Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
textual records
ARCH276333
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File contains documents related to the Arthur Erickson Home and Garden Foundation, newspaper clippings about Erickson's garden, the offering memorandum for the film, "Arthur Erickson's Vancouver" (1982) and snapshot photographs from the Presentation and International Jury Conference for Design and Proposals of Construction Projects in Shenzhen City Center (ca. 1997).
ca. 1982-1997
Newspaper clippings, photographs, proposals, and correspondance related to various Arthur Erickson's activities
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ARCH276333
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File contains documents related to the Arthur Erickson Home and Garden Foundation, newspaper clippings about Erickson's garden, the offering memorandum for the film, "Arthur Erickson's Vancouver" (1982) and snapshot photographs from the Presentation and International Jury Conference for Design and Proposals of Construction Projects in Shenzhen City Center (ca. 1997).
textual records
ca. 1982-1997
textual records
ARCH273794
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File contains transcripts from the University Extension Series, CBU Radio, produced by the Extension Department of the University of British Columbia in cooperation with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes lectures on the Minoan world, the Mycenaean world, ancient scripts and other topics; transcripts from the Commonwealth Human Ecology Conference, Malta, 1970.
1962-1974
Transcripts from the University Extension Series, CBU Radio
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ARCH273794
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File contains transcripts from the University Extension Series, CBU Radio, produced by the Extension Department of the University of British Columbia in cooperation with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Includes lectures on the Minoan world, the Mycenaean world, ancient scripts and other topics; transcripts from the Commonwealth Human Ecology Conference, Malta, 1970.
textual records
1962-1974
textual records
Essays by Kenneth Frampton rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine
ARCH153644
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5 essays by Kenneth Frampton rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; The Ex-Acqueo Projects for the Société des Nations Competition, The Work of James Stirling, Dilemma of Enlightenment: Utopia versus Anti-Utopia, On RISD Conference, and The Resistance of Architecture; includes typewritten and handwritten drafts and photographic materials
1978
Essays by Kenneth Frampton rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine
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ARCH153644
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5 essays by Kenneth Frampton rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; The Ex-Acqueo Projects for the Société des Nations Competition, The Work of James Stirling, Dilemma of Enlightenment: Utopia versus Anti-Utopia, On RISD Conference, and The Resistance of Architecture; includes typewritten and handwritten drafts and photographic materials
textual records
1978
articles
A history of references
None
8 February 2018
Project
AP018.S1.1981.PR16
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This project series documents the construction of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8116. This project consisted of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, the building was proposed as an eleven-storey office tower, but eventually the design was scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. Once construction commenced, the building became even shorter and included a parking garage. The building was located at 60 Erie Street. This project documents only the construction of this office building; the design was completed under a different project number assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1980.PR14 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies arranged within the textual materials. There are some original detail drawings arranged within the textual materials. Some drawings were produced by architecture firm Routhwaite and Fairfield. The photographic materials show the construction progress of the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and site reports, authority and detail documentation, financial documents, supplementary instructions, change orders and specifications.
1981-1984
Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario (1981-1982)
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AP018.S1.1981.PR16
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This project series documents the construction of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8116. This project consisted of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, the building was proposed as an eleven-storey office tower, but eventually the design was scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. Once construction commenced, the building became even shorter and included a parking garage. The building was located at 60 Erie Street. This project documents only the construction of this office building; the design was completed under a different project number assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1980.PR14 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies arranged within the textual materials. There are some original detail drawings arranged within the textual materials. Some drawings were produced by architecture firm Routhwaite and Fairfield. The photographic materials show the construction progress of the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and site reports, authority and detail documentation, financial documents, supplementary instructions, change orders and specifications.
Project
1981-1984
photographs
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153 transparency(ies)
ARCH195818
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Grand Avenue Bar (9 transparencies), art works by Jim Dine (including wall frieze in the Presidential Suite) (8), the Chiat/Day Offices (5), Bernard's restaurant (9), the Crystal Ballroom (8), the Club Floor (8), the Gold Room (3), the Biltmore Bowl (5), the lobby (11), exterior views (14), the Renaissance Room (1), the guest room corridor (2), guest rooms (13), main galeria (2), the conference level (2), the Athenian Room (4), the Corinthian Room (1), the Roman Room (1), the Music Room (2), typical suites (8), suites on the 3rd, 8th, 9th and 11th floors (20), the Colonnade Room (7), the Regency Room (2), galeria (1), conference room (1) and others (6).
Grand Avenue Bar, art works by Jim Dine), the Chiat/Day Offices, Bernard's restaurant
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ARCH195818
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Grand Avenue Bar (9 transparencies), art works by Jim Dine (including wall frieze in the Presidential Suite) (8), the Chiat/Day Offices (5), Bernard's restaurant (9), the Crystal Ballroom (8), the Club Floor (8), the Gold Room (3), the Biltmore Bowl (5), the lobby (11), exterior views (14), the Renaissance Room (1), the guest room corridor (2), guest rooms (13), main galeria (2), the conference level (2), the Athenian Room (4), the Corinthian Room (1), the Roman Room (1), the Music Room (2), typical suites (8), suites on the 3rd, 8th, 9th and 11th floors (20), the Colonnade Room (7), the Regency Room (2), galeria (1), conference room (1) and others (6).
photographs
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153 transparency(ies)
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR2004:0260
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clippings, report on Zagreb, research notes, calculations and sketches, publications, reports on traffic noise, brochures, housing committee report, price list, photographs, negatives, Lettraset sheet, photograph of model, housing research notes, statistics, and calculations, photographs of Tilbury site, negatives of site, consultant's calculations, sketches, graphs, promotional material, and conference presentation paper
Clippings, report on Zagreb, research notes, calculations and sketches
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DR2004:0260
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clippings, report on Zagreb, research notes, calculations and sketches, publications, reports on traffic noise, brochures, housing committee report, price list, photographs, negatives, Lettraset sheet, photograph of model, housing research notes, statistics, and calculations, photographs of Tilbury site, negatives of site, consultant's calculations, sketches, graphs, promotional material, and conference presentation paper
drawings, textual records, photographs
textual records
Various reports
ARCH255071
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19 various reports on: design development, area calculation, master space summary, program budget verification, specifications for Phase 1, landscape specification, hardware specification (and correspondence concerning hardware proposal), specification schedules, conference report from research visit to New York (and miscellaneous sketch of an audiovisual wall layout), reports on trips to Washington, D.C.
1983-1985
Various reports
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ARCH255071
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19 various reports on: design development, area calculation, master space summary, program budget verification, specifications for Phase 1, landscape specification, hardware specification (and correspondence concerning hardware proposal), specification schedules, conference report from research visit to New York (and miscellaneous sketch of an audiovisual wall layout), reports on trips to Washington, D.C.
textual records
1983-1985