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Felix McNamara écrit à Christophe Van Gerrewey au sujet de la démolition
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L’Esprit nouveau : l’architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938–1963, étudie les bâtiments et les ensembles marquants de cette période passionnante de l’histoire de Vancouver. L’exposition réunit des dessins de conception et des photographies d’époque ainsi que des éléments de mobilier et de décoration. Au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Vancouver s’affirme comme une(...)
Salles principales
5 mars 1997 au 25 mai 1997
L'Esprit nouveau : l'architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938-1963
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L’Esprit nouveau : l’architecture moderne à Vancouver, 1938–1963, étudie les bâtiments et les ensembles marquants de cette période passionnante de l’histoire de Vancouver. L’exposition réunit des dessins de conception et des photographies d’époque ainsi que des éléments de mobilier et de décoration. Au sortir de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Vancouver s’affirme comme une(...)
Salles principales
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Virtools files
AP167.S1.SS3
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Sub-series 3, Virtools files, 1995—2013, contains files generated and coordinated by Virtools, a 3D visualization software used to make the Muscle move, respond to users, and play sound. It includes Virtools files, HTML files, audiovisual files (MP3s, WAVs and MPEGs), JPEGs, and applications. There are also a small number of CAD files, including 3DS, Maya, and AutoCad formats. The Virtools proprietary formats include composition files (.cmo), player files (.vmo), object files (.nmo) and scripts files (.nms). Virtools object files and scripts files may be combined and saved as composition files using Virtools Dev, CAD-like software that also coordinates sound and movement. (Virtools Dev is located in file AP167.S1.SS3.002, Virtools software and NSA Muscle composition and player files.) From Virtools Dev, a composition file can be exported to HTML or a player file. The HTML exports no longer work due to a missing JavaScript plugin. Player files and composition files can be played back in the Virtools player; the player also allows the user to interact with player files and behaves much like a video game interface. See file AP167.S1.SS3.008, NSA Muscle interface. Of note, the Virtools player file containing the NSA Muscle interface used at the Architecture non standard exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou is located in this sub-series. See item muscle.bat in file AP167.S1.SS3.008, NSA Muscle interface. There are also a number of other Virtools player files that allow the user to alter and interact with a virtual representation of a structure, which demonstrate ONL’s experimentation with the intersection of architecture and video game design. See file AP 167.S1.SS3.001, Early Virtools experimentation and architecture games.
1995-2013
Virtools files
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AP167.S1.SS3
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Sub-series 3, Virtools files, 1995—2013, contains files generated and coordinated by Virtools, a 3D visualization software used to make the Muscle move, respond to users, and play sound. It includes Virtools files, HTML files, audiovisual files (MP3s, WAVs and MPEGs), JPEGs, and applications. There are also a small number of CAD files, including 3DS, Maya, and AutoCad formats. The Virtools proprietary formats include composition files (.cmo), player files (.vmo), object files (.nmo) and scripts files (.nms). Virtools object files and scripts files may be combined and saved as composition files using Virtools Dev, CAD-like software that also coordinates sound and movement. (Virtools Dev is located in file AP167.S1.SS3.002, Virtools software and NSA Muscle composition and player files.) From Virtools Dev, a composition file can be exported to HTML or a player file. The HTML exports no longer work due to a missing JavaScript plugin. Player files and composition files can be played back in the Virtools player; the player also allows the user to interact with player files and behaves much like a video game interface. See file AP167.S1.SS3.008, NSA Muscle interface. Of note, the Virtools player file containing the NSA Muscle interface used at the Architecture non standard exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou is located in this sub-series. See item muscle.bat in file AP167.S1.SS3.008, NSA Muscle interface. There are also a number of other Virtools player files that allow the user to alter and interact with a virtual representation of a structure, which demonstrate ONL’s experimentation with the intersection of architecture and video game design. See file AP 167.S1.SS3.001, Early Virtools experimentation and architecture games.
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1995-2013
dessins
Column Tower / Tower Column
DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
1979-1980
Column Tower / Tower Column
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DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
dessins
1979-1980
photographies
ARCH268881
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Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Amberes, exposición, AP164.S2.SS1.D12 (8 slides: interior views of the exhibition); - Es Pil•larí, zonas verdes?, AP164.S1.2000.D5 (30 slides: views of graphics, flowers and gardens); - Pabellón de gimnasia en el parque del Retiro, AP164.S1.2000.D3 (169 slides: site plans, maps, reference materials and aerial views).
between 1993 and 2004
Ring binder with photographic materials related to three projects by Abalos & Herreros
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ARCH268881
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Contains photographic materials on 3 projects by Abalos & Herreros: - Amberes, exposición, AP164.S2.SS1.D12 (8 slides: interior views of the exhibition); - Es Pil•larí, zonas verdes?, AP164.S1.2000.D5 (30 slides: views of graphics, flowers and gardens); - Pabellón de gimnasia en el parque del Retiro, AP164.S1.2000.D3 (169 slides: site plans, maps, reference materials and aerial views).
photographies
between 1993 and 2004
Salles principales Mot(s)-clé(s):
Jean-Louis Cohen, Amerikanizm, architecture russe, Union soviétique, États-Unis, URSS
13 novembre 2019 au 26 juillet 2020
Salles principales Mot(s)-clé(s):
Jean-Louis Cohen, Amerikanizm, architecture russe, Union soviétique, États-Unis, URSS
ARCH256427
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"The site of Expo, then and now. The inset shows Ile Sainte-Helene as of July 23, 1963, just before work began on enlarging the site. The main picture shows the Exhibition grounds today. / On voit ci-dessus le terrain de l'Exposition universelle et internationale de Montréal avant le début des travaux d'agrandissement, le 23 juillet 1963 en haut à gauche. Dans le reste de la photo, on voit sa configuration telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui."--Description.
1963-1965
Aerial views of the Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame sites prior and after their enlargement, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256427
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"The site of Expo, then and now. The inset shows Ile Sainte-Helene as of July 23, 1963, just before work began on enlarging the site. The main picture shows the Exhibition grounds today. / On voit ci-dessus le terrain de l'Exposition universelle et internationale de Montréal avant le début des travaux d'agrandissement, le 23 juillet 1963 en haut à gauche. Dans le reste de la photo, on voit sa configuration telle qu'elle est aujourd'hui."--Description.
documents textuels
CD042.S1.001
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Box contains a spiral bound volume of texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, various slides of bank buildings in Canada and in the United States, research materials on Canadian bank building, including photocopies of publications, press clippings, and publications. Also contains a first spiral bound volume of press clippings on American bank buildings.
1980-1990
Research material on Canadian bank buildings
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CD042.S1.001
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Box contains a spiral bound volume of texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, various slides of bank buildings in Canada and in the United States, research materials on Canadian bank building, including photocopies of publications, press clippings, and publications. Also contains a first spiral bound volume of press clippings on American bank buildings.
documents textuels
1980-1990
Apprendre de toutes pièces
Le jouet d’architecture évoque d’emblée le monde des « vrais » bâtiments dont il reproduit en miniature les colonnes, les arcs et les fenêtres. L’exposition Apprendre de toutes pièces, par ailleurs, s’inspire des formes géométriques élémentaires présentes dans la nature : cubes, sphères, cônes, cylindres, tiges et prismes. Ces jouets servent aussi bien à construire et à(...)
Salle octagonale
16 décembre 1992 au 25 avril 1993
Apprendre de toutes pièces
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Le jouet d’architecture évoque d’emblée le monde des « vrais » bâtiments dont il reproduit en miniature les colonnes, les arcs et les fenêtres. L’exposition Apprendre de toutes pièces, par ailleurs, s’inspire des formes géométriques élémentaires présentes dans la nature : cubes, sphères, cônes, cylindres, tiges et prismes. Ces jouets servent aussi bien à construire et à(...)
Salle octagonale
Les progrès de la technique, aussi bien que les conditions sociales, politiques et économiques, ont de tout temps influencé les architectes. L’exposition Les jouets et la tradition moderniste examine la manière dont les fabricants de jouets ont reçu les multiples idées novatrices des architectes modernes. Plusieurs des jouets exposés ont été conçus par des figures(...)
16 décembre 1993 au 1 mai 1994
Les jouets et la tradition moderniste
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Les progrès de la technique, aussi bien que les conditions sociales, politiques et économiques, ont de tout temps influencé les architectes. L’exposition Les jouets et la tradition moderniste examine la manière dont les fabricants de jouets ont reçu les multiples idées novatrices des architectes modernes. Plusieurs des jouets exposés ont été conçus par des figures(...)