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People

  • Melvin Charney (architect)
  • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

Title

Publications

Dates of creation

1958-2007

Level of archival description

Series

Extent and Medium

  • 0.71 l.m. of textual records
  • 131 photographic materials
  • 18 drawings
  • 12 serials

Scope and Content

This series documents Melvin Charney's writings, mainly for articles for periodicals or reports on architecture and urbanism, and the related research from 1955 to 2007. The series contains drafts, notes and reference materials, including photographic materials and drawings, related to Charney's writings, and also copies of Charney's articles or serials in which his articles were published. The series also includes a few files related to lectures given by Melvin Charney, with documents such as draft texts and reference materials.

Reference Number

AP041.S4

Arrangement

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

Language of material

Japanese, Italian, German

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:074:009
    • Title: Draft text and reference materials for an article on Pop architecture and Pop art
    • Dates of creation: 1966-1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts, magazine clippings, and notes. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC WRITING / POP ARCHITECTURE / 1966

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:074:010
    • Title: Photographs, correspondence, and reference materials related to writing "Les silos à grains revisités"
    • Dates of creation: 1960, 1967, 2007
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Jean-Jacques Lavoie (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MTL GRAIN ELEVATORS: REVISITED 2008

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 33 negatives
    • 10 photographs

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    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:077:001:006
    • Title: Reference materials related to article "A journal of Istanbul"
    • Dates of creation: circa 1962
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing drawings (including floorplans, and studies) on Islamic architecture. Related to Melvin Charney's article, "A journal of Istanbul", published in Journal of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, vol. 36, no. 6, in June 1962.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 12 drawings

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:018
    • Title: Brochures, correspondence, notes, and working drafts related to research proposal "Technology of Mass Housing"
    • Dates of creation: 1970
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including brochures, correspondence, notes, and working drafts related to Melvin Charney's research proposal, Technology of Mass Housing. Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOUSING STUDY -Institute of Architecture & Urban Studies -1970

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:019
    • Title: Notes and reports "Planification urbaine: les limites et possibilités de l'action planifiée"
    • Dates of creation: 1972
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including notes, and multiple copies of « Planification urbaine: les limites et possibilites de l'action planifiée », presented by Melvin Charney at the 1972 Symposium du CQE. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TEXT - LIMITS & POSSIBILITIES OCT '72

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:021
    • Title: Drafts for various public spaces and streets space development writings
    • Dates of creation: 1973-1974
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts with annotations in graphite throughout, related to the following reports:
    - Public urban space: resources, innovation and policy: opportunities in the use of public open space in neighbourhood improvement programs;
    - The street: urban structures, innovation and policy;
    - Innovation in the design and management of streets: urban resources and the quality of urban life.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORK / GOV'T CAN. PROJECT 1973

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.05 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:023
    • Title: Drafts of the article "L'autre architecture a faire"
    • Dates of creation: 1977
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in French, including multiple drafts of the article, L'autre architecture a faire. Annotations in graphite present. Original folder inscribed in graphite: "L'AUTRE ARCHITECTURE A FAIRE" 1977

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:082:025
    • Title: Drafts and notes related to "The Montrealness of Montreal: Formations and Formalities in Urban Architecture"
    • Dates of creation: 1980
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English including drafts and notes, related to Melvin Charney's article, The Montrealness of Montreal: Formations and Formalities in Urban Architecture. Annotations in graphite present throughout.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: A.R. PIECE / NOTES FOR '80 → MONTREALNESS OF MONTREAL

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:098:017
    • Title: Japanese translation of the article "Experimental strategies; notes for environmental design"
    • Dates of creation: 1979
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Unknown (translator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing multiple photocopies of the title page and table of contents from the Japanese journal Formalism, Realism, Contextualism.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1979 EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGIES: NOTES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:001
    • Title: Notes, reference materials, detail drawings of architectural landmarks from travels in Turkey related to article "A journal of Istanbul"
    • Dates of creation: 1958-1961, 2001
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including notes, reference materials, detail drawings of architectural landmarks from Melvin Charney's travels through Turkey.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC TURKEY NOTES 1961

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 5 drawings

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:002
    • Title: Clippings and photocopies of the article "A journal of Istanbul"
    • Dates of creation: 1962
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents in English, including two complete copies of the June 1962 edition of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Journal, as well as clippings and photocopies of Melvin Charney's article, "A journal of Istanbul".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:003
    • Title: Detail drawings, notes, photocopies, and photographs related to article "A journal of Istanbul"
    • Dates of creation: circa 1960
    • Form: drawings, textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Hélène Roger-Viollet (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing detail drawings, notes, photocopies, and photographs related to Melvin Charney's article, "A journal of Istanbul", for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Journal.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1962 A JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL - IMAGES

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 16 photographs
    • 5 drawings

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 6,5 × 14,3 cm (2 9/16 × 5 5/8 in.) sheet (largest): 27,6 × 21,6 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:004
    • Title: Printout of a map of Byzantine Constantinople, and drafts of article "A journal of Istanbul"
    • Dates of creation: circa 1960
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including a printout of a map of Byzantine Constantinople, and drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "A journal of Istanbul".

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC TURKEY 1961 RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS (1) ISTANBUL (2) ROCK-CUT CAPPODOCIA

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:005
    • Title: Drafts of article "Dialogues of Cityland"
    • Dates of creation: 1963
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "Dialogues of Cityland".

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: CITYLAND 1963

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:006
    • Title: Draft and notes for text "Some Found" in Architecture Montréal
    • Dates of creation: circa 1960
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1963 NOTES: SOME FOUND ARCHITECTURE MONTREAL

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:007
    • Title: Clippings, drafts, and photocopies of article "Troglai"
    • Dates of creation: 1963-1964
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including clippings, drafts, and photocopies of Melvin Charney's article, "Troglai", as it appeard in Landscape magazine in spring 1963, and in translation in La Vie des Arts, spring 1964.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: ESSAYS ON ROCK-CUT ARCH. + REPRINTS

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:008
    • Title: Periodical "Vie des Arts" with French translation of article "Troglai"
    • Dates of creation: 1964
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Two complete copies of the spring 1964 edition of Vie des Arts, which features a French translation of Melvin Charney's article, "Troglai".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 serials

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:009
    • Title: Press clippings possibly used a reference for various publications
    • Dates of creation: 1963-1964
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including magazine and newspaper clippings (reference materials). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MISC. PUBLICATIONS

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:011
    • Title: Drafts, notes, photographs, sketches, and printouts of images related to article "Troglai"
    • Dates of creation: 1961
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Unknown (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

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    File containing documents in English, including drafts, notes, photographs, sketches, and printouts of images related to Melvin Charney's article, "Troglai".

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: « TROGLAI ARCHITECTURE » / LANDSCAPE 1963

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m.of textual records
    • 9 drawings
    • 7 reprographic copies
    • 3 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 7,3 × 10,4 cm (2 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.) sheet (largest): 20,9 × 26,7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:012
    • Title: Periodical "Landscape magazine" with article "Troglai"
    • Dates of creation: 1963
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Three complete copies of the spring 1963 issue of Landscape magazine, in which Melvin Charney's article, "Troglai", is included.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 serials

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:013
    • Title: Drafts of article "Environmental conjecture: in the jungle of the grand prediction" and serial "Vie des Arts" with article "Le monde du pop"
    • Dates of creation: 1962-1966
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Rudy Burckhardt (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

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    File containing documents in English and French, including drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "Environmental conjecture: in the jungle of the grand prediction", a complete copy of the fall 1966 issue of Vie des Arts, in which his article « Le monde du pop » appears. Includes photographs of the following artworks:
    - Untitled, James Rosenquist, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print);
    - gallery view of a 1964 George Segal exhibition (1 gelatin silver print).

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: POP ART VIE DES ARTS 1964

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 2 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 17,9 × 25,1 cm (7 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 20,1 × 25,1 cm (7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:014
    • Title: Drafts, newspaper clipping, notes, and printouts of article "Old Montreal no one wants to save"
    • Dates of creation: 1964
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts of Melvin Charney's article "Old Montreal no one wants to save", a newspaper clipping, notes, printouts, and four complete copies of the December 1964 issue of The Montrealer in which the article appears.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: NOT SO OLD MTL MONTREALER 12-1964

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:015
    • Title: Correspondence, drafts, notes, reference materials, and sketches related to article "A letter from the underground"
    • Dates of creation: 1963-1966
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, drafts, notes, reference materials, and sketches, related to Melvin Charney's article, "A letter from the underground".

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MONTREAL METRO 1964 UNPUBLISHED

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 5 drawings

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:016
    • Title: Correspondence, drafts, and photocopies related to article "The world of pop"
    • Dates of creation: 1964-1966
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, drafts, and photocopies, related to Melvin Charney's article, The world of pop, and its French translation, Le monde du pop. Includes the photographs of the following artworks:
    - Woman no. 1, James Rosenquist, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print);
    - In, Roy Lichtenstein, 1962 (1 gelatin silver print);
    - Unidentified artwork (1 gelatin silver print).

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1964 THE WORLD OF POP - VILLE[sic] DES ART[sic]

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 3 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets: 24,1 × 20,5 × 0,01 cm (9 1/2 × 8 1/16)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:017
    • Title: Drafts, clippings, photocopies, and a complete copy of The Canadian Architect with article "Place Victoria"
    • Dates of creation: 1965
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts, clippings, photocopies, and a complete copy of the July 1965 issue of The Canadian Architect (vol. 10, no. 7) in which Melvin Charney's article, "Place Victoria", appears.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: Jul 1965 / Place Victoria / Canadian Architect

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Inscription:

    inscribed

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:018
    • Title: Peridical Landscape with article "Predictions for design"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Three complete copies of the spring 1967 issue of Landscape (and reprints therefrom), which includes Melvin Charney's article, "Predictions for design".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 serials

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:019
    • Title: Periodical Landscape with article "The trulli of southern Italy"
    • Dates of creation: 1965
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    One complete issue of the fall 1965 issue of Landscape, which includes the Melvin Charney's article, "The trulli of southern Italy".

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 serial

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:020
    • Title: Periodical Parallel with article "A guide to the plastic inevitable" and the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada Journal with article "Environmental chemistry"
    • Dates of creation: 1966-1967
    • Form: journals and magazines
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Two complete copies of the February-March 1967 edition of Parallel (vol. 1, no. 6), in which Melvin Charney's article, "A guide to the plastic inevitable", appears, and one complete copy of the May 1966 edition of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Journal (vol. 43, no. 5), in which the article, "Environmental chemistry", appears.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 serial(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 serials

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:021
    • Title: Peridical Landscape and copies of article "The trulli of southern Italy"
    • Dates of creation: 1965
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including one complete copy of the fall 1965 edition of Landscape (vol. 15, no. 1), and copies of Melvin Charney's article, The trulli of southern Italy. Original folder inscribed in graphite: FALL 1965 LANDSCAPE : THE TRULLI OF S. ITALY

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:022
    • Title: Correspondence, drafts of article, magazine clippings, notes, and photographs of the following landmarks Expo 67
    • Dates of creation: 1966-1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including correspondence, drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "Urbland 2000", magazine clippings from the February-March 1967 edition of Parallel magazine in which the article appears, notes, and photographs of the following landmarks Expo 67 landmarks:
    - Biosphere museum;
    - Netherlands pavilion;
    - Habitat 67;
    - Gyrotron;
    - German pavilion.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1965 LETTERS PARALLEL ARTICLE NOTES

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 10 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 17,9 × 22,7 cm (7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.) sheet (largest): 23,1 × 29,3 cm (9 1/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:023
    • Title: Correspondence, multiple copies of Melvin Charney's article, "Trulli: an archaic tableau vivant", magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, and photographs
    • Dates of creation: 1964-1965
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (photographer)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant), French, and Italian, including correspondence, multiple copies of Melvin Charney's article, "Trulli: an archaic tableau vivant", magazine and newspaper clippings, notes, and photographs.Original folder inscribed in graphite: TRULLI: NOTES ESSAY PHOTOS 1961-65

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    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 7 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (largest): 18,2 × 23,9 cm (7 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.) sheet (smallest): 17,5 × 13 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:024
    • Title: Correspondence, notes, a draft of a critique written by Melvin Charney, and magazine clippings
    • Dates of creation: 1966
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, a draft of a critique written by Melvin Charney, and magazine clippings of it published in the May 1966 edition of The Architectural Forum. Original folder inscribed in graphite: MAY 1966 THE ARCIHTECTURAL FORUM - JOHANSEN LIBRARY

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:025
    • Title: Correspondence, notes, a photograph related to article "Naissance d'une architecture"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French, including correspondence, notes, a photograph, two complete copies of the spring/summer 1967 edition of Cimaise, which includes Melvin Charney's article, Naissance d'une architecture [Recent directions in Canadian architecture], along with photocopies thereof. Original folder inscribed in graphite: RECENT ARCH IN CANADA CIMAISE

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.03 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 photograph

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 25,3 × 20,5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:026
    • Title: Annotated copy of article "Environmental conjecture: in the jungle of the grand prediction"
    • Dates of creation: 1966, 1990
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including an annotated copy of Melvin Charney's article, Environmental conjecture: in the jungle of the grand prediction. Also contains a positive frame of an aerial view, and a printout on coated paper of the CCA Garden. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1966 Environmental Conjecture

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 reprographic copy

    Dimensions:

    sheet : 9,8 × 12,4 cm (3 7/8 × 4 7/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:027
    • Title: Drafts of article " A view from the profession" and notes
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts of Melvin Charney's article, A view from the profession, along with notes, and a sample of Fibreglas®. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1967 A VIEW FROM THE PROFESSION (UNPUBLISHED)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:028
    • Title: Notes, and drafts of article "Theatre rediscovered: an introduction to the work of Jacques Polieri"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including notes, and drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "Theatre rediscovered: an introduction to the work of Jacques Polieri". Original inscribed in graphite: THEATRE REDISCOVERED 1967

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:029
    • Title: Article "More notes from the underground"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including a copy of Melvin Charney's article, "More notes from the underground", and photocopies on coated paper. Original folder inscribed in graphite: JULY '67 A.D-MONTREAL UNDERGROUND

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:030
    • Title: Drafts and notes of article "Learning environments: planning beyond flexibility"
    • Dates of creation: 1967
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including drafts and notes of Melvin Charney's article, Learning environments: planning beyond flexibility. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1967 LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 reprographic copy

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:031
    • Title: Correspondence, notes, drafts of contracts, and reports related on construction technologies
    • Dates of creation: 1964-1970
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (collaborator)
    • Janos Baracs (collaborator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence, notes, drafts of contracts, and copies of the following reports:
    - Preliminary report for Schokbeton Quebec Inc. Application to the Department of Industry Program for the Advancement of Industrial Technology (1967, Melvin Charney and Janos Baracs);
    - The potential of precast concrete constructio in new school design (1967, Melvin Charney);
    - Les possibilites[sic] de la construction en beton[sic] prefabrique[sic] dans la conception nouvelle des ecoles[sic] (1967, Melvin Charney).

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: SCHOKBETON / PAIT 1967

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:032
    • Title: Correspondence, notes, and photographic negatives related to article "Concrete: a material, a system and an environment"
    • Dates of creation: 1967-1968
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, and photographic negatives related to Melvin Charney's article, Concrete: a material, a system and an environment. Also includes two copies of the June 1968 edition of Architecture Canada (no. 6, vol. 45), in which the article appears. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARCHITECTURE CANADA-CONCRETE ISSUE JUNE 1968-

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 photograph

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:102:033
    • Title: Magazine clippings of article "Learning environments: planning beyond flexibility"
    • Dates of creation: 1968
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in Engish, including magazine clippings of Melvin Charney's article, "Learning environments: planning beyond flexibility", which appeared in the March 1968 edition of Architecture Canada.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: REPRINTS: Planning Beyond Flexibility Arch. Can. 3/68

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:007
    • Title: Photographs and copy of article "The Montrealness of Montreal: formations and formalities in urban architecture"
    • Dates of creation: circa 1980
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including a copy of Melvin Charney's article, "The Montrealness of Montreal: formations and formalities in urban architecture", a negative, photographs, and printouts. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1980 THE MONTREALNESS OF MONTREAL

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 21 photographic materials
    • 3 reprographic copies

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 12,7 × 17,5 cm (5 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 25,2 × 20,3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:008
    • Title: Photographs of Montreal, and reference materials related to article "The Montrealness of Montreal"
    • Dates of creation: 1973
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including negatives, photographs of Monteal, and reference materials related to Melvin Charney's article, "The Montrealness of Montreal". Original inscribed in graphite: 1980 IMAGES: "THE MONTREALNESS of MONTREAL"

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 11 photographs
    • 2 negatives

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 12,7 × 17,5 cm (5 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet (largest): 25,6 × 20,1 cm (10 1/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:010
    • Title: Photocopies of article translated into German "Aus einem Wörterbuch der Architektur... über clients und models" [From A Dictionary of architecture: of clients and models]
    • Dates of creation: circa 1980
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Konrad Lange (translator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in German, including multiple photocopies of Melvin Charney's excerpted article translated into German "Aus einem Wörterbuch der Architektur... über clients und models" [From A Dictionary of architecture: of clients and models].

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:012
    • Title: Notes, photographs, and a photocopy of Melvin Charney's article "On the liberation of architecture: Memo series on an air force memorial"
    • Dates of creation: 1971
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Assorted documents in English and French, including notes, film negatives, a contact sheet, and a photocopy of Melvin Charney's article, "On the liberation of architecture: Memo series on an air force memorial", from the May 1971 edition of Artform.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 photographic material(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 31 photographic materials
    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:016
    • Title: Notes, reference materials, and drafts of article "The steet: urban structures, innovation and policy"
    • Dates of creation: 1973-1975
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Peter Jacobs (collaborator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including notes, reference materials, and drafts of Melvin Charney's article, "The steet: urban structures, innovation and policy". Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN GOV'T-MIN STATE URBAN AFFAIRS 1973

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:019
    • Title: Copies of "Streetworks: generating public open space"
    • Dates of creation: 1975
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Peter Jacobs (collaborator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing multiple unbound copies of "Streetworks: generating public open space". Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORKS: MSUA OTTAWA 1975

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:020
    • Title: Article "Streetworks: generating public open space"
    • Dates of creation: 1975
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Peter Jacobs (collaborator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    Unbound presentation copy of the article, Streetworks: generating public open space. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ORIGINGAL - COPY PRESENTED TO BURTON PRELIM. DRAFT

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:021
    • Title: Correspondence, notes, and reference materials related to article "Streets for people"
    • Dates of creation: 1969-1976
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including correspondence, notes, and reference materials related to a possible collaborative report by Melvin Charney and Peter Jacobs with the working title, "Streets for people". Original folder inscribed in graphite: "STREETS" - PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEMS - NOTES/BIBLIO

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:023
    • Title: Texts for an unidentified lecture by Melvin Charney
    • Dates of creation: 1992-1996
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including lecture notes. The materials do not appear to be teaching or lecture materials for Melvin Charney's activities at Université de Montréal.

    Original folder nscribed in graphite: MC LECTURES 1996

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0012:103:024
    • Title: Notes, reference materials, and a sketch related to a lecture at the Edmonton Art Gallery
    • Dates of creation: 1977, 1993, 1998-1999
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English, including notes, reference materials, and a sketch.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1998 EDMONTON ART GALLERY LECTURE NOTES

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 1 drawing

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 21,3 × 13,6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:021:028
    • Title: Unbound copy of "Étude de Faisabilité du redéveloppement du Complexe industriel de la Redpath Sugar"
    • Dates of creation: 1995
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (collaborator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:022:001
    • Title: Japanese translation of the article "Experimental strategies; notes for environmental design"
    • Dates of creation: 1979
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • Unknown (translator)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 textual record(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 textual document

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:024:008
    • Title: Notes, ephemera, and reference materials related to articles on hardware as architecture
    • Dates of creation: 1964-1969
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (author)
    • David Grahame Shane (author)
    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English (predominant) and Italian, including notes, posters, reference materials, and the following articles:
    - The green metacity: heterotopias of illusion and the metacity, by Shane Grahame;
    - Notes on hardware as architecture: of grain silos, computer circuits and orbiting machines, by Melvin Charney.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: NOTES ON HARDWARE AS ARCHITECTURE 1969

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:024:010
    • Title: Notes and press clippings related to Sept-îles and James Bay project possibly used as reference for a publication
    • Dates of creation: 1973-1975
    • Form: textual records
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents, including notes and press clippings in English and French, related to the following events and/or locations:
    - Sept-Îles;
    - James Bay project.

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: QUÉBEC Book - Ch 6 DOCUMENTATION

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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    • Reference Number: DR2012:0015:024:011
    • Title: Reference materials possibly used to article "On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology"
    • Dates of creation: 1972-1974
    • Form: textual records, photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • Melvin Charney (archive creator)

    Description:

    File containing documents in English and French (predominant), including photographs, and press clippings. Also includes one copy of a 10th anniversary booklet for Sauve construction limitée, based in Saint-Thérèse, Quebec. Materials possibly gathered for inclusion in Louis Martin's 2013 book, "On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology".

    Original folder inscribed in graphite: MC ANTHO - IMAGES QUEBEC 1960's/70's

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 file(s)

    Extent and Medium:

    • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
    • 4 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheets : 20 × 25,1 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

    Credit line:

    Melvin Charney fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Don de Dara Charney/
    Gift of Dara Charney

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