Sketches and notes from the period when Gene Summers worked in the Office of Mies van der Rohe

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• Fonds: Fonds Gene Summers, 1957 - 2004
•    Série(s): Professional documents (1957-2004), 1957 - 2004
•      Sous-série: Architectural projects, 1957 - 1985
•        Projet: Sketches and notes from the period when Gene Summers worked in the Office of Mies van der Rohe, 1957 - 1959

Personnes et institutions

• Gene Summers (creator)
• Gene Summers (archive creator)

Titre

Sketches and notes from the period when Gene Summers worked in the Office of Mies van der Rohe

Dates de création

1957 - 1959

Niveau de description archivistique

Subseries

Collation

• 271 drawings
• 0.01 l.m. of textual records

Présentation du contenu

Sub-series documents Gene Summers’ time working in the office of architect Mies van der Rohe, 1957 – 1959. It includes sketches, plans, elevations, and other drawings for various projects, such as the Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building in Mexico City (1958-61) and the New National Gallery in Berlin (1962-68). The sub-series also contains notes on van der Rohe’s teachings recorded by Summers as well as supplementary notes added to the records by Phyllis Lambert in 2000.

Numéro de réference

AP114.S1.SS1.D1

Mode de classement

The material in this project series was likely kept in its original order by the archivist who first processed this fonds.

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  • Numéro de réference: ARCH193536
  • Titre: Notes on sayings and teachings of Mies van der Rohe and others
  • Dates de création: circa 1959 - 2000
  • Classification: documents textuels
  • Objets catalogués : 0

  Personnes et institutions:

  • Gene Summers (archive creator)

  Description:

  Notes on sayings and teachings of Mies van der Rohe and others; small sketch and accompanying notes by Mies van der Rohe; sketches of still-life and model compositions; plans, perspectives, elevations, axonometric views and structural details including some for identified projects such as Home Federal Savings and Loan, Des Moines, Iowa (1959-62); Federal Center, Chicago (1959-73); Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building, Mexico City (1958-61); Office Building for United States Consulate, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1957-62); New National Gallery, Berlin (1962-68). Accompanied by notes added by Phyllis Lambert (November 2000).

  Quantité / Type d’objet:

  279 sheet(s)

  Collation:

  • 271 drawings
  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Technique et médium:

  Graphite, coloured pencil, ink, and typescript on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets (largest): 24,3 x 15,2 cm

  Type de dessins:

  • sketch

  Type de document:

  • notes

  Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:

  Papers include Apex paper and hotel letterhead

  Mention de crédit:

  Gene Summers fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Gene Summers/
  Gift of Gene Summers
  

  Sources complémentaires:

  • See also photographs an early model of the New National Gallery in Series 1, Subseries 1, File 6.