The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
14 September 2014 , 3pm
Cornelia Oberlander and Susan Herrington want to speak with you
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The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
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Scotswhim
AP144.S2.D95
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File documents unexecuted modifications to an exterior swimming pool area for a hotel located in Firth of Forth, Scotland. The hotel burned down before the construction could begin (Shubert, with Price). Conceptual sketches show a design for a structure to cover the pool. The proposed programme for the project states that: "An outdoors swimming pool is a source of voluntary delight. Being outside is a particular quality which must not be lost through misapplied protection. In all cases this unique element of glamour related to site, season, time of day and occupancy must be exploited." Photographs document the existing site and structures. Material in this file was produced in 1975. Joe Lyons, of Lyons catering and teahouse businesses, was also the client for O.C.H. Feasibility Study (AP144.S2.D59) and Blackpool Project (AP144.S2.D81). Frederick Salmon, of Salmon and Gluckstein, owned Lyons' businesses and was the client representative for Scotswim, O.C.H. Feasibility Study, and Blackpool Project (Shubert, with Price, 1996). Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains conceptual drawings.
1975
Scotswhim
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AP144.S2.D95
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File documents unexecuted modifications to an exterior swimming pool area for a hotel located in Firth of Forth, Scotland. The hotel burned down before the construction could begin (Shubert, with Price). Conceptual sketches show a design for a structure to cover the pool. The proposed programme for the project states that: "An outdoors swimming pool is a source of voluntary delight. Being outside is a particular quality which must not be lost through misapplied protection. In all cases this unique element of glamour related to site, season, time of day and occupancy must be exploited." Photographs document the existing site and structures. Material in this file was produced in 1975. Joe Lyons, of Lyons catering and teahouse businesses, was also the client for O.C.H. Feasibility Study (AP144.S2.D59) and Blackpool Project (AP144.S2.D81). Frederick Salmon, of Salmon and Gluckstein, owned Lyons' businesses and was the client representative for Scotswim, O.C.H. Feasibility Study, and Blackpool Project (Shubert, with Price, 1996). Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains conceptual drawings.
File 95
1975
Series
Audio-Visual Materials
AP144.S8
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Series contains audio-visual materials, including audio reels, audiocassettes, a film reel and videocassettes that document Cedric Price's projects, lectures, presentations, gallery talks, and interviews. Audiocassettes also include recordings of lectures presented at the AA, office design chats, conversations with clients (Generator, 1977-78), design notes, and site visits. Series also includes audio-visual materials from other sources, such as BBC radio and television broadcasts, as well as commercially-produced material such as 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' (1986-87). Also included is a set consisting of 24 slides and one audiocassette by Cedric Price, titled 'Technology is the Answer but What Was the Question', (Pidgeon Audio Visual). Material in this series was produced between 1966 and 1987.
1966-1987
Audio-Visual Materials
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AP144.S8
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Series contains audio-visual materials, including audio reels, audiocassettes, a film reel and videocassettes that document Cedric Price's projects, lectures, presentations, gallery talks, and interviews. Audiocassettes also include recordings of lectures presented at the AA, office design chats, conversations with clients (Generator, 1977-78), design notes, and site visits. Series also includes audio-visual materials from other sources, such as BBC radio and television broadcasts, as well as commercially-produced material such as 'Insite: the Video Magazine for Architects' (1986-87). Also included is a set consisting of 24 slides and one audiocassette by Cedric Price, titled 'Technology is the Answer but What Was the Question', (Pidgeon Audio Visual). Material in this series was produced between 1966 and 1987.
Series
1966-1987
The CCA hosts a second afternoon of discussion on the work of Cedric Price, with the participation of Samantha Hardingham, Whitney Moon, Molly Wright Steenson, Kathy Velikov, and Mark Wigley. As Price’s archive is one of the most consulted at the CCA, we have invited scholars, mostly from North America, to present their individual motivations and methodologies for(...)
9 February 2017
An Afternoon with Cedric Price no. 2
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The CCA hosts a second afternoon of discussion on the work of Cedric Price, with the participation of Samantha Hardingham, Whitney Moon, Molly Wright Steenson, Kathy Velikov, and Mark Wigley. As Price’s archive is one of the most consulted at the CCA, we have invited scholars, mostly from North America, to present their individual motivations and methodologies for(...)
A conversation between Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton Vassal architects, Paris, France, and Giancarlo Mazzanti of Mazzanti Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia, moderated by CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. The 2011 edition considers the role of architectural interventions that address social issues through projects of various scales and typologies. Urgency series(...)
17 November 2011
Urgency 2011: Jean-Philippe Vassal and Giancarlo Mazzanti
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A conversation between Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton Vassal architects, Paris, France, and Giancarlo Mazzanti of Mazzanti Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia, moderated by CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. The 2011 edition considers the role of architectural interventions that address social issues through projects of various scales and typologies. Urgency series(...)
Project
Donmar
AP144.S2.D53
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File documents the unexecuted conversion of the Donmar rehearsal studio in Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom into an experimental theatre and late night meeting place. The client was the Fun Palace Trust ("Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', vol. 40, (October 1970), 515) and negotiations for the conversion were undertaken with Donald Albery of New Theatre and Donmar Productions Limited. Movable platforms, furniture, and fittings were designed so that various seating and performance areas of different sizes could be created to accommodate a wide range of activities and entertainment of an impromptu nature. Survey drawings show the Donmar rehearsal studio and environs. Drawings for the conversion include plans, sections, axonometric projections, cutaway axonometric drawings showing the interior layout from two points of view, and conceptual sketches and perspectives of interior spaces in use. Axonometric drawings for fittings and furniture show platforms, a small stage, a chair/table, and a "conversation box". A drawing examines the sightlines of the converted interior by showing human figures in relationship with the movable units. Amended floor plans and sections show variations for the interior layout. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
1963-1964
Donmar
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AP144.S2.D53
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File documents the unexecuted conversion of the Donmar rehearsal studio in Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom into an experimental theatre and late night meeting place. The client was the Fun Palace Trust ("Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', vol. 40, (October 1970), 515) and negotiations for the conversion were undertaken with Donald Albery of New Theatre and Donmar Productions Limited. Movable platforms, furniture, and fittings were designed so that various seating and performance areas of different sizes could be created to accommodate a wide range of activities and entertainment of an impromptu nature. Survey drawings show the Donmar rehearsal studio and environs. Drawings for the conversion include plans, sections, axonometric projections, cutaway axonometric drawings showing the interior layout from two points of view, and conceptual sketches and perspectives of interior spaces in use. Axonometric drawings for fittings and furniture show platforms, a small stage, a chair/table, and a "conversation box". A drawing examines the sightlines of the converted interior by showing human figures in relationship with the movable units. Amended floor plans and sections show variations for the interior layout. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
File 53
1963-1964
Starting From... The Suburbs
We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Hall cases
16 February 2012 to 10 June 2012
Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
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Tokyo: Yasuhiro Ishimoto
After spending most of his life in the United States, photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921–2012) settled in Tokyo in 1961 and began a study of the city distinct from the street photography of his contemporaries. For the next fifty years, the shifting spaces and people of Tokyo made up the core of Ishimoto’s work. Tokyo: Yasuhiro Ishimoto features a selection of(...)
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28 June 2012 to 21 October 2012
Tokyo: Yasuhiro Ishimoto
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After spending most of his life in the United States, photographer Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921–2012) settled in Tokyo in 1961 and began a study of the city distinct from the street photography of his contemporaries. For the next fifty years, the shifting spaces and people of Tokyo made up the core of Ishimoto’s work. Tokyo: Yasuhiro Ishimoto features a selection of(...)
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Origins of the digital
15 July 2016
Origins of the digital
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