By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Visiting Scholars 2012
Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
2 April 2012 to 31 August 2012
Visiting Scholars 2012
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Elke Krasny, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria Topic: Shim-Sutcliffe: Crafting Architecture. A Monograph as Critical Reflection Shannon Mattern, The New School, New York, United States Topic: Urban Media Archaeology. Communication Infrastructure and Material Cities Manfredo Nicolis di Robilant, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Utility versus(...)
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2 April 2012 to
31 August 2012
Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
20 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Katie Lloyd Thomas
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Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
23 April 2009
Learning from... Niagara Falls
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Architectural historian Barbara Penner traces the evolution of Niagara Falls – from its 19th-century honeymoon tourism to its state of post-industrial kitsch to its recent rebirth as a honeymoon destination. The photographer Alec Soth, whose work is the starting point for this lecture, compellingly portrays a ruined post-industrial landscape of love in his series Niagara(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects: - AIBC Western Homes and Living 1960 Special award for for distinguished house design, house at Comox, B.C. - Canadian Wood Design Awards, certificate of Merit for the Baldwin Residence, Vancouver, B.C. (1965) - Vancouver Citation Buildings 1965 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Laxton Residence, West Vancouver, B.C. - The Molson Prize of the Canada Council, to Arthur Erickson (16 October 1967) - Prestressed Concrete Institute 1966 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Central Mall and Transportation Centre, Simon Fraser University, the 1972 Award for the University of Lethbridge, the 1977 Award for the Water Tower and B.C. Hydro & Power Authority Communications Centre, Simon Fraser University. - 1967 National Design Award, Centennial Award for Residencial Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects and Ian Davidson MMRAIC for Town Houses, Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. - Certificate of Academician, Royal Academy of the Arts, awarded to Arthur Erickson (7 December 1968) - Letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1 September 1970) - 1970 Massey Medal, Massey Foundation, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Man and the Community and Man and His Health, theme building, Expo '67 - Award of Excellence, 1970 Canadian Architect Yearbook, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Elementary School, Southeast Sector, Vancouver, B.C. - 1971 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Nelson Towers, Nelson, B.C. and for the Catton Residence, Vancouver, B.C. - Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, Nova Scotia Technical College, awarded to Arthur Erickson (5 May 1971) - First Honour Award, American Public Power Assosication, to Erickson/Massey Planners for Burnaby Mountain System Control Center (16 May 1973) - 1974 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, for The Eppich house, West Vancouver, B.C. - Citizen of the Age of Enlightenment Award, The Ministry of Development of Consciousness, to Arthur Erickson (1976) - Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, to Arthur Erickson (1987) - Master of Architecture, Honoris Causa, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture to Arthur Erickson (8 June 2001) - Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (16 May 2001) - Citation Award, The Wood Design Awards 2004, to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corp and Nick Milkovich Architects for the Canopy Collonade. - 2007 "Prix du XXe siecle," The Roayl Architectural Institute of Canada, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Smith House 2. - University of Toronto Honour awarded to Arthur Erickson (30 October 2008) - Arthur Erickson, Honorary Member, The Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1960-2008
Various awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects
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Awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects: - AIBC Western Homes and Living 1960 Special award for for distinguished house design, house at Comox, B.C. - Canadian Wood Design Awards, certificate of Merit for the Baldwin Residence, Vancouver, B.C. (1965) - Vancouver Citation Buildings 1965 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Laxton Residence, West Vancouver, B.C. - The Molson Prize of the Canada Council, to Arthur Erickson (16 October 1967) - Prestressed Concrete Institute 1966 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Central Mall and Transportation Centre, Simon Fraser University, the 1972 Award for the University of Lethbridge, the 1977 Award for the Water Tower and B.C. Hydro & Power Authority Communications Centre, Simon Fraser University. - 1967 National Design Award, Centennial Award for Residencial Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects and Ian Davidson MMRAIC for Town Houses, Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. - Certificate of Academician, Royal Academy of the Arts, awarded to Arthur Erickson (7 December 1968) - Letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1 September 1970) - 1970 Massey Medal, Massey Foundation, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Man and the Community and Man and His Health, theme building, Expo '67 - Award of Excellence, 1970 Canadian Architect Yearbook, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Elementary School, Southeast Sector, Vancouver, B.C. - 1971 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Nelson Towers, Nelson, B.C. and for the Catton Residence, Vancouver, B.C. - Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, Nova Scotia Technical College, awarded to Arthur Erickson (5 May 1971) - First Honour Award, American Public Power Assosication, to Erickson/Massey Planners for Burnaby Mountain System Control Center (16 May 1973) - 1974 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, for The Eppich house, West Vancouver, B.C. - Citizen of the Age of Enlightenment Award, The Ministry of Development of Consciousness, to Arthur Erickson (1976) - Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, to Arthur Erickson (1987) - Master of Architecture, Honoris Causa, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture to Arthur Erickson (8 June 2001) - Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (16 May 2001) - Citation Award, The Wood Design Awards 2004, to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corp and Nick Milkovich Architects for the Canopy Collonade. - 2007 "Prix du XXe siecle," The Roayl Architectural Institute of Canada, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Smith House 2. - University of Toronto Honour awarded to Arthur Erickson (30 October 2008) - Arthur Erickson, Honorary Member, The Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1960-2008
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Joseph Rykwert fonds
AP209
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
1928-2022
Joseph Rykwert fonds
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The Joseph Rykwert fonds, 1928-2022, documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an architectural historian, author and professor. The fonds includes the records for over a dozen monographs written between the mid-1960s and the mid-2010s as well as edited works and articles, and details his teaching and lecturing activities from the 1960s onwards in universities in Europe and the United States. The records highlight Joseph Rykwert’s multidisciplinary approach, which involved archaeology, anthropology and psychoanalysis in his study of the history and theory of architecture and of the urban form. The fonds is composed of textual records, publications and ephemera, and of photographs including multiple albums and a large number of slides; the fonds also documents Joseph Rykwert’s career as an independent designer through drawings realized between the late 1940s and the late 1970s.
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1928-2022
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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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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
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1979-1981
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Visiting Scholars 1998–1999
Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome Annalisa Avon, Independent researcher, Fiume Veneto, Italy Topic: Baroque in France Before Bernini’s Arrival Dirk De Meyer, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Topic: Johann Santini Aichel (1677-1723) Rochelle Ziskin, Department of Art and Art History, University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States Topic: Lexicons of Feminity and(...)
September 1998 to August 1999
Visiting Scholars 1998–1999
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Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome Annalisa Avon, Independent researcher, Fiume Veneto, Italy Topic: Baroque in France Before Bernini’s Arrival Dirk De Meyer, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Topic: Johann Santini Aichel (1677-1723) Rochelle Ziskin, Department of Art and Art History, University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States Topic: Lexicons of Feminity and(...)
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September 1998 to
August 1999
photographs
Harvard and its Surroundings
PH1979:0604
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This album comprises 102 pages of texts (descriptions of Harvard University and surroundings), a Key Plan of the vicinity of Harvard University, an Index, a List of Illustrations and an Introduction, 39 albertypes (collotypes, full pages), 28 engravings and 2 half-titles. The title page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription Edition. Published by Moses King, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.; a presentation page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription (fourth) edition by Moses King. Copiously illustrated with albertypes, and engravings. Cambridge. Moses King, Publisher, Harvard Square, 1882. Copyright, 1878, by Moses King. Copyright, 1880, by Charles W. Sever. Copyright, 1882, by Moses King. Designs by L.S. Ipsen; Sketches by H. M. Stephenson; University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. The illustrations are listed as follows: -Memorial Hall. - Dining Hall, Memorial Transept and Sanders Theatre -Harvard Hall. - Physical Laboratory and Lecture rooms -Massachusetts Hall. - Examinations Rooms -The Quadrance of Harvard College. Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, Thayer -Matthews Hall. - Dormitory -Dane Hall. - Law School -Wadsworth, or Old Presidents' House. - Dormitory -Grays Hall. - Dormitory -Boylston Hall. - Chemical Laboratory -Gore Hall. - The Universityé Library -Weld Hall. - Dormitory -Old President's Chair -University Hall. - Administration and Lecture Rooms -Sever Hall. - Lectures, Recitations and Examinations -Thayer Hall. - Dormitory -Appleton Chapel. - University House of Worship -Holden Chapel (engraving) -Holworthy Hall. - Dormitory -Stoughton Hall. - Dormitory -Hollis Hall. - Dormitory -Holmes House (engraving) -Hemenway Gymnasium -Interior of the Harvard (Hemenway) Gymnasium -Society Hall (engraving) -Lawrence Scientific School. - Laboratories Lecture and Workrooms -Divinity Hall. - Lecture Room, Library and Dormitory -Memorial Hall Transept (engraving) -Memorial Dining Hall. - The Students' Commons -Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology -Museum of Comparative Zoology. - Natural History Collections -Plan of Oxford Street -The Old Gymnasium -University Boat Club House -The President's House. - Residence of the Executive Officer -Dana House (engraving) -Holyoke House. - Shops and Dormitory -College House. - Post Office, Shops and Dormitory -Botanic Garden and Herbarium -The Astronomical Observatory -The Old Medical School. - Lectures, Laboratories, Museums, etc. -The Harvard Medical School. The New Building -Dental School. - Lecture and Workrooms and Laboratory -Bussey Institution. - School of Horticulture and Agriculture -Harvard Surroundings (engraving) -Old Mile Stone (engraving) -Felton Building, - Dormitory -Beck Hall, - Dormitory -Old Cambridge Baptist Church (engraving) -Moses King's Harvard-Square Publishing House -Hasty Pudding Club House (sketch by Cabot and Chandler: Architects: Boston) -Little's Block. - Shops and Dormitory -First Parish Church (engraving) -Christ Church (engraving) -Soldiers' Monument (engraving) -Shepard Memorial Church (engraving) -Washington Elm (engraving) -Waterhouse House (engraving) -Elmwood (engraving) -Fayerweather House (engraving) -Lee House (engraving) -Riedesel House (engraving) -Washington's Head-quarters, or Longfellow's Home (engraving) -Protestant Episcopal Theological School of Massachusetts (engraving) -Vassal House (engraving) -Brattle House (engraving) -New CIty Building (engraving) -Hicks House (engraving) -St. Paul's Church (engraving) -University Press John Wilson & Son
architecture
1882
Harvard and its Surroundings
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PH1979:0604
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This album comprises 102 pages of texts (descriptions of Harvard University and surroundings), a Key Plan of the vicinity of Harvard University, an Index, a List of Illustrations and an Introduction, 39 albertypes (collotypes, full pages), 28 engravings and 2 half-titles. The title page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription Edition. Published by Moses King, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.; a presentation page: Harvard and its Surroundings. Subscription (fourth) edition by Moses King. Copiously illustrated with albertypes, and engravings. Cambridge. Moses King, Publisher, Harvard Square, 1882. Copyright, 1878, by Moses King. Copyright, 1880, by Charles W. Sever. Copyright, 1882, by Moses King. Designs by L.S. Ipsen; Sketches by H. M. Stephenson; University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. The illustrations are listed as follows: -Memorial Hall. - Dining Hall, Memorial Transept and Sanders Theatre -Harvard Hall. - Physical Laboratory and Lecture rooms -Massachusetts Hall. - Examinations Rooms -The Quadrance of Harvard College. Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, Thayer -Matthews Hall. - Dormitory -Dane Hall. - Law School -Wadsworth, or Old Presidents' House. - Dormitory -Grays Hall. - Dormitory -Boylston Hall. - Chemical Laboratory -Gore Hall. - The Universityé Library -Weld Hall. - Dormitory -Old President's Chair -University Hall. - Administration and Lecture Rooms -Sever Hall. - Lectures, Recitations and Examinations -Thayer Hall. - Dormitory -Appleton Chapel. - University House of Worship -Holden Chapel (engraving) -Holworthy Hall. - Dormitory -Stoughton Hall. - Dormitory -Hollis Hall. - Dormitory -Holmes House (engraving) -Hemenway Gymnasium -Interior of the Harvard (Hemenway) Gymnasium -Society Hall (engraving) -Lawrence Scientific School. - Laboratories Lecture and Workrooms -Divinity Hall. - Lecture Room, Library and Dormitory -Memorial Hall Transept (engraving) -Memorial Dining Hall. - The Students' Commons -Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology -Museum of Comparative Zoology. - Natural History Collections -Plan of Oxford Street -The Old Gymnasium -University Boat Club House -The President's House. - Residence of the Executive Officer -Dana House (engraving) -Holyoke House. - Shops and Dormitory -College House. - Post Office, Shops and Dormitory -Botanic Garden and Herbarium -The Astronomical Observatory -The Old Medical School. - Lectures, Laboratories, Museums, etc. -The Harvard Medical School. The New Building -Dental School. - Lecture and Workrooms and Laboratory -Bussey Institution. - School of Horticulture and Agriculture -Harvard Surroundings (engraving) -Old Mile Stone (engraving) -Felton Building, - Dormitory -Beck Hall, - Dormitory -Old Cambridge Baptist Church (engraving) -Moses King's Harvard-Square Publishing House -Hasty Pudding Club House (sketch by Cabot and Chandler: Architects: Boston) -Little's Block. - Shops and Dormitory -First Parish Church (engraving) -Christ Church (engraving) -Soldiers' Monument (engraving) -Shepard Memorial Church (engraving) -Washington Elm (engraving) -Waterhouse House (engraving) -Elmwood (engraving) -Fayerweather House (engraving) -Lee House (engraving) -Riedesel House (engraving) -Washington's Head-quarters, or Longfellow's Home (engraving) -Protestant Episcopal Theological School of Massachusetts (engraving) -Vassal House (engraving) -Brattle House (engraving) -New CIty Building (engraving) -Hicks House (engraving) -St. Paul's Church (engraving) -University Press John Wilson & Son
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1882
architecture
No Parks?
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
25 May 2017
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)