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Barry Downs fonds
AP077
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The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
[1956-1968]
Barry Downs fonds
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AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
archives
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Fonds
[1956-1968]
This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
August 2014
Misleading Innocence (tracing what a bridge can do)
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This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
drawings
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8 drawing(s)
DR1995:0166:008-016
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Includes drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
Drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings
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DR1995:0166:008-016
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Includes drawings for Oldham Pub, including presentation drawings, plans, sections, elevations, details, measured sketches, conceptual drawings, sketches, perspectives, and site plan. The project for Oldham Pub includes a public pub, bar-related facilities, and boarding facilities such as sitting rooms, bedrooms, and a common kitchen and dining area. Materials and construction details for the interior are indicated on a detailed plan and section of the cocktail bar. The exterior of the pub is shown to be constructed of brick with concrete banding. A long covered colonnade at the front provides a sheltered entrance. A housing complex, garden, shops, and parking, are adjacent to the pub.
drawings
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8 drawing(s)
archives
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Collection
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
Synopsis:
The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
1717-[1884]
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
Synopsis:
The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
archives
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Collection 1
1717-[1884]
textual records
ARCH258819
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Offres de services, incluant des rapports, et une transcription du Comité de Comptes Publics concernant un désaccord sur le coût total du projet et les soumissions.
1949-1958
Offres de service, rapports, et soumissions
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ARCH258819
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Offres de services, incluant des rapports, et une transcription du Comité de Comptes Publics concernant un désaccord sur le coût total du projet et les soumissions.
textual records
1949-1958
Project
AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
1958-1966
Toronto City Hall and Civic Square, Toronto (1958)
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AP018.S1.1958.PR03
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This project series documents the design and construction of Toronto City Hall and Civic Square in Toronto from 1958-1965. The office identified the project number as 5867. The design of Toronto's New City Hall, built next to its older counterpart, was realized through an international architectural competition that attracted more than 500 entries from around the world. Eventually, a unanimous jury chose Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design, cementing the age of modernist architecture in Toronto. However, the rules stated that if the winning architect was not part of the Ontario Association of Architects, they were required to partner with a local firm. In this way, John B. Parkin Associates was chosen as the associate architects for this project. The design was comprised of a concrete dome house, which contained the city council chambers, surrounded by two curved office towers, all perched on top of a podium, with a public square to the south, known as Nathan Phillips Square. The buildings were 816,000 square feet in size, the west tower having 18 office floors and the east tower with 25. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted presentation photograph of the project and textual records dating from 1958-1966. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies, which include plans, elevations, sections, details and perspectives. The textual records consist of a competition synopsis book, a book of submission materials for the competition, and correspondence between Parkin and Revell.
Project
1958-1966
This Thursday at 6 pm, 2011 Visiting Scholar Łukasz Stanek presents the first public talk of his book Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory. Click here for the Facebook event.
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Łukasz Stanek, visiting scholar seminar, Lukasz Stanek, Henri Lefebvre on Space, Henri Lefebvre
4 August 2011 , 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Łukasz Stanek
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This Thursday at 6 pm, 2011 Visiting Scholar Łukasz Stanek presents the first public talk of his book Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory. Click here for the Facebook event.
Shaughnessy House
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Łukasz Stanek, visiting scholar seminar, Lukasz Stanek, Henri Lefebvre on Space, Henri Lefebvre
Materiality of Parkour
Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 February 2009
Materiality of Parkour
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Engineer, artist, and theoretician Zoe Laughlin presents the new functions of existing materials in public spaces in relation to parkour, an activity which reinterprets the urban landscape. Her ideas focus on the materiality of daily life: how matter behaves, its sensorial qualities, and how people react to it. A member of the Division of Engineering’s Materials Research(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
drawings
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825 reprographic copy(ies)
ARCH194458
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Plans, sections, schedules, axonometrics, elevations and details for the renovation of suites, public areas, staff areas, and for the design and construction of hotel furniture. The documents are stored in the original office folders, divided in the following categories: Chiat/Day offices -- 3rd & 4th floor, plans and schedules -- 3rd & 4th floor details -- 3-337 -- 5th, 6th & 8th floor, plans and schedules -- 5th, 6th & 8th floor, details -- 9th & 10th floor plans & schedules -- 9th & 10th floor details -- Club floor -- 11th floor, plans and schedules -- 11th floor, details -- 11-300 -- 11-333 -- Roof areas -- Trade show exhibit -- Banquet equipment -- Presentation drawings -- Title 19 requirements.
1976 - 1980
Plans, sections, schedules, axonometrics, elevations and details
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ARCH194458
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Plans, sections, schedules, axonometrics, elevations and details for the renovation of suites, public areas, staff areas, and for the design and construction of hotel furniture. The documents are stored in the original office folders, divided in the following categories: Chiat/Day offices -- 3rd & 4th floor, plans and schedules -- 3rd & 4th floor details -- 3-337 -- 5th, 6th & 8th floor, plans and schedules -- 5th, 6th & 8th floor, details -- 9th & 10th floor plans & schedules -- 9th & 10th floor details -- Club floor -- 11th floor, plans and schedules -- 11th floor, details -- 11-300 -- 11-333 -- Roof areas -- Trade show exhibit -- Banquet equipment -- Presentation drawings -- Title 19 requirements.
drawings
Quantity:
825 reprographic copy(ies)
1976 - 1980