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
archives
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Fonds
Fonds Chuck Hoberman
AP165
Résumé:
The Chuck Hoberman fonds documents Hoberman’s work in transformable design throughout the first part of his career, from 1980 to 2006, as well as the operations of his company Hoberman Associates Inc. Materials relate to the research and development of design concepts, the patenting of inventions, detailed drawings for certain unfolding structures, the workings and movements of mechanisms, public presentations at fairs and exhibitions, and media coverage.
circa 1980-2006
Fonds Chuck Hoberman
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AP165
Résumé:
The Chuck Hoberman fonds documents Hoberman’s work in transformable design throughout the first part of his career, from 1980 to 2006, as well as the operations of his company Hoberman Associates Inc. Materials relate to the research and development of design concepts, the patenting of inventions, detailed drawings for certain unfolding structures, the workings and movements of mechanisms, public presentations at fairs and exhibitions, and media coverage.
archives
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Fonds
circa 1980-2006
dessins
ARCH274217
Description:
Includes a presentation book and unbound presentation drawings, including elevations, plans, sections, schemas and renderings. Contains as well a few maps. The book presented a few propositions and some of them are based on previous projects, like the public library in Usera, the general services building for the Universidad de Extremadura in Mérida and the administrative building for the Ministry of the Interior, in Madrid, Spain.
between 2003 and 2006
Portfolio containing presentation drawings for the project Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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ARCH274217
Description:
Includes a presentation book and unbound presentation drawings, including elevations, plans, sections, schemas and renderings. Contains as well a few maps. The book presented a few propositions and some of them are based on previous projects, like the public library in Usera, the general services building for the Universidad de Extremadura in Mérida and the administrative building for the Ministry of the Interior, in Madrid, Spain.
dessins
between 2003 and 2006
documents textuels
ARCH267903
Description:
This group consists of correspondence with the Department of Public Works of Canada and related documents concerning the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, including folders, briefing notes and information about the collection. The group also includes a floor plan and copies of photographs showing the interior of the Rideau Street Convent Chapel of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Ottawa.
National Gallery of Canada 7602 / Correspondence with Public works Ottawa / Support material 1.5
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ARCH267903
Description:
This group consists of correspondence with the Department of Public Works of Canada and related documents concerning the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, including folders, briefing notes and information about the collection. The group also includes a floor plan and copies of photographs showing the interior of the Rideau Street Convent Chapel of the Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Ottawa.
documents textuels
documents textuels
AP197.S3.001
Description:
This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958- 1983. Correspondence documents the beginning of Frampton's professional career and includes letters from his time as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; an associate professor and, subsequently, Ware Professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and an editor of Oppositions. This correspondence includes a letter inviting Frampton to teach at Princeton University and his acceptance of the position, his appointment to the Loeb Fellowship, and his appointment as an Associate Professor at Columbia University as well as correspondence concerning the first and second editions of Modern Architecture: a critical history. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Peter Eisenman; Robert Vickery; Anthony Hill; Melvin Charney; Richard Meier; Max Bill; Panos Koulermos; Tadao Ando; Tomás Maldonado; Manfredo Tafuri; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; Architecture and Urbanism; DOMUS; and Thames and Hudson. Activities documented in this box include: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to attend or present lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries.
1958-1984
Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984
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AP197.S3.001
Description:
This box is comprised of personal and professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958- 1983. Correspondence documents the beginning of Frampton's professional career and includes letters from his time as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; an associate professor and, subsequently, Ware Professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and an editor of Oppositions. This correspondence includes a letter inviting Frampton to teach at Princeton University and his acceptance of the position, his appointment to the Loeb Fellowship, and his appointment as an Associate Professor at Columbia University as well as correspondence concerning the first and second editions of Modern Architecture: a critical history. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Peter Eisenman; Robert Vickery; Anthony Hill; Melvin Charney; Richard Meier; Max Bill; Panos Koulermos; Tadao Ando; Tomás Maldonado; Manfredo Tafuri; Arata Isozaki; the Casabella; Architecture and Urbanism; DOMUS; and Thames and Hudson. Activities documented in this box include: various offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to attend or present lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries.
documents textuels
1958-1984
Projet
AP143.S4.D182
Description:
File documents miscellaneous unidentified architectural projects, including drawings, mostly conceptual sketches by Eisenman, for an unidentified large scale project, possibly housing, a public square and a skyscraper and also documents relating to potential projects that never advanced, including: Rutgers Baseball Stadiums, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2005) (#50507), a design proposal to help the university raise funds; OBBC, New York Botanical Garden; VW Artwagen (2005) (5200501 BBC), a request to design a Volkswagon; Police Bldg., the proposed conversion of the building into a residential apartment; Tulsa Arena (2004), preparation for the interview for a project that did not advance.
1951-1978
Miscellaneous and Unidentified Documents
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AP143.S4.D182
Description:
File documents miscellaneous unidentified architectural projects, including drawings, mostly conceptual sketches by Eisenman, for an unidentified large scale project, possibly housing, a public square and a skyscraper and also documents relating to potential projects that never advanced, including: Rutgers Baseball Stadiums, New Brunswick, New Jersey (2005) (#50507), a design proposal to help the university raise funds; OBBC, New York Botanical Garden; VW Artwagen (2005) (5200501 BBC), a request to design a Volkswagon; Police Bldg., the proposed conversion of the building into a residential apartment; Tulsa Arena (2004), preparation for the interview for a project that did not advance.
File 182
1951-1978
Projet
AP142.S1.D230
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
1990-1993
Piazza del mercato, Verbania Intra
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AP142.S1.D230
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
File 230
1990-1993
Projet
AP164.S1.1986.D6
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the organization of the Plaza de Castilla. Specifically, the project had to accommodate two small plots as well as find solutions for the existing and future needs of a traffic interchange in Madrid, Spain. The project includes a mixed-use tower block for public and private activities. The firm identified this project as number 42. In 1986, Abalos & Herreros won second prize for this project at a national competition organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, textual documentation, panels and a model.
1986-1987
Ordenación de la Plaza de Castilla, Madrid, Spain (1986)
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AP164.S1.1986.D6
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the organization of the Plaza de Castilla. Specifically, the project had to accommodate two small plots as well as find solutions for the existing and future needs of a traffic interchange in Madrid, Spain. The project includes a mixed-use tower block for public and private activities. The firm identified this project as number 42. In 1986, Abalos & Herreros won second prize for this project at a national competition organised by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, textual documentation, panels and a model.
Project
1986-1987
Projet
AP164.S1.1997.D7
Description:
The project series documents the restructuring of public space in Ramos, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The design was for an international competition “Rio cidade 2,” organized by Rio de Janeiro City Council. In 1997, Héctor Vigliecca (Héctor Vigliecca e Associados), Eduardo Horta and Fabiana Izaga (Izaga e Horta Arquitectos Associados Ltda.), and Abalos & Herreros won the competition. The project was built and final touches were left to German artist Albert Oehlen, who designed the pavement. The firm identified this project as number 106. Documenting this project are conceptual and design development drawings, correspondence, reports, guides, contracts, clippings and digital materials.
1996-1998
Recualificación del espacio público de Ramos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D7
Description:
The project series documents the restructuring of public space in Ramos, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The design was for an international competition “Rio cidade 2,” organized by Rio de Janeiro City Council. In 1997, Héctor Vigliecca (Héctor Vigliecca e Associados), Eduardo Horta and Fabiana Izaga (Izaga e Horta Arquitectos Associados Ltda.), and Abalos & Herreros won the competition. The project was built and final touches were left to German artist Albert Oehlen, who designed the pavement. The firm identified this project as number 106. Documenting this project are conceptual and design development drawings, correspondence, reports, guides, contracts, clippings and digital materials.
Project
1996-1998
Projet
AP041.S1.1967.D2
Description:
This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
1967
Canadian government pavilion, Japan world exposition, Osaka, Japan
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AP041.S1.1967.D2
Description:
This project series documents a submission for a design competition commissioned by the Government of Canada for its pavilion at the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Fashioned from construction cranes and scaffolding, Melvin Charney's submission (in collaboration with Harry Parnass and Janos Barancs) garnered significant interest and media coverage, and served as a turning point away from traditional architecture practice towards public art. The competition was won by architect Arthur Erickson. Material includes presentation drawings, a photograph of the no longer existant model, and competition documents including correspondence and a copy of the competition programme.
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1967