By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
31 March 2004 to 30 May 2004
Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977
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Learning from… Ruscha and Venturi Scott Brown, 1962–1977 examines the relationship between the seminal illustrated books by artist Edward Ruscha and architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown that deal with the architecture and urbanism of the everyday in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1960s and 1970s. Ruscha’s Every Building on the Sunset Strip and Venturi(...)
Octagonal gallery
drawings
ARCH3925
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Élévation d'une colonne de la façade principale, détails de pierre extérieure sur les façades latérales, détails de la porte et d'une fenêtre de la chapelle-basse (dessins 301, 302, 303A, 304).
1924
Élévations de la façade principale
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ARCH3925
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Élévation d'une colonne de la façade principale, détails de pierre extérieure sur les façades latérales, détails de la porte et d'une fenêtre de la chapelle-basse (dessins 301, 302, 303A, 304).
drawings
1924
photographs
PH1980:0987.02:001-023
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Album contains several views of bridges, viaducs, railways, footbridges, in France; on the railway line from Nantes to Chateaulin: trench of Brissais, entrance to Redon, Ste-Anne Station, Lorient bridge and Station, viaduc of Quimperlé; on the line from Auray to Pontivy: bridge of Pontivy; on the line from Chateaulin to Landerneau: viaduc of Port-Launay, viaduc of Pont de Buis, viaduc of Daoulas; on the line of Angers to Niort: viaduc of Maulevrier; on the line from Bretigny to Tours: bridge of Marboué, footbridge Verdier, city of Vendôme and castle of Chateaudun.
architecture, engineering
ca. 1864-1869
Various views of bridges and viaducs across the country, France
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PH1980:0987.02:001-023
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Album contains several views of bridges, viaducs, railways, footbridges, in France; on the railway line from Nantes to Chateaulin: trench of Brissais, entrance to Redon, Ste-Anne Station, Lorient bridge and Station, viaduc of Quimperlé; on the line from Auray to Pontivy: bridge of Pontivy; on the line from Chateaulin to Landerneau: viaduc of Port-Launay, viaduc of Pont de Buis, viaduc of Daoulas; on the line of Angers to Niort: viaduc of Maulevrier; on the line from Bretigny to Tours: bridge of Marboué, footbridge Verdier, city of Vendôme and castle of Chateaudun.
photographs
ca. 1864-1869
architecture, engineering
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AP156.S2.SS7.D3
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Le dossier porte sur de la documentation sur Ramapo Ore Company, Inc, a New York. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit vers 1919. Le dossier contient des reprographies concernant deux projets. File related to a documentation file on Ramapo Ore Company, Inc., in New York. The material in this file was produced around 1919. The file contains reprographic copies concerning two projects.
ca. 1919
Dossier documentaire, Ramapo Ore Company, Inc., New York = Reference material(s), Ramapo Ore Company, Inc., New York
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AP156.S2.SS7.D3
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Le dossier porte sur de la documentation sur Ramapo Ore Company, Inc, a New York. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit vers 1919. Le dossier contient des reprographies concernant deux projets. File related to a documentation file on Ramapo Ore Company, Inc., in New York. The material in this file was produced around 1919. The file contains reprographic copies concerning two projects.
Dossier 3
ca. 1919
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AP156.S2.SS7.D5
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Le dossier porte sur de la documentation sur Les Maisons Schueller, à Paris. Le matériel de ce dossier a été produit entre 1940 et 1959. Le dossier contient un dessin, des reprographies et une photographie. File related to a documentary file on Les Maisons Schueller, in Paris. The material in this file was produced between 1940 and 1959. The file contains a drawing, reprographic copies and a photograph.
1940-1959
Dossier documentaire, Les Maisons Schueller, Paris = Reference material(s), Les Maisons Schueller, Paris
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AP156.S2.SS7.D5
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Le dossier porte sur de la documentation sur Les Maisons Schueller, à Paris. Le matériel de ce dossier a été produit entre 1940 et 1959. Le dossier contient un dessin, des reprographies et une photographie. File related to a documentary file on Les Maisons Schueller, in Paris. The material in this file was produced between 1940 and 1959. The file contains a drawing, reprographic copies and a photograph.
Dossier 5
1940-1959
drawings, textual records
ARCH174273
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Correspondance de chantier acheminée par télécopieur entre l'atelier de Luc Laporte et la S.V.P.M. relative aux travaux d'agrandissement du pavillon. Contient aussi des dessins et des photocopies de détails, et une lettre de Luc Laporte à un intervenant à Gidev construction concernant les modifications à apporter aux panneaux grillagés. Documents et sujets du dossier inclus : dessins des garde-corps, poignées de porte et métaux ouvrés, décompte progressifs, évaluation de la portée des travaux, verre des fenêtres, reconstruction des cloisons grillagées, agrandissement du local de la polisseuse à glace (Zamboni), corrections aux fondations, aménagement du restaurant, dessins de structure Soprin, déficience mur d'acier, ventilation et gargouilles, modification du vestibule, programme et aménagement du restaurant avec devis technique, ferme-porte, et détail d'acier perforé.
1992
Correspondance avec client et contractant, Pavillon du Bassin Bonsecours, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH174273
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Correspondance de chantier acheminée par télécopieur entre l'atelier de Luc Laporte et la S.V.P.M. relative aux travaux d'agrandissement du pavillon. Contient aussi des dessins et des photocopies de détails, et une lettre de Luc Laporte à un intervenant à Gidev construction concernant les modifications à apporter aux panneaux grillagés. Documents et sujets du dossier inclus : dessins des garde-corps, poignées de porte et métaux ouvrés, décompte progressifs, évaluation de la portée des travaux, verre des fenêtres, reconstruction des cloisons grillagées, agrandissement du local de la polisseuse à glace (Zamboni), corrections aux fondations, aménagement du restaurant, dessins de structure Soprin, déficience mur d'acier, ventilation et gargouilles, modification du vestibule, programme et aménagement du restaurant avec devis technique, ferme-porte, et détail d'acier perforé.
drawings, textual records
1992
textual records
ARCH174259
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Correspondance par télécopieur à l'atelier de Luc Laporte + bordereaux d'envoi. Sujets: modifications à la structure d'acier, cadres de porte, spécifications appareils électriques, ventilation et quincaillerie, et coupe-froid.
1992-1993
Correspondance de chantier, Pavillon du Bassin Bonsecours, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH174259
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Correspondance par télécopieur à l'atelier de Luc Laporte + bordereaux d'envoi. Sujets: modifications à la structure d'acier, cadres de porte, spécifications appareils électriques, ventilation et quincaillerie, et coupe-froid.
textual records
1992-1993
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Empire
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery