Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
Sub-series
European Travels and Studies
AP032.S1.SS3
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This sub-series documents Goldsmith’s travels and studies in Europe and the Middle East from 1951 – 1955. It consists of drawings, photographic materials (which include glass plate negatives) and textual records such as journals and student papers.
1951-1955
European Travels and Studies
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AP032.S1.SS3
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This sub-series documents Goldsmith’s travels and studies in Europe and the Middle East from 1951 – 1955. It consists of drawings, photographic materials (which include glass plate negatives) and textual records such as journals and student papers.
Sub-series 3
1951-1955
photographs
PH1986:0616:001-123
photographs
Project
AP178.S1.1996.PR03
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This project series documents the Cais de embarque para european architects in Salonica, Greece. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 75/90. The office assigned the date 1996 for this project In 1997, Thessaloniki was the host city for the event "Cultural Capital of Europe." An architectural initiative named "Provoking spatial episodes - On the coast" was created to celebrate the relationship between the sea and the city. Several architects were invited to design small piers on the coast. For Siza, the program criteria included the construction of a pier able to receive 250 people, debaring area for catamarans, house ticket dispensers, waiting room, press room and food stall. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, presentation drawings, and project documentation. Slides document the project model.
circa 1996-2012
Cais de embarque para european architects [Docking pier for European Architects] Salonica, Greece (1996)
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AP178.S1.1996.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Cais de embarque para european architects in Salonica, Greece. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 75/90. The office assigned the date 1996 for this project In 1997, Thessaloniki was the host city for the event "Cultural Capital of Europe." An architectural initiative named "Provoking spatial episodes - On the coast" was created to celebrate the relationship between the sea and the city. Several architects were invited to design small piers on the coast. For Siza, the program criteria included the construction of a pier able to receive 250 people, debaring area for catamarans, house ticket dispensers, waiting room, press room and food stall. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, presentation drawings, and project documentation. Slides document the project model.
Project
circa 1996-2012
photographs
AP206.S3.158
circa 1940s-1960s
photographs
circa 1940s-1960s
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
PH1992:0208
1990
drawings
AP178.S1.1996.PR03.001
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Original file title: Salonica
ca. 1996
Sketches, Cais de embarque para european architects, Salonica
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AP178.S1.1996.PR03.001
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Original file title: Salonica
drawings
ca. 1996
photographs
AP178.S1.1996.PR03.005
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Original file title: Cais de Embarque para European Architects in Thessaloniki Siza's office numbered slides in this file CES030-CES036
ca. 1996
Slides of model, Cais de embarque para european architects, Salonica
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AP178.S1.1996.PR03.005
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Original file title: Cais de Embarque para European Architects in Thessaloniki Siza's office numbered slides in this file CES030-CES036
photographs
ca. 1996
ARCH288523
ca. 1996