Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
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17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks
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Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
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Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks
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Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
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Project
AP056.S1.1996.PR01
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This project series documents the Disney Animation Studios in Toronto in 1996. The office identified the project number as 9611. This project, headed by Shirley Blumberg, appears to have consisted of studios, offices and a theatre located on the 29th and 30th floors of Simcoe Place on Front Street. The project is recorded through drawings dating from on or around 1996. These are mostly originals and consist of sketches, plans, elevations, sections and details.
1996
Disney Animation Studios, Toronto (1996)
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AP056.S1.1996.PR01
Description:
This project series documents the Disney Animation Studios in Toronto in 1996. The office identified the project number as 9611. This project, headed by Shirley Blumberg, appears to have consisted of studios, offices and a theatre located on the 29th and 30th floors of Simcoe Place on Front Street. The project is recorded through drawings dating from on or around 1996. These are mostly originals and consist of sketches, plans, elevations, sections and details.
Project
1996
drawings
AP056.S1.1996.PR01.001
1996
drawings
1996
PH1996:0091
architecture
1995
"The Darkroom," Hollywood Boulevard; Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
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PH1996:0091
architecture
drawings, born digital
AP165.S7.SS1.010
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Original directory name: "Disney". Most common file formats: AutoLISP File, AutoCAD Drawing, Unidentified, Raw JPEG Stream, Plain Text File
1990 - 1998
AutoCAD drawings and scripts for Walt Disney Imagineering
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AP165.S7.SS1.010
Description:
Original directory name: "Disney". Most common file formats: AutoLISP File, AutoCAD Drawing, Unidentified, Raw JPEG Stream, Plain Text File
drawings, born digital
1990 - 1998
Project
AP143.S4.D111
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for the Celebration Fire Station, Orlando, Florida. Material in this file was produced in 1995. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings.
1995
Celebration Fire Station, Disney Development Corporation
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AP143.S4.D111
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File documents the unexecuted project for the Celebration Fire Station, Orlando, Florida. Material in this file was produced in 1995. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings.
File 111
1995
PH1997:0079
architecture, engineering
1995
architecture, engineering
PH1996:0092
architecture, engineering
1995
architecture, engineering