Letters 1975
PHCON2002:0016:003
Description:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1975, a period when he was actively involved in many cut building projects. Documents related to the following realized and unrealized projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973), Column Drop (undated); Conical Intersect (1975); Day's End (1975), Doors on all 4's (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); and Splitting (1974). Documentation on projects by other artists, including Matta-Clark's brother John Sebastian Matta, are also included. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1971-1976
Letters 1975
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PHCON2002:0016:003
Description:
Binder documents Gordon Matta-Clark's personal and professional correspondence predominantly from 1975, a period when he was actively involved in many cut building projects. Documents related to the following realized and unrealized projects are included: Anarchitecture (1973-1974); A W-Hole House (1973), Column Drop (undated); Conical Intersect (1975); Day's End (1975), Doors on all 4's (1975); Fresh Air Cart (1972); and Splitting (1974). Documentation on projects by other artists, including Matta-Clark's brother John Sebastian Matta, are also included. Binder contains photographs and textual records.
1971-1976
Project
Colina artificial, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2005)
AP164.S1.2005.D3
Description:
The project series documents the design for an artificial hill and serves as the finish-line for the “Elfstedentocht”, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2005. The firm identified this project as number 201. "The finish of the great race of the Elfstedentocht should be accompanied by a three-dimensial event which signals the site in the memory of the citizen. If from there, furthermore, the last part of the race is dominated we will be able to imagine that this three-dimensional event is a hybrid between a tribune and a landscaping milestone. […] If towards the South and East it disposes of a slope consisting of artificial lawn with solarium and tribunes above the canal and a scating [sic] park, then towards the North it could house the sport installations with tribunes and a climbing zone with the result that this minimum architectural organization could give life to the site during all year basing on the small sports center, solarium and skating track. A shelter structure crowns the artificial hill composing a lookout spot from where one dominates the whole city and the surrounding landscape." (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, graphic and reference materials, correspondence, publications, competition documents, and agreements.
1982, 2005, predominant 2005
Colina artificial, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2005)
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AP164.S1.2005.D3
Description:
The project series documents the design for an artificial hill and serves as the finish-line for the “Elfstedentocht”, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2005. The firm identified this project as number 201. "The finish of the great race of the Elfstedentocht should be accompanied by a three-dimensial event which signals the site in the memory of the citizen. If from there, furthermore, the last part of the race is dominated we will be able to imagine that this three-dimensional event is a hybrid between a tribune and a landscaping milestone. […] If towards the South and East it disposes of a slope consisting of artificial lawn with solarium and tribunes above the canal and a scating [sic] park, then towards the North it could house the sport installations with tribunes and a climbing zone with the result that this minimum architectural organization could give life to the site during all year basing on the small sports center, solarium and skating track. A shelter structure crowns the artificial hill composing a lookout spot from where one dominates the whole city and the surrounding landscape." (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, graphic and reference materials, correspondence, publications, competition documents, and agreements.
Project
1982, 2005, predominant 2005
photographs
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8 panel(s)
DR1995:0300:001-008
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These eight presentation boards (1967-1977 ?) are collages composed of reduced copies of previously published material, such as periodical clippings and photomechanical prints, interspersed with titles and text describing relevant work. The two projects represented are Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46) and O.C.H. Feasibility Study (Oxford Corner House, AP144.S2.D59). Price apparently chose these two projects as a comparative study for concepts which he was developing at the time. Further research is required to establish the theme(s) of the German Exhibition and how this comparative study by Price fits into the exhibition.
1967-1977 ?
German exhibition: Presentation panels
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DR1995:0300:001-008
Description:
These eight presentation boards (1967-1977 ?) are collages composed of reduced copies of previously published material, such as periodical clippings and photomechanical prints, interspersed with titles and text describing relevant work. The two projects represented are Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46) and O.C.H. Feasibility Study (Oxford Corner House, AP144.S2.D59). Price apparently chose these two projects as a comparative study for concepts which he was developing at the time. Further research is required to establish the theme(s) of the German Exhibition and how this comparative study by Price fits into the exhibition.
photographs
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8 panel(s)
1967-1977 ?
Sub-series
Student work
AP140.S1.SS1
Description:
Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
Student work
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AP140.S1.SS1
Description:
Sub-series documents James Stirling's student work, probably from his third to fifth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture in Liverpool, England, from 1947 to 1950, and during his studies at the Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction in London, England, from 1950 to 1952. A project for a Community Centre for a Small Town in the Middle West was probably produced during a student exchange in New York City, New York in the fall of 1948. Sub-series include projects for a Forest Rangers Lookout Station, a House for an Architect, Organic Chemistry Laboratories, Stirling's thesis project for a Town Centre and Community Centre and a student competition entry for the Merseyside Film Institute. Material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1947 and 1975. The publication drawings for James Stirling's projects were often drawn by Leon Krier, Russell Bevington, or Ulrich Schaad ('British Architecture Today', 1991). Sub-series contains several presentation drawings and panels, publication drawings, a small number of working drawings, photographic materials, a presentation model and Stirling's 1950 bound thesis 'Plan of Town Centre and Development of Community Centre for Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham'.
Sub-series 1
[between 1947? and 1975?], predominant 1947-1952
Project
AP164.S1.1999.D6
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The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
Estudio Gordillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain (1999)
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AP164.S1.1999.D6
Description:
The project series documents the commission, design, and construction of the Gordillo studio, neighbouring the client’s house (AP164.S1.1993.D2) on Castilla de Ponferrada Street, in Villanueva de la Cañada, Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 119. “The Gordillo Studio is a prismatic, serrated volume that occupies the plot’s only available strip of land and minimizes its presence through the use of two materials, translucent polycarbonate and xerophilous plantings, which seek the best adaptation to the site, the program and the client. Using this system, a semi-buried interior is constructed in which the light has been modeled as a solid, expansive material, the aim being to satisfy not only the specific demands of the work space but also the creation of an agreeable atmosphere, as austere as it is sensual.” (ARCH270975) Abalos & Herreros worked with Ángel Jaramillo Sanchez, María Auxiliadora Gálvez, Renata Sentkiewicz, Juan Gómez, Fernando Valero and José Torras. In 2002, the project won the COAM 2000 prize. Documenting this project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, notes, budgets, reports, studies, forms, project descriptions, invoices, certifications and trade catalogues.
Project
1978, 1992-2002, predominant 1999-2000
Project
AP018.S1.1984.PR04
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This project series documents a study to determine the location of the RCMP building at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario in 1984. The office identified the project number as 8406. Since the early 1960s, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, had been commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services (now Transport Canada) to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of a study to determine the best location for the RCMP at the airport. At the time of the study, the RCMP were located in terminal one, but the growing needs of other airport departments had pushed them into a temporary location. This study investigated two possible options, the construction of a new police building or the renovation of the central workshop facility. The report suggested the latter option, which could house the RCMP offices, technical and exhibit spaces, holding cells, storage and support facilities. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1984, which consist of the project proposal and risk and cost analysis sheets.
1984
RCMP Relocation, Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario (1984)
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AP018.S1.1984.PR04
Description:
This project series documents a study to determine the location of the RCMP building at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario in 1984. The office identified the project number as 8406. Since the early 1960s, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, had been commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services (now Transport Canada) to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of a study to determine the best location for the RCMP at the airport. At the time of the study, the RCMP were located in terminal one, but the growing needs of other airport departments had pushed them into a temporary location. This study investigated two possible options, the construction of a new police building or the renovation of the central workshop facility. The report suggested the latter option, which could house the RCMP offices, technical and exhibit spaces, holding cells, storage and support facilities. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1984, which consist of the project proposal and risk and cost analysis sheets.
Project
1984
drawings
ARCH256641
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2 files - "Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches" - identified and unidentified drawings mostly photocopies and some originals; Mont Royal Tower (diazotype plan and elevation), Russel House (plan), Roy Thompson Hall (plans, elevation), Canadian Chancery (plans, section, elevation), Abu Nuwas University (plan, elevations), 60 Wall Street (perspcetive sketches and photo of model), Trump Tower, Kamokogamara project (plans, area calculations), unidentified hotel, Napp Laboratories (perspectives and plans), California Plaza office tower (base perspectives, plans), correspondence and note from Barbara Shapiro; curatorial proposal and C.V. from Diana Archambald
"Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches"
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ARCH256641
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2 files - "Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches" - identified and unidentified drawings mostly photocopies and some originals; Mont Royal Tower (diazotype plan and elevation), Russel House (plan), Roy Thompson Hall (plans, elevation), Canadian Chancery (plans, section, elevation), Abu Nuwas University (plan, elevations), 60 Wall Street (perspcetive sketches and photo of model), Trump Tower, Kamokogamara project (plans, area calculations), unidentified hotel, Napp Laboratories (perspectives and plans), California Plaza office tower (base perspectives, plans), correspondence and note from Barbara Shapiro; curatorial proposal and C.V. from Diana Archambald
drawings
Project
AP018.S1.1974.PR18
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This project series documents additions to the Minaki Lodge in Minaki, Ontario from 1974-1977. The office identified the project number as 7423. The Minaki Lodge, owned by the Government of Ontario at the time of this project, was located on the banks of the Winnipeg River and was originally built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site included an X-shaped main lodge, a motor lodge and power house, a ski chalet and Holst Point on a nearby island. This project, which was phase II of the work, consisted of the addition of a new convention hall and approximately 200 new guest rooms to the lodge. Different schemes were proposed for the locations of these new buildings, including attaching them to the existing structure, or building them separately near the main lodge. Phase I of this work began under a different project number, assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1974.PR17 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. Some drawings in this project series include reprographic copies dating from 1925, which were prepared by the Canadian National Railways. Textual records include conference reports and correspondence.
1974-1975
Minaki Lodge, New Building, Minaki, Ontario (1974-1977)
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AP018.S1.1974.PR18
Description:
This project series documents additions to the Minaki Lodge in Minaki, Ontario from 1974-1977. The office identified the project number as 7423. The Minaki Lodge, owned by the Government of Ontario at the time of this project, was located on the banks of the Winnipeg River and was originally built in 1914 by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The site included an X-shaped main lodge, a motor lodge and power house, a ski chalet and Holst Point on a nearby island. This project, which was phase II of the work, consisted of the addition of a new convention hall and approximately 200 new guest rooms to the lodge. Different schemes were proposed for the locations of these new buildings, including attaching them to the existing structure, or building them separately near the main lodge. Phase I of this work began under a different project number, assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1974.PR17 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1977. Some drawings in this project series include reprographic copies dating from 1925, which were prepared by the Canadian National Railways. Textual records include conference reports and correspondence.
Project
1974-1975
archives
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Fonds
Peter Caspari fonds
AP123
Synopsis:
The Peter Caspari fonds documents the education, personal and military activities of architect Peter Caspari from student work in Berlin to his immigration to England, and participation in WWII. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings relating to student building design projects, and textual records relating to architecture course notes, training for the Pioneer Corps, and professional registration as an architect.
1928-1941
Peter Caspari fonds
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AP123
Synopsis:
The Peter Caspari fonds documents the education, personal and military activities of architect Peter Caspari from student work in Berlin to his immigration to England, and participation in WWII. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings relating to student building design projects, and textual records relating to architecture course notes, training for the Pioneer Corps, and professional registration as an architect.
archives
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Fonds
1928-1941
textual records
Awards and certificates to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from architecture and landscape associations
AP075.S3.SS3.013
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Contains: . Merit in design award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the North Shore Neighbourhood House Playground in 1969 . Honour award and Merit award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the Canthedral Place in 1992 . Certificat of life membership to the British Columbia Society of Lanscape Architects in 2001 . Lifetime Achivement Award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) in 2006 . Honor Award from the New York Chapter of the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for the New York Time Building Lobby Garden in New York in 2010
1969-2010
Awards and certificates to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from architecture and landscape associations
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AP075.S3.SS3.013
Description:
Contains: . Merit in design award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the North Shore Neighbourhood House Playground in 1969 . Honour award and Merit award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the Canthedral Place in 1992 . Certificat of life membership to the British Columbia Society of Lanscape Architects in 2001 . Lifetime Achivement Award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) in 2006 . Honor Award from the New York Chapter of the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for the New York Time Building Lobby Garden in New York in 2010
textual records
1969-2010