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Visiting Scholars 2014
Visiting Scholars 2014
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Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
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May 2014 to September 2014
May 2014 to September 2014
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Visiting Scholars 2014
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Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
Visiting Scholars 2014
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Caroline Dionne, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Topic: In Architectural Terms: Social Space in Seventeenth-Century Lexicography and Encyclopaedism Federica Doglio, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: The Heritage of Team X: the Architecture of Education between Europe and North America Hannah Feldman, Northwestern(...)
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May 2014 to
September 2014
May 2014 to
September 2014
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Learning from... Luanda
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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1 November 2012 , 7pm
1 November 2012 , 7pm
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Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
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1 November 2012
7pm
1 November 2012
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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The Idea of the Penitentiary
The Idea of the Penitentiary
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This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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8 November 1995 to 31 May 1996
8 November 1995 to 31 May 1996
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The Idea of the Penitentiary
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This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
The Idea of the Penitentiary
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This exhibition explores the notion of penitentiary, which worked its way into the consciousness and across the landscape of Europe and North America during the nineteenth century. Drawing upon the growing rationalist tendencies in architecture and social theory during the eighteenth century, proponents of penitentiary emphasised a clear geometry of separation,(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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8 November 1995 to
31 May 1996
8 November 1995 to
31 May 1996
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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Siza Speaks
Siza Speaks
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Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theater
Paul-Desmarais Theater
Date:
26 April 2012 , 7pm
26 April 2012 , 7pm
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Siza Speaks
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Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Siza Speaks
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Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
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events
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26 April 2012
7pm
26 April 2012
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theater
Paul-Desmarais Theater
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events
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Learning from… Toronto
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
4 March 2010 , 7pm
4 March 2010 , 7pm
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Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Learning from… Toronto
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Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
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events
events
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4 March 2010
7pm
4 March 2010
7pm
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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drawings
drawings
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Research drawings and maps
Research drawings and maps
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Reference number:
AP197.S2.060
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Drawings in this box include: Alvar Aalto's Hansviertal Apartments, Berlin; the Sala della Valle by Aurelio Galfetti; the East River Bridge, ARUP + Michael Fieldman & Partners with Harry Wolf. This box also includes maps of the trans-contintental railways of North America, Ireland, Calcutta and more.
AP197.S2.060
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Drawings in this box include: Alvar Aalto's Hansviertal Apartments, Berlin; the Sala della Valle by Aurelio Galfetti; the East River Bridge, ARUP + Michael Fieldman & Partners with Harry Wolf. This box also includes maps of the trans-contintental railways of North America, Ireland, Calcutta and more.
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circa 1980-2000
circa 1980-2000
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Research drawings and maps
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AP197.S2.060
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Drawings in this box include: Alvar Aalto's Hansviertal Apartments, Berlin; the Sala della Valle by Aurelio Galfetti; the East River Bridge, ARUP + Michael Fieldman & Partners with Harry Wolf. This box also includes maps of the trans-contintental railways of North America, Ireland, Calcutta and more.
Research drawings and maps
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AP197.S2.060
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Drawings in this box include: Alvar Aalto's Hansviertal Apartments, Berlin; the Sala della Valle by Aurelio Galfetti; the East River Bridge, ARUP + Michael Fieldman & Partners with Harry Wolf. This box also includes maps of the trans-contintental railways of North America, Ireland, Calcutta and more.
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drawings
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circa 1980-2000
circa 1980-2000
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
Date:
7 July 2016, 6pm
7 July 2016, 6pm
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
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events
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7 July 2016
6pm
7 July 2016
6pm
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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textual records
textual records
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DR2001:0020
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Documents include Business development General files: Alteka office building correspondences, Wexner correspondences, Centre of Berlin correspondences, memorandums, capital improvements bulletin from Ohio Department of Administrative services, Aleppo telephone conversation records, drawings, maps, plans, Purpose of the project bibliotheque de France, notes, World Architecture Triennial correspondences, qualification submission package for design of Museum of science and technology for Phoenix Arizona. Business development for Museum of Contemporary Art: documentations, correspondences, memo, notes, business contracts, telephone conversation records. Business development for San Diego Convention Centre competition: documentation and correspondences. Business development for Matrix: documentation, correspondences, plans, elevations. New Business Proposals rejected: the county of Mobile, Alabama in cooperation with the City of Mobile, documentation, correspondences, clippings. UC Riverside: photographs, draft-qualification statement science library, notes, telephone conversation records, fax transmittals, correspondences, documentation report, list of articles on Peter Eisenman in books, periodicals and catalogues. American Centre for Physics: statement of interest, correspondences, documentation, notes, faxes transmittals. Business Development General for Time-Pack Museum: fax communications. The Mandell Companies, Inc: report exhibits to the business plan, memo, correspondences, documentation, business plan, report of the Rick Mandell trip to Israel, clipping, curriculum vitea of Rick Mandell. Business Development for General Lake Superior Centre: statement of interest, correspondences, notes. Cleveland State University: capital improvements bulletin (Ohio department of administrative service) request for professional design services, telephone conversation records, documentation records, documentation program and Urban Design phase, clippings. Charlestown Navy Yard: notes, clippings, telephone conversation records, competition fees, professional cards, fax transmittals, project program, Harbor Park District Zoning amendment. Case Western Reserve University macromolecular science facility: proposal of phase one, memorandum 1990, chemistry note DRCON1999:0015:087:004. Koc University: statement of interest, meeting minutes, memo, correspondences, documentation, map of Istanbul, fax transmittals. The JBSpeed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky: promotion material folder, correspondences, meeting minutes, notes. The Environmental design building, University of California: proposal for detailed project program, maps, fax transmittals, notes, and documentations. Aerospace Centre Washington DC: Album with photographs, drawings and plans.
DR2001:0020
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Documents include Business development General files: Alteka office building correspondences, Wexner correspondences, Centre of Berlin correspondences, memorandums, capital improvements bulletin from Ohio Department of Administrative services, Aleppo telephone conversation records, drawings, maps, plans, Purpose of the project bibliotheque de France, notes, World Architecture Triennial correspondences, qualification submission package for design of Museum of science and technology for Phoenix Arizona. Business development for Museum of Contemporary Art: documentations, correspondences, memo, notes, business contracts, telephone conversation records. Business development for San Diego Convention Centre competition: documentation and correspondences. Business development for Matrix: documentation, correspondences, plans, elevations. New Business Proposals rejected: the county of Mobile, Alabama in cooperation with the City of Mobile, documentation, correspondences, clippings. UC Riverside: photographs, draft-qualification statement science library, notes, telephone conversation records, fax transmittals, correspondences, documentation report, list of articles on Peter Eisenman in books, periodicals and catalogues. American Centre for Physics: statement of interest, correspondences, documentation, notes, faxes transmittals. Business Development General for Time-Pack Museum: fax communications. The Mandell Companies, Inc: report exhibits to the business plan, memo, correspondences, documentation, business plan, report of the Rick Mandell trip to Israel, clipping, curriculum vitea of Rick Mandell. Business Development for General Lake Superior Centre: statement of interest, correspondences, notes. Cleveland State University: capital improvements bulletin (Ohio department of administrative service) request for professional design services, telephone conversation records, documentation records, documentation program and Urban Design phase, clippings. Charlestown Navy Yard: notes, clippings, telephone conversation records, competition fees, professional cards, fax transmittals, project program, Harbor Park District Zoning amendment. Case Western Reserve University macromolecular science facility: proposal of phase one, memorandum 1990, chemistry note DRCON1999:0015:087:004. Koc University: statement of interest, meeting minutes, memo, correspondences, documentation, map of Istanbul, fax transmittals. The JBSpeed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky: promotion material folder, correspondences, meeting minutes, notes. The Environmental design building, University of California: proposal for detailed project program, maps, fax transmittals, notes, and documentations. Aerospace Centre Washington DC: Album with photographs, drawings and plans.
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Correspondence and other administrative records for various projects
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DR2001:0020
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Documents include Business development General files: Alteka office building correspondences, Wexner correspondences, Centre of Berlin correspondences, memorandums, capital improvements bulletin from Ohio Department of Administrative services, Aleppo telephone conversation records, drawings, maps, plans, Purpose of the project bibliotheque de France, notes, World Architecture Triennial correspondences, qualification submission package for design of Museum of science and technology for Phoenix Arizona. Business development for Museum of Contemporary Art: documentations, correspondences, memo, notes, business contracts, telephone conversation records. Business development for San Diego Convention Centre competition: documentation and correspondences. Business development for Matrix: documentation, correspondences, plans, elevations. New Business Proposals rejected: the county of Mobile, Alabama in cooperation with the City of Mobile, documentation, correspondences, clippings. UC Riverside: photographs, draft-qualification statement science library, notes, telephone conversation records, fax transmittals, correspondences, documentation report, list of articles on Peter Eisenman in books, periodicals and catalogues. American Centre for Physics: statement of interest, correspondences, documentation, notes, faxes transmittals. Business Development General for Time-Pack Museum: fax communications. The Mandell Companies, Inc: report exhibits to the business plan, memo, correspondences, documentation, business plan, report of the Rick Mandell trip to Israel, clipping, curriculum vitea of Rick Mandell. Business Development for General Lake Superior Centre: statement of interest, correspondences, notes. Cleveland State University: capital improvements bulletin (Ohio department of administrative service) request for professional design services, telephone conversation records, documentation records, documentation program and Urban Design phase, clippings. Charlestown Navy Yard: notes, clippings, telephone conversation records, competition fees, professional cards, fax transmittals, project program, Harbor Park District Zoning amendment. Case Western Reserve University macromolecular science facility: proposal of phase one, memorandum 1990, chemistry note DRCON1999:0015:087:004. Koc University: statement of interest, meeting minutes, memo, correspondences, documentation, map of Istanbul, fax transmittals. The JBSpeed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky: promotion material folder, correspondences, meeting minutes, notes. The Environmental design building, University of California: proposal for detailed project program, maps, fax transmittals, notes, and documentations. Aerospace Centre Washington DC: Album with photographs, drawings and plans.
Correspondence and other administrative records for various projects
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DR2001:0020
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Documents include Business development General files: Alteka office building correspondences, Wexner correspondences, Centre of Berlin correspondences, memorandums, capital improvements bulletin from Ohio Department of Administrative services, Aleppo telephone conversation records, drawings, maps, plans, Purpose of the project bibliotheque de France, notes, World Architecture Triennial correspondences, qualification submission package for design of Museum of science and technology for Phoenix Arizona. Business development for Museum of Contemporary Art: documentations, correspondences, memo, notes, business contracts, telephone conversation records. Business development for San Diego Convention Centre competition: documentation and correspondences. Business development for Matrix: documentation, correspondences, plans, elevations. New Business Proposals rejected: the county of Mobile, Alabama in cooperation with the City of Mobile, documentation, correspondences, clippings. UC Riverside: photographs, draft-qualification statement science library, notes, telephone conversation records, fax transmittals, correspondences, documentation report, list of articles on Peter Eisenman in books, periodicals and catalogues. American Centre for Physics: statement of interest, correspondences, documentation, notes, faxes transmittals. Business Development General for Time-Pack Museum: fax communications. The Mandell Companies, Inc: report exhibits to the business plan, memo, correspondences, documentation, business plan, report of the Rick Mandell trip to Israel, clipping, curriculum vitea of Rick Mandell. Business Development for General Lake Superior Centre: statement of interest, correspondences, notes. Cleveland State University: capital improvements bulletin (Ohio department of administrative service) request for professional design services, telephone conversation records, documentation records, documentation program and Urban Design phase, clippings. Charlestown Navy Yard: notes, clippings, telephone conversation records, competition fees, professional cards, fax transmittals, project program, Harbor Park District Zoning amendment. Case Western Reserve University macromolecular science facility: proposal of phase one, memorandum 1990, chemistry note DRCON1999:0015:087:004. Koc University: statement of interest, meeting minutes, memo, correspondences, documentation, map of Istanbul, fax transmittals. The JBSpeed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky: promotion material folder, correspondences, meeting minutes, notes. The Environmental design building, University of California: proposal for detailed project program, maps, fax transmittals, notes, and documentations. Aerospace Centre Washington DC: Album with photographs, drawings and plans.
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
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9 March 2017
9 March 2017
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When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
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9 March 2017
9 March 2017
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Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
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9 October 2008
9 October 2008
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Rebecca Solnit: The Ruins of Hope, Hope in the Ruins
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Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
Rebecca Solnit: The Ruins of Hope, Hope in the Ruins
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Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
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9 October 2008
9 October 2008
