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70 PINE ST. - PROMOTION
ARCH271654
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Group consists of documentation and clippings of articles about Kelbaugh House in Princeton, New Jersey. There are also texts and abstracts by Douglas Kelbaugh about the Kelbaugh House and its solar heating system for promotion, including a copy of the article of "A Thermal History of the Kelbaugh House" by Douglas Kelbaugh published in "Progress in Passive Solar Energy Systems" and other articles by Douglas Kelbaugh about the termal performances of Kelbaugh House. There are also notes, correspondence, a leaflet "Solar Tour in Princeton" by the New Jersey Environmental Voters Alliance and a descriptive data form for the 1977 Home for Better Living Awards Program sponsored by The American Institute of Architects.
1976-1984
70 PINE ST. - PROMOTION
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ARCH271654
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Group consists of documentation and clippings of articles about Kelbaugh House in Princeton, New Jersey. There are also texts and abstracts by Douglas Kelbaugh about the Kelbaugh House and its solar heating system for promotion, including a copy of the article of "A Thermal History of the Kelbaugh House" by Douglas Kelbaugh published in "Progress in Passive Solar Energy Systems" and other articles by Douglas Kelbaugh about the termal performances of Kelbaugh House. There are also notes, correspondence, a leaflet "Solar Tour in Princeton" by the New Jersey Environmental Voters Alliance and a descriptive data form for the 1977 Home for Better Living Awards Program sponsored by The American Institute of Architects.
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1976-1984
PHCON2002:0016:016
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Binder documents the birth and life of Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta, the twin sons of Roberto Matta and Anna Matta (later Anne Alpert), through correspondence, photographs and memorabilia dating from 1943 to 1965. The majority of the letters are addressed to "Anna Louise Matta" at her home in New York City, New York. Included are the children's birth certificates, school reports, letters from camp, letters that Matta-Clark wrote while a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and letters that his brother John Sebastian Matta wrote while living in Europe. Also included are letters from Roberto Matta addressed to his former wife and his sons. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1943-1963
Gordon Matta-Clark Mother's papers: Twins birth through 1963
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PHCON2002:0016:016
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Binder documents the birth and life of Gordon Matta-Clark and John Sebastian Matta, the twin sons of Roberto Matta and Anna Matta (later Anne Alpert), through correspondence, photographs and memorabilia dating from 1943 to 1965. The majority of the letters are addressed to "Anna Louise Matta" at her home in New York City, New York. Included are the children's birth certificates, school reports, letters from camp, letters that Matta-Clark wrote while a student at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and letters that his brother John Sebastian Matta wrote while living in Europe. Also included are letters from Roberto Matta addressed to his former wife and his sons. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1943-1963
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A.D. Thacker fonds
AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
1913-1944
A.D. Thacker fonds
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AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
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1913-1944
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
13 May 2010 , 7pm
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
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Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH256993
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41 files of Permanent Files, offer of services and proposal reports for the following projects: Harbor Hotel, Bus Barn Site, Sanaa University (Yemen), Waterfront Centre, Simon Fraser University village, Saudi Arabian National Centre for Science and Technology, California Plaza schematic design, Songhees Redevelopment (Victoria), Vancouver Music Organization Recital Hall, Universal city MCA (California), British Columbia Place, Arabian Gulf University Project, Lands in Eau Claire (Calgary), California Centre (by Bunker Hill Associates), Esso Cold Lake Project, Lulu Island / Annacis Channel Study, Lethridge Hospital and Nursing Home, Hawally Local Plan and Central Area Redevelopment, Islamic University of Medina, Marathon Pier (B.C), Jeddah Main Building reconstruction, Wadi Sagra Circle, Stoker Farm report (B.C), Public Services Building (Portland).
1980-1981;1988
Permanent files, offer of services and proposal reports for various projects
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ARCH256993
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41 files of Permanent Files, offer of services and proposal reports for the following projects: Harbor Hotel, Bus Barn Site, Sanaa University (Yemen), Waterfront Centre, Simon Fraser University village, Saudi Arabian National Centre for Science and Technology, California Plaza schematic design, Songhees Redevelopment (Victoria), Vancouver Music Organization Recital Hall, Universal city MCA (California), British Columbia Place, Arabian Gulf University Project, Lands in Eau Claire (Calgary), California Centre (by Bunker Hill Associates), Esso Cold Lake Project, Lulu Island / Annacis Channel Study, Lethridge Hospital and Nursing Home, Hawally Local Plan and Central Area Redevelopment, Islamic University of Medina, Marathon Pier (B.C), Jeddah Main Building reconstruction, Wadi Sagra Circle, Stoker Farm report (B.C), Public Services Building (Portland).
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1980-1981;1988
PH1980:0817:004
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Inscription refers to the Quebec Landslide which occured on September 19, 1889 following heavy rains duirng which overhanging slate rock fell from the Cap Diamant and destroyed 28 homes on Champlain Street in the Cap Diamant district of Quebec City.
1889-1896
View of the Cap Diamant, taken from the St. Lawrence River, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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PH1980:0817:004
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Inscription refers to the Quebec Landslide which occured on September 19, 1889 following heavy rains duirng which overhanging slate rock fell from the Cap Diamant and destroyed 28 homes on Champlain Street in the Cap Diamant district of Quebec City.
2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
Shaughnessy House
4 August 2016, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Olumuyiwa Adegun
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2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
Shaughnessy House
PH1987:1223:002
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- There are eighteen single photographs and two promotional panels (each comprising three photographs) which show at least six different housing projects in Frankfurt taken by Ella Bergmann-Michel for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes]: first project -- PH1987:1235 - PH1987:1236, PH1987:1238, PH1987:0531, PH1987:0533, PH1987:0536 - PH1987:0540, PH1987:1223.02:001-003, PH1987:1223.03:001-003); second project -- PH1987:1239, PH1987:0535; and various projects -- PH1987:0534, PH1987:1237, PH1987:0532, PH1987:0530. Photographs PH1987:1241 - PH1987:1242, which also show views of housing projects, are possibly related to the same film project. -- Hoffmann erroneously identifies PH1987:1223.02:001 (p. 70) and PH1987:1223.02:002 (p. 71) as views of Budge-Altersheim, the Budge Foundation Old People's Home in Frankfurt am Main.
between 1927 and 1929
Photo study of a housing project for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes], Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1987:1223:002
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- There are eighteen single photographs and two promotional panels (each comprising three photographs) which show at least six different housing projects in Frankfurt taken by Ella Bergmann-Michel for a documentary film with the working title 'Frankfurter Siedlungen' [Frankfurt Housing Complexes]: first project -- PH1987:1235 - PH1987:1236, PH1987:1238, PH1987:0531, PH1987:0533, PH1987:0536 - PH1987:0540, PH1987:1223.02:001-003, PH1987:1223.03:001-003); second project -- PH1987:1239, PH1987:0535; and various projects -- PH1987:0534, PH1987:1237, PH1987:0532, PH1987:0530. Photographs PH1987:1241 - PH1987:1242, which also show views of housing projects, are possibly related to the same film project. -- Hoffmann erroneously identifies PH1987:1223.02:001 (p. 70) and PH1987:1223.02:002 (p. 71) as views of Budge-Altersheim, the Budge Foundation Old People's Home in Frankfurt am Main.
David Howes, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University, applies a sensory studies approach to the analysis of a series of interiors he has encountered in the course of his anthropological and archival research. These range from a men’s house in the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea to the exclusively feminine(...)
Shaughnessy House
26 February 2015 , 6pm
The Sensory Interior
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David Howes, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University, applies a sensory studies approach to the analysis of a series of interiors he has encountered in the course of his anthropological and archival research. These range from a men’s house in the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea to the exclusively feminine(...)
Shaughnessy House
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J.J.P. Oud Collection
CI005
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The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
J.J.P. Oud Collection
CI005
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The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
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1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)