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CP138
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The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
1914-2008
Gordon Matta-Clark collection
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CP138
Synopsis:
The Gordon Matta-Clark collection documents the personal and professional activities of Gordon Matta-Clark through his correspondence, texts, library, artwork and films, created predominantly between 1969 and 1978. Additionally the collection contains correspondence and photographs collected by Anne Alpert, Matta-Clark's mother, and documentation on his work collected by his widow Jane Crawford following his death.
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1914-2008
Project
AP018.S1.1982.PR19
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This project series documents the design and construction of the Hôtel de la Délégation in Algiers, Algeria from 1982-1985. The office identified the project number as 8220. This hotel was designed with inspiration from traditional Maghrebian and Middle Eastern architecture but made in the modern style. The site for the project consisted of the hotel, a neighbouring villa, a separate office complex, a roundabout at the entrance, two pools, tennis courts, gardens and, an arcade. The project proposed several variations on the design for the hotel, including an eight-level option and a ten-level option, the latter adding two levels of parking to the bottom of the building. The hotel was built into a hill so floors that were subterranean on one side of the building were above ground on the other. This latter side had terraced pergolas at every level with views over the pool. The hotel had a multi-level atrium that contained elaborate indoor gardens and trees. While the ground floor was made up of conference rooms, banquet halls and the reception area, the other levels mostly contained hotel rooms. This project was commissioned by Lavalin International Inc. for the Algerian government, who are referred to in the records as the Présidence de la République, République Algérienne, Démocratique et Populaire. The project is also referred to as Hôtel Alger in the project documentation. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1982-1985. Almost all of the records are in French, with the exception of a few interoffice communications. While there are construction drawings in the project materials, there are also a large number of design drawings showing different schemes and ideas for the hotel. The photographic materials include construction progress photos of the hotel. The textual records consist of correspondence, meeting reports, pre-design records and the project scope, financial documentation, schedules, interoffice letters, construction and detail planning records, specifications and progress reports. Box AP018.S1.1982.PR19.041 in this project series includes an index to the textual materials, which was created by the office.
1982-1985
Hôtel de la Délégation, Algiers, Algeria (1982-1985)
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AP018.S1.1982.PR19
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the Hôtel de la Délégation in Algiers, Algeria from 1982-1985. The office identified the project number as 8220. This hotel was designed with inspiration from traditional Maghrebian and Middle Eastern architecture but made in the modern style. The site for the project consisted of the hotel, a neighbouring villa, a separate office complex, a roundabout at the entrance, two pools, tennis courts, gardens and, an arcade. The project proposed several variations on the design for the hotel, including an eight-level option and a ten-level option, the latter adding two levels of parking to the bottom of the building. The hotel was built into a hill so floors that were subterranean on one side of the building were above ground on the other. This latter side had terraced pergolas at every level with views over the pool. The hotel had a multi-level atrium that contained elaborate indoor gardens and trees. While the ground floor was made up of conference rooms, banquet halls and the reception area, the other levels mostly contained hotel rooms. This project was commissioned by Lavalin International Inc. for the Algerian government, who are referred to in the records as the Présidence de la République, République Algérienne, Démocratique et Populaire. The project is also referred to as Hôtel Alger in the project documentation. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1982-1985. Almost all of the records are in French, with the exception of a few interoffice communications. While there are construction drawings in the project materials, there are also a large number of design drawings showing different schemes and ideas for the hotel. The photographic materials include construction progress photos of the hotel. The textual records consist of correspondence, meeting reports, pre-design records and the project scope, financial documentation, schedules, interoffice letters, construction and detail planning records, specifications and progress reports. Box AP018.S1.1982.PR19.041 in this project series includes an index to the textual materials, which was created by the office.
Project
1982-1985
drawings
ARCH254549
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revised central plaza plan showing circular islands and curved water canals, variant annotated central plaza plan showing shops, village green and tree-lined waterways, detailed study of island scheme for central plaza
1986
Revised central plaza plan showing circular islands and curved water canals
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ARCH254549
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revised central plaza plan showing circular islands and curved water canals, variant annotated central plaza plan showing shops, village green and tree-lined waterways, detailed study of island scheme for central plaza
drawings
1986
ARCH272973
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A 2008 ArkiPARC award that was presented to the Foreign Office Architects in the category of Shopping Centre for the Umraniye Meydan Retail Complex, Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of a segment of a tree branch encapsulated in orange glass.
2008
A 2008 ArkiPARC award presented to the Foreign Office Architects for the Umraniye Meydan Retail Complex, Istanbul, Turkey
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ARCH272973
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A 2008 ArkiPARC award that was presented to the Foreign Office Architects in the category of Shopping Centre for the Umraniye Meydan Retail Complex, Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of a segment of a tree branch encapsulated in orange glass.
2008
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AP075.S1.1979.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Victoria General Hospital in Victoria. Oberlander worked in this project between 1979 and 1982. The architectural firm Beinhaker Irwin / Russell Vandiver Architects worked on the project, while Oberlander was in charge of the landscape for the whole hospital site. The intention for the landscape design was to preserve the site major natural features, such as the woodland and meadow, to create an outdoor recreational area for staff and patients and provide views and privacy for some of the hospital units. Oberlander's design included a play area and a treed parking lot to reduce the impact of the parking areas on the rest of the site. The project series contains concept design reports by architectural firm with Oberlander's annotations, design development drawings and working drawings, including grading plans, landscape plans and planting plans. The project is also documented through correspondence, research material, schematic design, specifications for the landscape and the building construction, contract and financial documents.
1977-1984
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia (1979-1882)
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AP075.S1.1979.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Victoria General Hospital in Victoria. Oberlander worked in this project between 1979 and 1982. The architectural firm Beinhaker Irwin / Russell Vandiver Architects worked on the project, while Oberlander was in charge of the landscape for the whole hospital site. The intention for the landscape design was to preserve the site major natural features, such as the woodland and meadow, to create an outdoor recreational area for staff and patients and provide views and privacy for some of the hospital units. Oberlander's design included a play area and a treed parking lot to reduce the impact of the parking areas on the rest of the site. The project series contains concept design reports by architectural firm with Oberlander's annotations, design development drawings and working drawings, including grading plans, landscape plans and planting plans. The project is also documented through correspondence, research material, schematic design, specifications for the landscape and the building construction, contract and financial documents.
Project
1977-1984
PH1983:0042.06:017
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In the foreground on the left and right, are saddles next to diplay cases. At the centre is a view through a series of arches. Above one of the arches is an advertisement for the Fabreguettes brand of biscuits. A palm tree is at the centre of the image.
1900
View of interior, Pavillon de l'Algérie, Exposition universelle, 1900, Paris, France
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PH1983:0042.06:017
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In the foreground on the left and right, are saddles next to diplay cases. At the centre is a view through a series of arches. Above one of the arches is an advertisement for the Fabreguettes brand of biscuits. A palm tree is at the centre of the image.
drawings, textual records
DR1995:0255:382-511
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clippings, brochure, pamphlets, sketches, drawings, calculations, graphs, drawings by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects, maps, some with annotations, price lists, charts, draft feasibility report, promotional material, promotional catalogue, publications, correspondence, perspective sketches, report, minutes of meetings, trade catalogues, conceptual sketches, guidelines, design notes, consultant reports, tables, notes on housing symposium, report with annotations titled 'Two Tree Island Development for David Keddie / Consultant's Preliminary Report' (January 1972), press release, promotional brochure for Two Tree Island development, and poster for public meeting
Clippings, brochure, pamphlets, sketches, drawings
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DR1995:0255:382-511
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clippings, brochure, pamphlets, sketches, drawings, calculations, graphs, drawings by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects, maps, some with annotations, price lists, charts, draft feasibility report, promotional material, promotional catalogue, publications, correspondence, perspective sketches, report, minutes of meetings, trade catalogues, conceptual sketches, guidelines, design notes, consultant reports, tables, notes on housing symposium, report with annotations titled 'Two Tree Island Development for David Keddie / Consultant's Preliminary Report' (January 1972), press release, promotional brochure for Two Tree Island development, and poster for public meeting
drawings, textual records
drawings
ARCH153693
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3 architectural cartoons by Steven Parcell rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine: Project for a Building-Type Writer, Project for an Elevator to the Top of Mount Everest, Project for a Modern Tree; photocopies of original cartoons
1979
Architectural cartoons by Steven Parcell rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine
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ARCH153693
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3 architectural cartoons by Steven Parcell rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine: Project for a Building-Type Writer, Project for an Elevator to the Top of Mount Everest, Project for a Modern Tree; photocopies of original cartoons
drawings
1979
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
DR1985:0415
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- DR1985:0415 presents a cartographic survey of Wimbledon Park as "improved" in the second half of the eighteenth century. Covering some 1,200 acres, the park as shown in this plan contains all the elements of Capability Brown's mature landscape style: expanses of grass traversed by meandering paths, irregular plantings of trees placed singly and in clumps, and winding streams dammed to create a large, irregular lake near the centre of the property and several small ponds about the periphery. The main house (built 1732-33 for Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough), its outbuildings, and the village church are shown at the southern end of the park, as is a kitchen garden dating from an earlier period. Roads, lanes, and neighbouring properties are neatly labelled in the draughtsman's hand, and the fall of the land has been indicated in shade lines.
landscape architecture, topographic
between 1765 and 1785
A survey plan of Wimbledon Park as designed for Lord Spencer by Capability Brown
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DR1985:0415
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- DR1985:0415 presents a cartographic survey of Wimbledon Park as "improved" in the second half of the eighteenth century. Covering some 1,200 acres, the park as shown in this plan contains all the elements of Capability Brown's mature landscape style: expanses of grass traversed by meandering paths, irregular plantings of trees placed singly and in clumps, and winding streams dammed to create a large, irregular lake near the centre of the property and several small ponds about the periphery. The main house (built 1732-33 for Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough), its outbuildings, and the village church are shown at the southern end of the park, as is a kitchen garden dating from an earlier period. Roads, lanes, and neighbouring properties are neatly labelled in the draughtsman's hand, and the fall of the land has been indicated in shade lines.
landscape architecture, topographic