Projet
AP018.S1.1974.PR07
Description:
This project series documents long-term planning for airports near Kabul, Afghanistan from 1974-1990. The office identified the project number as 7408. This project consisted of the planning of airports near Kabul for the years 1974-1990. This work was undertaken in joint venture with other Canadian firms who worked together on airport planning projects around the world. The firms, which consisted of Parkin Architects Planners as the architects, the Montreal Engineering Company Limited, and Peat, Marwick and Partners, joined with the local Afghan Bureau of Consulting Architects and Engineers for this project. It was to be funded by the Islamic Bank, with the Canadian government paying the design fees. The proposed airport, referred to as Logar Airport, consisted of a rectangular passenger terminal with each level set back to create the look of a staircase roofline. A 225 car parking lot, an administration building and a tower in the parking lot area were also included. The long-term plan showed a symmetrical addition built onto the passenger building and symmetrical 225 car parking lot to compliment it in the years following the original construction. An airport hotel was also proposed for future additions. A feasibility study for this project investigated Logar as a site for the airport, based on the ability to expand the terminal size for passenger processing and traffic, and the flexibility of the local topography. Planing, deplaning, processing and passenger flows were all investigated in this project, along with phasing and development plans. It is not clear from the project documentation if this project was ever built. The project is recorded through drawings, a photograph, and textual records dating from 1974-1976. The drawings include a large number of base plans with overlays to study planing and deplaning flows, natural lighting, and passenger movements. Plans, sections and presentation drawings are also included. The textual records consist of reports on the project program and costs, interoffice memos, correspondence, and financial records.
1974-1976
Kabul Area Airport Developments, Afghanistan (1974-1990)
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AP018.S1.1974.PR07
Description:
This project series documents long-term planning for airports near Kabul, Afghanistan from 1974-1990. The office identified the project number as 7408. This project consisted of the planning of airports near Kabul for the years 1974-1990. This work was undertaken in joint venture with other Canadian firms who worked together on airport planning projects around the world. The firms, which consisted of Parkin Architects Planners as the architects, the Montreal Engineering Company Limited, and Peat, Marwick and Partners, joined with the local Afghan Bureau of Consulting Architects and Engineers for this project. It was to be funded by the Islamic Bank, with the Canadian government paying the design fees. The proposed airport, referred to as Logar Airport, consisted of a rectangular passenger terminal with each level set back to create the look of a staircase roofline. A 225 car parking lot, an administration building and a tower in the parking lot area were also included. The long-term plan showed a symmetrical addition built onto the passenger building and symmetrical 225 car parking lot to compliment it in the years following the original construction. An airport hotel was also proposed for future additions. A feasibility study for this project investigated Logar as a site for the airport, based on the ability to expand the terminal size for passenger processing and traffic, and the flexibility of the local topography. Planing, deplaning, processing and passenger flows were all investigated in this project, along with phasing and development plans. It is not clear from the project documentation if this project was ever built. The project is recorded through drawings, a photograph, and textual records dating from 1974-1976. The drawings include a large number of base plans with overlays to study planing and deplaning flows, natural lighting, and passenger movements. Plans, sections and presentation drawings are also included. The textual records consist of reports on the project program and costs, interoffice memos, correspondence, and financial records.
Project
1974-1976
Série(s)
Personal Papers
AP032.S1
Description:
This series contains chronologically-arranged papers, photographs and drawings concerning Goldsmith's life from about the time of his enrollment at the Armour Institute in Chicago, to the mid-1950s when he returned from Europe to America to join Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. These documents are records of Goldsmith's early influences, and his education and training as an architect at the Armour Institute (later the Illinois Institute of Technology) and at the University of Rome. The papers also concern his service as an structural engineer in the U.S. armed forces, work in the office of Mies van der Rohe, and travels in Europe in the early 1950's all of which could be also considered as part of his education. The documents in this series are interesting for the quantity of Goldsmith's student sketches and research notes, including lectures by and observations on Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi. Moreover, correspondence, notes and photographs reveal a variety of other important influences on the young Goldsmith, such as a pilgrimage to visit Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesan East, and letters to Buckminister Fuller. Of particular interest are the papers concerning Mies van der Rohe as teacher, mentor and friend to Goldsmith. The fonds contains various documents from office files, including Goldsmith's notations on projects like the Farnsworth House, and collections of period photographs and blueprints of Mies' buildings and furniture designs. Related documentation on Mies exists in various files throughout the fonds, especially in the Mies van der Rohe Centennial Project located in Series 3: Professional Activities - Teaching. The last section in this series, Papers and Correspondence, which consists of personal and business papers dating from the late 1950's to the mid-1990's. This material includes the Goldsmith-Ferris Portfolio, a collection of 150 mounted photographs (possibly for an exhibition) that presents mostly Goldsmith's collaborative work with architect James Ferris, from the experimental projects in reinforced concrete in Rome to the Kitt Peak Solar Telescope of 1962. Also included are documents concerning Mies van der Rohe's Mansion House Square scheme as revived by architect Peter Carter (1982-84).
1931-1995
Personal Papers
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AP032.S1
Description:
This series contains chronologically-arranged papers, photographs and drawings concerning Goldsmith's life from about the time of his enrollment at the Armour Institute in Chicago, to the mid-1950s when he returned from Europe to America to join Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. These documents are records of Goldsmith's early influences, and his education and training as an architect at the Armour Institute (later the Illinois Institute of Technology) and at the University of Rome. The papers also concern his service as an structural engineer in the U.S. armed forces, work in the office of Mies van der Rohe, and travels in Europe in the early 1950's all of which could be also considered as part of his education. The documents in this series are interesting for the quantity of Goldsmith's student sketches and research notes, including lectures by and observations on Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi. Moreover, correspondence, notes and photographs reveal a variety of other important influences on the young Goldsmith, such as a pilgrimage to visit Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesan East, and letters to Buckminister Fuller. Of particular interest are the papers concerning Mies van der Rohe as teacher, mentor and friend to Goldsmith. The fonds contains various documents from office files, including Goldsmith's notations on projects like the Farnsworth House, and collections of period photographs and blueprints of Mies' buildings and furniture designs. Related documentation on Mies exists in various files throughout the fonds, especially in the Mies van der Rohe Centennial Project located in Series 3: Professional Activities - Teaching. The last section in this series, Papers and Correspondence, which consists of personal and business papers dating from the late 1950's to the mid-1990's. This material includes the Goldsmith-Ferris Portfolio, a collection of 150 mounted photographs (possibly for an exhibition) that presents mostly Goldsmith's collaborative work with architect James Ferris, from the experimental projects in reinforced concrete in Rome to the Kitt Peak Solar Telescope of 1962. Also included are documents concerning Mies van der Rohe's Mansion House Square scheme as revived by architect Peter Carter (1982-84).
Series 1
1931-1995
Projet
AP018.S1.1976.PR23
Description:
This project series documents the design of the new National Gallery of Canada for a limited architectural competition in Ottawa, Ontario in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7630. This project consisted of designing a new gallery to house Canada's most prized artworks and artefacts in a competition run by Public Works Canada on behalf of National Museums of Canada. The building site was down the street from Canada's parliament buildings, with views of the Ottawa River and across to Quebec. The design submitted by Parkin Architects Planners was highly modular, with cubes turned on an angle making up the majority of the building. The six-storey building design had three floors of galleries, while other levels were to be used for staff, services, and storage. A panel of international architects and representatives anonymously chose Parkin's design as the winner of the competition in early 1977. However, after cited lack of funds, and controversies over the chosen site and the way in which the competition was run, the newly formed Canada Museums Construction Company sought another design and architect for the new National Gallery. The dispute over this decision is recorded in materials from this project series and related project series. Eventually, Parkin did participate in the construction of the National Gallery's final design, but as the minor partner in a joint venture with Moshe Safdie (see materials in project series AP018.S1.1983.PR02 in this fonds for more information). The project is recorded through drawings, including presentation boards, photographs, and textual records dating from 1974-1985. The drawings are a mix of original design drawings and site drawings. The site drawings were prepared for the competitors by Public Works Canada and the National Capital Commission. The drawings prepared by these government agencies are bilingual. The textual records primarily consist of guidelines, specifications, and other information from Public Works Canada to the competitors. The textual documentation also includes financial records and correspondence on the controversy surrounding the competition.
1974-1985
National Gallery of Canada, Limited Architectural Competition, Ottawa, Ontario (1976)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR23
Description:
This project series documents the design of the new National Gallery of Canada for a limited architectural competition in Ottawa, Ontario in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7630. This project consisted of designing a new gallery to house Canada's most prized artworks and artefacts in a competition run by Public Works Canada on behalf of National Museums of Canada. The building site was down the street from Canada's parliament buildings, with views of the Ottawa River and across to Quebec. The design submitted by Parkin Architects Planners was highly modular, with cubes turned on an angle making up the majority of the building. The six-storey building design had three floors of galleries, while other levels were to be used for staff, services, and storage. A panel of international architects and representatives anonymously chose Parkin's design as the winner of the competition in early 1977. However, after cited lack of funds, and controversies over the chosen site and the way in which the competition was run, the newly formed Canada Museums Construction Company sought another design and architect for the new National Gallery. The dispute over this decision is recorded in materials from this project series and related project series. Eventually, Parkin did participate in the construction of the National Gallery's final design, but as the minor partner in a joint venture with Moshe Safdie (see materials in project series AP018.S1.1983.PR02 in this fonds for more information). The project is recorded through drawings, including presentation boards, photographs, and textual records dating from 1974-1985. The drawings are a mix of original design drawings and site drawings. The site drawings were prepared for the competitors by Public Works Canada and the National Capital Commission. The drawings prepared by these government agencies are bilingual. The textual records primarily consist of guidelines, specifications, and other information from Public Works Canada to the competitors. The textual documentation also includes financial records and correspondence on the controversy surrounding the competition.
Project
1974-1985
Projet
AP075.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
1970-1995
Robson Square Provincial Government Complex, Vancouver, British Columbia (1974-1982)
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AP075.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
Project
1970-1995
Surface du quotidien : La pelouse en Amérique montre la pelouse comme symbole de la vie domestique, espace public de représentation, agent économique et icône de l’Amérique. Les pavillons des lotissements de banlieue, les sièges d’entreprise établis en milieu suburbain et la Maison Blanche ont une chose en commun : tous ces bâtiments sont entourés d’une pelouse – une(...)
Salles principales, salle octogonale et vitrines
16 juin 1998 au 8 novembre 1998
Surface du quotidien : la pelouse en Amérique
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Description:
Surface du quotidien : La pelouse en Amérique montre la pelouse comme symbole de la vie domestique, espace public de représentation, agent économique et icône de l’Amérique. Les pavillons des lotissements de banlieue, les sièges d’entreprise établis en milieu suburbain et la Maison Blanche ont une chose en commun : tous ces bâtiments sont entourés d’une pelouse – une(...)
Salles principales, salle octogonale et vitrines
archives
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Fonds
Fonds Melvin Charney
AP041
Résumé:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
1947-2012
Fonds Melvin Charney
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AP041
Résumé:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
archives
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Fonds
1947-2012
documents textuels
Correspondence files
DR2001:0036
Description:
documents include correspondence files, 1991-1992: Architecture in Greece, Academy Group Ltd., AIA, Anyone, ARCHIS, Architects for SOS, Architectural Article, Architectural Design, Architecture d'aujourd'hui, Architectural Digest, Arquitectura & Viviendas, Atlanta Theft (insurance claim), Blast, Brasil Bienale, Bologna Arte Architectura, B.D., Brooklyn Museum - Isozaki & Polshek, CAYC (Center for Arts and Communications, Buenos Aires), The Century Club, Cloverdale (Transportation Services) 2 files, Commissio Internacional, Connaissance des arts, Correspondence (miscellaneous), Declines (invitations), Design Book Review, Ingersoll, For Your Signature (Hall of Wisdom), Flores & Wollny, Design Edition, Gallery 91, Hamberg, Harvard Architectural Review, Interiors (magazine), IDCNY (International Design Center, New York), Invites, Kosmopolis, Kreisberg Projects, Lufthansa. Correspondence Files, 1991-1992: Morgensen undergrad essay, New York State Association of Architects, NYC / AIA, Hiroshi Maruyama, Office Tours, PDE / Draft Correspondence: Projects, PDE - 27th W. 10th St., Pending Invitations, Permission Agreements, Perspecta - pending, Petrafina, Inc., The Pritzker Prize, Progressive Architecture, Max Protech, Requests for Drawings, Articles, Photos, Slides, etc., SKALA, National Gallery of Art / Smithsonian, Staff, Stuttgart - AW Architektur & Wettbewerbe / Martina Schlumberger, Synetics, Inc, Thesis Requests, Urban Center Books, Vanity Fair, Westweek 92 (Pacific Design Center, Knoll).
Correspondence files
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DR2001:0036
Description:
documents include correspondence files, 1991-1992: Architecture in Greece, Academy Group Ltd., AIA, Anyone, ARCHIS, Architects for SOS, Architectural Article, Architectural Design, Architecture d'aujourd'hui, Architectural Digest, Arquitectura & Viviendas, Atlanta Theft (insurance claim), Blast, Brasil Bienale, Bologna Arte Architectura, B.D., Brooklyn Museum - Isozaki & Polshek, CAYC (Center for Arts and Communications, Buenos Aires), The Century Club, Cloverdale (Transportation Services) 2 files, Commissio Internacional, Connaissance des arts, Correspondence (miscellaneous), Declines (invitations), Design Book Review, Ingersoll, For Your Signature (Hall of Wisdom), Flores & Wollny, Design Edition, Gallery 91, Hamberg, Harvard Architectural Review, Interiors (magazine), IDCNY (International Design Center, New York), Invites, Kosmopolis, Kreisberg Projects, Lufthansa. Correspondence Files, 1991-1992: Morgensen undergrad essay, New York State Association of Architects, NYC / AIA, Hiroshi Maruyama, Office Tours, PDE / Draft Correspondence: Projects, PDE - 27th W. 10th St., Pending Invitations, Permission Agreements, Perspecta - pending, Petrafina, Inc., The Pritzker Prize, Progressive Architecture, Max Protech, Requests for Drawings, Articles, Photos, Slides, etc., SKALA, National Gallery of Art / Smithsonian, Staff, Stuttgart - AW Architektur & Wettbewerbe / Martina Schlumberger, Synetics, Inc, Thesis Requests, Urban Center Books, Vanity Fair, Westweek 92 (Pacific Design Center, Knoll).
documents textuels
dessins, documents textuels
Quantité:
57 textual record(s) and reprographic copy(ies)
DR1997:0070:001-057
Description:
- Danforth's thesis included a written component. Danforth researched the history, function and program of the museum, modern art gallery or exhibition hall, taking suggestions from Mies van der Rohe and Walter Peterhans about which ones he should examine. The group of documents includes an incomplete draft of Danforth's written text, as well as research notes and illustrations of museums/exhibition spaces by architects including Schinkel (Altes Museum, Berlin), Le Corbusier (Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux, Paris and Palais de Tokyo, Paris), Henry van de Velde, and H.P. Berlage.
architecture, installation
1940-1943
Research notes, draft text, and illustrations for a graduate thesis for a small museum, Department of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
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DR1997:0070:001-057
Description:
- Danforth's thesis included a written component. Danforth researched the history, function and program of the museum, modern art gallery or exhibition hall, taking suggestions from Mies van der Rohe and Walter Peterhans about which ones he should examine. The group of documents includes an incomplete draft of Danforth's written text, as well as research notes and illustrations of museums/exhibition spaces by architects including Schinkel (Altes Museum, Berlin), Le Corbusier (Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux, Paris and Palais de Tokyo, Paris), Henry van de Velde, and H.P. Berlage.
dessins, documents textuels
Quantité:
57 textual record(s) and reprographic copy(ies)
1940-1943
architecture, installation
documents textuels
ARCH274123
Description:
17 files- Permant Files, Arthur Erickson Architects, (1974-1988). Includes: Granville Waterfront Interchange (August 1974); Vancouver Art Gallery (November 1977); Montiverdi Estates (1979); Islamic University of Medina (March 1980); Museum of Anthropology Expansion (February 1981); Arabian Gulf University Project (February 1981); SANCST Science Halls (1982); King Saud University (1983); Etisalat Head Office Building (1985); Shanghai Culture and Arts Centre (June 1987); Kuwait University New Campus (1987); GHC Central Specialty Center South (1988); Museum of Anthropology Expansion, for the Koerner Ceramica Collection (June 1988).
1974-1988
Permanent files for various projects
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ARCH274123
Description:
17 files- Permant Files, Arthur Erickson Architects, (1974-1988). Includes: Granville Waterfront Interchange (August 1974); Vancouver Art Gallery (November 1977); Montiverdi Estates (1979); Islamic University of Medina (March 1980); Museum of Anthropology Expansion (February 1981); Arabian Gulf University Project (February 1981); SANCST Science Halls (1982); King Saud University (1983); Etisalat Head Office Building (1985); Shanghai Culture and Arts Centre (June 1987); Kuwait University New Campus (1987); GHC Central Specialty Center South (1988); Museum of Anthropology Expansion, for the Koerner Ceramica Collection (June 1988).
documents textuels
1974-1988
dessins, documents textuels
DR1988:0023:001-017
Description:
Part of a miscellaneous group of visual and textual documents collected by Oswald Mathais Ungers, apparently to represent the work of artists/architects in Die gläserne Kette. This group includes both text and drawings from Die gläserne Kette, as well as other correspondence. Texts are mostly reprographic copies of letters, with a few typescripts and manuscripts. The documents were accessioned as received in a grey folder inscribed with Taut's name and pseudonum and including a smaller paper folder inscribed "Not published."
1919-1920
Material from Bruno Taut mostly for Die gläserne Kette
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DR1988:0023:001-017
Description:
Part of a miscellaneous group of visual and textual documents collected by Oswald Mathais Ungers, apparently to represent the work of artists/architects in Die gläserne Kette. This group includes both text and drawings from Die gläserne Kette, as well as other correspondence. Texts are mostly reprographic copies of letters, with a few typescripts and manuscripts. The documents were accessioned as received in a grey folder inscribed with Taut's name and pseudonum and including a smaller paper folder inscribed "Not published."
dessins, documents textuels
1919-1920