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AP075.S3.SS1
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This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
AP075.S3.SS1
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
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Date:
1949-2019
1949-2019
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Professional associations and engagements
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AP075.S3.SS1
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
Professional associations and engagements
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AP075.S3.SS1
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's involvement in professionnal associations or other professionnal engagements related to architecture, urban planning, environment or art and design from the early 1950s to the end of the 2010s. It related to Oberlander's membership to associations and committees, like the National Capital Commission or the Smith College Botanic Garden Committee. It also comprises Oberlander involvement in various jury selections, including for design competitions, such as the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization design competition in the mid-2000s. Sub-series also documents Oberlander attendance to conferences or seminars, such as landscape architects associations or conferences on sustainable development. The sub-series also contains records of conferences and talks Oberlander gave, either about her projects, on landscape architecture, on play and play environments, or on sustainable architecture. It also includes Oberlander's research and writings for her own publications or articles she wrote. The sub-series contains documents related to associations and committees, such as correspondence, Oberlander's notes and minutes of meetings. It contains documents related to her for jury selection work, such as invitation to participate to a jury selection, correspondence, and documents related to the selection process. The sub-series also comprises Oberlander's documents from her attendance to conferences and seminars, such as correspondence, event planning, travel organization, and conferences proceedings. Documents related to talks and conferences given by Oberlander comprises research material, Oberlander's notes, draft and final versions of texts, and a few photographs or sound and video recording of the events. Finally, the sub-series contains Oberlander's writtings, such as her research, draft versions of her writings and correspondence.
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Sub-series
Sub-series
Date:
1949-2019
1949-2019
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articles
articles
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Near Documentary
Near Documentary
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Jeff Wall in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Jeff Wall, conversation, oral history
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Jeff Wall, conversation, oral history
Published:
5 June 2023
5 June 2023
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archives
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Collection
archives
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Collection
Title:
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
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Date:
1959-2019
1959-2019
Title:
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
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archives
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Collection
archives
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Collection
Date:
1959-2019
1959-2019
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Project
Project
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
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Date:
1998-2006
1998-2006
Title:
C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Iberê Camargo [Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum], Porto Alegre, Brazil (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Iberê Camargo [Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum], Porto Alegre, Brazil (1998)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR07
Description:
This project series documents the C. Cultural e Audit. para a Fundação Ibere Camargo in Porto Alegre, Brazil. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 102/90. The office assigned the date 1998 to this project. At the end of the nineties, an architectural competition was held for the construction of a new building for the Iberê Camargo Foundation. The foundation holds the archives and work of the Brazilian painter Ibere Carmargo, as well as hosts temporary exhibitions and seminars. The project site is located near the Guaíba River, between a cliff and the Avenida Padre Cacique. Collaborators on the project were Barbara Rangel, Pedro Polonia, Michele Gigante, Francesca Montalto, Atsushi Ueno, Rita Amaral, José Luiz Cana, and Camargo Correa. The three-stories building is 88,000 square feet and includes nine galleries, storage spaces, offices, a bookstore, an auditorium, and a video library. Each of the galleries is independent but linked via a system of ramps. One of the unique qualities of the building are the ramps that come out of its concrete façade. Due to the limited space, the parking was built below the Avenida Padre Cacique. The building respects the concept of sustainable development, with a sewage treatment station that redistributes the water to the surrounding vegetation. The museum was Siza's first built project in Brazil and it was inaugurated in 2008. Siza received the Golden Lion award at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2003 for this project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, working drawings, technical drawings, and electrical drawings. Textual material includes project documentation, correspondence, and documentation regarding exhibitions about the building. Photographic material documents the models, project site, and built project.
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Project
Date:
1998-2006
1998-2006
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.6
Description:
Episode of television program "Building sites". James Stirling presents the architecture of the Katherine Stephen Room, a room for rare books at Newnham College, Cambridge, England, designed by architects Joanna van Heyningen and Birkin Haward. Presented by James Stirling. Camera, David Swan; sound, David Jewitt; stills photography, Hugh Palmer, Martin Charles; graphics, Rose James, Joel Greenberg; video editor, John Paroussi; production assistant, Mary McKernan; researcher, Ruth Rosenthal; producer, Clare Paterson; director, Geoff Dunlop.
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.6
Description:
Episode of television program "Building sites". James Stirling presents the architecture of the Katherine Stephen Room, a room for rare books at Newnham College, Cambridge, England, designed by architects Joanna van Heyningen and Birkin Haward. Presented by James Stirling. Camera, David Swan; sound, David Jewitt; stills photography, Hugh Palmer, Martin Charles; graphics, Rose James, Joel Greenberg; video editor, John Paroussi; production assistant, Mary McKernan; researcher, Ruth Rosenthal; producer, Clare Paterson; director, Geoff Dunlop.
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Date:
1989
1989
Title:
Building sights (Television program)
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.6
Description:
Episode of television program "Building sites". James Stirling presents the architecture of the Katherine Stephen Room, a room for rare books at Newnham College, Cambridge, England, designed by architects Joanna van Heyningen and Birkin Haward. Presented by James Stirling. Camera, David Swan; sound, David Jewitt; stills photography, Hugh Palmer, Martin Charles; graphics, Rose James, Joel Greenberg; video editor, John Paroussi; production assistant, Mary McKernan; researcher, Ruth Rosenthal; producer, Clare Paterson; director, Geoff Dunlop.
Building sights (Television program)
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.6
Description:
Episode of television program "Building sites". James Stirling presents the architecture of the Katherine Stephen Room, a room for rare books at Newnham College, Cambridge, England, designed by architects Joanna van Heyningen and Birkin Haward. Presented by James Stirling. Camera, David Swan; sound, David Jewitt; stills photography, Hugh Palmer, Martin Charles; graphics, Rose James, Joel Greenberg; video editor, John Paroussi; production assistant, Mary McKernan; researcher, Ruth Rosenthal; producer, Clare Paterson; director, Geoff Dunlop.
Date:
1989
1989
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Project
Project
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AP207.S1.1991.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Pettena's work for the Nuovo Municipio, a new town hall building in Canazei in Italy, from 1990 to 1997. The project consisted of preserving and restoring a historic building designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1930s and adding a new construction built in a gap between two sections of the building the two volumes of the building. "Through the glazed connection, the new volume maintains a certain distance from the existing volume and is itself split into two parts, creating in practice a pedestrian intersection between the new and the old building and between the two sections of the new building: a pedestrian intersection that is laid out on two distinct levels." [1] The project series contains sketches, site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections. It is also comprised of research material, such as copies of building plans by Ettore Sottsass Sr. The project is also documented through proposals and project descriptions, reports, contracts with the city of Canazei, correspondence with engineers, photographs of the construction, and videos of the building. The project series also includes press clippings about the project and an unidentified videorecording. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-new-town-hall-1990-97/ (last accessed 21 January 2020).
AP207.S1.1991.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Pettena's work for the Nuovo Municipio, a new town hall building in Canazei in Italy, from 1990 to 1997. The project consisted of preserving and restoring a historic building designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1930s and adding a new construction built in a gap between two sections of the building the two volumes of the building. "Through the glazed connection, the new volume maintains a certain distance from the existing volume and is itself split into two parts, creating in practice a pedestrian intersection between the new and the old building and between the two sections of the new building: a pedestrian intersection that is laid out on two distinct levels." [1] The project series contains sketches, site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections. It is also comprised of research material, such as copies of building plans by Ettore Sottsass Sr. The project is also documented through proposals and project descriptions, reports, contracts with the city of Canazei, correspondence with engineers, photographs of the construction, and videos of the building. The project series also includes press clippings about the project and an unidentified videorecording. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-new-town-hall-1990-97/ (last accessed 21 January 2020).
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Date:
1989-2015
1989-2015
Title:
Nuovo Municipio [New Town Hall of Canazei], Canazei, Italy (1991)
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AP207.S1.1991.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Pettena's work for the Nuovo Municipio, a new town hall building in Canazei in Italy, from 1990 to 1997. The project consisted of preserving and restoring a historic building designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1930s and adding a new construction built in a gap between two sections of the building the two volumes of the building. "Through the glazed connection, the new volume maintains a certain distance from the existing volume and is itself split into two parts, creating in practice a pedestrian intersection between the new and the old building and between the two sections of the new building: a pedestrian intersection that is laid out on two distinct levels." [1] The project series contains sketches, site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections. It is also comprised of research material, such as copies of building plans by Ettore Sottsass Sr. The project is also documented through proposals and project descriptions, reports, contracts with the city of Canazei, correspondence with engineers, photographs of the construction, and videos of the building. The project series also includes press clippings about the project and an unidentified videorecording. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-new-town-hall-1990-97/ (last accessed 21 January 2020).
Nuovo Municipio [New Town Hall of Canazei], Canazei, Italy (1991)
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AP207.S1.1991.PR02
Description:
The project series documents Pettena's work for the Nuovo Municipio, a new town hall building in Canazei in Italy, from 1990 to 1997. The project consisted of preserving and restoring a historic building designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1930s and adding a new construction built in a gap between two sections of the building the two volumes of the building. "Through the glazed connection, the new volume maintains a certain distance from the existing volume and is itself split into two parts, creating in practice a pedestrian intersection between the new and the old building and between the two sections of the new building: a pedestrian intersection that is laid out on two distinct levels." [1] The project series contains sketches, site plans, floor plans, elevations and sections. It is also comprised of research material, such as copies of building plans by Ettore Sottsass Sr. The project is also documented through proposals and project descriptions, reports, contracts with the city of Canazei, correspondence with engineers, photographs of the construction, and videos of the building. The project series also includes press clippings about the project and an unidentified videorecording. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/arch-new-town-hall-1990-97/ (last accessed 21 January 2020).
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Project
Project
Date:
1989-2015
1989-2015
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15 videocassette(s)
15 videocassette(s)
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Videocassettes
Videocassettes
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
Description:
videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
Description:
videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
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Videocassettes
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
Description:
videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
Videocassettes
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P13
Description:
videocassettes, including 'Seventh Praemium Imperial'; 'J.S. Memorial Video (B.B.C.)'; The Second Praemium Imperiale: Awards Ceremony', dated 1990; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2001'; Praemium Imperiale Laureates Profiles 2003'; 'Sir James Stirling Memorial Celebration', dated 1992; 'Building Sights: Series Two, Katharine Stephen Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, Presenter James Stirling, Director Geoff Dunlop', dated 1989; 'Thema: "Stirling"', Hessischer Rundfunk, dated 1992; 'Stirling in Stuttgart', dated 1992; 'RIBA Building of the Year, Centenary Building, University of Salford', dated 1996
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15 videocassette(s)
15 videocassette(s)
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Series
Series
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AP179.S3
Description:
Series 3, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, 2000 – 2007, documents the development of a multiphase project for a public arts complex thirty miles from Beijing. Phases are distinguished when possible. Phase I of the project is the gatehouse (realized), which consists of housing and studio space for artists-in-residence. It is conceived as a brick monolith that has been shrink-wrapped or vacuumed into its shape – a metaphor for the optimization of the building’s limited space. Regional materials are incorporated through the use of local brick and native chudumu wood on the exterior. The gatehouse was completed in 2003. Phase II of the project is the art center (unrealized), which consists of public spaces, sculpture courts, administrative spaces and infrastructural needs of the institution, connected through a series of alleyways. The layout is organized to maximize interaction between inhabitants while maintaining a level of privacy. In addition to phases I and II, records in the series document a design referred to as Tongxian Gatekeeper (unrealized). Drawings, circa 2006, illustrate a building to house animals and agriculture in the southwest corner of the Tongxian Art complex grounds. The series contains sketches, drawings and reprographic copies from pre-design to construction stages of the project, two models including a wood model of the art center and a cardboard model of the gatekeeper wall, and photographic materials. The series also contains textual documents including correspondence with on-site project coordinator Timothy Clark, as well as meeting agendas, project schedules, agreements and proposals, and other project documentation. Digital material includes photographs of construction, CAD drawings, renderings, e-mail, and a video featuring the project team. The majority of material in the series relates to phase I of the project, the gatehouse. Some files include documentation about the involvement of contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei in a supervisory role for the project.
AP179.S3
Description:
Series 3, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, 2000 – 2007, documents the development of a multiphase project for a public arts complex thirty miles from Beijing. Phases are distinguished when possible. Phase I of the project is the gatehouse (realized), which consists of housing and studio space for artists-in-residence. It is conceived as a brick monolith that has been shrink-wrapped or vacuumed into its shape – a metaphor for the optimization of the building’s limited space. Regional materials are incorporated through the use of local brick and native chudumu wood on the exterior. The gatehouse was completed in 2003. Phase II of the project is the art center (unrealized), which consists of public spaces, sculpture courts, administrative spaces and infrastructural needs of the institution, connected through a series of alleyways. The layout is organized to maximize interaction between inhabitants while maintaining a level of privacy. In addition to phases I and II, records in the series document a design referred to as Tongxian Gatekeeper (unrealized). Drawings, circa 2006, illustrate a building to house animals and agriculture in the southwest corner of the Tongxian Art complex grounds. The series contains sketches, drawings and reprographic copies from pre-design to construction stages of the project, two models including a wood model of the art center and a cardboard model of the gatekeeper wall, and photographic materials. The series also contains textual documents including correspondence with on-site project coordinator Timothy Clark, as well as meeting agendas, project schedules, agreements and proposals, and other project documentation. Digital material includes photographs of construction, CAD drawings, renderings, e-mail, and a video featuring the project team. The majority of material in the series relates to phase I of the project, the gatehouse. Some files include documentation about the involvement of contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei in a supervisory role for the project.
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Date:
2000 - 2007
2000 - 2007
Title:
Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, China (2000 - 2007)
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AP179.S3
Description:
Series 3, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, 2000 – 2007, documents the development of a multiphase project for a public arts complex thirty miles from Beijing. Phases are distinguished when possible. Phase I of the project is the gatehouse (realized), which consists of housing and studio space for artists-in-residence. It is conceived as a brick monolith that has been shrink-wrapped or vacuumed into its shape – a metaphor for the optimization of the building’s limited space. Regional materials are incorporated through the use of local brick and native chudumu wood on the exterior. The gatehouse was completed in 2003. Phase II of the project is the art center (unrealized), which consists of public spaces, sculpture courts, administrative spaces and infrastructural needs of the institution, connected through a series of alleyways. The layout is organized to maximize interaction between inhabitants while maintaining a level of privacy. In addition to phases I and II, records in the series document a design referred to as Tongxian Gatekeeper (unrealized). Drawings, circa 2006, illustrate a building to house animals and agriculture in the southwest corner of the Tongxian Art complex grounds. The series contains sketches, drawings and reprographic copies from pre-design to construction stages of the project, two models including a wood model of the art center and a cardboard model of the gatekeeper wall, and photographic materials. The series also contains textual documents including correspondence with on-site project coordinator Timothy Clark, as well as meeting agendas, project schedules, agreements and proposals, and other project documentation. Digital material includes photographs of construction, CAD drawings, renderings, e-mail, and a video featuring the project team. The majority of material in the series relates to phase I of the project, the gatehouse. Some files include documentation about the involvement of contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei in a supervisory role for the project.
Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, China (2000 - 2007)
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AP179.S3
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Series 3, Tongxian Art Center, Beijing, 2000 – 2007, documents the development of a multiphase project for a public arts complex thirty miles from Beijing. Phases are distinguished when possible. Phase I of the project is the gatehouse (realized), which consists of housing and studio space for artists-in-residence. It is conceived as a brick monolith that has been shrink-wrapped or vacuumed into its shape – a metaphor for the optimization of the building’s limited space. Regional materials are incorporated through the use of local brick and native chudumu wood on the exterior. The gatehouse was completed in 2003. Phase II of the project is the art center (unrealized), which consists of public spaces, sculpture courts, administrative spaces and infrastructural needs of the institution, connected through a series of alleyways. The layout is organized to maximize interaction between inhabitants while maintaining a level of privacy. In addition to phases I and II, records in the series document a design referred to as Tongxian Gatekeeper (unrealized). Drawings, circa 2006, illustrate a building to house animals and agriculture in the southwest corner of the Tongxian Art complex grounds. The series contains sketches, drawings and reprographic copies from pre-design to construction stages of the project, two models including a wood model of the art center and a cardboard model of the gatekeeper wall, and photographic materials. The series also contains textual documents including correspondence with on-site project coordinator Timothy Clark, as well as meeting agendas, project schedules, agreements and proposals, and other project documentation. Digital material includes photographs of construction, CAD drawings, renderings, e-mail, and a video featuring the project team. The majority of material in the series relates to phase I of the project, the gatehouse. Some files include documentation about the involvement of contemporary artist Ai Wei Wei in a supervisory role for the project.
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2000 - 2007
2000 - 2007
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
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Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
Screening of film excerpts and live annotation: Antonioni’s Chung Kuo, Cina (1972)
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This talk revisits the contested visual legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 documentary Chung Kuo, Cina by placing it within a broader network of Cold War–era encounters between Western filmmakers and a carefully stage-managed People’s Republic of China. Connecting Antonioni’s state-sanctioned visit with projects by Shirley MacLaine, Jean Painlevé, and Canadian(...)
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events
events
Date:
22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
22 January 2026
6pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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articles
articles
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Takashi Homma on photographing Chandigarh
