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textual records
textual records
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AP197.S3.008
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 1999. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: David Chipperfield; J.C. Calderon; Steven Holl; Phaidon Press Ltd.; Monacelli Press; the Barragan Foundation; Rafael Moneo; Renzo Piano; and the Architectural Society of China. This correspondence relates to articles Frampton has written such as: “Reflections on Minimalism;” the “Labyrinth of Barragan;” and an essay for the publication Tadao Ando in Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relationship of Body and Architecture. Correspondence relating to Frampton’s position as a visiting professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana, a jury member for the Aga Khan Award, and as General Editor of World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10 is also included in this box.
AP197.S3.008
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 1999. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: David Chipperfield; J.C. Calderon; Steven Holl; Phaidon Press Ltd.; Monacelli Press; the Barragan Foundation; Rafael Moneo; Renzo Piano; and the Architectural Society of China. This correspondence relates to articles Frampton has written such as: “Reflections on Minimalism;” the “Labyrinth of Barragan;” and an essay for the publication Tadao Ando in Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relationship of Body and Architecture. Correspondence relating to Frampton’s position as a visiting professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana, a jury member for the Aga Khan Award, and as General Editor of World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10 is also included in this box.
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1999
1999
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Personal and professional correspondence from 1999
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AP197.S3.008
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 1999. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: David Chipperfield; J.C. Calderon; Steven Holl; Phaidon Press Ltd.; Monacelli Press; the Barragan Foundation; Rafael Moneo; Renzo Piano; and the Architectural Society of China. This correspondence relates to articles Frampton has written such as: “Reflections on Minimalism;” the “Labyrinth of Barragan;” and an essay for the publication Tadao Ando in Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relationship of Body and Architecture. Correspondence relating to Frampton’s position as a visiting professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana, a jury member for the Aga Khan Award, and as General Editor of World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10 is also included in this box.
Personal and professional correspondence from 1999
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AP197.S3.008
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 1999. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: David Chipperfield; J.C. Calderon; Steven Holl; Phaidon Press Ltd.; Monacelli Press; the Barragan Foundation; Rafael Moneo; Renzo Piano; and the Architectural Society of China. This correspondence relates to articles Frampton has written such as: “Reflections on Minimalism;” the “Labyrinth of Barragan;” and an essay for the publication Tadao Ando in Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relationship of Body and Architecture. Correspondence relating to Frampton’s position as a visiting professor at the Università della Svizzera italiana, a jury member for the Aga Khan Award, and as General Editor of World Architecture: a Critical Mosaic 1900-2000 Vols: 1-10 is also included in this box.
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textual records
textual records
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1999
1999
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exhibitions
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Date:
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Title:
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
Location:
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
AP197.S3.006
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
AP197.S3.006
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
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Date:
1995-1997
1995-1997
Title:
Personal and professional correspondence from 1995-1997
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AP197.S3.006
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
Personal and professional correspondence from 1995-1997
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AP197.S3.006
Description:
The box is comprised of correspondence for the years of 1995-1997, organized in chronological order. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Thames and Hudson Ltd.; the Berlage Institute; the Italian Cultural Institute; Yukio Futagawa of GA/ADA Edita Tokyo Co CD; and the MIT Press. Correspondence relates to his participation/involvement in: the Michael Blackwood Production “In search of Louis Kahn: Six Buildings;” the Japanese and German translations for the Studies in Tectonic Culture publication; organizing lectures on Studies in tectonic Culture; the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture “Technology, Place & and Architecture;” teaching at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture; and the Architectural Society of China. Correspondence concerning the following publications and lectures is included: “the Megaform as City in Miniature;” “Critical regionalism revisited,” a lecture at the Berlage Institute; the Le Corbusier publication; “Tradition and Innovation in the Work of Christoph Mackler;” and the forward for Vittorio Gregotti`s Inside Architecture.
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textual records
textual records
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1995-1997
1995-1997
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events
events
Title:
Learning from... Tongzhou
Learning from... Tongzhou
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It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
10 April 2014 , 6pm
10 April 2014 , 6pm
Title:
Learning from... Tongzhou
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Description:
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
Learning from... Tongzhou
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Description:
It has been standard Chinese urban policy to develop new towns in overpopulated metropolitan regions since the 1990s. This lecture by Jing Zhou takes the case of Tongzhou near Beijing as an example of the resulting mixture of planned and unplanned urban development.Tongzhou town was first planned as a satellite town in the 1950s and founded on a historic harbour town. Its(...)
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events
events
Date:
10 April 2014
6pm
10 April 2014
6pm
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
AP149.S1.1986.PR01.024
Description:
Group consists of slides presentation of the "Human Settlements Training Packages" seventh package entitled "Chinese Rural Housing" and slides listing with presentation text.
AP149.S1.1986.PR01.024
Description:
Group consists of slides presentation of the "Human Settlements Training Packages" seventh package entitled "Chinese Rural Housing" and slides listing with presentation text.
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Date:
1990s
1990s
Title:
Slides for the Human settlements training packages lectures
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AP149.S1.1986.PR01.024
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Group consists of slides presentation of the "Human Settlements Training Packages" seventh package entitled "Chinese Rural Housing" and slides listing with presentation text.
Slides for the Human settlements training packages lectures
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AP149.S1.1986.PR01.024
Description:
Group consists of slides presentation of the "Human Settlements Training Packages" seventh package entitled "Chinese Rural Housing" and slides listing with presentation text.
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1990s
1990s
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Title:
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Description:
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Description:
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
23 October 2002 to
6 April 2003
23 October 2002 to
6 April 2003
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Form:
textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
AP197.S2.043
Description:
The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
AP197.S2.043
Description:
The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
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Date:
1979-2009
1979-2009
Title:
Unsorted articles, essays, and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects
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AP197.S2.043
Description:
The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
Unsorted articles, essays, and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects
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AP197.S2.043
Description:
The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1979-2009
1979-2009
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Form:
textual records, photographs
textual records, photographs
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DR2012:0012:077:003
Description:
Box containing documents in English, French and Chinese languages, including a collage, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a printout, reprographic copies, sketches, and a transparency related to the Memo Series. Original folder inscribed on side: MEMO SERIES 1969-'70
DR2012:0012:077:003
Description:
Box containing documents in English, French and Chinese languages, including a collage, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a printout, reprographic copies, sketches, and a transparency related to the Memo Series. Original folder inscribed on side: MEMO SERIES 1969-'70
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Date:
1950-1995
1950-1995
Title:
Photographic materials, press clippings and sketches, Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition, Ottawa, Ontario
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DR2012:0012:077:003
Description:
Box containing documents in English, French and Chinese languages, including a collage, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a printout, reprographic copies, sketches, and a transparency related to the Memo Series. Original folder inscribed on side: MEMO SERIES 1969-'70
Photographic materials, press clippings and sketches, Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition, Ottawa, Ontario
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DR2012:0012:077:003
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Box containing documents in English, French and Chinese languages, including a collage, magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, photographs, a printout, reprographic copies, sketches, and a transparency related to the Memo Series. Original folder inscribed on side: MEMO SERIES 1969-'70
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textual records, photographs
textual records, photographs
Date:
1950-1995
1950-1995
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drawings
drawings
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DR1984:0549
Description:
- A legend at the top of the sheet indicates materials for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart: "vernickeltes stahl" nickel plated steel, "füllungsmaterial" filling material, "ev schalmrubber" foam rubber, "rubber - chinesisch blau" chinese blue rubber, "band unterzug" strip floor joist, and "hard rubber".
DR1984:0549
Description:
- A legend at the top of the sheet indicates materials for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart: "vernickeltes stahl" nickel plated steel, "füllungsmaterial" filling material, "ev schalmrubber" foam rubber, "rubber - chinesisch blau" chinese blue rubber, "band unterzug" strip floor joist, and "hard rubber".
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Subject:
interior design
interior design
Date:
printed 1927
printed 1927
Title:
Plan, elevations, broken-out section and details for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany
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DR1984:0549
Description:
- A legend at the top of the sheet indicates materials for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart: "vernickeltes stahl" nickel plated steel, "füllungsmaterial" filling material, "ev schalmrubber" foam rubber, "rubber - chinesisch blau" chinese blue rubber, "band unterzug" strip floor joist, and "hard rubber".
Plan, elevations, broken-out section and details for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany
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DR1984:0549
Description:
- A legend at the top of the sheet indicates materials for a chair for terraced housing, Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart: "vernickeltes stahl" nickel plated steel, "füllungsmaterial" filling material, "ev schalmrubber" foam rubber, "rubber - chinesisch blau" chinese blue rubber, "band unterzug" strip floor joist, and "hard rubber".
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drawings
drawings
Date:
printed 1927
printed 1927
People:
Subject:
interior design
interior design
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drawings
drawings
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Reference number:
DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
ca. 1830-1840
Title:
Design for a zoological garden in an oriental style
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DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
Design for a zoological garden in an oriental style
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DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
ca. 1830-1840
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
