Main entry:

Desbarats, Guy, 1925-2003.

Title & Author:

Guy Desbarats fonds, 1947-1998.

Description:

1,562 items, 3.25 l.m. of textual records.

Restrictions:

Access by appointment only.

Notes:
File 1. Millbridge school -- File 2. Manresa house alterations and shrine for Jesuit fathers -- File 3. Henri Desbarats residence -- File 4. Carleton College library building: proposal -- File 5. Aitken residence -- File 6. Ontario elementary schools -- File 7. L.W. Chatwin residence -- File 8. Trade fair display for National Industrial Design Committee -- File 9. Jean Desbarats residence -- File 10. Dunton residence -- File 11. Three-room school for Braeside -- File 12. H. Carver residence: alterations and additions -- File 13. Ted and Barbara Willgress residence -- File 14. M. Constant residence -- File 15. Mark Wiseman residence -- File 16. National Gallery competition -- File 17. Home aOpen for use by qualified researchers53 Competition for the Canadian Home Journal -- File 18. G. Butler residence -- File 19. M. Constant residence -- File 20. Pre-cut housing scheme for Jacques Beaugrand-Champagne -- File 21. Houses for E.P. Bedbrooke (Trend Realties Ltd.) -- File 22. Saint John the Divine church: alterations -- File 23. Drive-in restaurant: proposal for M. Miller and G. Tabah -- File 24. Ottawa Police building Competition -- File 25. Rural-type service station for Armco Drainage & Metal Ltd -- File 26. Housing for Derby Development Corporation & J.H. Smith -- File 27. Dr. Ernest Talbot residence -- File 28. Dr. Lloyd Birmingham residence: alterations -- File 29. Dr. Guest residence: addition -- File 30. Magline of Canada factory: proposal -- File 31. Long Sault Woodcraft Ltd. factory -- File 32. Douglas G. Currie residence -- File 33. Eric Cushing residence: alterations -- File 34. Dr. Saulnier residence -- File 35. Cote St. Luc Civic Centre: location proposal -- File 36. Maurice Constant residence -- File 37. R. Bédard residence -- File 38. Pothier Ferland residence: alterations and additions -- File 39. Philip J. Pocock Jr. residence -- File 40. G. Wallace residence -- File 41. Home '57 Competition for the Canadian Home Journal -- File 42. Garden apartments: proposal for J.H. Smith -- File 43. Diefenbakia house for CMHC plan book house designs -- File 44. Arcop house designs -- File 45. Basil Smith residence: alterations -- File 46. Terrace for Harrison J. Desbarats -- File 47. Boat house for Dr. James Holden Routiledge -- File 48. Dominion Gallery: alterations to entrance area -- File 49. Saint Gerard Majella church -- File 50. Jacques Cartier Jr. residence: renovations -- File 51. Eric Cushing residence: alterations -- File 52. Philip Pocock residence -- File 53. H. Evans residence: alterations -- File 54. Dr. Smith residence: proposed alterations -- File 55. Papineau house restoration for Eric McLean -- File 56. Single family housing for Caravelle Construction Co. -- File 57. Nesbitt park development for N. Smith -- File 58. Préville municipal park: proposed layout and pool pavilion -- File 59. Housing for Caravelle Construction Co. -- File 60. Tracy housing project for Pigott Construction Co. Ltd. -- File 61. Presbyterian church -- File 62. Paul Carten residence: alterations -- File 63. Gene C.B. Cave residence -- File 64. Cottage for Dr. Farfan -- File 65. Saint Francis of Assisi shrine -- File 66. House in Préville: fireplace -- File 67. Drummondville Centre d'accueil -- File 68. Saint Thomas Aquinas church -- File 69. Lake Orford development [Crow's Nest] -- File 70. R.P. Duder residence -- File 71. Theme pavilions for Expo 67 -- File 72. Guy Desbarats residence -- File 73. R.P. Duder residence -- File 74. Barbara and Dr. Sidney Smith house -- File 75. Bajan Inn Co., Melwi development -- File 76. B. d'Anglejan house: renovations -- File 77. Tanzania Parliament buildings: competition -- File 78. Governor-General's residence: addition -- File 79. National Aviation Museum -- File 80. A. and G. Desbarats house: addition -- File 81. Holy Martyrs church: parish hall for Father Conlon.

Summary:

Consists of 959 drawings, 593 photographs, negatives and slides, 10 reprographic copies and 3.25 l.m. of textual records concerning 81 projects which include schools, residential buildings, churches, commercial buildings, government buildings and pavilions, etc.

Biographical note:

born 1925, Montréal, Québec; d. 2003, Sherbrooke, Québec; studied civil engineering from 1942-43 at McGill University; entered the McGill School of Architecture and graduated in 1948; worked for the Ottawa firm of Abra, Balharrie & Shore between 1948-52; opened a private practice in 1952 with fellow McGill graduates Raymond Affleck and Jean Michaud; by 1955 Desbarats, Affleck and Michaud, with Fred Lebensold, Dimitri Dimakopoulos and Hazen Sise, formed Arcop (Architects in Co-operation) in Montreal; appointed Dean of the University of Montreal's School of Architecture in 1964; became a founder and first Dean of the University's Faculté de l'Aménagement in 1968; accepted an Assistant Deputy Minister of Design position at the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, in 1975, and became the Assistant Deputy Minister of Design and Construction the following year; left the civil service in 1985 to continue a private practice as a consulting architect first in Ottawa, then in Georgeville, Quebec; served as the president of the Jacques Viger Commission in Montreal from 1991-94.

Resources:
Finding aid
Finding aid

Subject:

Desbarats, Guy, 1925-2003.
Architecture Québec (Province) 20th century.
Housing Québec (Province) 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Religious architecture Québec (Province) 20th century.
Architecture, Domestic Québec (Province) 20th century.
Factories Québec (Province) 20th century.
Architecture Québec (Province) Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture religieuse Québec (Province) 20e siècle.
Usines Québec (Province) 20e siècle.
Architecture
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Modern
Factories
Housing
Religious architecture
Québec
Architecture (object genre) Canada Québec (Province) 1940-2000.
Canadian architects.
Houses Canada Québec (Province) 1940-2000.
Religious buildings Canada Québec (Province) 1940-2000.
Factories (structures) Canada Québec (Province) 1940-2000.

Form/genre:

Fonds (collections)
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Reproductions.
Black-and-white photographs.
Slides (photographs)
Negatives (photographs)
Photographs.
Project files.
Documents.

Added entries:

Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise.
Arcop Associates.

Guy Desbarats archive, 1947-1998

Holdings:

Location: Library archives collection 279751
Call No.: AP109
Status: Available