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A Social Reset
10 July 2021
Sit-coms, dramas, dramedies and other stories about society
Andrea Bellavita interviewed by Francesco Garutti on the evolving culture of television series, between anticipating societal transformations and documenting the now
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A Social Reset
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
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AP056.S1.1999.PR01
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This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
1998-2000
Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany (1999-2005)
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AP056.S1.1999.PR01
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This project series documents the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 1999-2005. The office identified the project number as 9903. This project consisted of a new embassy building for Canada in the reunified German capital located at the junction of Leipziger Platz and Potsdamer Platz. The embassy was built in joint venture with Gagnon Letellier Cyr Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers. The firms were selected for the project by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade after a national competition was held. The competition jury had chosen a different design, by architecture firm Saucier + Perrotte.[1] The embassy, built to follow the original octagonal wall of Leipziger Platz, had a stone exterior punched with windows, as dictated by the District Office of Central Berlin's guidelines.[2] It occupied the first four floors of the Leipziger Platz block and all floors of the Ebertstrasse block. Inside, the Focus Canada Centre off the Ebertstrasse entrance served as the central government information centre and included interactive kiosks. The Embassy Reception Hall, complete was an Inuksuk at its entrance, was a space that greeted guests and provided consular services. The Canada Lounge defined the ground floor and provided a space where visitors could engage with Canadian news through newspapers, radios and televisions. The cylindrical Great Timber Hall pierced through the embassy. This wood-lined space had a sky-light ceiling to allow natural light to flow inside and served as an executive meeting room and a space for special guests, entertainment, events and exhibits. Retail spaces were also provided along Vossstrasse and a residential component made up the upper floors of Leipziger Platz. The project is recorded through a model and drawings dating from 1998-2000. The large part of these drawings are sketches, but plans, elevations, sections, perspectives and details are also included. [1] Adele Weder, "A Berlin Chronicle," The Canadian Architect, June 20, 1999, 20-21. [2] "Canadian Embassy Berlin." KPMB. Accessed April 18, 2019. http://www.kpmb.com/project/canadian-embassy-berlin/
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1998-2000
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BMI/HQ
AP144.S2.D74
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File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
1967-1971
BMI/HQ
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AP144.S2.D74
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File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
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1967-1971
textual records
ARCH153474
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Correspondence with different foundations (CBS, NEH, NY Community Trust, Graham, etc.) Folder Operating and Development [1981]; - Minutes of the Operating Committee and relating correspondence with different foundations - Exhibitions budgets, March 16, 1981 - Several letters to PDE from foundations (grants received & refused) - Procedures to keep track of donators and destination of received grants - NEH - Audit report, June 4, 1980 - Open Plan Fall 1980, Lecturers Various documents from the Executive Committee Development Committee Report to Executive Committee, April 15, 1981 Folder [Development Committee] - Recommendations for a Development Program for the Institute, Aug. 31, 1981 - Report to the Board of Trustees, 22 Jan. 1981 - Report of the Development Committee to Charles Gwathmey - Correspondence with foundations (grants received and refused) - Status report, Jan. 13, 1981 - Grant Application to FIPSE for Advanced Design Study Program - Correspondence with various foundations - Memo to PDE from C. Gwathmey concerning Plan for Development 1980-1981 - Deadlines for Federal Grants - Folder Development Workbook, November 1980 - Correspondence of Letty H. Simon, Director of Development - Development Priorities - Proposed Budget for FY 81 - List of catalogue purchasers, May 12, 1980 - NEA : Request for Proposals for a Television Series on Architecture, January 1980
1980-1982
C. IAUS - Administrative 5. Development. 1980-1982
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ARCH153474
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Correspondence with different foundations (CBS, NEH, NY Community Trust, Graham, etc.) Folder Operating and Development [1981]; - Minutes of the Operating Committee and relating correspondence with different foundations - Exhibitions budgets, March 16, 1981 - Several letters to PDE from foundations (grants received & refused) - Procedures to keep track of donators and destination of received grants - NEH - Audit report, June 4, 1980 - Open Plan Fall 1980, Lecturers Various documents from the Executive Committee Development Committee Report to Executive Committee, April 15, 1981 Folder [Development Committee] - Recommendations for a Development Program for the Institute, Aug. 31, 1981 - Report to the Board of Trustees, 22 Jan. 1981 - Report of the Development Committee to Charles Gwathmey - Correspondence with foundations (grants received and refused) - Status report, Jan. 13, 1981 - Grant Application to FIPSE for Advanced Design Study Program - Correspondence with various foundations - Memo to PDE from C. Gwathmey concerning Plan for Development 1980-1981 - Deadlines for Federal Grants - Folder Development Workbook, November 1980 - Correspondence of Letty H. Simon, Director of Development - Development Priorities - Proposed Budget for FY 81 - List of catalogue purchasers, May 12, 1980 - NEA : Request for Proposals for a Television Series on Architecture, January 1980
textual records
1980-1982
photographs
ARCH270169
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Comprend des documents photographiques relatifs à la production d'énergie solaire et ses différents usages, tels que le chauffage, les cuisinières à concentration, les télévisions, les systèmes de pompage, etc. Inclus également de nombreux exemples d'habitations solaires et d'autres en verre, tel que le Crystal Palace, et des documents de référence, des plans, des portraits, etc.
1976-1982
Reliure à anneaux comprenant des documents photographiques relatifs à l'énergie solaire
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ARCH270169
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Comprend des documents photographiques relatifs à la production d'énergie solaire et ses différents usages, tels que le chauffage, les cuisinières à concentration, les télévisions, les systèmes de pompage, etc. Inclus également de nombreux exemples d'habitations solaires et d'autres en verre, tel que le Crystal Palace, et des documents de référence, des plans, des portraits, etc.
photographs
1976-1982
books
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160 pages 18 cm.
[London] Fontana [1974]
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[London] Fontana [1974]
books
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xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.
Ambient television : visual culture and public space / Anna McCarthy.
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xi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2001.
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128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982.
Television in the eighties : the total equation / Rex Moorfoot ; research, Dinah Garrett ; graphics, Martin Bronkhorst.
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128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982.
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108 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
New York ; Chicago ; San Francisco : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1971], ©1971
Guerrilla television / by Michael Shamberg and Raindance Corporation.
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108 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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New York ; Chicago ; San Francisco : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1971], ©1971