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A project by Diller + Scofidio for the book The American Lawn with stereoscopic photographs by Robert Sansone
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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Description:
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
photographs
PH1983:0011
1981
PH1984:0296
August 1934
PH2007:0003
1934
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AP018.S1.1975.PR06
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This project series documents the design of a mausoleum and crematorium for the Park Lawn Cemetery in Toronto in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7520. Located on the corner of Bloor Street and Prince Edward Drive, this project consisted of a mausoleum with a 7,300 crypt capacity, a 100 seat funeral space, and areas for coats, family members, and clergy. The project was divided into three phases of crypt construction. It is not clear from the materials if this project was ever realized. The project is recorded through drawings, correspondence and conference reports dating from1975-1976. The drawings consist of a site plan, floor plan and sections.
1975-1976
Park Lawn Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematorium, Toronto (1975)
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AP018.S1.1975.PR06
Description:
This project series documents the design of a mausoleum and crematorium for the Park Lawn Cemetery in Toronto in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7520. Located on the corner of Bloor Street and Prince Edward Drive, this project consisted of a mausoleum with a 7,300 crypt capacity, a 100 seat funeral space, and areas for coats, family members, and clergy. The project was divided into three phases of crypt construction. It is not clear from the materials if this project was ever realized. The project is recorded through drawings, correspondence and conference reports dating from1975-1976. The drawings consist of a site plan, floor plan and sections.
Project
1975-1976
photographs
PH1982:0665
ca. 1860
photographs
ca. 1860