City Hall Competition

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• Fonds: Peter Eisenman fonds, 1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
•    Series: Projects, 1925-2008, predominant 1960-2007
•      Project: City Hall Competition, [1961]

People

• Peter Eisenman (creator)
• Peter Eisenman (architect)
• Anthony Eardley (architect)
• Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

Title

City Hall Competition

Dates of creation

[1961]

Level of archival description

File 2

Extent and Medium

• 22 drawings

Scope and Content

File documents an unexecuted project for a multistory building, possibly a city hall, possibly in Boston, Massachusetts. Material in this file was probably produced in the 1960s.

File contains conceptual drawings.

Reference Number

AP143.S4.D2

Location

Boston Massachusetts United States

Language of material

Documents are in English.

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:001-005
  • Title: Elevation, perspective, plans, and axonometrics
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest; approx.; irreg.): 31 x 30 cm sheet (largest; approx.; irreg.): 37 x 38 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:006-010
  • Title: East elevation, elevations, and axonometrics
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and ink on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest; approx.; irreg.): 18 x 33 cm sheet (largest; approx.; irreg.): 37 x 37 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:011-015
  • Title: Plans, sections, axonometrics, sketches, doodles, and calculations
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest; approx.; irreg.): 20 x 38 cm sheet (largest; approx.; irreg.): 37 x 56 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:016-019
  • Title: Annotated north elevation, elevation, perspective, and axonometric
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and ink on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest; approx.; irreg.): 37 x 26 cm sheet (largest; approx.; irreg.): 37 x 37 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:020
  • Title: Elevation
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawing

  Technique and media:

  Graphite on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (approx.; irreg.): 18 x 38 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR1994:0157:021:001-002
  • Title: Section and a diagram
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Peter Eisenman (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and coloured pencil on translucent paper and graphite on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 25 x 30 cm

  Credit line:

  Peter Eisenman fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal