drawings
DR2012:0012:095:001
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File containing sketches with references to the following locations and/or projects: - American portrait series; - Milk River, Alberta; - Settings series. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AMERICAN PORTRAIT SERIES / NOTES 1985-1990
1978-1986
Sketches for various projects
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DR2012:0012:095:001
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File containing sketches with references to the following locations and/or projects: - American portrait series; - Milk River, Alberta; - Settings series. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AMERICAN PORTRAIT SERIES / NOTES 1985-1990
drawings
1978-1986
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
graphic materials
ARCH153791
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Various posters advertising IAUS' Open Plan lecture series: Open Plan 77: Architecture in American Culture; October 3 to December 8, 1977 Open Plan 79: Architecture in American Culture; March 5 to May 10, 1979 Open Plan 80: Architecture in American Culture; February 18 to May 1, 1980 (large & small posters)
1977-1980
Various posters advertising IAUS' Open Plan lecture series
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ARCH153791
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Various posters advertising IAUS' Open Plan lecture series: Open Plan 77: Architecture in American Culture; October 3 to December 8, 1977 Open Plan 79: Architecture in American Culture; March 5 to May 10, 1979 Open Plan 80: Architecture in American Culture; February 18 to May 1, 1980 (large & small posters)
graphic materials
1977-1980
textual records
Bridges
ARCH216882
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booklet, "Standard specifications for welded highway and railway bridges" by the American Welding Society
1956
Bridges
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ARCH216882
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booklet, "Standard specifications for welded highway and railway bridges" by the American Welding Society
textual records
1956
archives
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Fonds
Maxwell Levinson fonds
AP037
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The Maxwell Levison fonds (Shelter, T. Square) illustrates primarily the activities of Maxwell Levinson as editor of T-Square Club Journal, T-Square, Shelter and USA Tomorrow. It documents the various aspects of the publication of these magazines. It includes editorial, production and promotional material as well as documentation and research files. The fonds also contains records pertaining to the professional practice of Maxwell Levinson as architect and city planning consultant.
1926-1990
Maxwell Levinson fonds
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AP037
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The Maxwell Levison fonds (Shelter, T. Square) illustrates primarily the activities of Maxwell Levinson as editor of T-Square Club Journal, T-Square, Shelter and USA Tomorrow. It documents the various aspects of the publication of these magazines. It includes editorial, production and promotional material as well as documentation and research files. The fonds also contains records pertaining to the professional practice of Maxwell Levinson as architect and city planning consultant.
archives
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Fonds
1926-1990
archives
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Fonds
Peter Rose fonds
AP046
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The Peter Rose fonds, documents the design and construction of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1989) and a design for the redevelopment of the Old Port of Montréal, Master Plan (1992) by architect Peter Rose. Both projects include drawings, textual records, models and photographs.
1983-1989
Peter Rose fonds
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AP046
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The Peter Rose fonds, documents the design and construction of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (1989) and a design for the redevelopment of the Old Port of Montréal, Master Plan (1992) by architect Peter Rose. Both projects include drawings, textual records, models and photographs.
archives
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Fonds
1983-1989
photographs
AP148.S1.1972.PR01.033
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Collage and drawing showing Zeno's suit compared with Buzz Aldrin's astronaut suit (however the collage show a astronaut suit with the label "F. Borman", possibly for Frank Borman, American astronaut and leader of the first American astronauts team to circle the moon).
ca. 1972-1980
Collage of Zeno's suit, Zeno, a self-sufficient culture
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AP148.S1.1972.PR01.033
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Collage and drawing showing Zeno's suit compared with Buzz Aldrin's astronaut suit (however the collage show a astronaut suit with the label "F. Borman", possibly for Frank Borman, American astronaut and leader of the first American astronauts team to circle the moon).
photographs
ca. 1972-1980
The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
9 March 2017
When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
Sound recording of the 1993 conference on landscape architecture, Trees in the Urband Landscape
ARCH281853
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Annual conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects, formerly known as ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO.
1993
Sound recording of the 1993 conference on landscape architecture, Trees in the Urband Landscape
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ARCH281853
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Annual conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects, formerly known as ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO.
1993
Sound recording of the 1993 conference on landscape architecture, Trees in the Urband Landscape
ARCH281854
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Annual conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects, formerly known as ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO.
1993
Sound recording of the 1993 conference on landscape architecture, Trees in the Urband Landscape
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ARCH281854
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Annual conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects, formerly known as ASLA Annual Meeting & EXPO.
1993