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AP018.S1.1972.PR02
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This project series documents a feasibility study for a convention centre in Toronto from 1972-1973. The office identified the project number as 7228. This project consisted of a study to evaluate the feasibility of various downtown sites to build a convention centre, particularly sites close to the CN Tower and Union Station. The project also included the design of the convention centre, establishing realistic project costs and testing the building criteria with governments and committees. The debate on whether the convention centre should be constructed lasted throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. Parkin Architects Planners also investigated specific sites and refined the design in the late 1970s, under a different project number (see project series AP018.S1.1978.PR05 described in this fonds), and the project was later referred to as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre. It should be noted that Congress Centre and Convention Centre are used interchangeably in the materials. Eventually, the building contract was given to another architectural firm and today is known as the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation boards and textual records dating from around 1972-1977. The drawings consist of plans, elevations, sections, diagrams and sketches, while the textual records include press clippings, project notes, correspondence, the feasibility report, conference reports, and the project proposal. The presentation boards consist of photographs of the project model, site investigation plans, and a painting of the project by Dawson.
circa 1972-1977
Convention Centre for Metropolitan Toronto, Feasibility Study, Toronto (1972)
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AP018.S1.1972.PR02
Description:
This project series documents a feasibility study for a convention centre in Toronto from 1972-1973. The office identified the project number as 7228. This project consisted of a study to evaluate the feasibility of various downtown sites to build a convention centre, particularly sites close to the CN Tower and Union Station. The project also included the design of the convention centre, establishing realistic project costs and testing the building criteria with governments and committees. The debate on whether the convention centre should be constructed lasted throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. Parkin Architects Planners also investigated specific sites and refined the design in the late 1970s, under a different project number (see project series AP018.S1.1978.PR05 described in this fonds), and the project was later referred to as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre. It should be noted that Congress Centre and Convention Centre are used interchangeably in the materials. Eventually, the building contract was given to another architectural firm and today is known as the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation boards and textual records dating from around 1972-1977. The drawings consist of plans, elevations, sections, diagrams and sketches, while the textual records include press clippings, project notes, correspondence, the feasibility report, conference reports, and the project proposal. The presentation boards consist of photographs of the project model, site investigation plans, and a painting of the project by Dawson.
Project
circa 1972-1977
textual records
ARCH255658
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3 files - requirements and criteria for a command, control, and communications facility from Hoppmann Corporation; unidentified negatives of a group of buildings, file containing photocopy showing sections of a residence by the Toronto office, photograph of trees/site; conference report labelled 'precedent - Seagram Museum'; list of drawings; photocopies of a floor plan showing wall indications and roof; computer printout of notes to drawings
Requirements and criteria for a command, control, and communications facility from Hoppmann Corporation
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ARCH255658
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3 files - requirements and criteria for a command, control, and communications facility from Hoppmann Corporation; unidentified negatives of a group of buildings, file containing photocopy showing sections of a residence by the Toronto office, photograph of trees/site; conference report labelled 'precedent - Seagram Museum'; list of drawings; photocopies of a floor plan showing wall indications and roof; computer printout of notes to drawings
textual records
textual records
AP197.S3.012
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years 2015-2016. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Correspondence relates to the following writings and lectures Frampton participated in: an essay for a monograph on O'Donnell + Tuomey, architects; a Nils Erik Wickberg lecture in Helinski; the Wood at Work conference; a review of George Baird's book; and Modern Architecture: a Critical History.
2015-2016
Personal and professional correspondence from 2015-2016
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AP197.S3.012
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the years 2015-2016. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Correspondence relates to the following writings and lectures Frampton participated in: an essay for a monograph on O'Donnell + Tuomey, architects; a Nils Erik Wickberg lecture in Helinski; the Wood at Work conference; a review of George Baird's book; and Modern Architecture: a Critical History.
textual records
2015-2016
drawings
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25 File
ARCH41778
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general office ceiling plan, overhead doors, layout of shipping area, main entrance sign, lettering, drainage plan, room details, conference room, floor design for corridors, lunch room ceiling plan, reception room, trade mark, hose house, sliding door, counter, skeleton clock, mail hatch, acid proof tables, zinc flower boxes, mural instalation, kitchen cabinets, radiator recesses, parking barrier, engineer's office
General office ceiling plan, overhead doors, layout of shipping area, main entrance sign
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ARCH41778
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general office ceiling plan, overhead doors, layout of shipping area, main entrance sign, lettering, drainage plan, room details, conference room, floor design for corridors, lunch room ceiling plan, reception room, trade mark, hose house, sliding door, counter, skeleton clock, mail hatch, acid proof tables, zinc flower boxes, mural instalation, kitchen cabinets, radiator recesses, parking barrier, engineer's office
drawings
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25 File
archives
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Fonds
André Blouin fonds
AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
archives
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Fonds
1933-1996
born digital, photographs
AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
2010
Photographs of Vancouver’s Universities landscape projects by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander.
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AP075.S4.SS2.066
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed). Contains photographs of cherry trees at The Waterfall Building (1997), photographs of cherry trees at the University of British Columbia. Also contains some photographs of Arthur Erickson Memorial at Simon Fraser University in 2009, and photographs of a conference of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2010.
born digital, photographs
2010
textual records
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14 file
ARCH240884
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Opening Remarks Cynthia Davidson: In Any Event ANYquestions (Jeffrey Kipnis) Warning (Jeffrey Kipnis) Philosopher Panel Intro Discussion - Philosophers Panel - [Roberto Mangabeira] Unger / [Kojin] Karatani Anyone Conference Discussions Discussion - Venue A - [Peter] Eisenman / [Rosalind] Krauss Discussion - Venue A - [Mark. C.] Taylor / [Rem] Koolhaas Discussion - Venue A - [Arata] Isozaki / [Akira] Asada Discussion - Venue B - Morning Discussion - Venue B - Afternoon Schnabel Discussion ANYletters
Opening Remarks, ANYquestions, Discussions
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ARCH240884
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Opening Remarks Cynthia Davidson: In Any Event ANYquestions (Jeffrey Kipnis) Warning (Jeffrey Kipnis) Philosopher Panel Intro Discussion - Philosophers Panel - [Roberto Mangabeira] Unger / [Kojin] Karatani Anyone Conference Discussions Discussion - Venue A - [Peter] Eisenman / [Rosalind] Krauss Discussion - Venue A - [Mark. C.] Taylor / [Rem] Koolhaas Discussion - Venue A - [Arata] Isozaki / [Akira] Asada Discussion - Venue B - Morning Discussion - Venue B - Afternoon Schnabel Discussion ANYletters
textual records
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14 file
drawings
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25 publication drawing(s)
AP140.S2.SS1.D40.P23
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site plan, floor plans, an elevation, cross sections, longitudinal sections, a bird's-eye axonometric drawing for the building, a few plan obliques including worm's-eye plan obliques for the conference room and for the restaurant, sectional perspective for the interior of an open-planned office and a hand-coloured interior perspective for the Headquarters' cafeteria show Stirling, Brian Riches and Leon Krier with Thomas Hope furniture
Site plan, floor plans, an elevation, cross sections
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AP140.S2.SS1.D40.P23
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site plan, floor plans, an elevation, cross sections, longitudinal sections, a bird's-eye axonometric drawing for the building, a few plan obliques including worm's-eye plan obliques for the conference room and for the restaurant, sectional perspective for the interior of an open-planned office and a hand-coloured interior perspective for the Headquarters' cafeteria show Stirling, Brian Riches and Leon Krier with Thomas Hope furniture
drawings
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25 publication drawing(s)
Robert Burley, CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University, speaks on “The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence.” The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
16 September 2010, 6pm
Robert Burley: The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence
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Robert Burley, CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University, speaks on “The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence.” The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
drawings
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85 design drawing(s)
AP140.S2.SS1.D40.P26
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early conceptual and schematic design drawings including a schedule of accommodation and functional and area diagrams for the planning of the British Olivetti Headquarters, many sketches and diagrams for the plan of the warehouse, including a number of drawings initialed by Michael Wilford and dated from March 1972, a few conceptual and schematic design drawings consisting of many doodles and thumbnail sketches for the conference room and the concourse
1972
Early conceptual and schematic design drawings
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AP140.S2.SS1.D40.P26
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early conceptual and schematic design drawings including a schedule of accommodation and functional and area diagrams for the planning of the British Olivetti Headquarters, many sketches and diagrams for the plan of the warehouse, including a number of drawings initialed by Michael Wilford and dated from March 1972, a few conceptual and schematic design drawings consisting of many doodles and thumbnail sketches for the conference room and the concourse
drawings
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85 design drawing(s)
1972