Projet
AP140.S2.SS1.D48
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for the U.N.E.P. (United Nations Environment Programme) permanent headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains mostly design development sketches and drawings showing alternative site layouts and more detailed studies for specific areas of the facilities. A number of drawings represent proposals for the design of temporary headquarters located on the same site. Photographic materials show design development drawings and views of a study model and a presentation model which are not otherwise present in file documents. Textual records include architects' reports, contracts, and trade catalogues and clippings relating to environmental design.
1975-1978
Permanent U.N.E.P. Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
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AP140.S2.SS1.D48
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for the U.N.E.P. (United Nations Environment Programme) permanent headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1978. File contains mostly design development sketches and drawings showing alternative site layouts and more detailed studies for specific areas of the facilities. A number of drawings represent proposals for the design of temporary headquarters located on the same site. Photographic materials show design development drawings and views of a study model and a presentation model which are not otherwise present in file documents. Textual records include architects' reports, contracts, and trade catalogues and clippings relating to environmental design.
File 48
1975-1978
ARCH2338
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Film intitulé "H.H. jambes et paysages." H.H. pourraient représenter les initiales du sculpteur montréalais Henri Hébert. Les séquences dépeignent: Vue du fleuve Saint-Laurent [?] depuis un train en marche. Pont. Bâteau et ouvriers à l'œuvre. Clorinthe et Cécile Perron dansant le Charleston. Vue d'un groupe de personnes incluant des enfants (flou). Scènes de groupe s'amusant. Parade de jambes.
ca. 1931
Images 16mm pour le film intitulé "H.H. jambes et paysages"
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ARCH2338
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Film intitulé "H.H. jambes et paysages." H.H. pourraient représenter les initiales du sculpteur montréalais Henri Hébert. Les séquences dépeignent: Vue du fleuve Saint-Laurent [?] depuis un train en marche. Pont. Bâteau et ouvriers à l'œuvre. Clorinthe et Cécile Perron dansant le Charleston. Vue d'un groupe de personnes incluant des enfants (flou). Scènes de groupe s'amusant. Parade de jambes.
ca. 1931
ARCH273213
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This presentation model by the Foreign Office Architects represents the exterior shape and various structural design details of the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal, Japan. The model is a yellow transparent plastic, and small details such as railings and fences have been fashioned out of thin silver wire.
ca. 1995
A presentation model for the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal, Japan
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ARCH273213
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This presentation model by the Foreign Office Architects represents the exterior shape and various structural design details of the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal, Japan. The model is a yellow transparent plastic, and small details such as railings and fences have been fashioned out of thin silver wire.
DR1988:0437:026
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a fortress which is meant to represent a "Cuccagna" (land of plenty) such as was created in the Two Sicilies. The fortress is decorated with trophies and with game, and is flanked by two fountains.
architecture temporaire
printed 1757
Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1757
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DR1988:0437:026
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a fortress which is meant to represent a "Cuccagna" (land of plenty) such as was created in the Two Sicilies. The fortress is decorated with trophies and with game, and is flanked by two fountains.
architecture temporaire
Model possibly for IIT Student Center Competition or Geneva Library or BFL Software Headquarters
DRCON1999:0015:706:003
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Possibly IIT Student Center Competition and/or Geneva Library ? and/or BFL Software Headquarters. This model could have 3 parts, or the 3 parts could represent three different models, or some parts may not be models at all, it is unclear to the archivist.
Model possibly for IIT Student Center Competition or Geneva Library or BFL Software Headquarters
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DRCON1999:0015:706:003
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Possibly IIT Student Center Competition and/or Geneva Library ? and/or BFL Software Headquarters. This model could have 3 parts, or the 3 parts could represent three different models, or some parts may not be models at all, it is unclear to the archivist.
Dans le cadre des célébrations soulignant l’inauguration de son nouvel édifice de la rue Baile, Centre Canadien d’Architecture : Architecture et paysage révèle des motifs sous-jacents ayant influé sur la conception de l’architecture et l’aménagement du CCA. Les objets présentés se complètent pour dire le musée d’architecture : la nature des œuvres qu’il collectionne et(...)
Salle octogonale
7 mai 1989 au 25 mars 1990
Centre Canadien d'Architecture : architecture et paysage
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Dans le cadre des célébrations soulignant l’inauguration de son nouvel édifice de la rue Baile, Centre Canadien d’Architecture : Architecture et paysage révèle des motifs sous-jacents ayant influé sur la conception de l’architecture et l’aménagement du CCA. Les objets présentés se complètent pour dire le musée d’architecture : la nature des œuvres qu’il collectionne et(...)
Salle octogonale
Nîmes. Fontaine
PH1981:0816:039
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This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
ca. 1861
Nîmes. Fontaine
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PH1981:0816:039
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This fountain was designed by Questel, architect and sculpted by Pradier. The figures represent the rivers Gardon (Vardo), Eure (Vra) Rhône (Rhonadvs) and the Gallo-Roman city Némausa (Nemavsa). It was inaugurated on 1st of June, 1851 on the Esplanade de Nîmes. (Pieyre, Adolphe, Extrait de la Revue du Midi, 1er novembre 1899, http://www.nimausensis.com/Nimes/FontPradPieyre.htm)
architecture, sculpture
maquettes, né numérique
AP194.S1.1995.PR01.005
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File consists of the content from a CD labelled "Synthetic Landscape Phase 3, vol.2". Drawings represent either design components or more intricate views of the landscape. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Quicktime, Truevision TGA Bitmap
1997-1999
Drawings and animated renderings of Channelling Systems for Synthetic Landscape phase 3
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AP194.S1.1995.PR01.005
Description:
File consists of the content from a CD labelled "Synthetic Landscape Phase 3, vol.2". Drawings represent either design components or more intricate views of the landscape. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Quicktime, Truevision TGA Bitmap
maquettes, né numérique
1997-1999
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Photographic materials
AP144.S6
Description:
Series contains photographic materials including slides, negatives, and photographs that relate to many of Cedric Price's projects, and to other office activities, such as exhibitions, lectures, field trips and office parties. A substantial slide collection contains mounted and un-mounted slides showing views of projects, early work, exhibitions, drawings, and images taken from other sources and publications. The series also contains a substantial number of negatives that represent many of the projects, as well as, trips, lectures, exhibitions, and office parties. Some of the photographic materials show interior and exterior views, panoramic views, and aerial views of both identified and unidentified sites. Additional material includes postcards of inflatable structures by Eventstructure Research Group (Amsterdam) and a promotional set of slides that show the General Motors Technical Center (Michigan).
1963-1995
Photographic materials
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AP144.S6
Description:
Series contains photographic materials including slides, negatives, and photographs that relate to many of Cedric Price's projects, and to other office activities, such as exhibitions, lectures, field trips and office parties. A substantial slide collection contains mounted and un-mounted slides showing views of projects, early work, exhibitions, drawings, and images taken from other sources and publications. The series also contains a substantial number of negatives that represent many of the projects, as well as, trips, lectures, exhibitions, and office parties. Some of the photographic materials show interior and exterior views, panoramic views, and aerial views of both identified and unidentified sites. Additional material includes postcards of inflatable structures by Eventstructure Research Group (Amsterdam) and a promotional set of slides that show the General Motors Technical Center (Michigan).
Series
1963-1995
Projet
AP207.S1.1971.PR01
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This project series documents Pettena's movie "Intens, Progetto d'Architettura", produced in 1971. The movie consists of a three minutes sequence of Pettena sitting at a drawing board while doing various things except working on a design. "The film ironically represents the attitude of indifference shown by those who had to use the usual instruments to practice architecture." [1] The project series contains printouts of film stills, project descriptions in English and in Italian, and a digital version of the film. An online version of the "Intens, Progetto d'Architettura" can be found on Gianni Pettena website (see https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-intens-1971-1/). Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-intens-1971-1/ (last accessed 4 November 2019).
circa 1971-2015
Intens, Progetto d’Architetture [Intens, Architectural project] (1971)
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AP207.S1.1971.PR01
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's movie "Intens, Progetto d'Architettura", produced in 1971. The movie consists of a three minutes sequence of Pettena sitting at a drawing board while doing various things except working on a design. "The film ironically represents the attitude of indifference shown by those who had to use the usual instruments to practice architecture." [1] The project series contains printouts of film stills, project descriptions in English and in Italian, and a digital version of the film. An online version of the "Intens, Progetto d'Architettura" can be found on Gianni Pettena website (see https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-intens-1971-1/). Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-intens-1971-1/ (last accessed 4 November 2019).
Project
circa 1971-2015