Project
Senna [Seine] (2002)
AP207.S1.2002.PR02
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The project series documents the film "Senna", produced by Pettena in 2002. The film shows Pettena descending down the stairs towards the Seine river, in Paris, and eventually disappear. "Here Pettena returns to the theme of the architectural project developed in the form of a performance that uses the body to produce an effect of working of space poised between the real and the imaginary." [1] The project series contains video of the performance and film stills. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-seine-2002/ (last accessed 22 January 2020).
2010-2017
Senna [Seine] (2002)
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AP207.S1.2002.PR02
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The project series documents the film "Senna", produced by Pettena in 2002. The film shows Pettena descending down the stairs towards the Seine river, in Paris, and eventually disappear. "Here Pettena returns to the theme of the architectural project developed in the form of a performance that uses the body to produce an effect of working of space poised between the real and the imaginary." [1] The project series contains video of the performance and film stills. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-seine-2002/ (last accessed 22 January 2020).
Project
2010-2017
textual records
ARCH153618
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transcript of a conference at Venice Biennale, Italy about American and European architectural traditions; rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine. Participants include: Peter Eisenman, James Stirling, Carlo Aymonino, Aldo Rossi, Denise Scott Brown, Manfredo Tafuri, Giancarlo De Carlo, Raimund Abraham, John Hejduk, O.M. Ungers, Peter Smithson; in Italian and English
1 August 1976
Transcript of a conference at Venice Biennale
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ARCH153618
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transcript of a conference at Venice Biennale, Italy about American and European architectural traditions; rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine. Participants include: Peter Eisenman, James Stirling, Carlo Aymonino, Aldo Rossi, Denise Scott Brown, Manfredo Tafuri, Giancarlo De Carlo, Raimund Abraham, John Hejduk, O.M. Ungers, Peter Smithson; in Italian and English
textual records
1 August 1976
Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
19 November 2015
common room: What's the Problem?
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
graphic materials
ARCH276741
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Concours du Grand-Prix de Rome d'Architecture, École Nationale des Beaux-Art, Arte Funeraria Italianna, Médailles du concours d'architecture et pages extraites de plusieurs périodiques, dont le Salon de l'Architecture et l'Architecte.
1866 - 1921
Concours européens, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts et reproductions tirés de périodiques
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ARCH276741
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Concours du Grand-Prix de Rome d'Architecture, École Nationale des Beaux-Art, Arte Funeraria Italianna, Médailles du concours d'architecture et pages extraites de plusieurs périodiques, dont le Salon de l'Architecture et l'Architecte.
graphic materials
1866 - 1921
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
18 November 2010 , 6PM
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
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On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
PH2000:0420
architecture, engineering
May 1938
architecture, engineering
View of the main entrance to the Administration Building, Lady Esther Company, Chicago, Illinois
PH2000:0421
architecture, engineering
May 1938
View of the main entrance to the Administration Building, Lady Esther Company, Chicago, Illinois
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PH2000:0421
architecture, engineering
PH2000:0422
architecture, interior design, engineering
May 1938
Interior view of the Face Cream Department, Lady Esther Company, Chicago, Illinois
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PH2000:0422
architecture, interior design, engineering
archives
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Fonds
Ray Affleck fonds
AP088
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The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
1952-1989
Ray Affleck fonds
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AP088
Synopsis:
The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
archives
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Fonds
1952-1989