textual records
AP197.S2.004
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The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: General; Austria; Australia; Belgium; Canada; China; Czechoslovakia; Dutch; England; French; Finland; France; German; Greek; Islam; Italian; Japan; Mexico; Russia; Scandanavian; and Spain.
1965-1996
Research files on modern architecture, organized by geographic location (A-S)
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AP197.S2.004
Description:
The box is comprised of writings on modern architecture, divided by country and organized alphabetically. The sections are divided as follows: General; Austria; Australia; Belgium; Canada; China; Czechoslovakia; Dutch; England; French; Finland; France; German; Greek; Islam; Italian; Japan; Mexico; Russia; Scandanavian; and Spain.
textual records
1965-1996
Sub-series
Travel Records
AP032.S1.SS4.D3
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Files ARCH219035-ARCH219042 are documents from travels in Europe from 1962-1963, and combined business and family travels in Europe, Japan, Central America and the United States between 1968 and 1980. Papers include a travel journal, invoices and receipts, postcards, travel guides and brochures, maps, itineraries, correspondence, and documents on Danish architecture. FIles ARCH21945-ARCH219061 are documents mostly concerning Goldsmith's vacation trips in the United States. Material includes travel brochures, guide books, maps, postcards and various ephemera. Travel journals from visits to Fripp Island, Harvard, Newport R.I., New York and Washington in 1982 include sketches and calculations of bridges. Some files include colour photographs - a trip to Washington D.C. has large prints of SOM buildings, and a file on the artist Christo includes information and photos of his Umbrella Project in Bakersfield, California. Other destinations include Vermont, Delaware, New Mexico, Michigan and Wisconsin. Two files document a 1993 trip to Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland and include correspondence and itineraries.
1962-1993
Travel Records
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AP032.S1.SS4.D3
Description:
Files ARCH219035-ARCH219042 are documents from travels in Europe from 1962-1963, and combined business and family travels in Europe, Japan, Central America and the United States between 1968 and 1980. Papers include a travel journal, invoices and receipts, postcards, travel guides and brochures, maps, itineraries, correspondence, and documents on Danish architecture. FIles ARCH21945-ARCH219061 are documents mostly concerning Goldsmith's vacation trips in the United States. Material includes travel brochures, guide books, maps, postcards and various ephemera. Travel journals from visits to Fripp Island, Harvard, Newport R.I., New York and Washington in 1982 include sketches and calculations of bridges. Some files include colour photographs - a trip to Washington D.C. has large prints of SOM buildings, and a file on the artist Christo includes information and photos of his Umbrella Project in Bakersfield, California. Other destinations include Vermont, Delaware, New Mexico, Michigan and Wisconsin. Two files document a 1993 trip to Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland and include correspondence and itineraries.
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1962-1993
PH2006:0249
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A pharmacy receipt from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and a piece of paper with names, phone numbers and hours is inserted at page 127. Two bus tickets for Progreso to Merida, one stamped 7 March 1975, are inserted at page 219. Driving instructions and notes are inscribed in another hand on the last page of the book.
published 1974
A Guide to Ancient Maya Ruins
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PH2006:0249
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A pharmacy receipt from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico and a piece of paper with names, phone numbers and hours is inserted at page 127. Two bus tickets for Progreso to Merida, one stamped 7 March 1975, are inserted at page 219. Driving instructions and notes are inscribed in another hand on the last page of the book.
PH1984:0977:514
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View of a fortified (?) camp with a gazebo, a wind mill on the right and a large shed on the left, structured around an open field where a large gathering of Indigenous people and uniformed men on horseback is taking place. A row of one-storey adobe houses can be seen on the right side in the background. Possibly Arizona or New Mexico.
ca. 1860-1880
View of a fortified (?) camp where a large gathering of Indigenous people and uniformed men on horseback is taking place, (possibly) Arizona, United States of America
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PH1984:0977:514
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View of a fortified (?) camp with a gazebo, a wind mill on the right and a large shed on the left, structured around an open field where a large gathering of Indigenous people and uniformed men on horseback is taking place. A row of one-storey adobe houses can be seen on the right side in the background. Possibly Arizona or New Mexico.
archives
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Fonds
André Blouin fonds
AP038
Synopsis:
The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
Synopsis:
The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
archives
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Fonds
1933-1996
photographs
Quantity:
14 File
ARCH261938
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The case contains slides of the Pavilion of Trinidad & Tobago (4), of the Pavilion of India (2, + 3 incorrectly identified as Mexico, + 1 incorrectly identified as Habitat 67 [the grey scale drawing at the right is a representation of the same monument found in front of the Indian Pavilion] = 6), of the Steel Pavilion (1) and of the [Katimavik] (3)***. ***The Katimavik is inscribed on the case ARCH262025, however the corresponding slides are located in case ARCH261938 since there is no space to store them in ARCH262025.
1967
Coloured slides of the Pavilions of Trinidad & Tobago, and Grenada, of India, of the Katimavik and of the Steel Pavilion, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH261938
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The case contains slides of the Pavilion of Trinidad & Tobago (4), of the Pavilion of India (2, + 3 incorrectly identified as Mexico, + 1 incorrectly identified as Habitat 67 [the grey scale drawing at the right is a representation of the same monument found in front of the Indian Pavilion] = 6), of the Steel Pavilion (1) and of the [Katimavik] (3)***. ***The Katimavik is inscribed on the case ARCH262025, however the corresponding slides are located in case ARCH261938 since there is no space to store them in ARCH262025.
photographs
Quantity:
14 File
1967
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
textual records
Quantity:
279 sheet(s)
ARCH193536
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Notes on sayings and teachings of Mies van der Rohe and others; small sketch and accompanying notes by Mies van der Rohe; sketches of still-life and model compositions; plans, perspectives, elevations, axonometric views and structural details including some for identified projects such as Home Federal Savings and Loan, Des Moines, Iowa (1959-62); Federal Center, Chicago (1959-73); Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building, Mexico City (1958-61); Office Building for United States Consulate, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1957-62); New National Gallery, Berlin (1962-68). Accompanied by notes added by Phyllis Lambert (November 2000).
circa 1959 - 2000
Notes on sayings and teachings of Mies van der Rohe and others
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ARCH193536
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Notes on sayings and teachings of Mies van der Rohe and others; small sketch and accompanying notes by Mies van der Rohe; sketches of still-life and model compositions; plans, perspectives, elevations, axonometric views and structural details including some for identified projects such as Home Federal Savings and Loan, Des Moines, Iowa (1959-62); Federal Center, Chicago (1959-73); Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building, Mexico City (1958-61); Office Building for United States Consulate, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1957-62); New National Gallery, Berlin (1962-68). Accompanied by notes added by Phyllis Lambert (November 2000).
textual records
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279 sheet(s)
circa 1959 - 2000
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
archives
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Fonds
AP226
Synopsis:
The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
1970 - 2011
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds
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AP226
Synopsis:
The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
archives
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Fonds
1970 - 2011