graphic materials
ARCH252105
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invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events: Aldo Rossi in America: Città Analoga drawings, September 19 to October 20, 1979 Marc Treib: Some Posters on a Theme of Architecture, February 27 to March 22, 1980 Oppositions 3 Forum: Physical Context/Cultural Context, 13 December (?) Clorindo Testa: Architecture and Personal Mythology, November 9-25, 1981 John Hejduk:Seven Houses, January 22 to February 16, 1980 IAUS relocation announcement of a move to 19 Union Sq. W., New York
1979-1981
Invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events
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ARCH252105
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invitations/posters for various IAUS exhibitions and events: Aldo Rossi in America: Città Analoga drawings, September 19 to October 20, 1979 Marc Treib: Some Posters on a Theme of Architecture, February 27 to March 22, 1980 Oppositions 3 Forum: Physical Context/Cultural Context, 13 December (?) Clorindo Testa: Architecture and Personal Mythology, November 9-25, 1981 John Hejduk:Seven Houses, January 22 to February 16, 1980 IAUS relocation announcement of a move to 19 Union Sq. W., New York
graphic materials
1979-1981
Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
5 February 2026, 6pm
Film and conversation: Where Will We Grow Older?
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Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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AP180.S1.1987.PR01
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This project series documents the unrealized design proposal for the Sperone del Guasco, in Ancona. Riva worked on this project in 1987. The project was commissioned in the context of the exhibition "Nine project projects for nine Cities" organized by the Milan Triennale. It consisted of a walled pathway climbing the Guasco hill to the San Ciriaco cathedral. Riva's proposal was later presented in the exhibition "Umberto Riva, sistemazioni urbane" in 1993, at the Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti in Ancona. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including elevations, sections, and plans. It also includes a project description.
ca. 1987
Progetto di sistemazione, Sperone del Guasco [Urban development project, Sperone del Guasco], Ancona, Italy (1987)
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AP180.S1.1987.PR01
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This project series documents the unrealized design proposal for the Sperone del Guasco, in Ancona. Riva worked on this project in 1987. The project was commissioned in the context of the exhibition "Nine project projects for nine Cities" organized by the Milan Triennale. It consisted of a walled pathway climbing the Guasco hill to the San Ciriaco cathedral. Riva's proposal was later presented in the exhibition "Umberto Riva, sistemazioni urbane" in 1993, at the Pinacoteca civica Francesco Podesti in Ancona. The project series contains studies and design development drawings, including elevations, sections, and plans. It also includes a project description.
Project
ca. 1987
PH1980:0817:023
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Newspaper clipping pasted on page provides context for the photgraph. The ship is identified as The Vancouver, a royal mail steamship which was involved in a collision in the St. Lawrence and was towed to dry dock at Quebec City for repairs.
1889-1896
Collage of a photograph of a wrecked ship and a newspaper clipping
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PH1980:0817:023
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Newspaper clipping pasted on page provides context for the photgraph. The ship is identified as The Vancouver, a royal mail steamship which was involved in a collision in the St. Lawrence and was towed to dry dock at Quebec City for repairs.
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AP207.S1.1968.PR04
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This project series documents Pettena's installation entitled "Grazia & Giustizia", named after the Ministry of Justice in Italy. This project is the third of a series of three installations created in 1968 which consisted of large three-dimensional letters, forming words, and made purposely of perishable materials. The "Grazia & Giustizia" was created and constructed in the context of the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music in Palermo, in 1968. Unlike the first two installations in this series, this one was destroyed intentionally and was more of a performance as each cardboard letter was taken and thrown in the sea after a funeral procession accompanied by music played by the group MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva). The installation was re-created in 2012, this time in Civitella del Tronto, at "a great fort dating from the 16th century, which was not only the dominant architectural feature in that context but in particular the place where 'justice' used to be dispensed (or not)." [1] The project series contains photographs of the procession and of the letters once in the sea, and two drawings, including one showing the letters floating in the water. The project series also contains photographs showing the installation at the fort of Civitella del Tronto in 2012 and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-grazia-ii-2012-1/ (last accessed 30 October 2019)
1968-2017
Grazia & Giustizia [Grace & Justice] (1968)
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AP207.S1.1968.PR04
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This project series documents Pettena's installation entitled "Grazia & Giustizia", named after the Ministry of Justice in Italy. This project is the third of a series of three installations created in 1968 which consisted of large three-dimensional letters, forming words, and made purposely of perishable materials. The "Grazia & Giustizia" was created and constructed in the context of the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music in Palermo, in 1968. Unlike the first two installations in this series, this one was destroyed intentionally and was more of a performance as each cardboard letter was taken and thrown in the sea after a funeral procession accompanied by music played by the group MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva). The installation was re-created in 2012, this time in Civitella del Tronto, at "a great fort dating from the 16th century, which was not only the dominant architectural feature in that context but in particular the place where 'justice' used to be dispensed (or not)." [1] The project series contains photographs of the procession and of the letters once in the sea, and two drawings, including one showing the letters floating in the water. The project series also contains photographs showing the installation at the fort of Civitella del Tronto in 2012 and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-grazia-ii-2012-1/ (last accessed 30 October 2019)
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1968-2017
articles
Rescue Robin Hood
Robin Hood Gardens, London, Smithson, social housing, demolition, gentrification, 56A Infoshop
2 June 2025
Rescue Robin Hood
Lisa Belabed on an anti-demolition effort in the context of a globalized city
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Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
25 June 2024 to 17 November 2024
Material Workshop: In Low Tide
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Learning from the practice of DnA and architect Xu Tiantian, participants are invited to discover how various local materials from across the coastal ecosystem of Meizhou Island, are sourced, studied, and implemented into an architectural project. From bamboo to mangroves to oyster shells, this workshop is an invitation to explore how materials with diverse(...)
articles
With and Within
cooperativism, collective, barcelona, spain, la borda, can batlló, social economy, indignados, context
19 April 2021
The Architecture of Cooperation
Kim Courrèges and Felipe de Ferrari of Plan Común speak with Carles Baiges and Cristina Gamboa of Lacol
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With and Within
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AP180.S1.1986.PR01
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This project series documents the Casa sul Lungomare, an unrealized project for the restauration of a historic three-storey house on Lungamore in Otranto, Italy. This project was undertaken in the context of the Piano di recupero di Otranto, an urban renewal scheme for the north-east sector of the historic centre of Otranto. Riva worked on this project from 1986-1987. The project series contains studies for the historic building and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, floor plans, and sections. It also contains presentation drawings showing the proposed scheme, including site plans, elevations, and plans of the existing buildings in the Piano di recupero di Otranto.
1986
Casa sul Lungomare [House on Lungamore], Otranto, Italy (1986-1987)
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AP180.S1.1986.PR01
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This project series documents the Casa sul Lungomare, an unrealized project for the restauration of a historic three-storey house on Lungamore in Otranto, Italy. This project was undertaken in the context of the Piano di recupero di Otranto, an urban renewal scheme for the north-east sector of the historic centre of Otranto. Riva worked on this project from 1986-1987. The project series contains studies for the historic building and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, floor plans, and sections. It also contains presentation drawings showing the proposed scheme, including site plans, elevations, and plans of the existing buildings in the Piano di recupero di Otranto.
Project
1986
photographs
AP046.S1.1983.PR01.611
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Original file title: "SHAUGHNESSY: SITE CONTEXT PHOTOS / Box 71". Contains photographs and negatives of the houses in the Shaughnessy House neighborhood, elevations plans, sketches, CCA floor plan of the 4th floor. Also contains a press clipping of a photograph of 2 unidentified men.
ca 1980
Photographs of the Shaughnessy Village neighborhood, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR01.611
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Original file title: "SHAUGHNESSY: SITE CONTEXT PHOTOS / Box 71". Contains photographs and negatives of the houses in the Shaughnessy House neighborhood, elevations plans, sketches, CCA floor plan of the 4th floor. Also contains a press clipping of a photograph of 2 unidentified men.
photographs
ca 1980