6 November 1998
Devices of Design
A collaboration between the CCA and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, Devices of Design was initiated in response to the increasingly widespread use of digital media and software technologies in architectural design and construction. A colloquium and a subsequent roundtable discussion address both the consequences that this shift implies for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
18 November 2004 to 19 November 2004
Devices of Design
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A collaboration between the CCA and the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology, Devices of Design was initiated in response to the increasingly widespread use of digital media and software technologies in architectural design and construction. A colloquium and a subsequent roundtable discussion address both the consequences that this shift implies for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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AP140.S2.SS1.D61
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cultural and governmental complex in Stuttgart, Germany. The complex includes additions to the State Music School (comprising a concert hall and schools of opera and acting), the City of Stuttgart art gallery and an office building for the Ministry of Sport and Culture. It integrates the winning competition entry by other architects for an addition to the Landtag building and other offices for the State of Baden-Württemberg, on a site adjoining the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre. Material in this file was produced in 1980 and 1987. File contains a few conceptual drawings, design development drawings and several presentation drawings. Photographic materials consist of views of a presentation model, including by Kandor Modelmakers. File also contains textual records.
1980-1987, predominant 1980-1981
Music School Additions, Ministry of Sport and Culture Office Building and City of Stuttgart Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
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AP140.S2.SS1.D61
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cultural and governmental complex in Stuttgart, Germany. The complex includes additions to the State Music School (comprising a concert hall and schools of opera and acting), the City of Stuttgart art gallery and an office building for the Ministry of Sport and Culture. It integrates the winning competition entry by other architects for an addition to the Landtag building and other offices for the State of Baden-Württemberg, on a site adjoining the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre. Material in this file was produced in 1980 and 1987. File contains a few conceptual drawings, design development drawings and several presentation drawings. Photographic materials consist of views of a presentation model, including by Kandor Modelmakers. File also contains textual records.
File 61
1980-1987, predominant 1980-1981
textual records
DR2012:0012:099:011
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes and waybills related to the following works of art on consignment at the Evelyn Aimis Fine Art gallery in Toronto: - Chicago construction, no.1; - Chicago construction, no. 5; - Toronto construction, no. 4; - Construction study, no. 2; - Constrcution in Calabria, no. 2; - Construction in Calabria, no. 4; - Construction study, no. 8; - A camp on the vineyard; - Fragments of the forgotten city; - Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 3; - Way station, no. 6; - Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 14; - Building displacements, no. 2; - Building displacements, no. 3... Laugier à la cité. Original folder inscribed in graphite: EVELYN AIMIS FINE ART, TORONTO
1985-1986
Correspondence of Melvin Charney related Evelyn Aimis Fine Art gallery
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DR2012:0012:099:011
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes and waybills related to the following works of art on consignment at the Evelyn Aimis Fine Art gallery in Toronto: - Chicago construction, no.1; - Chicago construction, no. 5; - Toronto construction, no. 4; - Construction study, no. 2; - Constrcution in Calabria, no. 2; - Construction in Calabria, no. 4; - Construction study, no. 8; - A camp on the vineyard; - Fragments of the forgotten city; - Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 3; - Way station, no. 6; - Fragments of the forgotten city, no. 14; - Building displacements, no. 2; - Building displacements, no. 3... Laugier à la cité. Original folder inscribed in graphite: EVELYN AIMIS FINE ART, TORONTO
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1985-1986
Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
12 April 2007 to 9 September 2007
Clip/Stamp/Fold 2: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X
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Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Main galleries
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AP140.S2.SS3.D1
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File documents the Three University Buildings exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1969. File contains photographs by photographer George Cserna.
1969
Three University Buildings, Museum of Modern Art
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AP140.S2.SS3.D1
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File documents the Three University Buildings exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1969. File contains photographs by photographer George Cserna.
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1969
Yale and the City of Elms
PH1979:0608
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This album, intended chiefly as a guide for strangers visiting the University of Yale, New Haven (Connecticut, USA), is illustrated with 34 photogravures of several buildings of the campus. The title page reads : 'Yale and "The "City of Elms" by W.E. Decrow. It is illustrated with heliotypes of all the principal college buildings, a plan of the college grounds, and a map of the city of New Haven. Boston, W.E. Decrow, 238 Washington Street, 1882'. Yale University is portrayed through it's main buildings : South, South Middle, North-Middle, North, the Athenaeum, the old chapel, Lyceum, Battell Chapel, Yale School of Fine Arts, Peabody Museum, Treasury, Reading Room, Old Laboratory, Gymnasium, Library, Student's room in Durfee, West Divinity, Mason Library, Marquand Chapel, Yale Medical School, Yale Boat House, Hamilton Park, The New Haven House and Hopkins Grammar School as well as several halls : Berzelius, Farnam, Durfee, Alumni, North Sheffield, East Divinity, Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Psi Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Yale Law School City Hall.
architecture
1882
Yale and the City of Elms
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PH1979:0608
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This album, intended chiefly as a guide for strangers visiting the University of Yale, New Haven (Connecticut, USA), is illustrated with 34 photogravures of several buildings of the campus. The title page reads : 'Yale and "The "City of Elms" by W.E. Decrow. It is illustrated with heliotypes of all the principal college buildings, a plan of the college grounds, and a map of the city of New Haven. Boston, W.E. Decrow, 238 Washington Street, 1882'. Yale University is portrayed through it's main buildings : South, South Middle, North-Middle, North, the Athenaeum, the old chapel, Lyceum, Battell Chapel, Yale School of Fine Arts, Peabody Museum, Treasury, Reading Room, Old Laboratory, Gymnasium, Library, Student's room in Durfee, West Divinity, Mason Library, Marquand Chapel, Yale Medical School, Yale Boat House, Hamilton Park, The New Haven House and Hopkins Grammar School as well as several halls : Berzelius, Farnam, Durfee, Alumni, North Sheffield, East Divinity, Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Psi Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon and Yale Law School City Hall.
1882
architecture
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AP143.S6.D14
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File documents an installation for "The American Century 1900-2000" exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, 1997. File contains 31 drawings, 4 prints, 4 study models, 1 box of models and 1 file of textual documents. Documentation includes copies of building sections of the Whitney Museum by Marcel Breuer & Associates Architects. The textual document file consists of sketches, template, exhibition descriptions and photographs.
1997
Installation for the "American Century 1900-2000" exhibition
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AP143.S6.D14
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File documents an installation for "The American Century 1900-2000" exhibition, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, 1997. File contains 31 drawings, 4 prints, 4 study models, 1 box of models and 1 file of textual documents. Documentation includes copies of building sections of the Whitney Museum by Marcel Breuer & Associates Architects. The textual document file consists of sketches, template, exhibition descriptions and photographs.
File 14
1997
textual records
ARCH260031
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Proposals and correspondence concerning projects in the United States: Center for the performing Arts, Florida; Hilton International, Texas; Indianapolis Art Museum; New Indianapolis State Museum; New State Courts building, Indiana; des Moines Art Center Addition, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri, mixed site development; Warner Center Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles; College of the Atlantic, Maine; Minneapolis Convention Center; Grotta residence, New Jersey
1980-1986
Proposals and correspondence concerning projects in the United States
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Proposals and correspondence concerning projects in the United States: Center for the performing Arts, Florida; Hilton International, Texas; Indianapolis Art Museum; New Indianapolis State Museum; New State Courts building, Indiana; des Moines Art Center Addition, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri, mixed site development; Warner Center Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles; College of the Atlantic, Maine; Minneapolis Convention Center; Grotta residence, New Jersey
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1980-1986