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22 July 2024
“Problem avec le haie dans parc Baile” [sic]
Ella Eßlinger asks if a hedge can be a monument
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Shaughnessy House
22 June 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Adam Morton
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Shaughnessy House
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Amancio Williams fonds
AP205
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
1848-2010s
Amancio Williams fonds
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AP205
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
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1848-2010s
Empire
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
graphic materials
ARCH252106
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Various posters advertising IAUS educational and exhibition programming: New Viennese Architecture, 1980 (advertisement for sale of posters) High School Program In Architecture and the City: Manhattan: Miles and Monuments; City as Image; Allies: Architecture and the Arts.
1980-1982
Various posters advertising IAUS educational and exhibition programming
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ARCH252106
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Various posters advertising IAUS educational and exhibition programming: New Viennese Architecture, 1980 (advertisement for sale of posters) High School Program In Architecture and the City: Manhattan: Miles and Monuments; City as Image; Allies: Architecture and the Arts.
graphic materials
1980-1982
PH1994:0243
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- Hemming indicates that this photograph shows the site cleared of overgrowth, except for the Prison Group of buildings on the slope to the right of the circular torreón, but incorrectly dates the photograph to 1934 ('Monuments of the Incas', p. 132).
architecture, topographic
1927
Aerial view of Machu Picchu with mountains in the background, Peru
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PH1994:0243
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- Hemming indicates that this photograph shows the site cleared of overgrowth, except for the Prison Group of buildings on the slope to the right of the circular torreón, but incorrectly dates the photograph to 1934 ('Monuments of the Incas', p. 132).
architecture, topographic
PH1984:0480
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- Hemming indicates that this photograph shows the site cleared of overgrowth, except for the Prison Group of buildings on the slope to the right of the circular torreón, but incorrectly dates the photograph to 1934 ('Monuments of the Incas', p. 132).
architecture, topographic
1927
Aerial view of Machu Picchu with mountains in the background, Peru
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PH1984:0480
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- Hemming indicates that this photograph shows the site cleared of overgrowth, except for the Prison Group of buildings on the slope to the right of the circular torreón, but incorrectly dates the photograph to 1934 ('Monuments of the Incas', p. 132).
architecture, topographic
photographs
PH1987:1193.05:001-047
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Volume five of twelve; contains primarily views of monuments, terraces, restaurants, national and thematic pavilions, including the Statue de la République, the Eiffel Tower, the Pavillion Central, and the Pavillion des Arts Libéraux, Paris World Exposition of 1889.
1889
Exposition universelle de 1889: Terrasses, [part] 2
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PH1987:1193.05:001-047
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Volume five of twelve; contains primarily views of monuments, terraces, restaurants, national and thematic pavilions, including the Statue de la République, the Eiffel Tower, the Pavillion Central, and the Pavillion des Arts Libéraux, Paris World Exposition of 1889.
photographs
1889
Project
La nuova piazzetta Manzoni
AP142.S1.D129
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File documents an executed project for a plaza outside the Manzoni subway station, on Croce Rossa Street, Milan, Italy. The plaza notably comprises a large fountain monument (edified on the memory of Alessandro Pertini), which was heavily criticized by the public. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1990. File contains a reference drawing, conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, specifications, clippings on the project's controversy, promotional material, sketches, drawings and photographic material.
1988-1990
La nuova piazzetta Manzoni
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AP142.S1.D129
Description:
File documents an executed project for a plaza outside the Manzoni subway station, on Croce Rossa Street, Milan, Italy. The plaza notably comprises a large fountain monument (edified on the memory of Alessandro Pertini), which was heavily criticized by the public. Material in this file was produced between 1988 and 1990. File contains a reference drawing, conceptual drawings, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including correspondence, specifications, clippings on the project's controversy, promotional material, sketches, drawings and photographic material.
File 129
1988-1990
textual records
DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
1968-1984, 1991-2000
Assorted newspaper clippings, notes, and sketches, Walking stiffs
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DR2012:0012:063:007
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Assorted newspaper clippings in English (predominant) and French, notes, and sketches. Includes the following original divisions: - Walking Harlem; Manhattan series; - Québec dictionnaire; Geometric ruins; Series #8; - Lenin’s tomb continued; - Parable series, 1990-1992; - Running/walking stiffs; - Monuments; - People/refugees carrying away cities; - Group photos as cities; - Displaced cities; Situationists updated; - [Untitled]; - Series: group photo in collective form; - Series: Walking stiffs; Factory stiffs; Laid off; Particular pieces of factories; - Dictionnaire series: Rust belt; Abandoned cities; - Dictionnaire, misc. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTWORK SERIES RUNNING STIFFS MISC. MONUMENTS.
textual records
1968-1984, 1991-2000