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Building components from secondary use
Part of:
People:
  • McGill University. Minimum Cost Housing Group (archive creator)
Title:

Building components from secondary use

Date:

1972-1977

Level of archival description:
Project
Extent and medium:
  • 234 negatives
    131 photographs
    0.03 l.m. of textual records
    73 printing plate(s)
    8 books
    3 contact sheets
Scope and content:
File related to the projects of the Minimum Cost Housing Group about building components made from consumers waste between 1972 and 1975, including the Maison Lessard project, in 1975, and the publication "Use it Again, Sam" based on these projects. The material in this file was produced between 1972 and 1977. The file contains textual records, predominantly dummies for the publications, photographs of the construction of the Maison Lessard and photographs of consumer waste transformed into building components. The file also includes copies of the publication "Use it Again, Sam" and printing plates.
Reference number:

AP149.S1.1972.PR03

Arrangement:
Materiel in this project series was kept in its original order during processing.
Location:

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

Language of material:
  • The documents are in English.
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