L’idée du pénitencier
Cette exposition explore l’idée du pénitencier qui, au XIXe siècle, s’est frayée un chemin dans les consciences et les territoires d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord. S’inspirant de la tendance rationaliste en architecture et des principes sociaux posés au XVIIIe siècle, les partisans de la prison se sont attachés à une claire géométrie de l’isolement, de la surveillance et(...)
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8 novembre 1995 au 31 mai 1996
L’idée du pénitencier
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Cette exposition explore l’idée du pénitencier qui, au XIXe siècle, s’est frayée un chemin dans les consciences et les territoires d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord. S’inspirant de la tendance rationaliste en architecture et des principes sociaux posés au XVIIIe siècle, les partisans de la prison se sont attachés à une claire géométrie de l’isolement, de la surveillance et(...)
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Mies en Amérique
Grand penseur et artiste minutieux, et l’un des plus illustres architectes de l’histoire, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe est déjà une figure dominante de sa profession en Allemagne, lorsque, en 1938, dans la cinquantaine, il émigre aux États-Unis. Transplanté de l’école du Bauhaus (dont il a été le dernier directeur) à un institut technique de Chicago, délaissant le milieu de(...)
Salles principales
17 octobre 2001 au 20 janvier 2002
Mies en Amérique
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Grand penseur et artiste minutieux, et l’un des plus illustres architectes de l’histoire, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe est déjà une figure dominante de sa profession en Allemagne, lorsque, en 1938, dans la cinquantaine, il émigre aux États-Unis. Transplanté de l’école du Bauhaus (dont il a été le dernier directeur) à un institut technique de Chicago, délaissant le milieu de(...)
Salles principales
documents textuels
AP075.S3.SS4.001
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This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for plants of the region of Vancouver Island, Alberta, Ontario, Québec and Europe, catalogues for ornemental grasses, turf, seeds, bamboos, wild flowers, orchids, and roses.
1980-2017
Industry catalogues for plants and seeds
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AP075.S3.SS4.001
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This box contains files of catalogues and leaflets for plants of the region of Vancouver Island, Alberta, Ontario, Québec and Europe, catalogues for ornemental grasses, turf, seeds, bamboos, wild flowers, orchids, and roses.
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1980-2017
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Chercheurs en résidence 2017
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Sujet : Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, Londres, Royaume-Uni / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brésil Sujet : Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
juin 2017 au septembre 2017
Chercheurs en résidence 2017
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Sujet : Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, Londres, Royaume-Uni / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brésil Sujet : Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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juin 2017 au
septembre 2017
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Chercheurs en résidence 2016
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Sujet : Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, Londres, Royaume-Uni / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brésil Sujet : Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
2 juin 2016 au 2 septembre 2016
Chercheurs en résidence 2016
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Sujet : Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, Londres, Royaume-Uni / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brésil Sujet : Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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2 juin 2016 au
2 septembre 2016
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AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
1967-1988
Public relations, marketing and collaborations
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AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
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1967-1988
photographies
DR2012:0015:024:004
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to Melvin Charney’s travels through Europe and Asia Minor. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1961-62 FRANCE, TURKEY, CICILY, MEDITERRANEAN
1960-1961, 2001
Photographs of Melvin Charney's travels
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DR2012:0015:024:004
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to Melvin Charney’s travels through Europe and Asia Minor. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1961-62 FRANCE, TURKEY, CICILY, MEDITERRANEAN
photographies
1960-1961, 2001
dessins, documents textuels
DR2012:0011:024
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Ring binder containing notes and study sketches (including 11 studies of floor plans, and 2 drawn maps of the island of Crete and the Aegean Sea). Contemporary to Melvin Charney's travels through Europe, northern Africa, and Asia Minor.
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Art history notes and travel sketches, Greece
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DR2012:0011:024
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Ring binder containing notes and study sketches (including 11 studies of floor plans, and 2 drawn maps of the island of Crete and the Aegean Sea). Contemporary to Melvin Charney's travels through Europe, northern Africa, and Asia Minor.
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AP197.S2.043
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The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
1979-2009
Unsorted articles, essays, and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects
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AP197.S2.043
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The box comprises of unsorted articles, essays and publications about architecture, various architects and related subjects. Architects and subjects explored in this box include: New York architecture; critical architecture; Chinese architecture Adolf Loos; Eastern Europe; and more.
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1979-2009
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DR2012:0015:021:007
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typewritten) and notes related to La Ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1994. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU / CCI
1974-1979, 1991-1994
Correspondence with the Centre Georges Pompidou
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DR2012:0015:021:007
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File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including correspondence (primarily typewritten) and notes related to La Ville: art et architecture en Europe 1870-1994. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU / CCI
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1974-1979, 1991-1994