Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Day at the Office, Night at the Opera with Karl Friedrich Schinkel
A lecture by Kurt W. Forster
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8 January 2024
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8 December 1979
ARCH240855
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Opening Remarks. Participants: Richard Weinstein, Kurt Forster, Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Jeff Kipnis, Kojin Karatani, Roberto Unger, Jacques Derrida
1991-05-25
Video recording from Anyone Conference tape 1
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Opening Remarks. Participants: Richard Weinstein, Kurt Forster, Peter Eisenman, Cynthia Davidson, Jeff Kipnis, Kojin Karatani, Roberto Unger, Jacques Derrida
1991-05-25
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January 2006 to December 2006
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January 2006 to
December 2006
Project
Tower of Cards and 1 Joker
AP145.S2.D73
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File documents an executed project for a landmark in Groningen, Netherlands. The project by John Hejduk is part of a masterplan by Daniel Libeskind titled Stadsmarkering Groningen and commissioned by the city of Groningen to commemorate its 950th anniversary by placing ten artworks at the access roads to Groningen. In addition to Hejduk and Libeskind, who also contributed an artwork, participants included Kurt Walter Forster, Akira Asada and Shiro Takatani, Thom Puckey, Gunner Daan, Heiner Müller, William Forsythe, Leonhard Lapin and Enn Laansoo, and Paul Virilio. Hejduk's project comprises three components: the Tower of Cards, the Tower of Letters, and the Joker's Perch. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains a study model.
[1990]
Tower of Cards and 1 Joker
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AP145.S2.D73
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File documents an executed project for a landmark in Groningen, Netherlands. The project by John Hejduk is part of a masterplan by Daniel Libeskind titled Stadsmarkering Groningen and commissioned by the city of Groningen to commemorate its 950th anniversary by placing ten artworks at the access roads to Groningen. In addition to Hejduk and Libeskind, who also contributed an artwork, participants included Kurt Walter Forster, Akira Asada and Shiro Takatani, Thom Puckey, Gunner Daan, Heiner Müller, William Forsythe, Leonhard Lapin and Enn Laansoo, and Paul Virilio. Hejduk's project comprises three components: the Tower of Cards, the Tower of Letters, and the Joker's Perch. Material in this file was produced in 1990. File contains a study model.
File 73
[1990]
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ANY 25
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Letter from Paris - [Christian] Girard Tony Vidler - ANY 25 Jean-Louis Cohen Pierluigi Nicolin [Kurt] Forster [Peter] Eisenman Tafuri - [K. Michael] Hays [Mark] Wigley - Tafuri ANY 25 - [Georges] Teyssot Tafuri Interview - translation of [Luisa] Passerini interview Calvi Ignasi [de Sola Morales] - ANY 25
1998-2000
ANY 25
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Letter from Paris - [Christian] Girard Tony Vidler - ANY 25 Jean-Louis Cohen Pierluigi Nicolin [Kurt] Forster [Peter] Eisenman Tafuri - [K. Michael] Hays [Mark] Wigley - Tafuri ANY 25 - [Georges] Teyssot Tafuri Interview - translation of [Luisa] Passerini interview Calvi Ignasi [de Sola Morales] - ANY 25
textual records
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1998-2000
Project
House 11a
AP143.S4.D23
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File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
1978
House 11a
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AP143.S4.D23
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File documents an unexecuted project for House 11a, designed for Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Forster, Palo Alto, California, United States. File also includes one drawing for the International Seminary of Design in the Area of Cannaregio-West in Venice, Italy. Material in this file was produced in 1978. File does not contain any conceptual drawings by Eisenman. Freehand diagrams explain the series of "topological" operations at the origin of the design (DR1994:0139:001-008). The original presentation drawings are published in 'Progressive Architecture' (DR1994:0139:283-301). File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and presentation drawings. - Conceptual drawings include elevations, sections, and axonometrics - mostly black and coloured felt-tip pen on tracing vellum. Design development drawings include plans and axonometrics - some black felt-tip pen and some graphite on yellow tracing paper; and reprographic copies include - one photocopy on wove paper. Presentation drawings include plans, elevations, and axonometrics - mostly pen and black ink on tracing vellum. Copies include a stat of an axonometric of House 11a and a photocopy of part of the Cannaregio site plan.
File 23
1978
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ARCH240759
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Invitation Lists (2 files) Anyone Fact-Check Participants Correspondence Copies of Letters to Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - General Info Anyone Conference 5/10,11,12 Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Kurt Forster) Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Erin, Maria, etc.) Anyone Conference 1991 - Schedule Anyone Publicity - Brochures
1991
Invitation designed by Massimo Vignelli for the inaugural Any conference
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Invitation Lists (2 files) Anyone Fact-Check Participants Correspondence Copies of Letters to Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - Participants Anyone Conference 1991 - General Info Anyone Conference 5/10,11,12 Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Kurt Forster) Anyone Conference 1991 - The Getty (Erin, Maria, etc.) Anyone Conference 1991 - Schedule Anyone Publicity - Brochures
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1991