ARCH255873
1967
archives
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Fonds
John C. Parkin fonds
AP018
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The John C. Parkin fonds documents the professional career of Toronto-based architect John C. Parkin (1922-1988) at his firms John B. Parkin Associates and Parkin Architects Planners. Most materials in this fonds record 347 architectural projects covering the years 1947-1987. John C. Parkin’s professional involvement in the arts and architecture, his firms’ activities, and his professional achievements are also recorded.
1929-1987
John C. Parkin fonds
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AP018
Synopsis:
The John C. Parkin fonds documents the professional career of Toronto-based architect John C. Parkin (1922-1988) at his firms John B. Parkin Associates and Parkin Architects Planners. Most materials in this fonds record 347 architectural projects covering the years 1947-1987. John C. Parkin’s professional involvement in the arts and architecture, his firms’ activities, and his professional achievements are also recorded.
archives
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Fonds
1929-1987
photographs
Ring binder containing photographic materials from four or five projects by Abalos & Herreros
ARCH274657
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Contains materials from the following projects: - La Casa del Presidente, AP164.S1.1997.D3 (1 slide: collage?); - La Casa verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, AP164.S1.1997.D4 (82 slides: model, map, rendering, plans, sketches and reference materials); - Casa González, Madrid, AP164.S1.1997.D5 (197 slides: models, plans and reference materials); - Unidentified project (4 slides: construction?); - Recualificación del espacio público de Ramos, Rio de Janeiro, AP164.S1.1997.D7 (77 slides, 1 colour reversal film).
1997-1998
Ring binder containing photographic materials from four or five projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH274657
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Contains materials from the following projects: - La Casa del Presidente, AP164.S1.1997.D3 (1 slide: collage?); - La Casa verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, AP164.S1.1997.D4 (82 slides: model, map, rendering, plans, sketches and reference materials); - Casa González, Madrid, AP164.S1.1997.D5 (197 slides: models, plans and reference materials); - Unidentified project (4 slides: construction?); - Recualificación del espacio público de Ramos, Rio de Janeiro, AP164.S1.1997.D7 (77 slides, 1 colour reversal film).
photographs
1997-1998
Freegans
Hong Kong journalist Emily Rauhala speaks about the anticonsumerist philosophy of the “freegans” or “dumpster divers.” These individuals collect the tremendous quantities of still usable food and other goods that can be found in the trash containers of our cities, either to distribute to the needy or for their own personal use. Rauhala worked with Lorenzo Morales, a(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
8 January 2009
Freegans
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Hong Kong journalist Emily Rauhala speaks about the anticonsumerist philosophy of the “freegans” or “dumpster divers.” These individuals collect the tremendous quantities of still usable food and other goods that can be found in the trash containers of our cities, either to distribute to the needy or for their own personal use. Rauhala worked with Lorenzo Morales, a(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Materiality of Parkour
Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 February 2009
Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0229:412-512
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one file containing drawings, correspondence, building programme, clippings, consultant's notes, notes, flow chart, graph, and office memoranda, regarding the computer building design; and loose textual records including structural drawings, notes, calculations, some for office layout, graphs, clippings, reports, conference programmes, site photographs, and slides, sketches, Heathrow Master Development Plan, Heathrow Identity Manual, reports, feasibility study, consultant's reports, promotional materials, plastic film, negatives, photographs of working model, layout pieces, and traffic study report
One file containing drawings, correspondence, building programme
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DR1995:0229:412-512
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one file containing drawings, correspondence, building programme, clippings, consultant's notes, notes, flow chart, graph, and office memoranda, regarding the computer building design; and loose textual records including structural drawings, notes, calculations, some for office layout, graphs, clippings, reports, conference programmes, site photographs, and slides, sketches, Heathrow Master Development Plan, Heathrow Identity Manual, reports, feasibility study, consultant's reports, promotional materials, plastic film, negatives, photographs of working model, layout pieces, and traffic study report
drawings, textual records, photographs
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
architecture
1988
A vision of Britain : a personal view of architecture
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
1988
architecture
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.10
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Includes segments from the Abend Shau, 6/7, the Landes Schau, and Heute Journal. Also includes the film "Ein Stärkes Stuck" by Gisela Reich with narration by Walter Kreye. Stuttgard : Südfunks Stuttgart, 1984. First speaker: Dorothee Roth Abend Schall das Baden-Württemberg Magazin Die Neue Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Director and book: Gisela Reich Camera: Fritz Moser, Adolf Hartl, Hans Grimmelmann Sound: Lucian Dixon Editing: Dorrit Dorr Speaker: Walter Kreye A production of Südfunk Stuttgart 1984
1984
German media coverage of the opening of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.10
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Includes segments from the Abend Shau, 6/7, the Landes Schau, and Heute Journal. Also includes the film "Ein Stärkes Stuck" by Gisela Reich with narration by Walter Kreye. Stuttgard : Südfunks Stuttgart, 1984. First speaker: Dorothee Roth Abend Schall das Baden-Württemberg Magazin Die Neue Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Director and book: Gisela Reich Camera: Fritz Moser, Adolf Hartl, Hans Grimmelmann Sound: Lucian Dixon Editing: Dorrit Dorr Speaker: Walter Kreye A production of Südfunk Stuttgart 1984
1984
Urban Diversity
Two members of the French collective Coloco, architect Nicolas Bonnenfant and landscape architect Miguel Georgieff, present their project “Habiter les Squelettes,” which aims to recover and renovate unfinished, abandoned structures or “urban skeletons”, giving rise to a new dimension in self-building: lifespan management, including that of everyday objects such as(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 January 2009
Urban Diversity
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Two members of the French collective Coloco, architect Nicolas Bonnenfant and landscape architect Miguel Georgieff, present their project “Habiter les Squelettes,” which aims to recover and renovate unfinished, abandoned structures or “urban skeletons”, giving rise to a new dimension in self-building: lifespan management, including that of everyday objects such as(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
ARCH256269
1967