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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
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
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
26 November 2015
Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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
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.
Project
2000
Series
AP103.S7
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Series documents the exhibition of the IFCCA Prize Competition finalists' work at Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, 4-20 October 1999 and the accompanying colloquium "Urban Design and the Future of Cities," held 8 October 1999 at The Cooper Union, New York City, New York. Material in file was produced in 1999. Series contains a publication, a poster and invitations.
October 1999
1999 Exhibition and Colloquium
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AP103.S7
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Series documents the exhibition of the IFCCA Prize Competition finalists' work at Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, 4-20 October 1999 and the accompanying colloquium "Urban Design and the Future of Cities," held 8 October 1999 at The Cooper Union, New York City, New York. Material in file was produced in 1999. Series contains a publication, a poster and invitations.
Series 7
October 1999
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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
textual records
John Hejduk 1979, Country
ARCH252152
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Various documents related to the publication of the exhibition catalogue, "John Hejduk, 7 Houses : January 22 to February 16, 1980" / introduction by Peter Eisenman. -- New York, N.Y. : Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, [1979] Interview, John Hejduk - Reima Pietila, Finnish Architect, Helsinki Interview, John Hejduk - Donald Wall, Professor; School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology & Nancy Ferrara, Experimental Psychologist Statement, John Hejduk Exhibition; January 22 - February 16, 1980 Letter to PDE from Prof. P. Sanders, Nov. 2, 1979
1979-1980
John Hejduk 1979, Country
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ARCH252152
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Various documents related to the publication of the exhibition catalogue, "John Hejduk, 7 Houses : January 22 to February 16, 1980" / introduction by Peter Eisenman. -- New York, N.Y. : Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, [1979] Interview, John Hejduk - Reima Pietila, Finnish Architect, Helsinki Interview, John Hejduk - Donald Wall, Professor; School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology & Nancy Ferrara, Experimental Psychologist Statement, John Hejduk Exhibition; January 22 - February 16, 1980 Letter to PDE from Prof. P. Sanders, Nov. 2, 1979
textual records
1979-1980
archives
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Fonds
Joseph Rykwert fonds
AP209
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
1928-2022
Joseph Rykwert fonds
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AP209
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
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1928-2022
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Research Library
AP149.S5
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This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
1935-2013
Research Library
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AP149.S5
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This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
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1935-2013
drawings, textual records, photographs
ARCH153760
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views of miscellaneous subject matter for the catalogue: "Raymond Hood" / essay by Robert A.M. Stern with Thomas P. Catano. - New York, N.Y. : Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, Rizzoli International Publications, 1982
1982
Views of miscellaneous subject matter for the catalogue: "Raymond Hood"
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ARCH153760
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views of miscellaneous subject matter for the catalogue: "Raymond Hood" / essay by Robert A.M. Stern with Thomas P. Catano. - New York, N.Y. : Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, Rizzoli International Publications, 1982
drawings, textual records, photographs
1982