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Fonds
Umberto Riva fonds
AP180
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The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
1959-2012
Umberto Riva fonds
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AP180
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The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
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1959-2012
Project
Serre (2)
AP144.S2.D146
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File documents an unexecuted proposal for revised, expanded version of the Serre project (AP144.S2.D139). This new proposal was for a commercial structure divided into two zones, one with a greenhouse where plants were grown and where exhibitions and social events could be hosted, and another zone designed for meetings, research, administration and servicing. Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1992, but predominantly between 1988 and 1990. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, presentation panels, models, photographic materials and textual records.
1986-1992, predominant 1988-1990
Serre (2)
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AP144.S2.D146
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File documents an unexecuted proposal for revised, expanded version of the Serre project (AP144.S2.D139). This new proposal was for a commercial structure divided into two zones, one with a greenhouse where plants were grown and where exhibitions and social events could be hosted, and another zone designed for meetings, research, administration and servicing. Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1992, but predominantly between 1988 and 1990. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, presentation panels, models, photographic materials and textual records.
File 146
1986-1992, predominant 1988-1990
drawings
AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.041.1
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Projects include Lobby Fire Control Panel, Redesign of Park Avenue Mall, Garage Ramp Resurfacing Project, Roof Restoration (5th Floor, High Roof), Plaza Restoration Project, Lobby Desk, Granite Sidewalk Project, Loading Dock Ramp Resurfacing, Lobby After Hours Signage, Standpipe Escutcheon Plates for the Plaza, 11th Floor Roof Restoration Project, Stair Pressurization Project, Restoration of Public Areas (16th, 28th, 30th and 31st floors).
1978-1989
Various "Article 26" projects (container 1 of 5)
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AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.041.1
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Projects include Lobby Fire Control Panel, Redesign of Park Avenue Mall, Garage Ramp Resurfacing Project, Roof Restoration (5th Floor, High Roof), Plaza Restoration Project, Lobby Desk, Granite Sidewalk Project, Loading Dock Ramp Resurfacing, Lobby After Hours Signage, Standpipe Escutcheon Plates for the Plaza, 11th Floor Roof Restoration Project, Stair Pressurization Project, Restoration of Public Areas (16th, 28th, 30th and 31st floors).
drawings
1978-1989
archives
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Fonds
AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
1995-2013
ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records
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AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
archives
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Fonds
1995-2013
Project
AP075.S1.2011.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the interior atrium of the Telus Garden Presentation Centre, located at the corner of West Georgia and Richards streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 2011 with architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects and landscape architecture firm Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project consisted in designing an interior atrium space of eight-storey high. The atrium included an interior garden with trees and low growing fern, a restaurant, a commercial area, a public space and an outdoor patio with pines and ornemental trees. It was completed in 2012. This project is documented through correspondence, including correspondence with architects, concept presentation documents, and landscape services proposals from Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project series also contains design development drawings, including planters details, sections, plans and building working drawings used as reference.
2003-2011
Telus Garden Presentation Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia (2011)
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AP075.S1.2011.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the interior atrium of the Telus Garden Presentation Centre, located at the corner of West Georgia and Richards streets in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 2011 with architectural firm Henriquez Partners Architects and landscape architecture firm Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project consisted in designing an interior atrium space of eight-storey high. The atrium included an interior garden with trees and low growing fern, a restaurant, a commercial area, a public space and an outdoor patio with pines and ornemental trees. It was completed in 2012. This project is documented through correspondence, including correspondence with architects, concept presentation documents, and landscape services proposals from Sharp and Diamond Landscape Architects. The project series also contains design development drawings, including planters details, sections, plans and building working drawings used as reference.
Project
2003-2011
research
Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
5 January 2003 to 31 August 2003
Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
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Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
research
5 January 2003 to
31 August 2003
photographs
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21 photograph(s)
ARCH280881
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Group consists of photographs of various public buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are photographs of the healthcare buildings including the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12 and the Dispensary in sector 40. There are also photographs of the Architects' Office in sector 19, the Main Bus Terminus in sector 17, the Chandigarh Club in sector 1 and the Boating Club in sector 1.
between 1953 and 1965
Photographs of miscellaneous buildings in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH280881
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Group consists of photographs of various public buildings in Chandigarh, India. There are photographs of the healthcare buildings including the Medical Research Institute (Post Graduate Institute for Medical Research) in sector 12 and the Dispensary in sector 40. There are also photographs of the Architects' Office in sector 19, the Main Bus Terminus in sector 17, the Chandigarh Club in sector 1 and the Boating Club in sector 1.
photographs
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21 photograph(s)
between 1953 and 1965
The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
9 March 2017
When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
12 December 2019 to 15 November 2020
Detour: Alternative Readings of Travel
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In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
textual records
Symposium: “Towards a Theory of the Humanities”; University of South California; Nov. 17-19, 1977.
ARCH153866
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Peter Eisenman : “The Teaching of Architecture as a Humanist Discipline”; David Howard Bell: “Unity & Aesthetics of Incompletion”; Nancy S. Struever: "Humanities and Humanists" ? : “The Public Function of Humanities Marshall Cohen : “Remarks on Postmodernism: An Outline” Adolf Grümbaum : “The Role of Psychological Explanations of the Rejections or Acceptance of Scientific Theories”. Bersani : ? Louch : “Professions, Disciplines & The Humanities” Philip Fisher : “The Recovery of the Body” D.L. Rosenbau : “Causes and Faults”
1977
Symposium: “Towards a Theory of the Humanities”; University of South California; Nov. 17-19, 1977.
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ARCH153866
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Peter Eisenman : “The Teaching of Architecture as a Humanist Discipline”; David Howard Bell: “Unity & Aesthetics of Incompletion”; Nancy S. Struever: "Humanities and Humanists" ? : “The Public Function of Humanities Marshall Cohen : “Remarks on Postmodernism: An Outline” Adolf Grümbaum : “The Role of Psychological Explanations of the Rejections or Acceptance of Scientific Theories”. Bersani : ? Louch : “Professions, Disciplines & The Humanities” Philip Fisher : “The Recovery of the Body” D.L. Rosenbau : “Causes and Faults”
textual records
1977