Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario (1985-1987)
Dates of creation
1985-1987
Level of archival description
Project
Extent and Medium
Approximately 540 drawings (including 520 reprographic copies)
53 photographic materials
0.312 l.m. of textual records
Scope and Content
This project series documents additions made to the office building and its cafeteria for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1985-1987. The office identified the project number as 85003.
Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consisted of additions made to the original building and its cafeteria.
The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1985-1987. Photographic materials include site and interior photographs. Textual records include contemplated change orders, correspondence, contract records, interoffice letters, contract specifications, financial records, site review reports, meeting reports and tender documents.
Materials in this project series have been compiled from different accessions and/or arranged by material type.
Conditions governing reproduction
Jennifer A.C. Parkin holds copyright for materials from accession AR1997:0021. Permission must be sought from copyright holder before reproductions can be made.
Location
Mississauga
Ontario
Canada
Related units of description
Files in this project series contain materials from project series AP018.S1.1985.PR09, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Renovations to Lobby and Servery, Mississauga, Ontario, which is also described in this fonds.
Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see:
AP018.S1.1973.PR05, Safeco Insurance Company of America, Toronto Office Building, Mississauga, Ontario;
AP018.S1.1976.PR07, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Alterations, Mississauga, Ontario;
AP018.S1.1977.PR02, Safeco Insurance Company of America, Renovation and Addition to Toronto Office Building, Mississauga, Ontario;
AP018.S1.1985.PR09, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Renovations to Lobby and Servery, Mississauga, Ontario;
AP018.S1.1986.PR05, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Deletion of Tenant Partitions, Ontario.
Title: Contract tender set of electrical, mechanical, and structural drawings, elevations, sections and plans, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario
Dates of creation: 1985
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
10 reprographic copies
Dimensions:
Sheet: 126 x 84 cm
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
Related units of description:
This set of drawings is for this project and another project series describes in this fonds:
AP018.S1.1985.PR09, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Renovations to Lobby and Servery, Mississauga, Ontario.
Title: Project documentation, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario
Dates of creation: 1985-1987
Form: drawings, textual records, photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Description:
This is a box containing project site and interior photos, client contract records, financial records, contractor correspondence, site review reports, meeting reports, tender documents and change orders.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
53 photographic materials
Approximately 30 reprographic copies
0.17 l.m. of textual records
Conditions governing reproduction:
Jennifer A.C. Parkin holds copyright to materials in this box. Permission must be sought from the copyright holder before reproductions can be made.
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Related units of description:
This box contains records of another project series describes in this fonds:
AP018.S1.1985.PR09, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Renovations to Lobby and Servery, Mississauga, Ontario.
Title: Project documentation, Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario
Dates of creation: 1985-1987
Form: drawings, textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)
Description:
This is a box containing contemplated change orders and corresponding detail drawings, correspondence with contractors and client, contract records, interoffice letters, detail drawings, and contract specifications.
Quantity / Object type:
1 File
Extent and Medium:
Approximately 480 reprographic copies
Approximately 20 drawings
0.142 l.m. of textual records
Conditions governing reproduction:
Jennifer A.C. Parkin holds copyright to materials in this box. Permission must be sought from the copyright holder before reproductions can be made.
Credit line:
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
