Request Box 4 Folder 48
Box 4 Folder 48
Articles written for Viennese newspapers, 1920s
Contains photographic reproductions of 2 articles written by Neumann early in his career, entitled Buhnebild-Raumbuhne (in Tagesbote), and Stromungen in der bildenden Kunst der Gegenwart (in Moderne Kultur); also includes Neumann's order forms for the copies and notes (German)
Request Box 4 Folder 49
Box 4 Folder 49
Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 10, no. 3, January, 1953
Neumann's article On Planning, page 3 (Hebrew, English)
Request Box 4 Folder 50
Box 4 Folder 50
Architectural Institute of Japan, vol. 73, no. 863, 1958
Neumann's paper The Humanization of Space, the M-Phi System (Japanese language architecture periodical)
Request Box 4 Folder 51
Box 4 Folder 51
RAIC Journal (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), vol. 40, no. 5, May, 1963
Neumann's article Morphologic Architecture, pages 40-47 (English language architecture periodical) (4 copies)
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Box 4 Folder 52
Architecture Canada (Journal RAIC), vol. 45, no. 11, November, 1968
Neumann's article Irrational Factors in Building Industrialization, page 37 (English language architecture periodical)
Request Box 4 Folder 53
Box 4 Folder 53
M-Phi book, 1956
Neumann's paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi published in book form, with copy (French)
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Box 4 Folder 54
M-Phi illustrations, 1950s
Contains 4 pages of illustrations, included in the book L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi
Request Box 4 Folder 55
Box 4 Folder 55
M-Phi, final drafts, 1950s
Contains 6 final drafts, 4 of which are bound and contain illustrations (English)
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Box 4 Folder 56
M-Phi, completed drafts, 1950s
Contains 4 completed drafts with corrections (French)
Request Box 4 Folder 57 to 58
Box 4 Folder 57 to 58
M-Phi, partial drafts, 1950s
Includes early draft fragments and mathematical tables accompanied by written corrections, all related to Neumann's preparation of his paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi (earlier material in German and English, some later material also in French)
Request Box 4 Folder 59
Box 4 Folder 59
M-Phi notes, 1950s
Includes rough notes, some draft fragments, mathematical tables and calculations, edits, contact lists, notes on the dimensions of paintings, note pads, architectural sketches, printed illustrations, sketches, doodles (much of the material has no discernable organizational coherence but remains in the order in which it was received) (German, French, English)
Request Box 4 Folder 60
Box 4 Folder 60
M-Phi notes (Czech), 1950s
Contains notes, mathematical caluclations, sketches (Czech)
Request Box 5 Folder 1
Box 5 Folder 1
M-Phi, mathematical notes, 1950s
Contains mathematical tables pertaining to Fibonacci numbers, calculations and equations, sketches pertaining to the golden section, sketches of polyhedrons with templates, clippings from a book or periodical, some doodles, notes entitled "proportion of volumes," "partition of the plan," "geometric entities in place" (German, English, book excerpts in French)
Request Box 5 Folder 2
Box 5 Folder 2
M-Phi reference materials, undated
Includes diagrams illustrating principles of the golden section; reproductions of Leonardo's Annunciation and Virgin of the Rocks, and Giorgione's Fete Champetre, with accompanying perspectival diagrams analyzing the presence of the golden section in the paintings (captions in French, English)
Request Box 5 Folder 3
Box 5 Folder 3
M-Phi, lectures, 1953, undated
Includes notes for unspecified lectures on topics related to L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi; typescript of a lecture delivered at CIAM IX in Aix-en-Provence (German, English)
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Box 5 Folder 4
Architecture as Ornament, final draft, undated
Final version of the paper (English)
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Box 5 Folder 5
Architecture as Ornament, drafts and outline, undated
Outline for the paper; 3 drafts or partial drafts, with corrections (English)
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Box 5 Folder 6
Architecture as Ornament, notes, undated
Includes notes, article outlines, notes taken from books and other publications, bibliographical notes and citations, sketches, draft fragments, notes on symmetry, group theory, symbolism, mathematics (English, French, German)
Request Box 5 Folder 7
Box 5 Folder 7
L'Ornement, transcription of conference, 1967-1968
Transcript of a conference presented at the Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, Quebec; also includes draft (likely related to Neumann's paper entitled Ornement et Architecture) (French)
Request Box 5 Folder 8
Box 5 Folder 8
Aspects d'Architecture, 1965
Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (French)
Request Box 5 Folder 9
Box 5 Folder 9
Aspects d'Architecture, notes, undated
Contains partial drafts and notes, some of which are entitled Architecture without Architects, perhaps an earlier iteration of the paper (German)
Request Box 5 Folder 10
Box 5 Folder 10
Inertie de la forme, transcription of conference, 1967
Transcript of a conference at the Musee du Quebec, with copy and partial copy (French)
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Box 5 Folder 11
Inertie de la forme, notes, 1966-1967
Partial drafts and notes (French)
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Box 5 Folder 12
Irrational factors in building industrialization, undated
Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (English)
Request Box 5 Folder 13
Box 5 Folder 13
L'Architecture de la Morphologie, 1963
Paper presented by Neumann at a conference of L'Association des Architectes de L'Ontario, also published in the RAIC journal, May 1963 (3 copies) (French)
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Box 5 Folder 14
Morphology of Inside-Outside, 1963
Paper written by Neumann (English)
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Box 5 Folder 15
Morphology of Inside-Outside, illustrations, undated
Contains 11 captioned illustrations intended to accompany the text of Neumann's paper (English)
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Box 5 Folder 16
Morphology of Inside-Outside, drafts and notes, undated
Partial drafts and notes (English, German, French)
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Box 5 Folder 17
Openings, Doors, and Windows, undated
Includes paper or article, with drafts and outlines (German, English)
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Box 5 Folder 18
Windows and doors, notes, undated
Includes notes on the topic of windows as opened and closed forms, possible partial drafts, note pad entitled Window Problem, sketches (German, English)
Request Box 5 Folder 19
Box 5 Folder 19
Paper corrections, undated
Contains partial drafts accompanied by fragmented edits in scrap form, for the papers Morphology of Inside-Outside, and Openings, Doors, and Windows (English)
Request Box 5 Folder 20
Box 5 Folder 20
Space Packing, notes, 1960s
Includes notes on materials, furniture, history of space packing patterns, Greek theater architecture, tools; partial drafts; sketches (German, English)
Request Box 5 Folder 21 to 22
Box 5 Folder 21 to 22
Space Packing, sketches and notes, 1960s
Includes sketches and drawings of buildings, monuments, details of paintings, sculptures, clothing, furniture, tools, geometric patterns, floor plans, accompanied by notes; also includes some doodles (French, English, German)
Request Box 5 Folder 23
Box 5 Folder 23
Space Packing, reference, 1963, 1960s
Includes bibliographical notes, clippings pertaining to fashion and Japanese art from Time magazine (German, English)
Request Box 5 Folder 24
Box 5 Folder 24
Notes on Modulor II, circa 1955
Contains notes, bibliographical notes, and drafts in critique of Le Corbusier's book Modulor II, suggesting that it appropriated or misrepresented Neumann's ideas (French) (2 drafts of a letter regarding Modulor II are located in the unknown correspondents folder, under correspondence of Alfred Neumann)
Request Box 5 Folder 25
Box 5 Folder 25
L'Espace, notes, undated
Possible lecture notes or partial drafts on the topics of space, empty space, and architectural space (French)
Request Box 5 Folder 26
Box 5 Folder 26
Notes entitled "Competition", undated
Notes on the topic of the degeneration of the practice of the competition, and the resultant compromising of artistic integrity necessary for success (English)
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Box 5 Folder 27
Notes entitled "Japan", undated
Notes on the topic of dimension as an element of space (German)
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Box 5 Folder 28
Notes entitled "Schneid", undated
Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to aesthetics (title may be translated as "cutting") (German)
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Box 5 Folder 29
Notes entitled "Venezia", undated
Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to industrial production (German)
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Box 5 Folder 30
Notes on various architectural topics, undated
Includes notes with the following titles: form influencing factors in the manmade human environment, Wachsmann, fashion in industrial design, architecture as spatial art, development index, tour of the house, science of building, patent, laufenfeld, design, polyhedrons, Tumarkin (artist Igael Tumarkin), architectural space, proportion (German, English, French)
Request Box 5 Folder 31
Box 5 Folder 31
Notes on unspecified topics, undated
Contains possible research notes or drafts on unknown topics pertaining to architecture; includes sketches (German, French, English, Hebrew)
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Box 5 Folder 32
Sketches and notes, unspecified topics, undated
Includes sketches accompanied by notes, perhaps used in the course of research for unspecified papers (English)
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Box 5 Folder 33
Bibliographical notes, 1965, undated
Contains bibliographical notes on the architect Auguste Perret, from Peter Collins' book Concrete (English), quotations from articles in the architecture periodical L'Architettura (Italian), and Neumann's notes made from various books and periodicals, including the catalogue of an exhibition on Le Corbusier (French, German, English)