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Architecture

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 178 Collections and/or Records:

The Afterlife of Gardens / Hunt, John Dixon ; Finlay IH., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-43566-45643
Scope and Contents

John Hunt comments and prints photographs of Ian Hamilton Finlay's installation with Ron Costley, Unda/Wave at the Max-Planck Institute in Stuttgart. The Archive for this project is held by the Sackner Archive. Photographs of installations in the churchyard of St. Michaels' Church in Bristol, England also illustrate the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Dark Lady / Furnival, John., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-13264-13565
Scope and Contents

In this drawing, the Dark Lady by the Dark Tow(er) was placed in the center section. A portrait of the head of Shakespeare was placed at the upper right and that of Queen Elizabeth on the left. "An Index to the Alphabet of Manuall Significations" (sign language) is drawn on the lower left side. The content of this drawing and scale of the portraits gives a surrealistic-like sensibility. The Archive also holds another drawing relating to this work entitled, [Shakespeare, His Maze]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller / Fuller, R. Buckminster ; Marks, Robert., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-10697-10906
Dates: 1973
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Life and work of the Great Dutch Artist and Art Activist by Joost Baleau / Van Doesburg, Theo ; Baljeu J., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-28652-29952
Dates: 1974
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Sacramento Proposal: Sculpture for the 1201 K Street Office Tower / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; McLeish, Neil., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-12552-12780
Scope and Contents

The sculpture utilizes the word "cloud" in five languages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

The Watts Memorial Chapel-Compton-Surrey first Published in The Architectural Review, 1961 / Furnival, John., 1998

 Item — Folder 38: [Barcode: 31858072459989]
Identifier: CC-30121-31519
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of the first commercial print that Furnival made after his graduation from the Royal Academy of Art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / John Furnival

Tower of the Nets / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Stewart, Mark., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12540-12768
Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Two Proposals for the Munich Ehrentemple Sites / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Appleton, Ian., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-12516-12743
Scope and Contents

The images deal with Finlay's notions of denazification of the Ehrentemple sites. In Finlay's bookprints 1963-1997, this work is annotated as teo drawings with commentary but they are probably lithographis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Une oeuvre d'art pour la station de tramway Pole sud / Alpexpo / Blaine, Julien., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-43378-45440
Scope and Contents

This is documentation with photographs for a concrete poetic wall piece done for a train station in Grenoble France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Unfolding / Libeskind, Daniel; Balmond, Cecil., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29938-31329
Scope and Contents This box "Unfolding" was produced for the exhibition "Beyond the Wall 26.36" held in the Netherlands Architecture Institute. It is a dense, visual demonstration of the architectural plans for the new major extension of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. True to Libeskind's innovative constructivistic style, the building twists and folds upon itself on each floor. the plans and drawings are presented in this catalogue in several avant garde modes: a flip book, poster, folder containing architectural renderings of each floor on translucent paper, 2 books simply bound with a single large gromet, large loose sheets of architectural elements folded in book form, a reproduction of the architect's sketchbook and a print that can be cut out and folded to create a model of the building. Libeskind and Balmond won the competition to design this building in 1996, by unanimous approval of the selecting panels. It is stated that Daniel Libeskind's building "combines a revolutionary...
Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

[Untitled] / Archives Librairie ; Gette PA ; Isou I ; Young L ; Delaunay S ; Cendrars B ; Sabatier R ; Broutin GP ; Curtay JP ; Vostell W., 1993

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Identifier: CC-26477-26946
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

[Untitled] / Mullican, Matt., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-06407-6524
Dates: 1993
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Utopies / Lecointre, Didier ; Drouet, Dominique ; Espagnon, J. ; Le Bret, P. ; Isou I ; Lemaitre M ; Soleri P ; Debord G ; Jorn A ; Vostell W ; Higgins D., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-35480-37217
Dates: 2001
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri 1st Edition / Soleri, Paolo ; Wall D., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-02333-2373
Scope and Contents This is the 1st edition of the book. An extensive review of this book can be found in Eye Magazine volume 8, number 32. Rick Poyner reviews "Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri" by Donald Wall in his essay "The Designer as Architect: The Book as Spectacle." Poyner writes, "Nearly thirty years ago, when Donald Wall created this extraordinary book about Italian architect Paolo Soleri, he uncannily projected a vision of 1990s typography in its most process-driven, radical form...Just to list a few of the book's most striking typographic features is to recall the mannerisms of some of contemporary design's more celebrated figures: text blocks that run into the gutter; words reversed out of columns of type, obliterating the text; words that shoot off the edge of the text area and continue mid-letter on the next line; overlapping messages that merge in dense overlays with Soleri's photos and drawings; a giant Helvetica sentence that rolls on like a juggernaut for nineteen...
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri 2nd Edition / Soleri, Paolo ; Wall D., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-02334-2374
Scope and Contents This is the expanded 2nd edition of the book; it is missing the dust jacket. An extensive review of this book can be found in Eye Magazine, volume 8, number 32. Rick Poyner reviews "Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri" by Donald Wall in his essay "The Designer as Architect: The Book as Spectacle." Poyner writes, "Nearly thirty years ago, when Donald Wall created this extraordinary book about Italian architect Paolo Soleri, he uncannily projected a vision of 1990s typography in its most process-driven, radical form...Just to list a few of the book's most striking typographic features is to recall the mannerisms of some of contemporary design's more celebrated figures: text blocks that run into the gutter; words reversed out of columns of type, obliterating the text; words that shoot off the edge of the text area and continue mid-letter on the next line; overlapping messages that merge in dense overlays with Soleri's photos and drawings; a giant Helvetica sentence that...
Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri 2nd Edition / Soleri, Paolo ; Wall D., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-32855-34469
Scope and Contents This is the expanded 2nd edition of the book; its dust jacket is in fine condition. An extensive review of this book can be found in Eye Magazine, volume 8, number 32. Rick Poyner reviews "Visionary Cities: The Arcology of Paolo Soleri" by Donald Wall in his essay "The Designer as Architect: The Book as Spectacle." Poyner writes, "Nearly thirty years ago, when Donald Wall created this extraordinary book about Italian architect Paolo Soleri, he uncannily projected a vision of 1990s typography in its most process-driven, radical form...Just to list a few of the book's most striking typographic features is to recall the mannerisms of some of contemporary design's more celebrated figures: text blocks that run into the gutter; words reversed out of columns of type, obliterating the text; words that shoot off the edge of the text area and continue mid-letter on the next line; overlapping messages that merge in dense overlays with Soleri's photos and drawings; a giant Helvetica sentence...
Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Voysey Stile / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-10987-11200
Scope and Contents

The word 'stile' in the caption refers to a framing panel design for furniture. Voysey was an architect whose work Finlay disliked. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Within the System of Greek Architecture / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-10957-11169
Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

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