DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
architecture, landscape architecture
ca. 1830-1840
Design for a zoological garden in an oriental style
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DR1986:0704
Description:
- DR1986:0704X represents a bird's-eye view of an imagined zoological garden. In the foreground, immediately behind an iron and stone fence, appear a series of small, whimsical structures in a Chinese or mixed Chinese-Indian style. These structures, together with their adjoining enclosures, house a variety of animals and are scattered among a number of fountains, ponds and clustered shrubs. - In the middle ground, on the central axis of the garden, rises a long, two-storey structure with a large, projecting pavilion in the centre and a tower at either end. Both levels of this structure are encased in verandas and the end towers and central pavilion are capped with pointed domes in an Indian style. The oval area before this structure is enclosed by two curved colonnades open on both sides and supporting a peaked, tile roof. This construction is obviously an orientalized version of St. Peter's Colonnade in Rome. - Further back and behind the long structure occur additional pavilions in a Chinese style, most notably a three-storey pagoda. On axis, and still further back, rises a second long, palace-like structure, sketched in a vaguely Mogul style. The entire ensemble is set in a nondescript, generalized landscape.
architecture, landscape architecture
Project
AP178.S1.1968.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, in Porto, also referred to as Avenida da Ponte I. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 31/60. In the past the office identified the project as number 121. The office assigned the dates 1968-1974 for this project. The Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques consisted of a building with offices, stores, and parking. Located on a historic site, the intention for the Edifício de Escritórios was to integrate the building into the existing urban landscape. The building was never realized. This project was done in relation to the Arranjo Urbanístico para a Av. D. Afonso Henriques, which was an urban renewal program in Porto. In the 1940s, waves of demolition in the old town created a rupture with the remaining buildings, including the Porto Cathedral. Since the 1950s, there have been several studies and proposals to revitalize this part of the city. Siza’s plan was the first to be accepted by the city council in 1968. Please see project series AP178.S1.1968.PR03, also described in this fonds, for further documentation. Siza also proposed a new design in 2001 for the site across the avenue from this one, known as Avenida da Ponte II. This included a museum, library, stores, parking, and houses. This project related to the building Casa Dos 24 Fernando Távora. The scheme was not realized. Documenting this project series are drawings, photographic materials and textual documentation. Among the drawings are plans, profiles, elevations, sections, cadastral maps and working details. Photographic materials document the model, site and residents of the neighborhood. Textual materials include project documentation, as well as correspondence with the city of Porto and suppliers. Note that materials related to the Arranjo Urbanístico para a Av. D. Afonso Henriques (project series AP178.S1.1968.PR03 in this fonds) are also found among these materials.
1968-1981
Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, Avenida da Ponte [Office building, Av. D. Afonso Henriques], Porto, Portugal (1968-1981)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques, in Porto, also referred to as Avenida da Ponte I. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 31/60. In the past the office identified the project as number 121. The office assigned the dates 1968-1974 for this project. The Edifício de Escritórios na Av. D. Afonso Henriques consisted of a building with offices, stores, and parking. Located on a historic site, the intention for the Edifício de Escritórios was to integrate the building into the existing urban landscape. The building was never realized. This project was done in relation to the Arranjo Urbanístico para a Av. D. Afonso Henriques, which was an urban renewal program in Porto. In the 1940s, waves of demolition in the old town created a rupture with the remaining buildings, including the Porto Cathedral. Since the 1950s, there have been several studies and proposals to revitalize this part of the city. Siza’s plan was the first to be accepted by the city council in 1968. Please see project series AP178.S1.1968.PR03, also described in this fonds, for further documentation. Siza also proposed a new design in 2001 for the site across the avenue from this one, known as Avenida da Ponte II. This included a museum, library, stores, parking, and houses. This project related to the building Casa Dos 24 Fernando Távora. The scheme was not realized. Documenting this project series are drawings, photographic materials and textual documentation. Among the drawings are plans, profiles, elevations, sections, cadastral maps and working details. Photographic materials document the model, site and residents of the neighborhood. Textual materials include project documentation, as well as correspondence with the city of Porto and suppliers. Note that materials related to the Arranjo Urbanístico para a Av. D. Afonso Henriques (project series AP178.S1.1968.PR03 in this fonds) are also found among these materials.
Project
1968-1981
textual records
AP206.S5.003
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.004 and AP206.S5.005.
1985-1997
Personal correspondence (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S5.003
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.004 and AP206.S5.005.
textual records
1985-1997
textual records
AP206.S5.004
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.003 and AP206.S5.005.
1985-1997
Personal correspondence (folder 2 of 3)
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AP206.S5.004
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.003 and AP206.S5.005.
textual records
1985-1997
textual records
AP206.S5.005
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.003 and AP206.S5.004.
1985-1997
Personal correspondence (folder 3 of 3)
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AP206.S5.005
Description:
This file was originally housed in a folder along with materials in AP206.S5.003 and AP206.S5.004.
textual records
1985-1997
photographs
DR2012:0012:019:001
Description:
Originally housed in a tube labelled: Streetwork, AGO 1978/ Edifice, MAC 1979.
1978-1979
Diptych of the installation Streetwork at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Québec
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DR2012:0012:019:001
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Originally housed in a tube labelled: Streetwork, AGO 1978/ Edifice, MAC 1979.
photographs
1978-1979
photographs
PH1987:1302:001
Description:
This photograph and its mat are housed in the catalogue "Wendell MacRae: Photographs, 1927 to 1949".
architecture
ca. 1930
Partial view of the façade of a building with a truck in the foreground, New York City, New York, United States
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PH1987:1302:001
Description:
This photograph and its mat are housed in the catalogue "Wendell MacRae: Photographs, 1927 to 1949".
photographs
ca. 1930
architecture
Project
AP056.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the Vancouver Public Library in Vancouver from 1991-1992. The office identified the project number as 69112. The competition entry, submitted in 1991, consisted of the design of Vancouver's new public library, to be situated on the block between Homer, Georgia, Hamilton and Robson Streets. The project design included a seven-floor library connected by a walkway to an adjacent twenty-floor office tower that would house Public Works Canada. Both buildings had V shaped canopies on their roofs that looked like open books when viewed at an elevation. To the front of the library at ground level was the two-storey Library Concourse; a large hall made of glass windows and stone. The Concourse connected to the Robson Street entrance, and the Library Hall entrance at the corner of Homer and Georgia Streets. The architects described this as a porch-like space to be used for gatherings, public events, exhibits and displays. Moving into the heart of the library, patrons would pass through a cylindrical rotunda which extended upwards through every floor and above the roof terrace. The library would also have 2 levels of underground parking and a basement level with a circular theatre, concession areas and staff work areas. The ground floor would primarily consist of library stacks and tables but also included would be a gift shop, children's area, daycare, staff spaces, and an outdoor play area. The remaining floors were designated for library stacks, staff work areas and services. The top floor would hold administrative offices, built in a U shape around a large terrace. The terrace, complete with gardens, could be used for library events. This building would largely be made of glass windows at its exterior, with a round glass rotunda piercing through its rectangular shape. This project was never built. Although Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects were finalists in this competition, the contract was eventually won and built by architect Moshe Safdie. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation panels, paintings, photographs and a model dating from 1991-1992. The drawings, which are mostly originals, include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives and isometrics. There are a number of watercolours (some mounted) and drawing panels used as presentation materials which have small texts about the project's design intention. The aquisition records for the 1993 donation of these project materials identify Michael McCann as the artist of 7 paintings in this project series; however it is not clear which 7 paintings were completed by this artist. The photographs show the completed project model, which is also contained in this project series.
1991-1992
Vancouver Public Library Competition, British Columbia (1991)
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AP056.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the Vancouver Public Library in Vancouver from 1991-1992. The office identified the project number as 69112. The competition entry, submitted in 1991, consisted of the design of Vancouver's new public library, to be situated on the block between Homer, Georgia, Hamilton and Robson Streets. The project design included a seven-floor library connected by a walkway to an adjacent twenty-floor office tower that would house Public Works Canada. Both buildings had V shaped canopies on their roofs that looked like open books when viewed at an elevation. To the front of the library at ground level was the two-storey Library Concourse; a large hall made of glass windows and stone. The Concourse connected to the Robson Street entrance, and the Library Hall entrance at the corner of Homer and Georgia Streets. The architects described this as a porch-like space to be used for gatherings, public events, exhibits and displays. Moving into the heart of the library, patrons would pass through a cylindrical rotunda which extended upwards through every floor and above the roof terrace. The library would also have 2 levels of underground parking and a basement level with a circular theatre, concession areas and staff work areas. The ground floor would primarily consist of library stacks and tables but also included would be a gift shop, children's area, daycare, staff spaces, and an outdoor play area. The remaining floors were designated for library stacks, staff work areas and services. The top floor would hold administrative offices, built in a U shape around a large terrace. The terrace, complete with gardens, could be used for library events. This building would largely be made of glass windows at its exterior, with a round glass rotunda piercing through its rectangular shape. This project was never built. Although Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects were finalists in this competition, the contract was eventually won and built by architect Moshe Safdie. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation panels, paintings, photographs and a model dating from 1991-1992. The drawings, which are mostly originals, include sketches, plans, sections, elevations, perspectives and isometrics. There are a number of watercolours (some mounted) and drawing panels used as presentation materials which have small texts about the project's design intention. The aquisition records for the 1993 donation of these project materials identify Michael McCann as the artist of 7 paintings in this project series; however it is not clear which 7 paintings were completed by this artist. The photographs show the completed project model, which is also contained in this project series.
Project
1991-1992
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
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
architecture
Sub-series
AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
late 1940s-1999
Reference and research for publications
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AP149.S2.SS3
Description:
File related to various documents used as documentation and reference material for the Minimum Cost Housing Group's publications and research projects. The material in this file was produced between the late 1940s and 1999. The file contains an important collection of photocopies of book chapters, periodical, published reports, commercial leaflets, photographs and slides on various subjects related to the research field of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, and also a collection of maps of cities planning in India. The published reports in this series include the following: - Assessment of construction materials for use in emergency housing carried out on behalf of OXFAM (An) / A.K. Green - Brazil : sites and services project: staff appraisal report / World Bank - Cocoon / Hollingshead - Evaluation report on the village sanitation scheme of the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in Maharashtra / Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission Govt. of India - International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade : end of decade review (as at December 1990) (The) (World Health Organization) - Lucknow urban development project : an approach document / Lucknow Development Authority - Preliminary investigations into the use of atomised sprays for handwashing and showering / T.C. Porter and M.E. Rump (Building Research Establishment Note) - Project completion report: India: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project (loan 2329-IN) (World Bank) - Racing alone: a visionary architect's quest for houses made with earth and fire / Nader Khalili (advertisement brochure for a book, including text of introduction; actual book in CCA collection) - Reflexiones sobre el tema de la vivienda (CENAC) - Report on toilet units / J.W. Grainge and J.W. Slupsky - Technology development for a zero-gravity whole body shower / A.A. Rosener [and 5 others] - Urban sector survey: Republic of Zambia (World Bank), v. 1-2 - Workshop on implications of the recommendations of National commission on urbanisation on planning practice and education / Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Sub-series
late 1940s-1999