Series
AP185.S2
Description:
This project, 1994-2001, contains material related to the Ost/Kuttner Apartment, a built residential project in New York City. Described by its clients as “Cleopatra’s submarine,” the O/K Apartment converts two adjacent units in a pre-World War II building in New York into a single but divisible space. The Apartment is organized into areas defined less by their programmatic identity—bathroom, bedroom, living room—than by a series of undulating landscapes made up of custom, function-bridging forms, which KOL/MAC developed by digitally compositing cross-sections of everyday domestic objects. To produce the pieces, the architects worked intensively with contractors in a process directly informed by computer-aided fabrication in a variety of fields including ship-building, bobsled design, and stage design. The digital project records are largely in word processing formats, namely Microsoft Word for Mac and ClarisWorks, as well as images in TIF, JPEG, and Mac Pict image formats. There are also a large number of Microstation CAD drawings. There are two major groupings within the digital material: First, there is a body of video and still images. These consist of screen captures of renderings and other digital models. There are also images and HTML for a related website, a photograph viewer showing pictures of a built, physical model of the apartment. Of note, there are two videos which document the early construction of the Apartment, as well as the construction of the shower/bed. The second grouping consists of construction and design documentation. This consists of correspondence, invoices, and other word processing documents which show KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, engineer, and other stakeholders. They also contain a large number of design files and images which document the evolving design of the Apartment. KOL/MAC versioned their working files at certain intervals, and each version represents a snapshot of the working files at a particular time. There is a substantial amount of duplication across these files. There is also a physical component to the records, including three material samples from the apartment, as well as 28 floorplans for the bid set, 6 floorplans, and 2 blueprints. There is also .3 linear meters of textual records which document KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, and sub-contractor during construction.
1994-2001
O/K Apartment (New York, N.Y.)
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AP185.S2
Description:
This project, 1994-2001, contains material related to the Ost/Kuttner Apartment, a built residential project in New York City. Described by its clients as “Cleopatra’s submarine,” the O/K Apartment converts two adjacent units in a pre-World War II building in New York into a single but divisible space. The Apartment is organized into areas defined less by their programmatic identity—bathroom, bedroom, living room—than by a series of undulating landscapes made up of custom, function-bridging forms, which KOL/MAC developed by digitally compositing cross-sections of everyday domestic objects. To produce the pieces, the architects worked intensively with contractors in a process directly informed by computer-aided fabrication in a variety of fields including ship-building, bobsled design, and stage design. The digital project records are largely in word processing formats, namely Microsoft Word for Mac and ClarisWorks, as well as images in TIF, JPEG, and Mac Pict image formats. There are also a large number of Microstation CAD drawings. There are two major groupings within the digital material: First, there is a body of video and still images. These consist of screen captures of renderings and other digital models. There are also images and HTML for a related website, a photograph viewer showing pictures of a built, physical model of the apartment. Of note, there are two videos which document the early construction of the Apartment, as well as the construction of the shower/bed. The second grouping consists of construction and design documentation. This consists of correspondence, invoices, and other word processing documents which show KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, engineer, and other stakeholders. They also contain a large number of design files and images which document the evolving design of the Apartment. KOL/MAC versioned their working files at certain intervals, and each version represents a snapshot of the working files at a particular time. There is a substantial amount of duplication across these files. There is also a physical component to the records, including three material samples from the apartment, as well as 28 floorplans for the bid set, 6 floorplans, and 2 blueprints. There is also .3 linear meters of textual records which document KOL/MAC’s work with the client, contractor, and sub-contractor during construction.
Series
1994-2001
archives
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Fonds
Victor Prus fonds
AP163
Synopsis:
The Victor Prus fonds documents the professional practice of architect Victor Prus from student and professional work in England to architectural projects in Canada. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings and textual records relating to over 90 projects, such as Centre Rockland (1960), the Expo 67 Stadium (1967), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983).
1945-1992
Victor Prus fonds
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AP163
Synopsis:
The Victor Prus fonds documents the professional practice of architect Victor Prus from student and professional work in England to architectural projects in Canada. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings and textual records relating to over 90 projects, such as Centre Rockland (1960), the Expo 67 Stadium (1967), the Grand Théâtre de Québec (1971) and the Palais des Congrès de Montréal (1983).
archives
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Fonds
1945-1992
Project
Domain
AP144.S2.D108
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful entry in an invited competition for a mid-rise office building for approximately 250 employees in Brühl, near Cologne, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The building was intended to serve as the headquarters for the German lock company DOM Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Conceptual, schematic and design development sketches and drawings include isometrics and perspectives showing early ideas for the building's massing; schematic floor plans showing horizontal and vertical circulation paths throughout the building; diagrammatic plans indicating how people by car, foot, or bicycle would enter the building; diagrammatic sections showing the relationship between functional areas; and plan obliques of functional areas for square footage calculations. A panel composed of sketches with text and annotations describes Price's concept and the building program. Design development drawings also include floor plans showing circulation patterns, elevations showing the exterior stainless-steel cladding, isometrics showing the relationship between floor levels and functional areas, and perspectives which were possibly used to develop the overall massing of the building. A set of four panels numbered 2 through 5 depict floor plans, elevations, and sections from another project, Steel House (AP144.S2.D60). One presentation board is a collage composed of four coloured photographs of the working design models. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some of them are coloured with markers and annotated. Material in this file was produced in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, other panels, presentation models, photographic materials, and textual records.
1980
Domain
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AP144.S2.D108
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful entry in an invited competition for a mid-rise office building for approximately 250 employees in Brühl, near Cologne, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The building was intended to serve as the headquarters for the German lock company DOM Sicherheitstechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Conceptual, schematic and design development sketches and drawings include isometrics and perspectives showing early ideas for the building's massing; schematic floor plans showing horizontal and vertical circulation paths throughout the building; diagrammatic plans indicating how people by car, foot, or bicycle would enter the building; diagrammatic sections showing the relationship between functional areas; and plan obliques of functional areas for square footage calculations. A panel composed of sketches with text and annotations describes Price's concept and the building program. Design development drawings also include floor plans showing circulation patterns, elevations showing the exterior stainless-steel cladding, isometrics showing the relationship between floor levels and functional areas, and perspectives which were possibly used to develop the overall massing of the building. A set of four panels numbered 2 through 5 depict floor plans, elevations, and sections from another project, Steel House (AP144.S2.D60). One presentation board is a collage composed of four coloured photographs of the working design models. Reprographic copies were made from the original design development drawings, and some of them are coloured with markers and annotated. Material in this file was produced in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, other panels, presentation models, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 108
1980
Sub-series
Europe = Europe
AP156.S3.SS1
Description:
La sous-série documente les projets architecturaux et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes en Europe durant les années 1940 jusqu'à la première moitié des années 1960. La sous-série inclut certains projets réalisés avec la Bureau Central de Construction, en Suisse, ainsi que ses projets indivuels dont le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a probablement été produit entre 1940 et 1963. La sous-série contient des dessins, principalement des reprographies, donc des études, des dessins conceptuels, des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. La sous-série contient aussi des épreuves photomécaniques, une photographie et quelques chemises utilisées par Pierre Jeanneret pour classer ses dossiers de projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Europe in the 1940s to the first half of the 1960s. The sub-series includes some projects completed with the Bureau Central de la Construction, in Switzerland, and his individual projets including the Centre d'apprentissage in Béziers, France. The material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1940 to 1963. The sub-series contains drawings, predominantly reprographic copies, such as studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The sub-series also contains photomechanial prints, a photograph and some folder used by Pierre Jeanneret to organized his projects' files.
1940-1963
Europe = Europe
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AP156.S3.SS1
Description:
La sous-série documente les projets architecturaux et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes en Europe durant les années 1940 jusqu'à la première moitié des années 1960. La sous-série inclut certains projets réalisés avec la Bureau Central de Construction, en Suisse, ainsi que ses projets indivuels dont le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a probablement été produit entre 1940 et 1963. La sous-série contient des dessins, principalement des reprographies, donc des études, des dessins conceptuels, des dessins de développement du design, des dessins d'exécution et des dessins de présentation. La sous-série contient aussi des épreuves photomécaniques, une photographie et quelques chemises utilisées par Pierre Jeanneret pour classer ses dossiers de projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects in Europe in the 1940s to the first half of the 1960s. The sub-series includes some projects completed with the Bureau Central de la Construction, in Switzerland, and his individual projets including the Centre d'apprentissage in Béziers, France. The material in this sub-series was probably produced between 1940 to 1963. The sub-series contains drawings, predominantly reprographic copies, such as studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The sub-series also contains photomechanial prints, a photograph and some folder used by Pierre Jeanneret to organized his projects' files.
Sous-série 1
1940-1963
Series
Bruno Taut
AP162.S8
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Bruno Taut to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Bruno Taut participated under the pseudonym Glas. Born in 1880 in Königsberg, Germany, Bruno Taut studied architecture at the Bauwerkschule in Königsberg. After working in architectural firms from 1903 to 1909, he worked in partnership with Franz Hoffman and later with his brother Max Taut. Bruno Taut undertook various architectural projects including housing projects, public commissions, and later projects for universities and schools. In 1918, he founded the Arbeisrat für Kunst, a union of architects, painters, writers and other artists based in Berlin and dedicated to bring architectural and artisit tendencies of the time to a broader public. This union also involved some members of the Die gläserne Kette circle. Between 1920 and 1921, Bruno Taut was editor to the magazine "Frühlich". He taught architecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1930 to 1932, and undertook a working visit in Russia in 1932 to 1933. After spending time in Japan between 1933 and 1936 due to enforced emigration, he taught at the Academy of Arts in Istanbul. He died in Istanbul in 1938. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) This series comprises part of Bruno Taut's correspondence to the Die gläserne Kette circle, along with related drawings and documents. The series also includes photographic materials of some of his architectural projects.
between 1919 and 1920
Bruno Taut
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AP162.S8
Description:
Series documents the contribution of architect Bruno Taut to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Bruno Taut participated under the pseudonym Glas. Born in 1880 in Königsberg, Germany, Bruno Taut studied architecture at the Bauwerkschule in Königsberg. After working in architectural firms from 1903 to 1909, he worked in partnership with Franz Hoffman and later with his brother Max Taut. Bruno Taut undertook various architectural projects including housing projects, public commissions, and later projects for universities and schools. In 1918, he founded the Arbeisrat für Kunst, a union of architects, painters, writers and other artists based in Berlin and dedicated to bring architectural and artisit tendencies of the time to a broader public. This union also involved some members of the Die gläserne Kette circle. Between 1920 and 1921, Bruno Taut was editor to the magazine "Frühlich". He taught architecture at the Technische Hochschule at Berlin-Charlottenburg from 1930 to 1932, and undertook a working visit in Russia in 1932 to 1933. After spending time in Japan between 1933 and 1936 due to enforced emigration, he taught at the Academy of Arts in Istanbul. He died in Istanbul in 1938. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) This series comprises part of Bruno Taut's correspondence to the Die gläserne Kette circle, along with related drawings and documents. The series also includes photographic materials of some of his architectural projects.
series
between 1919 and 1920
Project
CI005.S1.1949.PR3
Description:
The Netherlands Congress Centre owed its genesis to architect-town planner, W.M. Dudok, who suggested creating a cultural centre for international conferences. In 1956 an ad hoc committee proposed the creation of a congress centre and invited Oud, in 1956, to design a centre that would incorporate a 3000 seat conference hall as well as other rooms for functions and events. Oud created a detailed design in 1958 that featured a seventeen-storey tower with hotel rooms. Oud amended his plans somewhat, creating an oval-shaped conference hall. In 1960 Oud further revised his design to reduce the main hall seating to 1500, and also designated it for use of theatrical events. Oud died in 1963 before the completion of construction. He was replaced by his son, Hans Oud, until the congress centre was erected in 1969 (Taverne et al. 2001, 544-546). Project series includes plans for the Congress Hall Complex.
1949-1959
Main and Service Buildings for the Dutch Reformed Church, The Hague, Netherlands (1949-1959)
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CI005.S1.1949.PR3
Description:
The Netherlands Congress Centre owed its genesis to architect-town planner, W.M. Dudok, who suggested creating a cultural centre for international conferences. In 1956 an ad hoc committee proposed the creation of a congress centre and invited Oud, in 1956, to design a centre that would incorporate a 3000 seat conference hall as well as other rooms for functions and events. Oud created a detailed design in 1958 that featured a seventeen-storey tower with hotel rooms. Oud amended his plans somewhat, creating an oval-shaped conference hall. In 1960 Oud further revised his design to reduce the main hall seating to 1500, and also designated it for use of theatrical events. Oud died in 1963 before the completion of construction. He was replaced by his son, Hans Oud, until the congress centre was erected in 1969 (Taverne et al. 2001, 544-546). Project series includes plans for the Congress Hall Complex.
project
1949-1959
Project
CI005.S1.1956.PR1
Description:
The Netherlands Congress Centre owed its genesis to architect-town planner, W.M. Dudok, who suggested creating a cultural centre for international conferences. In 1956 an ad hoc committee proposed the creation of a congress centre and invited Oud, in 1956, to design a centre that would incorporate a 3000 seat conference hall as well as other rooms for functions and events. Oud created a detailed design in 1958 that featured a seventeen-storey tower with hotel rooms. Oud amended his plans somewhat, creating an oval-shaped conference hall. In 1960 Oud further revised his design to reduce the main hall seating to 1500, and also designated it for use of theatrical events. Oud died in 1963 before the completion of construction. He was replaced by his son, Hans Oud, until the congress centre was erected in 1969 (Taverne et al. 2001, 544-546). Project series includes plans for the Congress Hall Complex.
1956-1963
Netherlands Congress Centre Complex, The Hague, Netherlands (1956-1963)
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CI005.S1.1956.PR1
Description:
The Netherlands Congress Centre owed its genesis to architect-town planner, W.M. Dudok, who suggested creating a cultural centre for international conferences. In 1956 an ad hoc committee proposed the creation of a congress centre and invited Oud, in 1956, to design a centre that would incorporate a 3000 seat conference hall as well as other rooms for functions and events. Oud created a detailed design in 1958 that featured a seventeen-storey tower with hotel rooms. Oud amended his plans somewhat, creating an oval-shaped conference hall. In 1960 Oud further revised his design to reduce the main hall seating to 1500, and also designated it for use of theatrical events. Oud died in 1963 before the completion of construction. He was replaced by his son, Hans Oud, until the congress centre was erected in 1969 (Taverne et al. 2001, 544-546). Project series includes plans for the Congress Hall Complex.
project
1956-1963
Project
AP178.S1.1999.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Plano de Urbanização da Nova Maia, Parque do Millenium in Maia, Portugal. While the records were held in the office's archives, this project was assigned the number 109/90. The office assigned the date 1999 to this project. This project is part of the city's larger urbanization plan. The city council commissioned Álvaro Siza along with two other Portugeuese architects, Eduardo Souto de Moura and João Álvaro Rocha to carry out the urban plan for Nova Maia. Siza is responsible for Parque do Millenium, an area of 320 hectres, which includes a multi-purpose space with hotels, restaurants, residential housing, a science and technology park, a nature park, a sports field, a pavillion, and a new stadium. The project is in progress. Documenting this project are exisiting studies and plans from the Câmara Municipal da Maia, working plans, a study model, elevations and measurements for the project site. Photographic material includes photographs of the model and aerial views of the project site. Textual material includes project documentation, contracts, and correpondence with the Câmara Municipal da Maia and Mergarden Imobiliaria, S.A.
1999-2011
Plano de Urbanização da Nova Maia, Parque do Millenium [Urban plan for Nova Maia, Millenium Park], Maia, Portugal (1999)
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AP178.S1.1999.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Plano de Urbanização da Nova Maia, Parque do Millenium in Maia, Portugal. While the records were held in the office's archives, this project was assigned the number 109/90. The office assigned the date 1999 to this project. This project is part of the city's larger urbanization plan. The city council commissioned Álvaro Siza along with two other Portugeuese architects, Eduardo Souto de Moura and João Álvaro Rocha to carry out the urban plan for Nova Maia. Siza is responsible for Parque do Millenium, an area of 320 hectres, which includes a multi-purpose space with hotels, restaurants, residential housing, a science and technology park, a nature park, a sports field, a pavillion, and a new stadium. The project is in progress. Documenting this project are exisiting studies and plans from the Câmara Municipal da Maia, working plans, a study model, elevations and measurements for the project site. Photographic material includes photographs of the model and aerial views of the project site. Textual material includes project documentation, contracts, and correpondence with the Câmara Municipal da Maia and Mergarden Imobiliaria, S.A.
Project
1999-2011
Sub-series
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
Project
AP018.S1.1984.PR04
Description:
This project series documents a study to determine the location of the RCMP building at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario in 1984. The office identified the project number as 8406. Since the early 1960s, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, had been commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services (now Transport Canada) to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of a study to determine the best location for the RCMP at the airport. At the time of the study, the RCMP were located in terminal one, but the growing needs of other airport departments had pushed them into a temporary location. This study investigated two possible options, the construction of a new police building or the renovation of the central workshop facility. The report suggested the latter option, which could house the RCMP offices, technical and exhibit spaces, holding cells, storage and support facilities. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1984, which consist of the project proposal and risk and cost analysis sheets.
1984
RCMP Relocation, Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Mississauga, Ontario (1984)
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AP018.S1.1984.PR04
Description:
This project series documents a study to determine the location of the RCMP building at the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario in 1984. The office identified the project number as 8406. Since the early 1960s, John B. Parkin Associates, and later John C. Parkin's new firm Parkin Architects Planners, had been commissioned by the government Department of Transport Air Services (now Transport Canada) to complete more than a dozen projects at the Toronto International Airport, including terminals one and two. This project consisted of a study to determine the best location for the RCMP at the airport. At the time of the study, the RCMP were located in terminal one, but the growing needs of other airport departments had pushed them into a temporary location. This study investigated two possible options, the construction of a new police building or the renovation of the central workshop facility. The report suggested the latter option, which could house the RCMP offices, technical and exhibit spaces, holding cells, storage and support facilities. The project is recorded through textual records dating from 1984, which consist of the project proposal and risk and cost analysis sheets.
Project
1984