Laxton Building, Vancouver, British Columbia (1979-1980)

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• Fonds: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds, 1936-2019
•    Series: Landscape architecture projects, 1947-2018
•      Project: Laxton Building, Vancouver, British Columbia (1979-1980), 1979

People

• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)

Title

Laxton Building, Vancouver, British Columbia (1979-1980)

Dates of creation

1979

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 11 reprographic copies

Scope and Content

Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the Laxton Building, a ten-story office tower on on West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was designed by architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander worked on this project between 1979 and 1980. The building It contains eleven reprographic copies of working drawings.

The landscaping and the building itself will later be restored in 2006-2007 after being saved from demolition in the early 2000s. The building will than be known as the Evergreen Building.

Reference Number

AP075.S1.1979.PR03

Arrangement

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

Location

Vancouver British Columbia Canada

Related units of description

• For materials related to the later restauration of the landscaping for the Laxton Building, known than as the Evergreen Building, by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, see the project series AP075.S1.2006.PR01.

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  • Reference Number: AP075.S1.1979.PR03.001
  • Title: Working drawings, Laxton Building, 1285 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Dates of creation: 1979
  • 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:

  • 11 stapled reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 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
  

  Folder Number:

  075-001-016