Sous-série
AP057.S2.SS5
Description:
Sub-series documents the Low Rise High Density (LRHD) projects undertaken in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, by the IAUS in collaboration with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and the accompanying exhibition held in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Material in sub-series was produced between 1972 and 1975. Sub-series contains correspondence, reports, budgets, project descriptions and exhibition catalogues.
1972-1975
Urban Development Corporation (UDC)/Low Rise High Density (LRHD)
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AP057.S2.SS5
Description:
Sub-series documents the Low Rise High Density (LRHD) projects undertaken in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York, by the IAUS in collaboration with the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), and the accompanying exhibition held in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Material in sub-series was produced between 1972 and 1975. Sub-series contains correspondence, reports, budgets, project descriptions and exhibition catalogues.
Subseries
1972-1975
Projet
AP163.S2.SS1.D65
Description:
File documents Victor Prus's project for the Observatoire astronomique du Mont-Mégantic, Québec, commissioned by the Université de Montréal. Material in this file was produced between 1976 and 1984. The file contains drawings, including design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, and periodical issues and books about the observatory.
1976-1984
Observatoire astronomique du Mont-Mégantic
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AP163.S2.SS1.D65
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Observatoire astronomique du Mont-Mégantic, Québec, commissioned by the Université de Montréal. Material in this file was produced between 1976 and 1984. The file contains drawings, including design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, and periodical issues and books about the observatory.
File 65
1976-1984
Projet
AP156.S3.SS1.D14
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de Pierre Jeanneret pour 4213 M, Frame. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit vers 1941. Le dossier contient une reprographie d'un dessin d'exécution. File documents Pierre Jeanneret's project for the 4213 M, Frame. Material in this file was produced around 1941. The file contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing.
ca. 1941
4213, Charpente = 4213, Frame
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AP156.S3.SS1.D14
Description:
Le dossier documente le projet de Pierre Jeanneret pour 4213 M, Frame. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit vers 1941. Le dossier contient une reprographie d'un dessin d'exécution. File documents Pierre Jeanneret's project for the 4213 M, Frame. Material in this file was produced around 1941. The file contains a reprographic copy of a working drawing.
Dossier 14
ca. 1941
Série(s)
Research Library
AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
1935-2013
Research Library
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AP149.S5
Description:
This series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's research library. It consists of publications, which as published material is accessible through the CCA library to facilitate description and access. These publications can be found and requested for consultation on the CCA website using the search term "Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds." There are about 908 monographs and 160 periodicals collected since the foundation of the groupe in the early 1970s, until 2017, the year of the donation of the material to the CCA. The publications are mostly from the mid-1930s to the early 2010s and are mainly in English, French, and Spanish, but includes various other languages such as German, Hindi, and Mandarin. The collection includes numerous publications related to sustainable architecture, low-cost construction and housing, and urban agriculture. A major theme across these publications is housing and urban planning in the developing world. These publications are complemented by numerous reports from organizations such as the World Bank and various branches of the United Nations.
Series
1935-2013
Sous-série
AP207.S2.SS10
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition and the related publication "Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo" curated by Pettena. The exhibition was presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in 1996. The exhibition, dedicated to American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, is the result of several years of Pettena's research on landscape architecture and how urban parks symbolized social changes in the second half of the 19th century. This sub-series contains research material such as notes by Pettena, information on Olmsted's landscape projects, publications on Olmsted, and leaflets and ephemera from other exhibitions or events on Olmsted. The research material also contains correspondence of Gianni Pettena with experts on Olmsted or with the Frederick Law Olmsted Association. Also included, are documents related to the planning and the production of the exhibition and the related publication, such as correspondence, exhibition programs, strategic program, summaries of the exhibition's themes, object lists, and budget and draft texts for the publication.
1991-1996
Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo (1996)
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AP207.S2.SS10
Description:
The sub-series documents the exhibition and the related publication "Olmsted: L'origine del parco urbano e del parco naturale contemporaneo" curated by Pettena. The exhibition was presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, in 1996. The exhibition, dedicated to American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, is the result of several years of Pettena's research on landscape architecture and how urban parks symbolized social changes in the second half of the 19th century. This sub-series contains research material such as notes by Pettena, information on Olmsted's landscape projects, publications on Olmsted, and leaflets and ephemera from other exhibitions or events on Olmsted. The research material also contains correspondence of Gianni Pettena with experts on Olmsted or with the Frederick Law Olmsted Association. Also included, are documents related to the planning and the production of the exhibition and the related publication, such as correspondence, exhibition programs, strategic program, summaries of the exhibition's themes, object lists, and budget and draft texts for the publication.
Subseries
1991-1996
Série(s)
Housing Research Projects
AP149.S1
Description:
Series related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group projects and publications, including the publications known as the "The Problem is" series about low-cost housing between 1971 and 1978 and all the other publications related to projects from 1984 to 2004. This series documents publications about the projects of prefabricated houses for the developing countries, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house, low-cost sanitation systems, sulphur concrete for low-cost housing, building components from secondary use, rooftop gardens and urban agriculture, domestic water saving devices, human settlement developement or improvement in developping countries and in Native American communities. The material in this series was produced between 1970 and 2011. The file contains textual records, mainly dummies for the publications, office records and reports, photographic material related to the projects, copies of the publications, a few drawings and plans related to the housing project and samples of the sulphur bricks developed by the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
1970-2011
Housing Research Projects
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AP149.S1
Description:
Series related to the Minimum Cost Housing Group projects and publications, including the publications known as the "The Problem is" series about low-cost housing between 1971 and 1978 and all the other publications related to projects from 1984 to 2004. This series documents publications about the projects of prefabricated houses for the developing countries, a self-sufficient habitable low-cost house, low-cost sanitation systems, sulphur concrete for low-cost housing, building components from secondary use, rooftop gardens and urban agriculture, domestic water saving devices, human settlement developement or improvement in developping countries and in Native American communities. The material in this series was produced between 1970 and 2011. The file contains textual records, mainly dummies for the publications, office records and reports, photographic material related to the projects, copies of the publications, a few drawings and plans related to the housing project and samples of the sulphur bricks developed by the Minimum Cost Housing Group.
Series
1970-2011
Projet
AP178.S1.1990.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios in Maastricht, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 6/90 A/B. The office assigned the date 1990 to this project. The project is located in the Ceramique district. The industrial area was revitalized during the nineties with buildings built by international architects, including Aldo Rossi's the Bonnefanten Museum and Jo Coenen's Centre Céramique. The building is divided into three independent buildings: Block 6, Block 7, and Block 8. Block 6 is made up of commercial space on the ground floor and residential units on the other six floors. Block 8 is the biggest unit of the project, with a double tower of 16 storeys. Block 7 is a four-storey building. The project was realized. Documenting this project are sketches and plans. Textual material includes correspondence and technical details. Photographic material documents the project site, construction work, and built project.
1991-2000
Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios [Ceramic Terrain apartments and offices], Maastricht, The Netherlands (1990)
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AP178.S1.1990.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the Ceramique Terrein Blocos de habitação e escritórios in Maastricht, The Netherlands. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 6/90 A/B. The office assigned the date 1990 to this project. The project is located in the Ceramique district. The industrial area was revitalized during the nineties with buildings built by international architects, including Aldo Rossi's the Bonnefanten Museum and Jo Coenen's Centre Céramique. The building is divided into three independent buildings: Block 6, Block 7, and Block 8. Block 6 is made up of commercial space on the ground floor and residential units on the other six floors. Block 8 is the biggest unit of the project, with a double tower of 16 storeys. Block 7 is a four-storey building. The project was realized. Documenting this project are sketches and plans. Textual material includes correspondence and technical details. Photographic material documents the project site, construction work, and built project.
Project
1991-2000
Sous-série
AP156.S6.SS3.D6
Description:
Le dossier documente une exposition sur Chandigarh à Genève, en Suisse. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre les années 1970 et le début des années 2000. Le dossier contient des photographies. File documents an exhibition on Chandigarh in Geneva, in Switzerland. The material in this file was produced between the 1970s and the beginning of the 2000s. The file contains photographs.
1970s-2000s
Photographies d’une exposition sur Chandigarh, à Genève = Photographs of an exhibition on Chandigarh, in Geneva
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AP156.S6.SS3.D6
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Le dossier documente une exposition sur Chandigarh à Genève, en Suisse. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre les années 1970 et le début des années 2000. Le dossier contient des photographies. File documents an exhibition on Chandigarh in Geneva, in Switzerland. The material in this file was produced between the 1970s and the beginning of the 2000s. The file contains photographs.
Dossier 6
1970s-2000s
Projet
AP013.S1.D80
Description:
File documents an executed project for a church in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1921 and 1926. File contains index cards, survey drawings, sketches, preliminary drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, working and design development drawings, detail drawings, shop drawings, mechanical drawings, miscellaneous drawings, a photograph, and textual documents.
1921-1926
Trinity Memorial Church
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AP013.S1.D80
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File documents an executed project for a church in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1921 and 1926. File contains index cards, survey drawings, sketches, preliminary drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, working and design development drawings, detail drawings, shop drawings, mechanical drawings, miscellaneous drawings, a photograph, and textual documents.
Project
1921-1926
Projet
AP144.S2.D52
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for J. Harrington and the Whyte Lion Hotel, in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. Correspondence refers to a planning application for two filling stations and a rebuilt cottage, as well as an alternative development plan for the site that would include a motel and associated public rooms. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains reference drawing and textual records.
1963
Whyte Lion Development
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AP144.S2.D52
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for J. Harrington and the Whyte Lion Hotel, in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. Correspondence refers to a planning application for two filling stations and a rebuilt cottage, as well as an alternative development plan for the site that would include a motel and associated public rooms. Material in this file was produced in 1963. File contains reference drawing and textual records.
File 52
1963