The Archivision Library: Base & Addition Modules
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(A0) THE BASE COLLECTION (16,000 images) |

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The Library's Base Collection is a core architecture collection representing major Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th & 19th Century and Modern sites. The focus here is the Italian Renaissance and Baroque and Modern architecture, especially the work of Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. The collection also includes gardens & parks, city skylines, cityscapes and public art as well as other design related topics, such as C.R. Mackintosh furniture drawings, etc. To learn more
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(A1) ADDITION MODULE ONE (6,000 images) |

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The first Addition Module completes our holdings on Renaissance and Baroque Rome not included in the Base Collection. It also contains all of our Ancient Egyptian material (close to 2000 images – this was our major photographic campaign of 2004). The collection also holds all of our Islamic material in Egypt, as well as overview sets on Cairo, Aswan and Luxor. Many contemporary sites are also included, especially those in Vancouver, Seattle, Boston and Montréal. |
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(A2) ADDITION MODULE TWO (6,000 images) |

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Module Two contains all of our Andrea Palladio material (over 700 images, of which 299 are Scamozzi etchings illustrating plans, sections and elevations of Palladio's work); all of the Hector Guimard collection (229 images); Fascist architecture in Italy; most of our holdings from London England; and the balance of our Ancient Greek and Bramante material not contained in the first two modules. The Module also includes all of our Islamic architecture in Turkey plus contemporary architecture in Florida, New York, Montreal, and Washington DC. The Module is rounded out with 300 exquisite new (May 2007) photographs of the exterior and interiors of Mackintosh’s Hill House. |
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(A3) ADDITION MODULE THREE (6,000 images) (available Spring 2008) |

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The third Addition Module contains all of our recent photography from Chicago (summer 2006); the rest of our holdings on Frank Lloyd Wright; and our Ancient Roman architecture and art, including the mosaics from Villa Erculea in Sicily. The module also holds the rest of our French Chateau and gardens and Byzantine architecture from Mystras, Greece, among many other subjects, including excellent coverage of the Oxford colleges photographed in May of 2007. |
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(A4) ADDITION MODULE FOUR (6,000 images) (available Spring 2009) |

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We are currently building module FOUR. So far this module holds all of our material from Russia (Moscow & St Petersburg - over 2000 images photographed during the summer of 2005), including many of the major palaces and gardens around St Petersburg. The module also holds more material from Paris, including several important hotels, new architecture in Kansas City, and all of our ancient Roman drawings. |
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