The history of architecture addresses the relationships between spaces, buildings, urban geometries, and social practices—it tells us how an experience of space corresponds to an experience of the world. To this end, this lecture will analyze the sixteenth-century debate around the completion of the facade of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, partially built in the(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Guido Beltramini, church of San Petronio, Bologna, Andrea Palladio, Baldassare Peruzzi, Giacomo da Vignola
5 October 2017, 6:30pm
Guido Beltramini, what was history for patrons and architects in Bologna in 1579?
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The history of architecture addresses the relationships between spaces, buildings, urban geometries, and social practices—it tells us how an experience of space corresponds to an experience of the world. To this end, this lecture will analyze the sixteenth-century debate around the completion of the facade of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, partially built in the(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Guido Beltramini, church of San Petronio, Bologna, Andrea Palladio, Baldassare Peruzzi, Giacomo da Vignola
research
Visiting Scholars 2004
Jean-Pierre Chupin, École darchitecture, Université de Montréal, Canada Topic: Théories du projet et paradoxes de la pensée analogique au tournant des années 70 Samuel D. Abert, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Topic: And was Jerusalem builded here… Maarten Delbeke, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium Topic: The Sacred History of(...)
January 2004 to August 2004
Visiting Scholars 2004
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Jean-Pierre Chupin, École darchitecture, Université de Montréal, Canada Topic: Théories du projet et paradoxes de la pensée analogique au tournant des années 70 Samuel D. Abert, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Topic: And was Jerusalem builded here… Maarten Delbeke, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium Topic: The Sacred History of(...)
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January 2004 to
August 2004
Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2015 , 6pm
Architecture or Revolution? A Conversation with Nuno Portas and Nuno Grande
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Evoking a provocation famously framed by Le Corbusier, “Architecture ou Révolution,” this conversation will situate the SAAL process in Portugal within international debates during the 1960s and 1970s on social housing and the architect’s social responsibility. Nuno Portas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urbanism of the government established after the 1974 Portuguese(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
PH1979:0605
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This 98-page book illustrated with 73 photogravures, shows a pictorial record of San Diego's built and natural environment including beaches (like La Jolla) and back country scenes, after photographs by Herve Friend. Title page: Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes by Douglas Gunn. San Diego, California, July 1, 1887. Chicago: Knight & Leonard Co., Printers 1887. Photogravures: .001 Old Palm Trees, foot of Presidio Hill Frontispiece .002 Point Lonea, and Entrance to San Diego harbor - from Coronado Beach .003 Ruins of the Old Mission, San Diego .004 Old Mission of San Diego, from the Olive Grove .005 Scene of the Battle of San Pasqual, December 6th, 1846 .006 Mission San Luis Rey .007 Bell Tower, Pala Mission .008 San Diego, looking West - Point Loma in Right Distance .009 San Diego, looking Southwest - Coronado Beach opposite .010 San Diego, looking Southeast .011 City Water Front - Babcock & Story Wharves .012 City Water Front - Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s Wharves .013 Country Court House, San Diego .014 Interior Consolidated National Bank, San Diego .015 The "Russ" Public School, San Diego .016 Morse-Pierce Building, corner Sixth and F streets, San Diego .017 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, San Diego .018 Residence of A.E. Horton .019 First National Bank, corner Fifth and E streets .020 Woolwine, Spring & Nerney's Abstract and Real Estate Office, cor. Fourth and D streets .021 The Dells, Chollas Valley - Suburbs of San Diego .022 Initial Monument, marking Mexican Boundary .023 Tia Juana - American side .024 Tia Juana - Mexican side .025 "Point of Rocks" - 1 .026 "Point of Rocks" - 2 .027 "Point of Rocks" - 3 .028 Hotel Del Coronado Beach, San Diego .029 The Caves, La Jolla .030 La Jolla Beach .031 Cathedral Rocks, La Jolla .032 "Ocean Beach" .033 Seaside View at Del Mar .034 Escondido - Old Ranch House and Orange Orchard .035 View on Linda Lake, El Cajon Valley, 15 miles from San Diego .036 The Hotel at Murietta .037 Temecula Canon - 1. "The Big Curve", C.S.R.R. .038 Temecula Canon - 2. .039 Temecula Canon - 3. .040 Santa Margarita Ranch House, from the Vineyard .041 Courtyard, Couts' Estate, Guajome .042 View near Entrance to Bear Valley .043 View in San Pasqual Valley - Bernardo River .044 "Eagle's Nest" - Agua Caliente Mountains .045 Santa Rosa Mountains, near Elsinore .046 View from "The Glen" - Agua Tibia and Pala in Distance .047 San Jacinto Mountain .048 The Cajon Mountain, from the Northeast .049 Public School (Banner District) near mouth of San Felipe Canon .050 Home and Orchard of John Mitchell, Fall Brook .051 Agua Tibia - The Pond .052 Orchard and Home of James Madison, Julian .053 View at Elsinore Lake, West Side .054 Home and Orchard of Chester Gunn, Julian .055 West in Poway Valley .056 San Diego River, North of El Cajon .057 Cuyamaca Lake - Storage Water of San Diego Flume Co. .058 Diverting Dam, San Diego River - San Diego Flume Co. .059 Upper Valley of the San Diego River - "Capitan Grande" .060 Falls (146 ft.) East Branch of San Diego River .061 Santa Isabel Creek .062 Falls of Pauma Creek .063 View near Farm of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Spring Valley .064 Water Works of San Diego Town and Land Company .065 Gedney's Orchard, Mesa Grande .066 Public School, Spencer Valley, near Julian .067 Orchard and Farm of B.S. Scheckler, Cottonwood .069 Campo .070 Entrance to Colorado Desert, mouth of Mountain Springs Canon .071 Mountain Scenery, Agua Caliente - Overlooking Warner's Ranch .072 Indian Village. Agua Caliente .073 Indian Village and Church at Pauma, Upper San Luis Rey Valley
architecture
1887
Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes
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PH1979:0605
Description:
This 98-page book illustrated with 73 photogravures, shows a pictorial record of San Diego's built and natural environment including beaches (like La Jolla) and back country scenes, after photographs by Herve Friend. Title page: Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes by Douglas Gunn. San Diego, California, July 1, 1887. Chicago: Knight & Leonard Co., Printers 1887. Photogravures: .001 Old Palm Trees, foot of Presidio Hill Frontispiece .002 Point Lonea, and Entrance to San Diego harbor - from Coronado Beach .003 Ruins of the Old Mission, San Diego .004 Old Mission of San Diego, from the Olive Grove .005 Scene of the Battle of San Pasqual, December 6th, 1846 .006 Mission San Luis Rey .007 Bell Tower, Pala Mission .008 San Diego, looking West - Point Loma in Right Distance .009 San Diego, looking Southwest - Coronado Beach opposite .010 San Diego, looking Southeast .011 City Water Front - Babcock & Story Wharves .012 City Water Front - Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s Wharves .013 Country Court House, San Diego .014 Interior Consolidated National Bank, San Diego .015 The "Russ" Public School, San Diego .016 Morse-Pierce Building, corner Sixth and F streets, San Diego .017 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, San Diego .018 Residence of A.E. Horton .019 First National Bank, corner Fifth and E streets .020 Woolwine, Spring & Nerney's Abstract and Real Estate Office, cor. Fourth and D streets .021 The Dells, Chollas Valley - Suburbs of San Diego .022 Initial Monument, marking Mexican Boundary .023 Tia Juana - American side .024 Tia Juana - Mexican side .025 "Point of Rocks" - 1 .026 "Point of Rocks" - 2 .027 "Point of Rocks" - 3 .028 Hotel Del Coronado Beach, San Diego .029 The Caves, La Jolla .030 La Jolla Beach .031 Cathedral Rocks, La Jolla .032 "Ocean Beach" .033 Seaside View at Del Mar .034 Escondido - Old Ranch House and Orange Orchard .035 View on Linda Lake, El Cajon Valley, 15 miles from San Diego .036 The Hotel at Murietta .037 Temecula Canon - 1. "The Big Curve", C.S.R.R. .038 Temecula Canon - 2. .039 Temecula Canon - 3. .040 Santa Margarita Ranch House, from the Vineyard .041 Courtyard, Couts' Estate, Guajome .042 View near Entrance to Bear Valley .043 View in San Pasqual Valley - Bernardo River .044 "Eagle's Nest" - Agua Caliente Mountains .045 Santa Rosa Mountains, near Elsinore .046 View from "The Glen" - Agua Tibia and Pala in Distance .047 San Jacinto Mountain .048 The Cajon Mountain, from the Northeast .049 Public School (Banner District) near mouth of San Felipe Canon .050 Home and Orchard of John Mitchell, Fall Brook .051 Agua Tibia - The Pond .052 Orchard and Home of James Madison, Julian .053 View at Elsinore Lake, West Side .054 Home and Orchard of Chester Gunn, Julian .055 West in Poway Valley .056 San Diego River, North of El Cajon .057 Cuyamaca Lake - Storage Water of San Diego Flume Co. .058 Diverting Dam, San Diego River - San Diego Flume Co. .059 Upper Valley of the San Diego River - "Capitan Grande" .060 Falls (146 ft.) East Branch of San Diego River .061 Santa Isabel Creek .062 Falls of Pauma Creek .063 View near Farm of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Spring Valley .064 Water Works of San Diego Town and Land Company .065 Gedney's Orchard, Mesa Grande .066 Public School, Spencer Valley, near Julian .067 Orchard and Farm of B.S. Scheckler, Cottonwood .069 Campo .070 Entrance to Colorado Desert, mouth of Mountain Springs Canon .071 Mountain Scenery, Agua Caliente - Overlooking Warner's Ranch .072 Indian Village. Agua Caliente .073 Indian Village and Church at Pauma, Upper San Luis Rey Valley
1887
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29 file
ARCH242865
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Images for various articles - listed by author, content, or magazine theme: Diana Agrest Barcelona Karen Bermann Biosphere Jennifer Bloomer Blow-Up (film) Cynthia Davidson - Portraits (of) Durham Crout Diller & Scofidio Dionysus (statue) Disney Duany, Plater-Zyberk (Seaside architecture) Earth Electrotecture Images Feminine Images Huis Ten Bosch Katsura Palace - Japanese Architecture Jeffrey Kipnis - Shirdel (Bahram) , Zago (Andrew), Kipnis - Scottish National Museum Los Angeles Riots Lightness Images Mall of America Mount Fuji Napoleon III - De Morny - Second Republic France Science Photos (Kwinteresque) Telephone Twin Peaks (TV show) War Writing Illustrations (Scott) Wolf Images - Any 14
assembled 1990-2001?
Images for various articles - listed by author, content, or magazine theme
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ARCH242865
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Images for various articles - listed by author, content, or magazine theme: Diana Agrest Barcelona Karen Bermann Biosphere Jennifer Bloomer Blow-Up (film) Cynthia Davidson - Portraits (of) Durham Crout Diller & Scofidio Dionysus (statue) Disney Duany, Plater-Zyberk (Seaside architecture) Earth Electrotecture Images Feminine Images Huis Ten Bosch Katsura Palace - Japanese Architecture Jeffrey Kipnis - Shirdel (Bahram) , Zago (Andrew), Kipnis - Scottish National Museum Los Angeles Riots Lightness Images Mall of America Mount Fuji Napoleon III - De Morny - Second Republic France Science Photos (Kwinteresque) Telephone Twin Peaks (TV show) War Writing Illustrations (Scott) Wolf Images - Any 14
photographs
Quantity:
29 file
assembled 1990-2001?
archives
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Fonds
AP192
Synopsis:
The Morphosis Hypo Alpe-Adria Center project records, 1996 – 2016, consist of over 14,000 born-digital files that document the design and construction of the Austrian Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank group’s headquarters in Klagenfurt, Austria. Series 1, Competition and design, includes files showing early conceptualization of the project through the final design documentation. Series 2, Construction documentation, largely contains drawings and photographs which demonstrate the progress of the project in the built environment over time. Formats chiefly include CAD files (PowerCAD, PowerDraw, Microstation, DXF, AutoCAD, PLT), 3D models (Form*Z, STL), images, and text.
1996 - 2016
Morphosis Hypo Alpe-Adria Center project records
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AP192
Synopsis:
The Morphosis Hypo Alpe-Adria Center project records, 1996 – 2016, consist of over 14,000 born-digital files that document the design and construction of the Austrian Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank group’s headquarters in Klagenfurt, Austria. Series 1, Competition and design, includes files showing early conceptualization of the project through the final design documentation. Series 2, Construction documentation, largely contains drawings and photographs which demonstrate the progress of the project in the built environment over time. Formats chiefly include CAD files (PowerCAD, PowerDraw, Microstation, DXF, AutoCAD, PLT), 3D models (Form*Z, STL), images, and text.
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Fonds
1996 - 2016
archives
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Fonds
AP184
Synopsis:
The Asymptote Architecture New York Stock Exchange project records, 1990 - 2009, document the firm’s work on three major projects for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in collaboration with the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC): the Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF), MarkeTrac/OrderTrac, and the Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center. The majority of the records date from 1998 to 2004, and include textual, born-digital, audiovisual and over-sized materials.
1991-2009
Asymptote Architecture New York Stock Exchange project records
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AP184
Synopsis:
The Asymptote Architecture New York Stock Exchange project records, 1990 - 2009, document the firm’s work on three major projects for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in collaboration with the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC): the Three Dimensional Trading Floor (3DTF), MarkeTrac/OrderTrac, and the Advanced Trading Floor Operations Center. The majority of the records date from 1998 to 2004, and include textual, born-digital, audiovisual and over-sized materials.
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Fonds
1991-2009
archives
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AP177
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The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
1996-2015
RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records
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AP177
Synopsis:
The RUR Architecture Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library project records, circa 1996, document the New York based firm’s competition entry for the Kansai Science City branch of Japan’s National Diet Library. Records show integration of landscape in the building’s design, exploration of the relationship between structure and surface, and a multimedia approach to building design. Records include 169 digital files, mostly CAD models and images; 42 drawings and printed renderings; and 5 models and casts.
archives
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Fonds
1996-2015
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
archives
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Fonds
Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
AP110
Synopsis:
The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
1988-2009
Shim-Sutcliffe fonds
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AP110
Synopsis:
The Shim-Sutcliffe fonds documents the work of the architectural firm Shim-Sutcliffe. The fonds includes drawings, models, and objects related to architectural projects dating from 1988-2009.
archives
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Fonds
1988-2009