This series documents 400 architectural projects by Erickson / Massey Architects (1963-1972), Arthur Erickson Architects (1972-1991), and by Arthur Erickson as a design consultant for other firms (1991-2002), including Aitken Wreglesworth Associates, Architectura, and Nick Milkovich Architects. The series also contains early residential projects by Arthur Erickson completed before 1963. The projects are international in scope with locations in Canada, United States, Europe (England, France, Spain, Germany), the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran, Jordan), and the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan), and Australia.
The series is arranged chronologically by year of project.
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There are additional photographic documentation as well as projects administration records for several projects arranged under the series AP022.S2. There is also material intended for media release and publications associated with particular projects under sub-series AP022.S2.SS3.
Material related to certain late projects that do not have an associated project series can also be found under the sub-series documenting the administration of Erickson's offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver (see AP022.S3.SS1) and in Toronto (see AP022.S3.SS2).
File documents a built residence near Comox, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. The Filberg House is a two bedroom 2,580 square foot pavilion. Originally designed for Robert Filberg Jr., the house was conceived of as a retreat and included elements of Andalusian Islamic architecture.
File contains photographs, slides, textual records and a drawing.
File documents a built residence in Edmonton, Alberta. The Dyde house sits on fifty acres of land and was the first masonry residence built by Arthur Erickson. Henry Alexander Dyde was the client for the project.
File contains photographic materials, textual records and sketches.
McNab, Lee & Logan, Architects (associated architectural firm)
John Lantizius (landscape architect)
Simon Fraser University (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 636 drawings
216 mixed photographic materials
215 slides
0.69 l.m. of textual records
128 photographs
0.03 l.m. of photographic materials
1 model
1 panel
1 poster
Scope and Content:
File documents the competition entry for Simon Fraser University (1963), the master plan and university buildings including the central mall, academic quadrangle, transportation centre, library, residences, and offices (built), Burnaby, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, reference drawings, photographs, a model, textual records.
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A file containing colour and b/w photographs of Simon Fraser University, the Central Mall and Academic Quadrangle, Married Students Residence, Classroom Block and Transportation Centre, are in ARCH255005, file no. 28. There is also other photographs and written data in the Series "Public Relations and Marketing" and drawings in "General Office Files (Vancouver).
File documents an office building constructed with concrete load-bearing walls, consisting of two integrated towers connected by a central core (built 1965-1966). Documents also include plaza construction, landscaping, lobby and interiors (1967-1975), Georgia and Thurlow Streets, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, publication drawings, textual documents.
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A file contains 5 b/w photographs of interiors of the Macmillan Bloedel Building in ARCH255005, file no. 10. Also, 1 file of written data and 1 file containing 5 b/w photographs of interiors and an external view of the Macmillan Bloedel Building are in ARCH255007, Publicity 65008. More photo documentation of the building is in the series "Public Relations and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5. Photographs of office interiors are in the series Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd. AP022.S2.SS1.D9.
A Publicity file with one b/w photograph of the pavilion is in ARCH255005 (file no. 49), and one b/w photograph of the pavilion is in ARCH255007 ("Man in the Community Pavilion"). There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
File documents a study for the development of blocks 61 and 71, including an H-shaped government office tower, adjoining law courts, shopping arcades, a civic centre, public spaces and parking (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia. This study was a precursor to the Three-Block project and Robson Square.
File documents a 106-unit, low-rise apartment building with an interior courtyard (not built), Highbury Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, [Vancouver, British Columbia].
File documents a Canadian Government Pavilion consisting of a two-level, L-shaped planned building of laminated wood suspended by steel cables from three concrete pylons (not built), and a pavilion consisting of four mirrored walls sloped at a 45 degree angle enclosing a central court and a pool (built), Osaka, Japan.
File contains presentation panels, photographic material, working drawings, tectual records.
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Two files with written data and clippings about the Pavilion are in ARCH255007, file Publicity 67003. One file with 3 b/w photographs, (2 of presentation drawings), are in ARCH255005, file no. 27. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
Title: Biological Sciences Building 1, University of Victoria
Dates of creation: 1968
People:
Erickson/Massey Architects (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
7 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a 4-storey science building housing laboratories, lecture hall, seminar rooms and faculty offices (built), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia.
File documents a building for religious worship, including living and office spaces (built), 8000 Ross Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, textual records (includes photographs).
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One b/w photograph showing the Slkh Temple ceiling and skylight is in record ARCH255005, file no. 29.
One b/w photograph of the Sikh Temple exterior is in record ARCH255007, Sikh Temple 68013. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
One file containing 4 b/w photographs of Nelson Towers, and 3 photocopies showing plan, north elevation and perspcetive, are in record ARCH255005, file no. 31.
File documents a residential mega-complex that includes retail and offices (not built), proposed for railway yeads at Decarie Boulevard and rue St. Jacques, Montreal, Quebec.
File contains presentation drawings, consultant drawings and a textual record.
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A file with 7 b/w photographs of a model for M.-3. Montreal is in ARCH255005, file no. 39.
File documents a nine-storey, 912-foot long university building housing administration, teaching facilities and student residences (completed 1971), Lethbridge, Alberta.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographs, textual records.
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A Publicity file with 11 b/w photographs of a model and interior and exterior views of Lethbridge University are in ARCH255005, file no. 8. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5. Correspondence concerning furniture is in ARCH256899, part of the series Francisco Imported Furninture Ltd. AP022.S2.SS1.D9.
File documents a central core complex of multiple towers on a city block (not built) , Winnipeg, Manitoba.
File contains design development drawings and rextual records.
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One file containing photocopies of perspective sketches and filmstrip negatives showing models are in record ARCH255005, Winnipeg Studies, file no. 42.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
4 drawings
0.12 linear metres of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents serveral landscaping projects including signage and a bust sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi, Simon Fraser university, Burnaby, British Columbia.
File contains working drawings, textual records (includes photographs).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Marani, Rounthwaite & Dick (associated architectural firm)
Van der Meulen & Associates (landscape architects)
Bank of Canada (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
1,466 drawings
1,951 slides
2.54 l.m. of textual records
460 photographs
4 panels
0.12 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a bank headquarters building (completed 1979) consiting of two 12-storey, copper and reflecting glass towers and an 80-metre high glass-enclosed atrium / court surrounding an existing bank building, Ottawa, Ontario.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, presentation panels, photographs and slides, textual records.
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A Publicity file with a colour photograph of a presentation drawing of the Bank of Canada, Ottawa, is in ARCH255005, file no. 1, and a file with "mock-up" negatives of drawings are in ARCH255005, file no. 57. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
Title: Hitch-Hike Stations, Simon Fraser University
Dates of creation: 1970
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
1 drawing
Scope and Content:
File documents rectangular shelters built with concrete base, metal and plate glass, with an acrylic dome roof, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Brithish Columbia.
File documents planning and design of a 3.5 mile section of a proposed freeway, including a mxed-use development with a pedestrian mall beneath the freeway viaduct, Seattle, Washington State.
File contains design development drawings, and textual records (includes photographs).
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2 files contain written data and photographs of models for the West Seattle Freeway in record ARCH255007, Publicity 69014.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Dick Hilborn (client)
Francisco Kripacz (interior designer)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
82 drawings
0.06 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a brick house built on a sloping site, Cambridge, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, textual records.
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3 colour photographs of the Hilborn House interior are in record ARCH255005, file 22.
2 files contain a photograph contact sheet showing models and negatives of publication drawings of the Hilborn House are in record ARCH255007, file Publicity 70009. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Public Relations and Project Documentation" (AP022.S2.SS1.D5).
File documents competition entry for a Museum of Contemporary Art (not built), Paris, France.
File contains a model.
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3 files containg written data, photographs of models, and photostats of presentation drawings are in record ARCH255007, Paris Competition, and other photo documentation is in the Series "Public Relations and Project Documentation" (AP022.S2.SS1.D5).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 350 drawings
0.01 linear metres of photographic material
0.03 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents the re-development of an existing church site to include a 20-storey office tower, with retail and commercial spaces, and the church relocated below grade (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File containsdesign development drawings, presentation drawings, textual records.
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There is photo documentation of this project in the Series "Public Relations and Project Documentation" (AP022.S2.SS1.D5).
File documents a feasibility study for an office and shopping complex (not built), Eglinton Avenue East and Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario.
File contains drawings, textual records.
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Related documents are in the "Public Relations and Project Documentation" files, incluving a colour photograph of a model in record ARCH255005, file no. 16, and 4 folders containg written data, drawings, photographs and negatives, are in record ARCH255007, Publicity 70052.
Title: Ontario Trade and Industry Development Centre
Dates of creation: 1971-1972
People:
Erickson/Massey Architects (architectural firm)
Ontario Department of Trade and Industry (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
55 drawings
0.05 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic materials
Scope and Content:
File documents interiors on 2 floors including offices, showrooms, library and tourist information area, York Centre Building, University Avenue and King Street, Toronto, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, photographs, textual records.
File documents a demonstration minirail system including vehicles, stations and elevated tracks at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds as part of a proposed expanded city mass transit system (not built), Toronto, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, photographic material, and textual records (includes photographs).
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A file with one colour photograph of a model showing a minirail car is in ARCH255005, file no. 14.
Tamblyn Pritchard Construction Limited (contractor)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
78 drawings
30 photographs
0.06 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a residence constructed of concrete piers and beams, with exposed wood trusses and roof, and brick exterior (built), Woodstock, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographs, textual records.
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A file with 2 contact sheets and 2 photographs of models are in ARCH255005, file no. 21.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Queen's University (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
1,154 slides
ca. 1,050 drawings
2.15 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a student activities centre comprised of a new building and the renovation of an existing building (built), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, shop drawings and photographs, textual documents.
Title: Anthropology & Sociology Department Building
Dates of creation: 1972-1978
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 850 drawings
0.50 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents the conversion of former university dormitories to offices and classrooms (built), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, shop drawings, textual records (includes photographs).
File documents a townhouse project built on a 10 acre site, The Shannon Estate, while preserving the original gardens and the mansion house for a clubhouse (completed 1973), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains working drawings, textual records.
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There are 25 photographs related to Shannon Estates and Shannon Mews in record ARCH255005, file no. 30.
Title: Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Dates of creation: 1972-1979
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Erickson/Massey Architects (architectural firm)
University of British Columbia (client)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Simon Scott (photographer)
B & B Models (model maker)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 680 drawings
660 slides
0.70 l.m. of textual records
13 photographs
1 model
Scope and Content:
File documents a 66,000 square-foot museum for North-West aboriginal artifacts (completed 1976), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographs, textual records, and a model.
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A file with 2 b/w photographs of a model and drawing are in ARCH255005, file no. 48.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Sengara Lumber Sales Ltd. (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
10 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a small 2-level (main floor and mezzanine) office building raised on timber piles over water (built?), 139 no.5 Road (Mitchell Island) Richmond, British Columbia.
File contains design development and working drawings.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Ira Young & Associates, Ltd. (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
10 drawings
0.10 linear metres of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a mixed-use development of retail, offices and residential on a 30-acre site that was formerly a fair ground (not built), Highway 7 at Highway 48, Markham, Ontario.
File contains textual records.
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A file with 4 photographs and contact sheets of the Markham Fairgrounds model is in ARCH255005, file no. 3.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Marathon Realty (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
ca. 100 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a study proposal to rejuvenate a former 3.1 hectare rail / truck terminal and industrial area with residential development, water features and a park (not built), False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, textual documents.
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A file with 2 b/w photographs of a model are in ARCH255005, file no. 33.
File documents a long-term master plan and a multi-phase teaching / research hospital constructed of modular units (not built) on the site of an existing hospital, Oak Street and 28th Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Government of British Columbia - Department of Public Works (client)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
George Allen Aerial Photos Ltd. (photographic studio)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 3,000 drawings
812 slides
4.20 l.m. of textual records
94 photographs
32 panels
2 models
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents an integrated development constructed on city blocks 51, 61 and 71 in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The project consists of a Provincial Government Office complex including a terraced civic space (Robson Square), a Provincial Law Courts building, and a former courthouse building (F.M. Rattenbury, architect) converted to house the Vancouver Art Gallery (built).
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, working drawings, photographs and slides, models and textual documents (includes photographs).
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A b/w photograph of a model is in ARCH255005, file no. 47, and a file with descriptive texts and photos of drawings and models is in ARCH255007, Publicity file Three Block Project. There is more photo documentation of this project in the Series "Public Relations and Project Documentation".
Title: B.C. Government Services Complex, Robson Square
Dates of creation: 1973-1978
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Government of British Columbia - Department of Public Works (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 2,000 drawings
0.64 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a low-rise government office building on Block 61 of Robson Square. The complex includes a landscaped public courtyard, reataurants, conference and media centre, and a skating rink (built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, shop drawings, textual records.
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Related documents are in the Three Block Project, Robson Square, The Provincial Law Courts, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Bureau of Transit Services, Department of Municipal Affairs, Province of British Columbia (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 70 drawings
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a conceptual plan for a transit passenger station serving commuters, ferries, buses, trains and a light rapid rail system (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, textual records.
Title: Arthur Erickson Architects Building, Alterations and Addition, Vancouver
Dates of creation: 1974-1975
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 240 drawings
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents alterations to architect's office building at 2412 Laurel Street, and an addition for project offices, 896 8th Avenue (built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Toronto Transit Commission (T.T.C.) (client)
M. M. Dillon Limited (consulting engineering firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 2,900 drawings
4.04 l.m. of textual records
693 slides
0.42 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a subway station constructed with a 40,000 square-foot, concrete space-frame roof, Toronto, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, reference drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
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Two files containg 10 photographs of presentation drawings and models, 8 contact sheets showing models, and one negative of a presentation drawing are in ARCH255005, files no. 19 and no. 50.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Toronto Transit Commission (T.T.C.) (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 2,100 drawings
4.07 l.m. of textual records
1.37 l.m. of photographic materials
286 slides
62 photographs
1 book
Scope and Content:
File documents a subway station with a 500-foot platform, stainless steel exterior and skylight with neon light artwork (built), Toronto (North York), Ontario.
File contains reference drawings, design sevelopment drawings, working drawings, photographs and negatives, textual records (includes photographs).
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A colour photograph of a presentation drawing of the Yorkdaly Subway is in ARCH255005, file no. 46.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 100 drawings
0.02 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a planning study including an expansion of the B.C. Hydro Head Office building and the development of the site on Block 70, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, reference drawings, textual records and photographic material.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
540 slides
ca. 350 drawings
0.15 l.m. of textual records
0.03 linear metres of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a temporary pavilion built for the 1976 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Vancouver, British Columbia. The pavilion consisted of a reception and public information centre primarily constructed out of paper maché modules, and it displayed an exhibition related to a parallel event, the Manila-Tondo Foreshore Architectural Compeition (1976) held in Manilla, the Plilippines.
Title: National Gallery of Canada Competition, 1st Scheme
Dates of creation: 1975-1976
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
David Boulva Cleve Associates (associated architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
151 drawings
0.53 l.m. of textual records
4 photographs
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a submission for a 800,000 square-foot arts building in the first competition for the National Gallery of Canada (not built), Ottawa, Ontario.
File contains reference material, design development drawings, presentation drawings, textual records.
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There is photo documentation of this project in the Series "Promotional and Project Documentation" AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
File documents a 2,800-seat concert hall (complteted 1982) constructed as part of the Downtown West development project, Toronto, Ontario.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings,presentation drawings, shop drawings, photographs, models, textual documents.
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There are 55 site study photo snapshots (9 X 9 cm.) in ARCH255005, file no. 2. More photo documentation of this project is in the Series AP022.S2.SS1.D5.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Royal Bank of Canada (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
65 drawings
0.02 l.m. of textual records
23 photographs
Scope and Content:
File documents a project to integrate an existing bank building into a new retail / office / hotel complex (not built), and a proposal for a similar scheme "Canada Centre" on an adjoining site, Ottawa, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, photographs, textual records.
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A file with 3 prints of a colour photograph of the Royal Bank project model in in ARCH255005, file no. 15.
Title: Weston Residence and Swimming Pool Addition
Dates of creation: 1976-1978
People:
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
W. Galen Weston (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
44 drawings
0.02 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a proposed new residence on Beaumont Road, and a solarium-covered swimming pool addition to an existing residence, Dunvegan Road, Toronto, Ontario.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Afton Mines Ltd. (client)
Teck Mining Group (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
15 drawings
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents mining camp buildings, including an administartion building, assay laboratory building, machine shop and warehouse, Sugarloaf Mountain, near Kamloops, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 167 drawings
0.03 l.m. of textual records
2 photographs
Scope and Content:
File documents a multi-storey, mixed-use project consisting of residential, office and retail floors with underground parking, for the north-west corner of Hornby and Smithe Streets, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, photographs, textual documents.
File documents alternative proposals for phase one of a city block development comprised of reflecting-glass office towers, a city park and Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto, Ontario.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Red Deer College (client)
Robert Merchant (associated architect)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 950 drawings
242 slides
128 photographs
0.54 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents an arts complex consisting of a 600-seat theatre, 1,200-seat concert hall, rehearsal halls, art gallery and school of music (built), Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, shop drawings, textual records (includes photographs).
File documents an unbuilt summer residence on Hernando Island, British Columbia for Norman Keevil. Work on the project was discontinued in 1977 and resumed the following year.
File contains textual records and photographic materials.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
4 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a feasibility study for a building of 5 floors of offices elevated over two wings of recreational facilities and retail stores (not built), Matsqui [Abborsford], British Columbia.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
National Housing Authority of Kuwait (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
11 drawings
257 slides
133 mixed photographic materials
0.39 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a medium-density housing development consisting of 900 dwelling units, shops, schools, public gardens, recreation facilities and mosques on a 70-acre site (not built), Kuwait City, Kuwait.
File contains drawings (negatives), textual records and photographic materials.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 2,000 drawings
410 slides
0.85 l.m. of textual records
1 photograph
Scope and Content:
File documents the conversion of a Beaux-arts courthouse (built 1906-1911, F.M. Rattenbury, architect) on Block 51 into an art gallery (completed 1983), as the last phase of the Robson Square development, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, textual records (includes photographs).
File documents a summer residence in Fire Island, New York. Fire Island House has an elevated wooden frame structure with large wooden piers facing the ocean. The house also includes a 14 foot sliding roof over the living rooms. The residence was designed with Francisco Kripacz.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents two proposals for a mixed-use development - a residential complex & shopping mall, and a hotel & conference centre - for a 2 1/2 hectare site (not built), Medinah, Saudi Arabia.
File documents a project for two steel-truss office buildings of 250,000 square-feet each, raised on 80-foot piers over public facilites and a park (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, reference drawings, presentation drawings, photographs, a model, and textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 600 drawings
41 slides
2 models
2.52 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents urban design guidelines for the cental core of a community of 300,000 residents, including offices, shopping complex, residential blocks (not built), Town of Fintas, Kuwait.
File contains design development drawings, shop drawings, survey drawings, working drawings, textual records (includes photograps).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Evergreen Building Ltd. (client)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 350 drawings
0.07 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a office / residential building with a health club, commercial space and underground parking (completed 1980), West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, textual records (including photographs).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Yakeley Associates (supervising architect)
Napp Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. (client)
Timothy Hursley (photographer)
Steve Hoffmann Limited (model maker)
Francisco Kripacz (interior designer)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
2,126 drawings
3.64 l.m. of textual records
57 photographs
0.17 linear metres of photgraphic material
2 panels
1 model
Scope and Content:
File documents a three-level pharmaeutical complex containing offices, laboratories, manufacturing and warehouse facilities, built in Cambridge, England.
File contains conceptual sketches, design development drawings, working drawings, photographs, shop drawings, tectual records and a model.
Related units of description:
A perspective sketch and elevation study of Napp Laboratories building is verso a drawing for the Grant House (ARCH254626).
Documents related to this project are in AP022.S2.SS2.D335, Napp Research Centre.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Bruce Beron (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
11 drawings
0.10 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a 36,000 square-foot house withf three-levels, wood frame construction and cedar board exterior cladding (not built), San Mateo, California.
File contains design development drawings, textual records (includes photographs and drawings).
File documents the California Plaza competition to redevelop 11.2 acres of the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, and the first and second Master Plans, Los Angeles, California.
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, slides compostite photograph, and models.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Hugh Martin (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
20 drawings
5 photographic negatives
0.2 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents additions to a residence including a one-storey conservatory, and repairs to a glass-block roof structure, 1870 South-West Marine Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, photographic negatives, textual documents (including photographs).
File documents a revised master plan for a university for 20,000 students consisting of academic facilities, infrastructure, student and faculty housing and community services (not built), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
File contains publication drawings, textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
17 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a proposed cultural centre consisting of administartive and service facilities, exhibition pavilion, library, festival square, water garden and ornamental gateways (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Steve Hoffmann Limited (model maker)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
11 drawings
0.03 l.m. of textual records
1 model
Scope and Content:
File documents competition entry consisting of two towers forming a corporate headquarters complex (not built) on opposite sides of University Ave., Toronto, Ontario.
File contains presentation drawings, textual records, and a model.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Marathon Realty (client)
Robert McIlhargey (artist)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 230 drawings
0.78 l.m. of textual records
42 slides
31 panels
Scope and Content:
File documents a mixed-use development consisting of a glass-vaulted galleria between two office towers, public spaces, and three above-grade and below-grade retail levels, underground parking, Pier B-C, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains survey drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, textual records (includes photographs) and slides.
Arthur Erickson Associates (consulting architectural firm)
Frank E. Basil Inc. (associated architectural firm)
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 1924 slides
ca. 800 drawings
120 photographs
0.36 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a military / academic complex consisting of an administrative building, housing for 1,500 cadets, and three academic atriums organized around a quadrangle covered with a space frame structure (not built), Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
File contains slides, design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, photographs, and textual records (includes photographs).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Simon Fraser University (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 130 drawings
12 panels
0.05 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents a master plan for a student-faculty community adnacent Simon Fraser university, consisting of a village centre, seminar centre, retail mall, student housing, and an area for "Discovery Parks Incorporated" (not built), Burnaby, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, textual documents.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
University of British Columbia (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
3 drawings
0.5 linear metres of textual records.
Scope and Content:
File documents an expansion to the Museum of Anthropology including offices, library, laboratory storage and galleries (built), Universtiy of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
File contains design development drawings and textual records (including photographs).
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
8 drawings
Scope and Content:
File documents a 12,000 square-foot summer residence on one-level, with a concrete frame and two detached guest houses (not built), located near Carmel, California.
File contains concept and design development drawings.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Steve Hoffmann Limited (model maker)
Rouse Company (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
89 drawings
18 panels
1 model
0.04 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
Scope and Content:
File documents a competition submission for a mixed-use development project consisting of a commercial block with a department store and shops, an office tower and a 400-room hotel (not built), Baltimore, Maryland.
File contains reference drawings, presentation drawings and panels, photographic materia, a model and textual records.
File documents a master plans for two preliminary schemes and a final scheme (not built) for a three kilometre section of the Abu Nuwas district of Baghdad, Iraq.
File contains survey drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic material, textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Cowle & Martin Associates (associated architectural firm)
Rampart Enterprises Ltd. (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
183 drawings
0.01 l.m. of textual records
0.01 l.m. of photographic material
1 photograph
Scope and Content:
File documents a housing development competition consisting of mullti-storey condominium buildings on a waterfront site (not built), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, and textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 650 drawings
0.51 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content:
File documents the first two projects of the Songhees development, consisting of 76 townhouse units and a high-rise apartment tower for seniors (built), Victoria, British Columbia.
File contains design devlopment drawings, working drawings, textual records.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Los Angeles (architectural firm)
Deems Lewis McKinley, Architects (associated architectural firm)
San Diego Port Authority (client)
Doug Teiger (draughtsman)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
17 mixed photographic materials
7 drawings
7 transparencies
1 photograph
1 model
0.03 l.m. of textual records
0.02 l.m. of photographic materials
Scope and Content:
File documents a built convention centre comprised of exhibit spaces, meeting rooms and offices on the upper level, a 250.000 square-foot exhibition hall at street level, and underground parking, San Diego, California.
File contains photographic materials, publication drawings, a presentation drawing, textual records and a model.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Cowle & Martin Associates (associated architectural firm)
Paul D. Ferris & Associates (landscape architectural firm)
Rampart Enterprises Ltd. (client)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 6,000 drawings (ca. 5,150 reprographic copies)
2.59 l.m. of textual records
210 slides
Scope and Content:
File documents a competition and construction of a 320-unit, waterfront condominium building with a retail arcade and recreational facilities on the ground level, completed 1984, Toronto, Ontario.
File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, photographic material and textual documents.
Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
Department of External Affairs Canada (client)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Francisco Kripacz (interior designer)
Francisco Kripacz (draughtsman)
Panda Associates (photographers)
Arthur Erickson (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 Project
Extent and Medium:
ca. 2,700 drawings
14.8 l.m. of textual records
ca. 570 slides
4 models
31 panels
179 photographs
0.62 l.m. of photographic materials
6 boxes of building materials
1 videocassette
Scope and Content:
File documents a modernist-neoclassical embassy building consisting of six-levels and a U-shaped plan around an inner courtyard (constructed 1986-1988), Washington, D.C.
File contains design development drawings, working drawings, reference drawings, presentation panels, photographs and photographic material, models, samples of building materials and textual records.
