drawings, textual records, photographs
ARCH169115
Description:
60 feuillets: Correspondance et documentation relatives à la participation de Jacques Rousseau au projet d'exposition "Water Works" organisé par Visual Arts Ontario décembre 1987-septembre 1988 jusqu'à 35,5 x 21,5 cm 1 carte postale 1 facture "Rent-a-Wreck" 1 carte d'affaire 2 billets d'avion 1 périodique: ArtViews, été 1987, vol.13, no.3 6 feuillets: Coupures de journaux et photocopies 35,5 x 21,5 cm Plan d'une section du rivage du Lac Ontario
Correspondance et documentation relatives au projet d'exposition "Water Works"
Actions:
ARCH169115
Description:
60 feuillets: Correspondance et documentation relatives à la participation de Jacques Rousseau au projet d'exposition "Water Works" organisé par Visual Arts Ontario décembre 1987-septembre 1988 jusqu'à 35,5 x 21,5 cm 1 carte postale 1 facture "Rent-a-Wreck" 1 carte d'affaire 2 billets d'avion 1 périodique: ArtViews, été 1987, vol.13, no.3 6 feuillets: Coupures de journaux et photocopies 35,5 x 21,5 cm Plan d'une section du rivage du Lac Ontario
drawings, textual records, photographs
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
26 November 2015
Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
Actions:
Description:
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
27 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Irene Sunwoo
Actions:
Description:
Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Blaise Marchand fonds
AP086
Synopsis:
Le fonds comprend principalement des photographies prises lors de la période où Blaise Marchand travaillait au ministère des Travaux publics du Québec en tant que architecte en chef pour l'entretien (1945-1968), ainsi que des dessins et des documents textuels relatifs à 7 projets, tels que l'Église Saint-Joachim de Châteauguay (1927), le Bureau d'enregistrement de Cap-Santé (1938 et 1964), etc. Le fonds contient également trois publications relatives à l'urbanisme et à la conservation et la restauration du patrimoine bâti.
1927, 1938-1964
Blaise Marchand fonds
Actions:
AP086
Synopsis:
Le fonds comprend principalement des photographies prises lors de la période où Blaise Marchand travaillait au ministère des Travaux publics du Québec en tant que architecte en chef pour l'entretien (1945-1968), ainsi que des dessins et des documents textuels relatifs à 7 projets, tels que l'Église Saint-Joachim de Châteauguay (1927), le Bureau d'enregistrement de Cap-Santé (1938 et 1964), etc. Le fonds contient également trois publications relatives à l'urbanisme et à la conservation et la restauration du patrimoine bâti.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1927, 1938-1964
drawings, photographs
DR2012:0012:103:006
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following: - Unidentified stone house (1 photograph); - Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph); - Montreal mass housing (1 photograph); - Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs); - A.D. settlements (1 photograph); - F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout); - 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs); - Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout). Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK
1971-1973
Reference materials, notes, photographs of various residential buildings
Actions:
DR2012:0012:103:006
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including notes, photographs, and reference materials of the following: - Unidentified stone house (1 photograph); - Maison Hector Brossard, Laprairie (1 photograph); - Montreal mass housing (1 photograph); - Sherbrooke Street West (2 photographs); - A.D. settlements (1 photograph); - F.E. Came railway specialties (1 printout); - 415-419 des Récollets (2 photographs); - Unidentified houses (2 photographs, 1 printout). Original folder inscribed in graphite: HEROIC PERIOD - QUÉBEC BOOK
drawings, photographs
1971-1973
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Maxwell Levinson fonds
AP037
Synopsis:
The Maxwell Levison fonds (Shelter, T. Square) illustrates primarily the activities of Maxwell Levinson as editor of T-Square Club Journal, T-Square, Shelter and USA Tomorrow. It documents the various aspects of the publication of these magazines. It includes editorial, production and promotional material as well as documentation and research files. The fonds also contains records pertaining to the professional practice of Maxwell Levinson as architect and city planning consultant.
1926-1990
Maxwell Levinson fonds
Actions:
AP037
Synopsis:
The Maxwell Levison fonds (Shelter, T. Square) illustrates primarily the activities of Maxwell Levinson as editor of T-Square Club Journal, T-Square, Shelter and USA Tomorrow. It documents the various aspects of the publication of these magazines. It includes editorial, production and promotional material as well as documentation and research files. The fonds also contains records pertaining to the professional practice of Maxwell Levinson as architect and city planning consultant.
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
1926-1990
Series
AP163.S1
Description:
Series documents Victor Prus's student work at the School of Architecture at Liverpool and his work as assistant professor at the Polish University College of London. Series also includes other material, including drawings and textual material, that was probably produced during the period between 1949 and 1952, when Prus was working in England, including material related to his work as Senior Executive Officer at the Festival of Britain. Material in this series was produced between 1946 and 1952. Series contains conceptual, design development, working and presentation drawings, presentation panels, photographic materials and textual records.
1946-1952
Student and professional work in England
Actions:
AP163.S1
Description:
Series documents Victor Prus's student work at the School of Architecture at Liverpool and his work as assistant professor at the Polish University College of London. Series also includes other material, including drawings and textual material, that was probably produced during the period between 1949 and 1952, when Prus was working in England, including material related to his work as Senior Executive Officer at the Festival of Britain. Material in this series was produced between 1946 and 1952. Series contains conceptual, design development, working and presentation drawings, presentation panels, photographic materials and textual records.
Series 1
1946-1952
Learning from... Ordos
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Ordos
Actions:
Description:
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
Actions:
Description:
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records
Document outlining Pierre Jeanneret’s professional relationship with the City of Puteaux, France
ARCH267773
Description:
File includes a document outlining Pierre Jeanneret’s professional relationship with the City of Puteaux, France, specifically with L’Office d’Habitations à Bon Marché de Puteaux entitled « Aide-mémoire / relatif aux relations contractuelles / entre l’Office Municipale d’H.B.M. de Puteaux / et son architecte JEANNERET » dated May 13, 1948. This document covers the period between Decembre 1947 and May 1948. This file also includes a small-scale photographic reproduction of the topographic plan of the city of Puteaux.
1947-1948
Document outlining Pierre Jeanneret’s professional relationship with the City of Puteaux, France
Actions:
ARCH267773
Description:
File includes a document outlining Pierre Jeanneret’s professional relationship with the City of Puteaux, France, specifically with L’Office d’Habitations à Bon Marché de Puteaux entitled « Aide-mémoire / relatif aux relations contractuelles / entre l’Office Municipale d’H.B.M. de Puteaux / et son architecte JEANNERET » dated May 13, 1948. This document covers the period between Decembre 1947 and May 1948. This file also includes a small-scale photographic reproduction of the topographic plan of the city of Puteaux.
textual records
1947-1948