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Montréal, plus ou moins?
AP041.S3.SS01
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This sub-series documents the group exhibition curated by Melvin Charney, and featured the works of several Montreal-based artists. The exhibition was originally held at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal from June to August 1972, and explored the impact of development and gentrification on the quality of urban life. It includes press clippings about the exhibition and promotional posters.
1972
Montréal, plus ou moins?
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AP041.S3.SS01
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This sub-series documents the group exhibition curated by Melvin Charney, and featured the works of several Montreal-based artists. The exhibition was originally held at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal from June to August 1972, and explored the impact of development and gentrification on the quality of urban life. It includes press clippings about the exhibition and promotional posters.
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1972
Project
RENFE Burgos, Spain (1990)
AP164.S1.1990.D4
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The project series documents the competition entry for Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE). Abalos & Herreros planned the urban development for the East sector of the city of Burgos, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 65. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, photographic materials, maps, project descriptions, notes, and proposals.
1989-1990
RENFE Burgos, Spain (1990)
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AP164.S1.1990.D4
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The project series documents the competition entry for Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE). Abalos & Herreros planned the urban development for the East sector of the city of Burgos, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 65. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, photographic materials, maps, project descriptions, notes, and proposals.
Project
1989-1990
Sub-series
Visual material
AP149.S4.SS2
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File consists of slides library of visual material for lectures and courses given by Witold Rybczynski or Vikram Bhatt for presentation related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group or for seminars of the School of Architecture. The material was produced between 1970 and 2001 and includes slides on low-cost housing, alternative energy, urban argiculture, and human settlement in developping countries.
1970-2001
Visual material
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AP149.S4.SS2
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File consists of slides library of visual material for lectures and courses given by Witold Rybczynski or Vikram Bhatt for presentation related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group or for seminars of the School of Architecture. The material was produced between 1970 and 2001 and includes slides on low-cost housing, alternative energy, urban argiculture, and human settlement in developping countries.
Sub-series
1970-2001
Project
Vienna Competition
AP144.S2.D78
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File documents material for the International Town Planning Competition, Urban Expansion, Vienna South, organized in 1970 by the City of Vienna, Austria. After an initial analysis of the programme, Cedric Price withdrew his application because he found the competition conditions too restrictive. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains textual records.
1970
Vienna Competition
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AP144.S2.D78
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File documents material for the International Town Planning Competition, Urban Expansion, Vienna South, organized in 1970 by the City of Vienna, Austria. After an initial analysis of the programme, Cedric Price withdrew his application because he found the competition conditions too restrictive. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains textual records.
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1970
Project
AP180.S1.1980.PR03
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This project series documents an unrealized urban design project for Marina di Petrolo in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. The idea for the project was elaborated during a seminar held in Gibellina in 1980. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including site plans, elevations, sections, plans, and an axonometric drawing. It also contains a short project description.
ca. 1980
Marina di Petrolo, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy (1980)
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AP180.S1.1980.PR03
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This project series documents an unrealized urban design project for Marina di Petrolo in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. The idea for the project was elaborated during a seminar held in Gibellina in 1980. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including site plans, elevations, sections, plans, and an axonometric drawing. It also contains a short project description.
Project
ca. 1980
research
Visiting Scholars 1997–1998
Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome Barbara Arciszewska, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States Topic: Continental Baroque and the Emergence of Palladianism in England Hugh Cullum, School of Architecture, University of Cambridge and Cullum and Nightingale Architects, London, United Kingdom Topic: On the Ducal Palace La Venaria Reale near Turin and(...)
September 1997 to August 1998
Visiting Scholars 1997–1998
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Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome Barbara Arciszewska, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States Topic: Continental Baroque and the Emergence of Palladianism in England Hugh Cullum, School of Architecture, University of Cambridge and Cullum and Nightingale Architects, London, United Kingdom Topic: On the Ducal Palace La Venaria Reale near Turin and(...)
research
September 1997 to
August 1998
Sub-series
AP149.S2.SS3
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File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
late 1940s-1999
Reference and research for publications
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AP149.S2.SS3
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File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
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late 1940s-1999
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
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AP156.S3.SS2
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes à Talwara, en Inde, entre la fin des années 1940s et le début des années 1960s. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1949 et 1965. La sous-série contient des dessins et des reprograhies, dont des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi des photographies et une chemise. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Talwara, India, between the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Material in this file was produced in between 1949 and 1965. The sub-series contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There are also photographs and a folder.
1949-1965
Talwara, Inde = Talwara, India
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AP156.S3.SS2
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes à Talwara, en Inde, entre la fin des années 1940s et le début des années 1960s. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1949 et 1965. La sous-série contient des dessins et des reprograhies, dont des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi des photographies et une chemise. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Talwara, India, between the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Material in this file was produced in between 1949 and 1965. The sub-series contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies, such as design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There are also photographs and a folder.
Sous-série 2
1949-1965
Project
AP164.S1.2000.D4
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The project series documents a landscaping competition in 2002 where the firm proposed their evaluation for the transformation of the old recycling facilities for solid residues in Madrid into an urban public space. The firm identified this project as number 128. Abalos & Herreros worked in collaboration with Urbaser and F.C.C. Documenting the project are conceptual, presentation, studies, project descriptions, reference, digital and graphic materials.
2000
Jardines Valdemingómez, Madrid, Spain (2000)
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AP164.S1.2000.D4
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The project series documents a landscaping competition in 2002 where the firm proposed their evaluation for the transformation of the old recycling facilities for solid residues in Madrid into an urban public space. The firm identified this project as number 128. Abalos & Herreros worked in collaboration with Urbaser and F.C.C. Documenting the project are conceptual, presentation, studies, project descriptions, reference, digital and graphic materials.
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2000