drawings
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21 reprographic copy(ies)
ARCH268432
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5 photocopies of sketches and 14 fragments of a diazotype. Photocopies of sketches of Chandigarh include one showing three city centers (1952). The diazotype reproduces drawings by the architect (1943). Also includes 2 texts by Le Corbusier. Texts are a record of speeches given by Le Corbusier while in Chandigarh and include the architects’ “Presentation of the enamel gate of Punjab Legislature” and a presentation on modern housing (June 1953).
1943-1953
Photocopies of sketches of Chandigarh and 2 texts by Le Corbusier
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ARCH268432
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5 photocopies of sketches and 14 fragments of a diazotype. Photocopies of sketches of Chandigarh include one showing three city centers (1952). The diazotype reproduces drawings by the architect (1943). Also includes 2 texts by Le Corbusier. Texts are a record of speeches given by Le Corbusier while in Chandigarh and include the architects’ “Presentation of the enamel gate of Punjab Legislature” and a presentation on modern housing (June 1953).
drawings
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21 reprographic copy(ies)
1943-1953
textual records
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3 textual record(s)
ARCH267377
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Documents pertaining to the Pierre Jeanneret's military service, including his military service record (booklet), a completed taxation slip for foreign countries issued by the government of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) dated 1944, and an official goverment form received by the architect recording his exemption from military service dated 1939. The taxation slip and the militrary service record are filled out in the hand of the architect.
1915-1944
Documents pertaining to the Pierre Jeanneret's military service
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ARCH267377
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Documents pertaining to the Pierre Jeanneret's military service, including his military service record (booklet), a completed taxation slip for foreign countries issued by the government of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) dated 1944, and an official goverment form received by the architect recording his exemption from military service dated 1939. The taxation slip and the militrary service record are filled out in the hand of the architect.
textual records
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3 textual record(s)
1915-1944
textual records
Writings by Shoei Yoh
ARCH270329
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This group is composed of texts by Shoei Yoh, some of which have been published on the website of Shoei Yoh + Architects, including two variant prinouts of the document "Fluid architecture". There is also a printout of a text with notations in ink. The group also includes illustrated lists of works by Shoei Yoh + Architects, including content printed from the firm's website with notations in ink.
Writings by Shoei Yoh
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ARCH270329
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This group is composed of texts by Shoei Yoh, some of which have been published on the website of Shoei Yoh + Architects, including two variant prinouts of the document "Fluid architecture". There is also a printout of a text with notations in ink. The group also includes illustrated lists of works by Shoei Yoh + Architects, including content printed from the firm's website with notations in ink.
textual records
textual records
AP018.S2.008
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This box contains promotional materials, specifically sections for Parkin Partnerships Architects Planners' brochure, which includes the firm's design philosophy, a brief history of the firm, and CVs for architects and associates. Also included is correspondence and information related to various projects including projects for Toronto Transit Commission, Marathon Realty Inc., and airports. The box also contains copies of the office's master specification check lists.
1983-1986
Promotional materials and correspondence related to projects
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AP018.S2.008
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This box contains promotional materials, specifically sections for Parkin Partnerships Architects Planners' brochure, which includes the firm's design philosophy, a brief history of the firm, and CVs for architects and associates. Also included is correspondence and information related to various projects including projects for Toronto Transit Commission, Marathon Realty Inc., and airports. The box also contains copies of the office's master specification check lists.
textual records
1983-1986
Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
16 May 2012 to 14 October 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
ARCH273096
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Image shows Rendille nomads in Kenya. Source may be Central Office of Information, London (same image seen in publication Architecture without architects, an introduction to nonpedigreed architecture by Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-1988 ).
1978-2006
Slide with view of a nomadic structure hoised on a donkey, by unknown source
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ARCH273096
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Image shows Rendille nomads in Kenya. Source may be Central Office of Information, London (same image seen in publication Architecture without architects, an introduction to nonpedigreed architecture by Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-1988 ).
PH1980:1015:329
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Hotel particulier built in 1926-1927 by the architect André Lurçat for the painter Walter Guggenbühl from Zurich. Located in Paris on rue Nansouty, facing parc Montsouris, it was greatly altered in 1997.
architecture
between 1927 and 1929
Hotel particulier de Monsieur Guggenbuhl à Paris. Vue d'ensemble
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PH1980:1015:329
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Hotel particulier built in 1926-1927 by the architect André Lurçat for the painter Walter Guggenbühl from Zurich. Located in Paris on rue Nansouty, facing parc Montsouris, it was greatly altered in 1997.
architecture
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AP163.S3
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This subseries documents the work of architect Maria Prus, Victor Prus's spouse. Born Maria Fisz, she studies at Warsaw University. Her studies are interrupted by the war, and she completes them in Belgium before emigrating to England where she worked at the London County Council, Architect Department, Housing Division. She maries architect Victor Prus in 1948 and emigrates with him in Canada in 1953. As a landscape architect, Maria Prus works with her husband on most of his projects. This sub-series contains documents related to work as a student and her professional work, throught 7 projects, which includes mainly drawings.
Maria Prus’s student and professional work in England
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AP163.S3
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This subseries documents the work of architect Maria Prus, Victor Prus's spouse. Born Maria Fisz, she studies at Warsaw University. Her studies are interrupted by the war, and she completes them in Belgium before emigrating to England where she worked at the London County Council, Architect Department, Housing Division. She maries architect Victor Prus in 1948 and emigrates with him in Canada in 1953. As a landscape architect, Maria Prus works with her husband on most of his projects. This sub-series contains documents related to work as a student and her professional work, throught 7 projects, which includes mainly drawings.
Series 3
Project
AP129.S1.D3
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La série de projet documente le projet de Jean Ouellet avec la firme Ouellet Architectes associés pour le Complexe Desjardins à Montréal, Québec, pour Place Desjardins Inc. et en collaboration avec La Société La Haye. Le projet débute en 1962-1971 avec un projet d'exploration et une étude de faisabilité, suivi d'une phase de développement et de réalisation entre 1971-1976. Les travaux de construction débutent en mai 1972 jusqu'à l'inauguration en avril 1976. La série de projet est constituée de documents graphiques, photographiques et textuels, ainsi que de dessins relatifs au Complexe Desjardins. Organisme de gérance : Janin Construction Limitée Urbaniste et architecte principal : La Société La Haye et Ouellet Architectes associés : - Infrastructure et basilaire : Longpré, archand, Goudreau - Tours à bureaux : Blouin, Blouin, Gauthier, Guité, Roy - Hôtel : Ouellet et Reeves Roger D'Astous, architecte consultant Ingénieurs-conseils : - Charpente et fondations : La Société CLT - Mécanique et électricité : Pageau, Morel, Bouthillette, Parizeau
1964-2002
Complexe Desjardins, Montréal, Québec
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AP129.S1.D3
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La série de projet documente le projet de Jean Ouellet avec la firme Ouellet Architectes associés pour le Complexe Desjardins à Montréal, Québec, pour Place Desjardins Inc. et en collaboration avec La Société La Haye. Le projet débute en 1962-1971 avec un projet d'exploration et une étude de faisabilité, suivi d'une phase de développement et de réalisation entre 1971-1976. Les travaux de construction débutent en mai 1972 jusqu'à l'inauguration en avril 1976. La série de projet est constituée de documents graphiques, photographiques et textuels, ainsi que de dessins relatifs au Complexe Desjardins. Organisme de gérance : Janin Construction Limitée Urbaniste et architecte principal : La Société La Haye et Ouellet Architectes associés : - Infrastructure et basilaire : Longpré, archand, Goudreau - Tours à bureaux : Blouin, Blouin, Gauthier, Guité, Roy - Hôtel : Ouellet et Reeves Roger D'Astous, architecte consultant Ingénieurs-conseils : - Charpente et fondations : La Société CLT - Mécanique et électricité : Pageau, Morel, Bouthillette, Parizeau
Dossier 3
1964-2002
textual records
ARCH264578
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Le manuscrit traite, entre autres, des sujets suivants : des délais et des problèmes de construction, de la hausse des prix et des difficultés financières, de la modification des maisons existantes, des urbanistes et de l'urbanisme ainsi que du travail des architectes et ingénieurs à Chandigarh. Le barrage de Bhakra est mentionné dans le manuscrit.
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Manuscrit relatif à la construction à Chandigarh, Inde
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ARCH264578
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Le manuscrit traite, entre autres, des sujets suivants : des délais et des problèmes de construction, de la hausse des prix et des difficultés financières, de la modification des maisons existantes, des urbanistes et de l'urbanisme ainsi que du travail des architectes et ingénieurs à Chandigarh. Le barrage de Bhakra est mentionné dans le manuscrit.
textual records
s.d.