos, sculptures and installations, drawings, models, workshops, lectures, and performances(...)
Main galleries
13 November 2012 to 31 March 2013
ABC : MTL – A Self-Portrait of Montréal
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An Atlas. A Bricolage. A Compendium of different elements and strategies for understanding the city. ABC : MTL is an urban abecedary and open-source initiative that maps contemporary Montreal in a diversity of ways and media. Over ninety contributions including photography, music videos, sculptures and installations, drawings, models, workshops, lectures, and performances(...)
Main galleries
exhibitions
Victorian medical experts insisted that houses were like bodies—that buildings could be sick—and that healthy architecture entailed a “systematic” approach to domestic sanitation, drawing from the burgeoning field of physiology. *Corpus Sanum in Domo Sano—“a healthy body in a healthy house”—explores the spatial, professional, and gender implications of the(...)
Hall cases
13 November 1991 to 16 February 1992
Corpus Sanum in Domo Sano: The Architecture of the Domestic Sanitation Movement, 1870-1914
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Victorian medical experts insisted that houses were like bodies—that buildings could be sick—and that healthy architecture entailed a “systematic” approach to domestic sanitation, drawing from the burgeoning field of physiology. *Corpus Sanum in Domo Sano—“a healthy body in a healthy house”—explores the spatial, professional, and gender implications of the(...)
exhibitions
13 November 1991 to
16 February 1992
Hall cases
journals and magazines
ARCH271658
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Issue of April 7, 1980, vol. XCV, no. 14 of "Newsweek" with an the article "The Solar Revolution" about solar homes including Kelbaugh House in Princeton, New Jersey.
April 7, 1980
Article on solar energy featuring Kelbaugh House
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ARCH271658
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Issue of April 7, 1980, vol. XCV, no. 14 of "Newsweek" with an the article "The Solar Revolution" about solar homes including Kelbaugh House in Princeton, New Jersey.
journals and magazines
April 7, 1980
Project
Steel House
AP144.S2.D60
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
1965-1969
Steel House
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AP144.S2.D60
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
File 60
1965-1969
articles
13 June 2022
The Presence of Sámi Knowledges
Joar Nango speaks with Rafico Ruiz on Sámi cosmologies, the practice of architecture, and generosity
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Towards Inuit Futures
20 June 2022
Towards Inuit Futures
Jocelyn Piirainen speaks with Rafico Ruiz about Inuit futurism, institutions, and being an urban Inuk
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Chennai House
AP182.S1.2013.D1
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File documents a project for a private house in Chennai, India. The design takes the form of a rectangular pavilion surrounding an open-air courtyard. The site is a former cricket pitch surrounded by a tropical garden. The structure is in granite, a material commonly used in Chennai, paired with lighter materials such as brick and timber. To address the city's hot and humid climate, the house is conceived as a porous structure that allows free circulation of air and water. An integrated irrigation system carries water between the home's corrugated roof, its exterior walls, and a series of surrounding lotus ponds and gardens. This movement mimics the visual and cooling effects of a rain shower multiple times each day. File contains drawings, photographs, and models.
2013-2014
Chennai House
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AP182.S1.2013.D1
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File documents a project for a private house in Chennai, India. The design takes the form of a rectangular pavilion surrounding an open-air courtyard. The site is a former cricket pitch surrounded by a tropical garden. The structure is in granite, a material commonly used in Chennai, paired with lighter materials such as brick and timber. To address the city's hot and humid climate, the house is conceived as a porous structure that allows free circulation of air and water. An integrated irrigation system carries water between the home's corrugated roof, its exterior walls, and a series of surrounding lotus ponds and gardens. This movement mimics the visual and cooling effects of a rain shower multiple times each day. File contains drawings, photographs, and models.
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2013-2014
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
AP031
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
circa 1907-1950
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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AP031
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
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circa 1907-1950
audio
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13 Audio cassette
Audiocassette
DR2004:1372
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Includes 12 audio cassettes: 'Profile' BBC Radio 4. 14/2/85 Larry Whitty Side A.; Norman Willis - Poetry - 8.12.86; Cedric Price - Technology is the Answer but what is the Q? Pidgeon Audio Visual; Broken Muse; Notes on Trafalgar Job 11 March + April 1982; E.B. - L.B.C. Broadcast, Norman Willis - White Room; AA/CP Summer Breeze; Crowded Hours BBC3 Cedric Price - Master Copy B; Norman Willis Tape; Some thought on CP Thesis Sheffield Dec 80; Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 1); Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 2); BBC Home Lee Valley Scheme - August 29 (One track 3³/4");
1977-1987
Audiocassette
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DR2004:1372
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Includes 12 audio cassettes: 'Profile' BBC Radio 4. 14/2/85 Larry Whitty Side A.; Norman Willis - Poetry - 8.12.86; Cedric Price - Technology is the Answer but what is the Q? Pidgeon Audio Visual; Broken Muse; Notes on Trafalgar Job 11 March + April 1982; E.B. - L.B.C. Broadcast, Norman Willis - White Room; AA/CP Summer Breeze; Crowded Hours BBC3 Cedric Price - Master Copy B; Norman Willis Tape; Some thought on CP Thesis Sheffield Dec 80; Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 1); Maxwell Fry - Memorial Service, Westminster Abbey 24.11.87 (copy No. 2); BBC Home Lee Valley Scheme - August 29 (One track 3³/4");
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1977-1987