Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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Sub-series
AP041.S3.SS10
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This sub-series documents Melvin Charney's retrospective exhibition "Melvin Charney: Un dictionnaire, les paraboles" in 1997 at the Fondation pour l'Architecture, in Brussels, Belgium. This sub-series contains four sketches of floor plans of the gallery showing the installation of the exhibition.
1997
Melvin Charney : Un dictionnaire, les paraboles
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AP041.S3.SS10
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This sub-series documents Melvin Charney's retrospective exhibition "Melvin Charney: Un dictionnaire, les paraboles" in 1997 at the Fondation pour l'Architecture, in Brussels, Belgium. This sub-series contains four sketches of floor plans of the gallery showing the installation of the exhibition.
Subseries
1997
Sub-series
AP001.S4.SS04
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Cette sous-séries documente la publicité et l'administration de certains des projets d'architecture réalisés par Ernest Cormier entre 1920 et 1974. La sous-séries contient des dossiers de documentation de projets composés de devis, des notes et des factures, ainsi que des coupures de presse et des articles sur certains projets par Cormier, des cartes postales et photographies de bâtiments réalisés par Cormier et des copies de contrats.
1920-1974
Publicité et documentation de projets
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AP001.S4.SS04
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Cette sous-séries documente la publicité et l'administration de certains des projets d'architecture réalisés par Ernest Cormier entre 1920 et 1974. La sous-séries contient des dossiers de documentation de projets composés de devis, des notes et des factures, ainsi que des coupures de presse et des articles sur certains projets par Cormier, des cartes postales et photographies de bâtiments réalisés par Cormier et des copies de contrats.
Sous-série
1920-1974
Project
Village housing for CIAM X
AP140.S2.SS1.D9
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File documents an unexecuted project, presented at CIAM X (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne), for village housing, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced in 1955 and probably after. File contains presentation drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
circa 1955
Village housing for CIAM X
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AP140.S2.SS1.D9
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File documents an unexecuted project, presented at CIAM X (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne), for village housing, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced in 1955 and probably after. File contains presentation drawings, textual records, and photographic materials.
File 9
circa 1955
drawings
DR2012:0012:095:021
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File containing documents in French, including a child's drawing, an installation guide, notes, and a reprographic copy of an architectural drawing related to the Une construction à Québec project.
1989
Child's drawing, an installation guide, notes, and a plan, Une construction à Québec
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DR2012:0012:095:021
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File containing documents in French, including a child's drawing, an installation guide, notes, and a reprographic copy of an architectural drawing related to the Une construction à Québec project.
drawings
1989
textual records
ARCH256604
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correspondence and proposal for Iman Mohamed Iban Saudi Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from AVG Associates Consultants Ltd. with AEA as associated architectural firm.
1976
Correspondence and proposal for Iman Mohamed Iban Saudi Islamic University in Riyadh
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ARCH256604
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correspondence and proposal for Iman Mohamed Iban Saudi Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from AVG Associates Consultants Ltd. with AEA as associated architectural firm.
textual records
1976
drawings
DR2012:0012:047:003
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Includes plans, sketches, and a bird's eye view site-plan of downtown Montréal, for an unidentified architectural project. It is presumed that this material is related to the design development of Square Viger.
1990
Plans, sketches, and a bird's eye view site-plan of downtown Montréal
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DR2012:0012:047:003
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Includes plans, sketches, and a bird's eye view site-plan of downtown Montréal, for an unidentified architectural project. It is presumed that this material is related to the design development of Square Viger.
drawings
1990
textual records
DR1988:0023:008
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Letter signed "Glas", pseudonym of Taut for Die gläserne Kette correspondence, written on letterhead of the architectural firm Bruno Taut, Max Taut and Franz Hoffmann, Architekten.
December 4, 1920
Letter from Bruno Taut to Wenkel Hablik
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DR1988:0023:008
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Letter signed "Glas", pseudonym of Taut for Die gläserne Kette correspondence, written on letterhead of the architectural firm Bruno Taut, Max Taut and Franz Hoffmann, Architekten.
textual records
December 4, 1920
photographs
Views of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Loggia Town Hall, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
PH1996:0001:001-363
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Group consists of 363 black-and-white photographic prints of the sculptural and architectural details and facades of the church of Saint Mary of Miracles and the municipal palace in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
architecture
circa 1873
Views of the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Loggia Town Hall, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
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PH1996:0001:001-363
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Group consists of 363 black-and-white photographic prints of the sculptural and architectural details and facades of the church of Saint Mary of Miracles and the municipal palace in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
photographs
circa 1873
architecture
drawings
AP178.S2.1988.002
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Aveiro University Library in Portugal, as well as for the Social Centre of Malagueira in Évora. It also contains sketches of women in dress inspired by architectural elements.
January 1988
Sketchbook 266: Biblioteca Vestiario - LC - Luz Harvard
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AP178.S2.1988.002
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Aveiro University Library in Portugal, as well as for the Social Centre of Malagueira in Évora. It also contains sketches of women in dress inspired by architectural elements.
drawings
January 1988