L’américanisme, ce mélange d’idéalisation, de mimétisme et de réprobation qu’inspira aux architectes européens la découverte des modèles urbains et des pratiques de construction venus d’Amérique, constitue le thème de l’exposition Scènes de la vie future : L’architecture européenne et la tentation de l’Amérique, 1893-1960. Les gratte-ciel, les vastes installations(...)
Salles principales
14 juin 1995 au 14 septembre 1995
Scènes de la vie future : l'architecture européenne et la tentation de l'Amérique, 1893-1960
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L’américanisme, ce mélange d’idéalisation, de mimétisme et de réprobation qu’inspira aux architectes européens la découverte des modèles urbains et des pratiques de construction venus d’Amérique, constitue le thème de l’exposition Scènes de la vie future : L’architecture européenne et la tentation de l’Amérique, 1893-1960. Les gratte-ciel, les vastes installations(...)
Salles principales
expositions
Apprendre l'architecture
Tandis que l’architecture acquiert une identité moderne en tant qu’art libéral et profession réglementée, et que les théories et les formes architecturales subissent de profondes transformations, la formation des architectes n’est jamais modifiée fondamentalement. Les principales activités des étudiants en architecture demeurent l’étude des textes de référence, des(...)
Vitrines
5 juillet 1994 au 2 octobre 1994
Apprendre l'architecture
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Tandis que l’architecture acquiert une identité moderne en tant qu’art libéral et profession réglementée, et que les théories et les formes architecturales subissent de profondes transformations, la formation des architectes n’est jamais modifiée fondamentalement. Les principales activités des étudiants en architecture demeurent l’étude des textes de référence, des(...)
expositions
5 juillet 1994 au
2 octobre 1994
Vitrines
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Fonds
Fonds John Bird
AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
1942 - 1992
Fonds John Bird
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AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
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Fonds
1942 - 1992
Projet
AP142.S2.D2
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File documents the WestWeek DesignTex Exhibition for the Steelcase Design Partnership, Los Angeles, United States. In addition to Aldo Rossi, architects participating in the exhibition included Richard Meier and Robert Venturi. The design consultant for the exhibition was Donald Luckenbill. Material in this file was produced in 1991. File contains working drawings.
1991
WestWeek DesignTex Exhibition
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AP142.S2.D2
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File documents the WestWeek DesignTex Exhibition for the Steelcase Design Partnership, Los Angeles, United States. In addition to Aldo Rossi, architects participating in the exhibition included Richard Meier and Robert Venturi. The design consultant for the exhibition was Donald Luckenbill. Material in this file was produced in 1991. File contains working drawings.
File 2
1991
Sous-série
AP032.S1.SS1.D3.SD4
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Study sketches (plans, perspectives, details) for the Stuart S. Borovay Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, designed by Myron Goldsmith and Earl Bluestein, Architects. Unbuilt project (see explanatory note) consisting of a one-storey, flat roof house with extensive glass elevations. Photographs of the Borovay House model are in the section Office and Research Files, 1942-1953.
1942-1953
Studies for Borovay Residence
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AP032.S1.SS1.D3.SD4
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Study sketches (plans, perspectives, details) for the Stuart S. Borovay Residence, Glencoe, Illinois, designed by Myron Goldsmith and Earl Bluestein, Architects. Unbuilt project (see explanatory note) consisting of a one-storey, flat roof house with extensive glass elevations. Photographs of the Borovay House model are in the section Office and Research Files, 1942-1953.
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1942-1953
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Braye Cottage
AP144.S2.D23
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File documents minor renovations to Cedric Price's property, Braye Cottage, in Hythe, Hampshire, England. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and 1975, 1989 and 1993, and 1998 and 2001. Group DR2004:1334 contains drawing attributed to W.H. Saunders & Sons, Architects (1965). File contains design development drawings and textual records.
1961-1975, 1989-1993, 1998-2001
Braye Cottage
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AP144.S2.D23
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File documents minor renovations to Cedric Price's property, Braye Cottage, in Hythe, Hampshire, England. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and 1975, 1989 and 1993, and 1998 and 2001. Group DR2004:1334 contains drawing attributed to W.H. Saunders & Sons, Architects (1965). File contains design development drawings and textual records.
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1961-1975, 1989-1993, 1998-2001
Sous-série
Arcop - Documentation
AP109.S2.SS4.D5
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This subseries, circa 1985 – 1990, consists of material related to ARCOP’s records and activities. Documented through textual records, the subseries contains material related to the archival acquisition of ARCOP’s records by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), as well as correspondence, notes, and publications about the work of ARCOP and its architects.
circa 1985 - 1990
Arcop - Documentation
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AP109.S2.SS4.D5
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This subseries, circa 1985 – 1990, consists of material related to ARCOP’s records and activities. Documented through textual records, the subseries contains material related to the archival acquisition of ARCOP’s records by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), as well as correspondence, notes, and publications about the work of ARCOP and its architects.
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circa 1985 - 1990
ARCH255007
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Publicity Files containing photographs and written data on projects - Simon Fraser University; MacMillan Bloedel Building; Blocks 51, 61, 71 (Robson Square); Canadian Government Pavilion, Osaka; Institute for the Future; University of Lethbridge; West Seattle Freeway; Hilborn House; Imperial Oil project, Don Mills; Canadian Architect Yearbook competition; Canadian Education Showplace competition; Man in the Community Pavilion; Paris competition (Centre du Plateau Beaubourg); Sikh Temple, photocopies of negatives
Publicity Files containing photographs and written data on projects
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ARCH255007
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Publicity Files containing photographs and written data on projects - Simon Fraser University; MacMillan Bloedel Building; Blocks 51, 61, 71 (Robson Square); Canadian Government Pavilion, Osaka; Institute for the Future; University of Lethbridge; West Seattle Freeway; Hilborn House; Imperial Oil project, Don Mills; Canadian Architect Yearbook competition; Canadian Education Showplace competition; Man in the Community Pavilion; Paris competition (Centre du Plateau Beaubourg); Sikh Temple, photocopies of negatives
DR1987:0357
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- This elevation shows an alternate design for the ribbed or V-shaped decorative motif to be used on the face of piers on the exterior of the plane sheds, station and observation tower. The architect is working out the thickness of the ribbing. A detail similar to the elevation appears on the submitted competition panel (DR1987:0359). Wright used a similar V-shaped motif in other contemporary projects.
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1929
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Elevation and details for pier ornament
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DR1987:0357
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- This elevation shows an alternate design for the ribbed or V-shaped decorative motif to be used on the face of piers on the exterior of the plane sheds, station and observation tower. The architect is working out the thickness of the ribbing. A detail similar to the elevation appears on the submitted competition panel (DR1987:0359). Wright used a similar V-shaped motif in other contemporary projects.
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Projet
CI007.S1.1949.PR02
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This project series documents Mies van der Rohe architecture project of for the Seagram Building in New York, United States, commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, and for which he was involved as architect, in collaboration with Philip Johnson, interior designer and furniture designer. The building was built between 1949 and 1958. The materiel in this series was produced between 1949 and 1997, but predominantly between 1949 and 1963. The series contains photographs of the exterior and the interior of the building predominantly by photographer Ezra Stoller, and also photographs and portraits of architects and creative team working of the design and planning of the Seagram Building project, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. The serie also includes a conceptual sketch for the building Plaza by Mies van der Rohe.
1949-1997
Seagram Building, New York, United States (1949-1958)
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CI007.S1.1949.PR02
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This project series documents Mies van der Rohe architecture project of for the Seagram Building in New York, United States, commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, and for which he was involved as architect, in collaboration with Philip Johnson, interior designer and furniture designer. The building was built between 1949 and 1958. The materiel in this series was produced between 1949 and 1997, but predominantly between 1949 and 1963. The series contains photographs of the exterior and the interior of the building predominantly by photographer Ezra Stoller, and also photographs and portraits of architects and creative team working of the design and planning of the Seagram Building project, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. The serie also includes a conceptual sketch for the building Plaza by Mies van der Rohe.
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1949-1997