textual records
DR2004:1534
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publication materials including text, articles, layouts, sketches, plans related to South Bank, Brunswick, C.P. Aviary, Fun Palace, Bedford, Phun City, B-Air, and "Time" Lectures
Publication materials including text, articles, layouts
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DR2004:1534
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publication materials including text, articles, layouts, sketches, plans related to South Bank, Brunswick, C.P. Aviary, Fun Palace, Bedford, Phun City, B-Air, and "Time" Lectures
textual records
archives
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Fonds
AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
1936-2021
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
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AP075
Synopsis:
The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
archives
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Fonds
1936-2021
archives
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Fonds
AP194
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The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
1995-2000
Johan Bettum OCEAN North project records
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AP194
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The Johan Bettum OCEAN North projects records, 1995-2000, consist of born-digital files and a physical drawing that document three projects by the OCEAN North collective: Synthetic Landscape (1995-2000), Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre (competition, 1997), and Tölöö Football Stadium (competition, 1997). The archive also includes a small amount of additional born-digital reference materials on 11 projects from the collective, including the three projects mentioned above.
archives
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Fonds
1995-2000
textual records
AP197.S1.SS9.014
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The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
circa 1971-2015
Kenneth Frampton writings (FR-I)
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AP197.S1.SS9.014
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The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
textual records
circa 1971-2015
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Johannes Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi present a lecture on Kuehn Malvezzis recent work, including their winning proposal for the Insectarium in Montreal. Presented as part of Displaying Architecture, a CCA series that looks at the relationship between architecture and spaces of display.
8 October 2015 , 6pm
Displaying Architecture: Kuehn Malvezzi
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Johannes Kuehn and Simona Malvezzi present a lecture on Kuehn Malvezzis recent work, including their winning proposal for the Insectarium in Montreal. Presented as part of Displaying Architecture, a CCA series that looks at the relationship between architecture and spaces of display.
textual records
X14
DR2004:1434
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binders including X14 'Lectures/1968/No. 1/until July 7 1969'; 'X14 No 2'; 'X14/ No 5' (1971-1974); X14 (1990-1993); 'X14' (1988-1990) (Conferences, talks);
1968-1993
X14
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DR2004:1434
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binders including X14 'Lectures/1968/No. 1/until July 7 1969'; 'X14 No 2'; 'X14/ No 5' (1971-1974); X14 (1990-1993); 'X14' (1988-1990) (Conferences, talks);
textual records
1968-1993
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
drawings, textual records
Correspondence, Clippings
DR2006:0097
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correspondence, including a letter to Buckminster Fuller, sketches, doodles, financial records, promotional material, newspaper clippings, two copies of a proposal with a cost estimate for a memorial at Auschwitz, an extract of 'County of London Development Plan, 1951 - Analysis' (for the Architectural Association), the 1955-1956 Diploma Final Examination for the AA School of Architecture, a letter to the Editor of 'The Observer', texts for classified ads, biographical notes, an address list, teaching materials, a sheet of unused letterhead, unused addressed envelopes, a synopsis of a lecture by Cedric Price and Bill Cowburn, measurements and sketches for a drawing, a 1955 edition of the 'Broadsheet' student [?] magazine, and printed rules and a brochure for the Cambridge Union Society
1951-1962
Correspondence, Clippings
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DR2006:0097
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correspondence, including a letter to Buckminster Fuller, sketches, doodles, financial records, promotional material, newspaper clippings, two copies of a proposal with a cost estimate for a memorial at Auschwitz, an extract of 'County of London Development Plan, 1951 - Analysis' (for the Architectural Association), the 1955-1956 Diploma Final Examination for the AA School of Architecture, a letter to the Editor of 'The Observer', texts for classified ads, biographical notes, an address list, teaching materials, a sheet of unused letterhead, unused addressed envelopes, a synopsis of a lecture by Cedric Price and Bill Cowburn, measurements and sketches for a drawing, a 1955 edition of the 'Broadsheet' student [?] magazine, and printed rules and a brochure for the Cambridge Union Society
drawings, textual records
1951-1962
This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)
15 November 2017 to 1 April 2018
The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture
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This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)