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Architecture

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 177 Collections and/or Records:

Archive for Poems Written Upon The Breath A Claudel Varient: Projected Sundial / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael; Thorpe, John R.; Harvey M; Cutts S; Lassus B; Gardner I., 1973 - 1974

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Identifier: CC-12723-12972
Scope and Contents In March 1973, Finlay writes to Stephen Bann to compliment him on an account of a Tarasque weekend and to discuss a poem in French by Claudel, from "100 Phrases for Fans," that had been translated and sent to him by Edward Lucie-Smith. He encloses a copy of this poem which he retyped with his own modifications as well as a letter from Smith. Finlay requests Bann's opinion as to the appropriateness for him to interpret the poem's layout as a sundial inscription and of Finlay's rendition. Still in March 1973, Finlay writes to Edward Lucie-Smith for clarification of Claudel's poem that he had sent to Finlay previously. The poem reads Fan (opposite page), Poems written upon the breath. Finlay asks Smith as to why "Fan" is on the opposite page and why the words have been split. Finlay wonders whether the disjointed words equate to a fan-picture when the fan is closed and if the phrase in the poem, "written upon a breath" signifies that the fan makes a little breathing. Bann responds to...
Dates: 1973 - 1974

Archive for Student Refectory Installation / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Lyle, Peter., 1972 - 1973

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Identifier: CC-12738-12992
Scope and Contents

The drawings consist of architectural sketches for a Student Refectory that was unrealized by the Wild Hawthorn Press. One of the Lyle letters also includes an ink sketch for "Sea Stones" also an unrealozed project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972 - 1973

Archive for Stuttgart Max Planck Project / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Costley, Ron., 1972 - 1978

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Identifier: CC-12667-12908
Scope and Contents In Sept 1972, Finlay enters into correspondence with Jurgen Brenner, a German architect, about a commission for an installation within a garden at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart. He selects Costley as the calligrapher and artist for the preparatory drawings. He writes Brenner that he wants "free-drawn letters...as opposed to rigid typographic letters. I consider it essential that poems that people are going to see every day, are verbal/visual/decorative, rather than (as it were) merely literary." In Nov-Dec 1972, Finlay sends instructions to Costley about execution of the sculpture for the installation. The poems in English & German include tile murals, Wave/Rock, Wave, Star/Steer, Sails/Waves, and, sundials, Sea/Land. He follows this up with suggestions for Latin & French versions. Finlay's 2nd list of poems include Schiff, Ark/Arc, Homage to Seurat, Cloud, Gourd (together with Nuclear Sail & Fountain/Sphinx), Set of Wild Stones, and The Colours of the Vowels....
Dates: 1972 - 1978

Archive for the Portsmouth City Art Project: The Water's Hours & The Sky's Hours; Numbered Sails / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael; Goodricke, Susan., 1973

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Identifier: CC-12808-13095
Scope and Contents

In Oct 1973, Harvey writes to Finlay with descriptions of proposals for the Portsmith City Art Project, viz., Water's & Sky's Hours and Numbered Sails. He also sends Finlay drawings which are cataloged separately in the Sackner Archive. Finlay replied within a week with minor modifications prior to their submission into the competition. He adds a note of encouragement to Harvey, "So the question is, who will get the Third Prize (As we have won the First and Second)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Archive for Torso Carrier, Amphora, Stove and Gnoman / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Andrew, John., 1973 - 1974

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Identifier: CC-12773-13039
Scope and Contents In an Oct 1973 letter to John Andrew, Finlay begins by clearing up details on the gnomon in the Dividing the Light Sundial project. He then describes Torso Aircraft Carrier & refers to photographs of a wooden torso carrier which had been made in collabora with John Thorpe. He proposes two projects to Andrew, one made in stone as essentially a variation on the wooden version and a sequel titled the Archaic Carrier by using material of rough, crumbled or pitted stone, an Archaic fragment. In Oct 1973, Finlay acknowledges receipt of drawings for the bronze medals from Andrew but is dissatisfied with them, drops this project, and indicates that he wants to restrict his collaboration to the Aircraft Carrier Torso project. He mentions that he intends to site the piece in his front garden beside the Aircraft Carrier Bird-Bath and requests that a light-colored stone be utilized for its fabrication. He states that he will send Andrew a drawing, model airplanes and references (none of...
Dates: 1973 - 1974

Beutiful Kydippe: A Proposal for the Garden of Dr and Mrs Herkenhoner, Hennef, Germany / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Harvey, Michael., 1991

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Identifier: CC-12510-12737
Scope and Contents

The words, Beautiful Kydippe, incised into a tree-bark by Callimachus (270 B.C.) are transcribed into a stone plaque (print image) shaped to the trunk of a tree. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Boundaries / Lin, Maya., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35738-37492
Scope and Contents

This is Maya Lin's first book. In it, she describes the design methods for creation of her monuments, homes, libraries and sculptures. The book contains sketches, photographs, workbook entries, and original designs along with a personal text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Brache di Gutenberg, Le: Storia: Dopa Sant'Elia. No.10 / AA. VV.., 1986

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Identifier: CC-22640-23071
Scope and Contents

Edited by Luciano Caruso. This is a reprint of a book first published in 1935. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Building Plans & Schemes: Mail-Art Project , 1993

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Identifier: CC-23735-24182
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Guy Bleus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts: Lecture: Le Corbusier: The Cartesian Curve. / Stanislaus von Moos., 1974

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Identifier: CC-19300-19683
Scope and Contents

This poster was designed by Toshihiro Katayama. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Clip Stamp Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magaines 196X to 197X / Colomina, Beatriz, editor ; Buckley, Craig, editor ; Sky A ; Bois YA ; Bann S ; Cook P ; Steadman P ; Aubert J ; Lissitzky E ; Ranier A ; Samaras L ; Finlay IH ; Valoch J ; Biederman C ; Rodchenko A., 2010

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Identifier: CC-59122-10002242
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "An explosion of little architectural magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture, as the magazines acted as a site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period. The book brings together a remarkable range of documents and original research which the project has produced during its continuous travels over the last four years starting with the exhibition at the Storefront in November 2006. The book features transcripts from the "Small Talks" events in which editors and designers were invited to discuss their magazines; a stocktaking of over 100 significant issues that tracks the changing density and progression of the little magazine phenomenon; transcripts of more than forty interviews with magazine editors and designers from all over the world; a selection of magazine facsimiles; and a fold out poster that offers a mosaic image of more than 1,200 covers examined...
Dates: 2010