Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building.
The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project.
Source:
Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
Title: Photographs, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Includes presentation drawings.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
20 photographs
2 internegatives
8 reprographic copies on paper
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Design development, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY - Design.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Concept notes, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / CANADIAN CHANCERY CONCEPT NOTES.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CORRESPONDENCE / CANADIAN CHANCERY / CANADIAN CHANCERY / MEMOS 1983-1990".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Research, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "RESEARCH".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Research for plant selection, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / PLANT MATERIAL".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Specifications, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / SPECIFICATIONS".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Invoices, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / INVOICES".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Press clippings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / PRESS + MISC.".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Proposal, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "NEW CANADIAN CHANCERY / PROPOSAL INFO.".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 textual document
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Notes and correspondence on the site irrigation, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "Canadian Chancery / IRRIGATION.".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Correspondence on site maintenance, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Original folder entitled "CANADIAN CHANCERY / PROBLEMS WITH MAINTENANCE AND IRRIGATION 1989".
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Project presentation, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
Includes photographs, reproduction of presentation drawings and project fact sheets.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photographs, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: textual records, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
54 photographs
12 textual records
9 internegatives
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Design development drawings and working drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
15 reprographic copies
4 drawings
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 21 x 46 cm
sheet (largest): 76 x 107 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Reference working drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
34 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 61 x 85 cm
sheet (largest): 63 x 93 cm
Physical Description:
Includes 2 sets of 13 and 9 diazotypes
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Reference working drawings and design development drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
34 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 72 x 52 cm
sheet (largest): 60 x 85 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Reference working drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
record
Extent and Medium:
117 rolled and stapled reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheets: 85 x 122 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Reference working drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1984
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Description:
architecture, landscape, HVAC, plumbing and sprinkler system, electrical and structural drawings (issued for tendes, bound set)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
record
Extent and Medium:
218 rolled and stapled reprographic copies
Technique and media:
Diazotype prints
Dimensions:
sheets: 44 x 62 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Working drawings, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C.
Dates of creation: 1985-1986
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Stage and Purpose:
landscape
Extent and Medium:
4 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 85 x 121 cm
sheet (largest): 93 x 138 cm
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photographs, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1988-1990
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
approx. 380 slides
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Specifications, correspondence with clients and suppliers, and plants list, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1985-2010
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.04 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Press clippings, articles on the project, promotional material, and related correspondence, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1984-1990
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.04 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Press clippings, articles on the project, promotional material, and related correspondence, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1986-1992
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.04 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Photographs, Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: circa 1986-1988
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
67 negatives
40 photographs
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Application ot the American Society of Landscape Architects awards for Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1990
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l.m. of textual records
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
Title: Video recording of Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C
Dates of creation: 1989
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
1 VHS
Physical Description:
Specialized equipment required for playback.
Conditions governing access:
Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for access. Researchers may request access to audiovisual materials by contacting Reference at ref@cca.qc.ca. Access by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
For copyright information or permission to reproduce material from the fonds, please contact the CCA at reproductions@cca.qc.ca.
Credit line:
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Cornelia Hahn Oberlander/
Gift of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
