Mies in America
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
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archives
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Fonds
AP226
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The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
1970 - 2011
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds
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AP226
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The Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects fonds, 1970 – 2011, documents the studio’s architectural work and involvement in selected exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s. The records in this fonds represent 34 architectural projects, including built, unbuilt, and conceptual projects. The majority of the projects are located in Japan and are mostly documented through drawings as well as a limited number of videos, models, panels, textual records, and photographs. The fonds also contains records related to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects’ participation in three exhibitions in the USA and the UK in 1978 and 1986.
archives
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Fonds
1970 - 2011
textual records
DR2001:0022
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13 projects are included in the box. Alteka : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals. Atocha : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, conceptual description, schedule strategy. Banyoles : documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, reference documentation. University of Cincinnaty DAAP : documents include correspondences, notes, budget. Emory: documents include notes, drawings, and documentation. The Hague: documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, and memo. Frankfurt: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, documentation. Koizumi: documents include correspondences, pamphlet, invitation, professional cards, fax transmittals. Those documents are in English and Japanese. Nunotani: documents include correspondences, drawings, fax transmittals. Granary Island Seminary Gdansk'89: documents include site photographs, documentation, site plans, slides, correspondences. Administration files: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, accounts receivable. Wexner: documents include photographs, meeting minutes, correspondences, and telephone conversation records. Knoll International: documents include leather samples, telephone conversation records, meeting minutes, correspondences.
Correspondence and other administrative records for various projects
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DR2001:0022
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13 projects are included in the box. Alteka : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals. Atocha : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, conceptual description, schedule strategy. Banyoles : documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, reference documentation. University of Cincinnaty DAAP : documents include correspondences, notes, budget. Emory: documents include notes, drawings, and documentation. The Hague: documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, and memo. Frankfurt: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, documentation. Koizumi: documents include correspondences, pamphlet, invitation, professional cards, fax transmittals. Those documents are in English and Japanese. Nunotani: documents include correspondences, drawings, fax transmittals. Granary Island Seminary Gdansk'89: documents include site photographs, documentation, site plans, slides, correspondences. Administration files: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, accounts receivable. Wexner: documents include photographs, meeting minutes, correspondences, and telephone conversation records. Knoll International: documents include leather samples, telephone conversation records, meeting minutes, correspondences.
textual records
PH1981:0499
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- This photograph shows the Lagoon under construction in the right foreground.
architecture
1892
View of the east entrance to the Transportation Building showing the undulating arches around the entranceway, 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
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PH1981:0499
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- This photograph shows the Lagoon under construction in the right foreground.
architecture
drawings
ARCH185401
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photograph of lobby, sections and details of front elevation
circa 1960
Canadian Technical Tape Building, Ville St. Laurent, Québec
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ARCH185401
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photograph of lobby, sections and details of front elevation
drawings
circa 1960
textual records, photographs
AP178.S1.2000.PR08.036
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This file also includes one photograph of a model.
2000-2008
Details of the square footage, Art Center College of Design (Ampliação), Pasedena
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AP178.S1.2000.PR08.036
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This file also includes one photograph of a model.
textual records, photographs
2000-2008
articles
Space Half Empty
Space Half Empty
Maroš Krivý traces how photography frames the potentiality of wastelands
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Acts of Looking
As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
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14 May 2008 to 26 October 2008
Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa
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As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
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Iris Dome model components
ARCH265779
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Photograph depicting machined components for the Iris Dome working model.
1993
Iris Dome model components
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ARCH265779
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Photograph depicting machined components for the Iris Dome working model.
drawings, textual records, photographs
ARCH270157
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Includes descriptions, correspondence, diagrams, drawings, and 1 photograph.
1986-1989
Patent material folding structure #3
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ARCH270157
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Includes descriptions, correspondence, diagrams, drawings, and 1 photograph.
drawings, textual records, photographs
1986-1989