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textual records
textual records
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AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
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Date:
1965-2015
1965-2015
Title:
Kenneth Frampton texts, articles and notes A-FO
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AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
Kenneth Frampton texts, articles and notes A-FO
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AP197.S1.SS9.002
Description:
This box is comprised of notes, drafts, articles, interviews, conference addresses by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized alphabetically by either title or the architect's last name, from A-FO. Subjects and architects explored in these texts include: the Patkau Architects's Agosta House; Tadao Ando; Demetri and Suzana Antonakakis; ULM; architectural design; architecture as a humanistic discipline; architecture vs. art; Hannah Arendt; Wiel Arets; Emre Arolat; the avant-garde; Barcelona; basque architecture; Anatole de Baudot; Salvatore Bisogni; Mario Botta; the British Library; Angelo Bucci; William Butterfield; James Carpenter; la Casa Cooper; Alan Colquhuon; Casco Centrale; Charles Correa; constructivism; Czech architecture; the Duetsche Werkbund; developments in contemporary architecture; architectural education; Peter Eisenman; Shushei Endo; English architecture; and Arthur Erikson.
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1965-2015
1965-2015
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Sub-series
Sub-series
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AP207.S2.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
AP207.S2.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
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Date:
1992-2010
1992-2010
Title:
Radicals. Architettura e Design 1960-1975 (1992)
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AP207.S2.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
Radicals. Architettura e Design 1960-1975 (1992)
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AP207.S2.SS09
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition "Radicals. Architettura e design 1960-1975", curated by Pettena and presented in the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1996. This documentary exhibition on the Radical architecture movement in the 1960s and the 1970s, for presented the Radical movement not as "essentially conceptual contribution, as “fantastic” theories and utopian visions of the future" [1] but as "precursors of the most innovative production of the contemporary, international architectural scene." [2] The sub-series contains research material, including photocopies of articles on the Radical movement and research on previous editions of the Venice Biennale. It also contains correspondence for the planning of the exhibition, including with Hans Hollein and the Biennale administration, a draft exhibition proposal, concept development notes by Pettena, proposals for promotional material on the exhibition and press clippings. Source: [1][2] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/english/exhibitions/settings/ (last accessed 29 January 2020).
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Subseries
Subseries
Date:
1992-2010
1992-2010
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drawings
drawings
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Reference number:
AP178.S2.1991.011
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches for the Dom Company Headquarters in Cologne, Germany, for the Habitações em Concepcion Arenal in Cadiz, Spain, for the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, as well as for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation. It also contains sketches of people and animals.
AP178.S2.1991.011
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches for the Dom Company Headquarters in Cologne, Germany, for the Habitações em Concepcion Arenal in Cadiz, Spain, for the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, as well as for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation. It also contains sketches of people and animals.
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Date:
December 1991
December 1991
Title:
Sketchbook 324: Cadiz - Bouça - Fac. Arq.ra - Serralves
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AP178.S2.1991.011
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches for the Dom Company Headquarters in Cologne, Germany, for the Habitações em Concepcion Arenal in Cadiz, Spain, for the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, as well as for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation. It also contains sketches of people and animals.
Sketchbook 324: Cadiz - Bouça - Fac. Arq.ra - Serralves
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AP178.S2.1991.011
Description:
This sketchbook includes sketches for the Dom Company Headquarters in Cologne, Germany, for the Habitações em Concepcion Arenal in Cadiz, Spain, for the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, as well as for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation. It also contains sketches of people and animals.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
December 1991
December 1991
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archives
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Collection
archives
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Collection
Title:
J.J.P. Oud Collection
J.J.P. Oud Collection
Reference number:
CI005
Synopsis:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
CI005
Synopsis:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
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Date:
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
Title:
J.J.P. Oud Collection
CI005
Synopsis:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
J.J.P. Oud Collection
CI005
Synopsis:
The J.J.P. Oud Collection, 1911-1973, documents J.J.P. Oud's work as an architect between 1911 and 1973. The collection is focussed on Oud’s architectural projects, including work on major exectued and unrealized buildings in the Netherlands, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the United States. The collection also includes Oud's designs for diverse projects on public housing, war memorials and interior design.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Collection institutionnelle
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection institutionnelle
Date:
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
1908-1966 (1911-1963 predominant)
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Project
Project
Title:
I.C.A. Building
I.C.A. Building
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AP144.S2.D24
Description:
File documents an unexecuted proposal for new Headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts on a site in South Kensington, London, England. File contains annotated conceptual drawings for a multi-functional building which includes an administration area, library, auditorium, lecture halls and galleries. Design proposal includes flexible and incomplete areas and an extensible open deck on top floor for future vertical expansion. Some material in this file was published in 'Architectural Design'. vol. 40, (October 1970), 518. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains conceptual drawings and photographic material.
AP144.S2.D24
Description:
File documents an unexecuted proposal for new Headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts on a site in South Kensington, London, England. File contains annotated conceptual drawings for a multi-functional building which includes an administration area, library, auditorium, lecture halls and galleries. Design proposal includes flexible and incomplete areas and an extensible open deck on top floor for future vertical expansion. Some material in this file was published in 'Architectural Design'. vol. 40, (October 1970), 518. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains conceptual drawings and photographic material.
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Date:
[1963]
[1963]
Title:
I.C.A. Building
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AP144.S2.D24
Description:
File documents an unexecuted proposal for new Headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts on a site in South Kensington, London, England. File contains annotated conceptual drawings for a multi-functional building which includes an administration area, library, auditorium, lecture halls and galleries. Design proposal includes flexible and incomplete areas and an extensible open deck on top floor for future vertical expansion. Some material in this file was published in 'Architectural Design'. vol. 40, (October 1970), 518. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains conceptual drawings and photographic material.
I.C.A. Building
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AP144.S2.D24
Description:
File documents an unexecuted proposal for new Headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts on a site in South Kensington, London, England. File contains annotated conceptual drawings for a multi-functional building which includes an administration area, library, auditorium, lecture halls and galleries. Design proposal includes flexible and incomplete areas and an extensible open deck on top floor for future vertical expansion. Some material in this file was published in 'Architectural Design'. vol. 40, (October 1970), 518. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains conceptual drawings and photographic material.
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File 24
File 24
Date:
[1963]
[1963]
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Form:
textual records
textual records
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AP206.S2.016
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
AP206.S2.016
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
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Date:
1968-1979
1968-1979
Title:
Published and unpublished papers (folder 3 of 5)
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AP206.S2.016
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
Published and unpublished papers (folder 3 of 5)
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AP206.S2.016
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.014, AP206.S2.015, AP206.S2.017 and AP206.S2.018. This file includes the following papers: "Living in Cities" "Rural Habitat," 1979 "Contemporary Art Scene in Punjab" "Address on the occasion of the 6th Annual Convocation of Chandigarh College of Architecture," 1974
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1968-1979
1968-1979
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Form:
photographs
photographs
Title:
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
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Reference number:
PH1980:1015:123
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
PH1980:1015:123
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1927
1927
Title:
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
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PH1980:1015:123
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
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PH1980:1015:123
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1927
1927
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1980:1015:359
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
PH1980:1015:359
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1927
1927
Title:
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, Russia (formerly U.S.S.R.)
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PH1980:1015:359
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
View of the diploma project model for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, Russia (formerly U.S.S.R.)
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PH1980:1015:359
Description:
"His unexecuted diploma project in 1927 for the Lenin Institute and Library, Moscow, brought him international recognition. The scheme was prominently displayed at the Exhibition of Contemporary Architecture, Moscow, and was published in the OSA Group journal Sovremennaya arkhitektura." Ivan Leonidov [electronicsource] [cited 30 June 2009], available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_leonidov; INTERNET.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1927
1927
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
research
research
Title:
Visiting Scholars 2009
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Date:
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
Title:
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Description:
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Description:
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Form:
research
research
Date:
23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
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Project
Project
Title:
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
Reference number:
AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
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Date:
circa 1972-2017
circa 1972-2017
Title:
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
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AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
Tumbleweeds Catcher (1972)
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AP207.S1.1972.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "Tumbleweeds Catcher", an installation by Pettena and a group of his students from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City, in 1972. The installation consisted of a tower-scaffold built on a vacant lot near the city centre and covered with mesh so it could capture the tumbleweeds blown by the wind. Through this installation Pettena's intention was to "highlight the 'work of the land', the tumbleweeds moved by the wind and intercepted by the mesh of the tower, 'naturalize' it, contaminate it, thereby embodying the revenge of nature over urbanized space." [1] A second edition was later presented at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City in 2013. The project series contains photographs of the installation in 1972 and 2013, and drawings and sketches of the tower. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 162.
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Project
Project
Date:
circa 1972-2017
circa 1972-2017
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