Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
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ARCH271645
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Group consists of two promotional porfolios for the Kelbaugh + Lee architectural firm in Princeton, New Jersey. The portfolios contain fact sheets about some the Kelbaugh + Lee projects, some in multiple copies, a small administrative history of the firm and a list of the awards and exhibits. One of the portfolio contains also a copy of Douglas Kelbaugh's CV.
ca. 1983
Two promotional porfolios for the Kelbaugh + Lee architectural firm in Princeton
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Group consists of two promotional porfolios for the Kelbaugh + Lee architectural firm in Princeton, New Jersey. The portfolios contain fact sheets about some the Kelbaugh + Lee projects, some in multiple copies, a small administrative history of the firm and a list of the awards and exhibits. One of the portfolio contains also a copy of Douglas Kelbaugh's CV.
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ca. 1983
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
books
DR1974:0002:039
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- One of two volumes of a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400, this publication includes several chapters on major cities such as Florence and Pisa with accounts of their important buildings, as well as discussions of many of the smaller towns in Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, but also including some illustrations of built structures.
architecture, military
printed 1874
LETTRES SUR LA TOSCANE / EN 1400 / ARCHITECTURE CIVILE ET MILITAIRE / PAR / M. GEORGES ROHAULT DE FLEURY / MEMBRE DES ACADÉMIES DES BEAUX-ARTS DE FLORENCE ET DE PISE / TOME Ier
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DR1974:0002:039
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- One of two volumes of a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400, this publication includes several chapters on major cities such as Florence and Pisa with accounts of their important buildings, as well as discussions of many of the smaller towns in Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, but also including some illustrations of built structures.
books
printed 1874
architecture, military
books
DR1974:0002:040
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- One of two volumes of a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400, this publication includes several chapters on major cities such as Florence and Pisa with accounts of their important buildings, as well as discussions of many of the smaller towns in Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, but also including some illustrations of built structures.
architecture, military
printed 1874
LETTRES SUR LA TOSCANE / EN 1400 / ARCHITECTURE CIVILE ET MILITAIRE / PAR / M. GEORGES ROHAULT DE FLEURY / MEMBRE DES ACADÉMIES DES BEAUX-ARTS DE FLORENCE ET DE PISE / TOME II
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DR1974:0002:040
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- One of two volumes of a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400, this publication includes several chapters on major cities such as Florence and Pisa with accounts of their important buildings, as well as discussions of many of the smaller towns in Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, but also including some illustrations of built structures.
books
printed 1874
architecture, military
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Main galleries
Join us tonight, 9 June 2011 at 6 pm in the Shaughnessy House. Visiting Scholar Elisabeth Essaïan presents her research on urban planning during the Stalin era, and a critical assessment of the reception it received in European and North American publications from the 1920s to 1950s. Presented in French. Click here for the Facebook event. Consult the summer seminar(...)
Shaughnessy House
9 June 2011 , 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Elisabeth Essaïan
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Join us tonight, 9 June 2011 at 6 pm in the Shaughnessy House. Visiting Scholar Elisabeth Essaïan presents her research on urban planning during the Stalin era, and a critical assessment of the reception it received in European and North American publications from the 1920s to 1950s. Presented in French. Click here for the Facebook event. Consult the summer seminar(...)
Shaughnessy House
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Main galleries
9 October 1991 to 12 January 1992
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Main galleries
British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
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ARCH153458
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Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees held on Nov. 15, 1982, and Jan. 3 & 17, and May 2, 1983 Draft texts for General Introduction of IAUS history and goals by PDE Copy of letter to Armand Bartos from Arthur Raybin, Nov. 3, 1981 Memo from J. to PDE about a book translation Budget of IAUS for 1983-84 First transcripts of PDE's interview of Henry Cobb for Skyline, March 5, 1982
1981-1983
Board of Trustees minutes of the meetings, drafts, transcripts, and correspondence
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ARCH153458
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Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees held on Nov. 15, 1982, and Jan. 3 & 17, and May 2, 1983 Draft texts for General Introduction of IAUS history and goals by PDE Copy of letter to Armand Bartos from Arthur Raybin, Nov. 3, 1981 Memo from J. to PDE about a book translation Budget of IAUS for 1983-84 First transcripts of PDE's interview of Henry Cobb for Skyline, March 5, 1982
textual records
1981-1983