Harold Washington Library Centre Competition

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• Fonds: Arthur Erickson fonds, 1947-2002 (predominant 1963-2000)
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1963-2002
•      Project: Harold Washington Library Centre Competition, 1987-1988

People

• Arthur Erickson Architects, Toronto (architectural firm)
• VOA Associates (associated architectural firm)
• John Buck Company (developer)
• Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

Title

Harold Washington Library Centre Competition

Dates of creation

1987-1988

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• ca. 400 drawings
• 7 slides
• 0.05 linear metres of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents a competition entry for a central public library, consisting of a 13-storey building housing library spaces and auditorium, an atrium, winter garden, retail spaces, transportation hub and a small park, State Street and Congress Parkway, Chicago, Illinois.

File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic material, textual records.

Reference Number

AP022.S1.1987.PR13

Arrangement

Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH78407
  • Title: Perspective sketches, entrance plans
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 5 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 15.5 x 30.5 cm sheet (largest): 26.5 x 30.5 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-01-09

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255028
  • Title: Memoes and correspondence regarding the Chicago Library competition
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (draughtsman)
  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  memoes and correspondence regarding the Chicago Library competition, including a perspective sketch by Erickson, and facsimile transmissions photocopies of street level plans and a perspective

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH255562
  • Title: Draft of a presentation essay by Erickson on the design of the library
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (author)
  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  draft of a presentation essay by Erickson on the design of the library (typescript with revisions, 14 pages), memorandum concerning presentation dates for library competition, press clippings, colour photograph of a presentation model (entry by Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architects)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH256958
  • Title: Draft of proposal/urban design program, press clippings and correspondence
  • Dates of creation: 1987-1988
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH257207
  • Title: Presentation drawing (photomechanical), site plan, booklet
  • Dates of creation: circa 1987
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258085
  • Title: Site plans, floor plans, building sections
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  2 sets

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 28 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 28 x 43 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-88001-01

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258086
  • Title: Schematic sections, partial elevations, sections through existing structures, main level plans, alternative plans
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 27 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 30.5 x 42.5 cm sheet (largest): 40 x 82 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-88001-02

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258087
  • Title: Perspective studies, building sections, site plans, floor plans, partial sections, park schemes, elevations
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 32 x 36 cm sheet (largest): 46 x 111 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-88001-03

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258088
  • Title: Elevation studies, atrium schemes, floor plans
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 45 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 40 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 59 x 111 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-88001-04

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258089
  • Title: Building sections, floor plans, site plans, elevations
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 28 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 59 x 84 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH258090
  • Title: Site plans, floor plans, roof plan, elevations
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 21 drawings

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 59 x 84 cm sheet (largest): 82 x 149 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

  Folder Number:

  22-88001-06

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  • Reference Number: ARCH260018
  • Title: Perspective presentation drawings
  • Dates of creation: circa 1987
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0,01 l.m. of photographic materials
  • 7 drawings

  Dimensions:

  transparencies: 10 x 12.5 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261246
  • Title: Front elevations for ''Scheme G2'' and other unnamed front elevations
  • Dates of creation: March 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  includes 8 front elevations for ''Scheme G2''

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 roll of drawings

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261247
  • Title: Elevation studies
  • Dates of creation: April 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 7 reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261248
  • Title: Preliminary competition drawings - main level plan, site plan, elevations, and sections
  • Dates of creation: March 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 7 reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261249
  • Title: Reference drawings of Randolph Street Station on Wabash Avenue (1895)
  • Dates of creation: circa 1987
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  Reference drawings of Randolph Street Station on Wabash Avenue (1895), State Street Pedestrian Mall in Chicago (1978), and Old County Building. Includes preliminary drawings for competion.

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • reference drawings

  Extent and Medium:

  • 50 reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 28 x 43 cm

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261250
  • Title: Aerial survey photo, and reference drawings of New Central Library State Street elevation
  • Dates of creation: circa 1987
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Description:

  Aerial survey photo (City of Chicago, 1983), and reference drawings of New Central Library State Street elevation (Lester B. Knight and Associates, 1986).

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 roll of drawings

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261251
  • Title: Design development schematic plans and details
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 roll of drawings

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261252
  • Title: Plans, elevations, sections
  • Dates of creation: March 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 bound sets

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH261253
  • Title: Reference plans for furniture and equipment layouts
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 roll of drawings

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Arthur Erickson, Architecte/
  Gift of Arthur Erickson, Architect
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH275035
  • Title: Photographs of models, perspective drawings and photographs taken at the design competition
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Arthur Erickson (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 84 slides

  Credit line:

  Arthur Erickson fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de la Famille Erickson/
  Gift of the Erickson Family