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Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
AP210
Résumé:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
1968 - 2023
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Résumé:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
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1968 - 2023
DR1985:0388:001-006
Description:
- In this letter from J.J.P. Oud to Sigfried Giedion, Oud critiques Giedon's book about Modernist Dutch architecture (title not indicated). Oud challenges several points made by Giedion and rebukes the author for his anti-socialist approach to architectural analysis. Oud suggests a less romantic and speculative methodology, and concludes the letter with a proposal to meet with the author and discuss their ideas. The letter is addressed to "Pep", Sigfried Giedion's nickname.
architecture
24 June 1928
Letter from J.J.P. Oud to Sigfried [Pep] Giedion, 28 June 1924, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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DR1985:0388:001-006
Description:
- In this letter from J.J.P. Oud to Sigfried Giedion, Oud critiques Giedon's book about Modernist Dutch architecture (title not indicated). Oud challenges several points made by Giedion and rebukes the author for his anti-socialist approach to architectural analysis. Oud suggests a less romantic and speculative methodology, and concludes the letter with a proposal to meet with the author and discuss their ideas. The letter is addressed to "Pep", Sigfried Giedion's nickname.
architecture
documents textuels
AP206.S2.031
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.032, AP206.S2.033 and AP206.S2.034. This file includes the following papers: "Book Review of Human Identity in the Urban Environment edited by Gwen Bell and Jaqueline Tyrwhitt" "What Architect Does" "The Big Boss" "Address by Principal Aditya Prakash on the occasion of the College Convocation [..]," 1973 "Simla: The Metropolis on the Mountain," 1975
1973-1978
Unpublished papers (folder 1 of 4)
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AP206.S2.031
Description:
File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.032, AP206.S2.033 and AP206.S2.034. This file includes the following papers: "Book Review of Human Identity in the Urban Environment edited by Gwen Bell and Jaqueline Tyrwhitt" "What Architect Does" "The Big Boss" "Address by Principal Aditya Prakash on the occasion of the College Convocation [..]," 1973 "Simla: The Metropolis on the Mountain," 1975
documents textuels
1973-1978
né numérique, photographies
AP170.S4.002
Description:
This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
Publication images and animations for HypoSurface and other dECOi projects (1 of 2)
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AP170.S4.002
Description:
This directory chiefly contains images and animated GIFs for various publications related to HypoSurface and other dECOi projects, including Art and Architecture magazine and an unidentified book. Directory also includes Paul Steenhuisen audio files of modified cow sounds. Original directory name: "ftp-data". Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Tagged Image File Format, Graphics Interchange Format, Audio Interchange File Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed).
né numérique, photographies
25 February 1999 - 23 April 2007
dessins, photographies
DR2012:0012:103:006
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File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following: - Unidentified stone house (1 photograph); - Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph); - Montreal mass housing (1 photograph); - Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs); - A.D. settlements (1 photograph); - F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout); - 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs); - Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout). Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK
1971-1973
Reference materials, notes, photographs of various residential buildings
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DR2012:0012:103:006
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following: - Unidentified stone house (1 photograph); - Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph); - Montreal mass housing (1 photograph); - Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs); - A.D. settlements (1 photograph); - F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout); - 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs); - Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout). Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK
dessins, photographies
1971-1973
documents textuels
ARCH274177
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6 files- press clippings related to Arthur Erickson's receipt of the AIA Gold Medal 1986 and various architectural projects (1970s-1980s); correspondence related to a promotional brochure that included selected projects by Arthur Erickson; correspondence about John Chen's book, Architecture in Colour Drawings (1996); correspondence about image rights for Glass in Architecture, with a case study on the Vancouver Law Courts, published by Phaidon Press (1996).
Press clippings on Arthur Erickson and correspondence related to articles
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ARCH274177
Description:
6 files- press clippings related to Arthur Erickson's receipt of the AIA Gold Medal 1986 and various architectural projects (1970s-1980s); correspondence related to a promotional brochure that included selected projects by Arthur Erickson; correspondence about John Chen's book, Architecture in Colour Drawings (1996); correspondence about image rights for Glass in Architecture, with a case study on the Vancouver Law Courts, published by Phaidon Press (1996).
documents textuels
dessins, né numérique
AP195.S3.005
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Includes a digitized copy of the book "Concrete Dreams: Zaha Hadid's Phaeno," as well as plans, meeting minutes, and materials sent to the press. Notably, the press materials include concept animations and renderings from each phase of the project. Original directory name: "988_DOCS_2006". Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Tagged Image File Format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF.
8 May 1999 - 29 March 2007
2006 working files for Phaeno Science Centre, including plans, meeting minutes, and the book "Concrete Dreams: Zaha Hadid's Phaeno"
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AP195.S3.005
Description:
Includes a digitized copy of the book "Concrete Dreams: Zaha Hadid's Phaeno," as well as plans, meeting minutes, and materials sent to the press. Notably, the press materials include concept animations and renderings from each phase of the project. Original directory name: "988_DOCS_2006". Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Tagged Image File Format, Encapsulated PostScript File Format, Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF.
dessins, né numérique
8 May 1999 - 29 March 2007
livres, photographies
PH1990:0330:001-008
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- Contemporary binding consists of maroon cloth-covered boards and spine. There is a red leather label with a gold gilt inscription on the spine. Endpapers, pages and secondary supports are of light brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a title page, dedication page, prefatory note, list of photographs, 261 pages of text, including an appendix and index, a plan of the fair buildings and 8 photographs.
architecture, portrait
published 1867
A Record of the Metropolitan Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, Held at New York, in April, 1864
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PH1990:0330:001-008
Description:
- Contemporary binding consists of maroon cloth-covered boards and spine. There is a red leather label with a gold gilt inscription on the spine. Endpapers, pages and secondary supports are of light brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a title page, dedication page, prefatory note, list of photographs, 261 pages of text, including an appendix and index, a plan of the fair buildings and 8 photographs.
livres, photographies
published 1867
architecture, portrait
documents textuels
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2 clipping(s)
AP140.S2.SS1.D18.P11
Description:
One clipping of an article titled "Frankly, Do You Think This Is Worth a Prize?" by Shirley Conran from the 'Daily Mail' newspaper, dated 18 October 1963. The article discusses the awarding of the 1963 Good Housing Competition Prize to Stirling and Gowan, and Lyons, Israel, and Ellis for the housing redevelopment at Avenham, Preston. Includes a clipping from an unidentified journal or book.
1963
Clipping of an article titled "Frankly, Do You Think This Is Worth a Prize?"
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AP140.S2.SS1.D18.P11
Description:
One clipping of an article titled "Frankly, Do You Think This Is Worth a Prize?" by Shirley Conran from the 'Daily Mail' newspaper, dated 18 October 1963. The article discusses the awarding of the 1963 Good Housing Competition Prize to Stirling and Gowan, and Lyons, Israel, and Ellis for the housing redevelopment at Avenham, Preston. Includes a clipping from an unidentified journal or book.
documents textuels
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2 clipping(s)
1963
archives
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Fonds
AP189
Résumé:
L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
2000-2008
Documents d'archives de l'installation "Météorologie d'intérieur" de Philippe Rahm
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AP189
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
archives
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Fonds
2000-2008