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AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
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1957-1958
1957-1958
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W.K. Wong Residence, Vancouver, British Columbia (1957-1958)
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AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
W.K. Wong Residence, Vancouver, British Columbia (1957-1958)
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AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
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AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
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1994-2014
1994-2014
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Rotman Residence, Toronto, Ontario (1995-1997)
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AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
Rotman Residence, Toronto, Ontario (1995-1997)
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AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
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1994-2014
1994-2014
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No Parks?
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
No Parks?
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Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
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25 May 2017
25 May 2017
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
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Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
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exhibitions
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16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
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Baile Park
Baile Park
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4 June 2023, 1pm to 4pm
4 June 2023, 1pm to 4pm
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4 June 2023
1pm to 4pm
4 June 2023
1pm to 4pm
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
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The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
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Lawn and order / produced by Lawn & Order Films Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, and the National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Centre ; a film by Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman.
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Lawn and order / produced by Lawn & Order Films Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, and the National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Centre ; a film by Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman.
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
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Front yard America : the evolution and meanings of a vernacular domestic landscape / Fred E.H. Schroeder.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Front yard America : the evolution and meanings of a vernacular domestic landscape / Fred E.H. Schroeder.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.
New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.
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Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Will Allen [and others].
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Will Allen [and others].
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.
New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.
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