textual records, photographs
AP075.S1.2003.PR06.008
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Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE / SITES PHOTOS".
2003
Site photographs for the Calgary Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta
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AP075.S1.2003.PR06.008
Description:
Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE / SITES PHOTOS".
textual records, photographs
2003
textual records
AP075.S1.2003.PR06.007
Description:
Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE / REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL".
2003
Request for proposal for the Calgary Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta
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AP075.S1.2003.PR06.007
Description:
Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE / REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL".
textual records
2003
Project
Eaton's Calgary Store
AP013.S1.D127
Description:
File documents an executed project for a department store in Calgary, Alberta. Material in this file was produced between 1927 and 1928. File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, and a textual document.
1927-1928
Eaton's Calgary Store
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AP013.S1.D127
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File documents an executed project for a department store in Calgary, Alberta. Material in this file was produced between 1927 and 1928. File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, and a textual document.
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1927-1928
drawings
AP075.S1.2003.PR06.004
Description:
Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE PLANS / MODEL + PRECEDENT STUDIES".
2003
Previous proposed landscape plans for the Calgary Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta
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AP075.S1.2003.PR06.004
Description:
Original folder entitled "CALGARY COURTHOUSE PLANS / MODEL + PRECEDENT STUDIES".
drawings
2003
Project
AP022.S1.1985.PR04
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File documents a competition for an Olympic presentation space / urban park (not built), Calgary, Alberta. File contains textual records (includes drawings)
1985
Calgary Olympic Plaza Competition
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AP022.S1.1985.PR04
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File documents a competition for an Olympic presentation space / urban park (not built), Calgary, Alberta. File contains textual records (includes drawings)
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1985
Project
AP041.S1.1989.D4
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Project series documents Melvin Charney’s designs for the Bankers Hall Plaza competition in Calgary, Alberta, in 1989. It Includes textual records, and sketches.
1989
Bankers Hall Plaza competition, Calgary, Alberta
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AP041.S1.1989.D4
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Project series documents Melvin Charney’s designs for the Bankers Hall Plaza competition in Calgary, Alberta, in 1989. It Includes textual records, and sketches.
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1989
Project
AP066.S3.D6
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
1987-1988
National Competition for the Calgary Olympic Arches
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AP066.S3.D6
Description:
Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
Dossier 6
1987-1988
drawings, textual records
ARCH253499
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reports, correspondence, clippings, plans
1959-1694
Calgary Development Proposal 1959-63
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ARCH253499
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reports, correspondence, clippings, plans
drawings, textual records
1959-1694
Project
AP018.S1.1981.PR19
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This project series documents the Nova Computer Centre in Calgary, Alberta from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8119. This project consisted of a three-storey building with a basement and penthouse, located at 10th Avenue and 15th Street. The building was designed to house the computer equipment of Novalta Properties Ltd., their corporate records, and support staff. The building was separated in two by function with a central atrium in the center. Overall, the project had 131,000 square feet of developable area. The project is recorded through drawings, material samples, and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings include plans, details, elevations and sections. These drawings are marked The Chandler Kennedy Architectural Group, who were the consulting architects on the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and inspection reports, tender documents, cost control and building statistics records, interior design and contractor documentation, certificates of payment, supplementary instructions, change orders, interoffice letters, and specifications.
1981-1984
Nova Computer Centre, Calgary, Alberta (1981)
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AP018.S1.1981.PR19
Description:
This project series documents the Nova Computer Centre in Calgary, Alberta from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8119. This project consisted of a three-storey building with a basement and penthouse, located at 10th Avenue and 15th Street. The building was designed to house the computer equipment of Novalta Properties Ltd., their corporate records, and support staff. The building was separated in two by function with a central atrium in the center. Overall, the project had 131,000 square feet of developable area. The project is recorded through drawings, material samples, and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings include plans, details, elevations and sections. These drawings are marked The Chandler Kennedy Architectural Group, who were the consulting architects on the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and inspection reports, tender documents, cost control and building statistics records, interior design and contractor documentation, certificates of payment, supplementary instructions, change orders, interoffice letters, and specifications.
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1981-1984
Project
AP075.S1.2001.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's proposal for the landscape master plan of Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary. Oberlander worked on this project in the early 2000s. Oberlander was in charged of developping the concept for the landscape master plan and create a healing garden. Her concept included a site entry with a strong presence of the nature to reassure the visitor, the use of native plants to keep the landscape of the hospital in harmony with site natural landscape, the use of plants that encourage and support wildlife to allow sick children to appreciate nature, outdoor seating areas and pathways with lighting to be used even at nightime, and environments for play and learning for sick children and their relatives. A participatory method was also applied for the design of the master plan throughout workshops organized with the children of the hospital in which they were invited to draw what they wanted for the healing garden. The project series contains landscape plans, site plans, landscape concept plans, site concept plans and presentation drawings. The project is also documented through Oberlander's concept notes, correspondence, including correspondence with client, Oberlander's landscape proposal, landscape concept presentation documents, financial documents, research material, and photographs of the site for the hospital.
2000-2004
Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta (2001)
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AP075.S1.2001.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's proposal for the landscape master plan of Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary. Oberlander worked on this project in the early 2000s. Oberlander was in charged of developping the concept for the landscape master plan and create a healing garden. Her concept included a site entry with a strong presence of the nature to reassure the visitor, the use of native plants to keep the landscape of the hospital in harmony with site natural landscape, the use of plants that encourage and support wildlife to allow sick children to appreciate nature, outdoor seating areas and pathways with lighting to be used even at nightime, and environments for play and learning for sick children and their relatives. A participatory method was also applied for the design of the master plan throughout workshops organized with the children of the hospital in which they were invited to draw what they wanted for the healing garden. The project series contains landscape plans, site plans, landscape concept plans, site concept plans and presentation drawings. The project is also documented through Oberlander's concept notes, correspondence, including correspondence with client, Oberlander's landscape proposal, landscape concept presentation documents, financial documents, research material, and photographs of the site for the hospital.
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2000-2004