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CI007
Synopsis:
The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
1918-2000
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection
CI007
Synopsis:
The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
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Collection institutionnelle
1918-2000
Project
AP022.S1.1978.PR02
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File documents penthouse renovations to the Marine Building (McCarter & Nairne, architects, 1929-1930), Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings, reference drawings, working drawings.
1978
Marine Building, Penthouse Alterations
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AP022.S1.1978.PR02
Description:
File documents penthouse renovations to the Marine Building (McCarter & Nairne, architects, 1929-1930), Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings, reference drawings, working drawings.
Project
1978
Project
AP060.S3.D62
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Le dossier documente le projet des architectes Roger D'Astous et Jean-Paul Pothier pour la résidence Doris Lussier à Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec. Il contient des documents photographiques et dessins produits entre 1962 et 1980, mais principalement entre 1962 et 1964.
1962-1980, surtout 1962-1964
Résidence pour M. Doris Lussier
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AP060.S3.D62
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Le dossier documente le projet des architectes Roger D'Astous et Jean-Paul Pothier pour la résidence Doris Lussier à Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec. Il contient des documents photographiques et dessins produits entre 1962 et 1980, mais principalement entre 1962 et 1964.
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1962-1980, surtout 1962-1964
Project
AP095.S2.D2
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Cette série de projets documente le projet intitulé "Not Long Ago There were Still Shadow-Traders" réalisé par les architectes Annette Dudek, Thimothy E. G. McDonald et Jamie Meunier avec, comme collaborateur Donald Weikert, danseur.
Not Long Ago There were Still Shadow-Traders
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AP095.S2.D2
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Cette série de projets documente le projet intitulé "Not Long Ago There were Still Shadow-Traders" réalisé par les architectes Annette Dudek, Thimothy E. G. McDonald et Jamie Meunier avec, comme collaborateur Donald Weikert, danseur.
Dossier 2
Series
AP130.D3
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Le dossier documente un projet de théâtre, située au 3900, rue Saint-Denis, à Montréal, Québec. Le projet était lauréat du "Canadian Architect Award of Excellence" en 1990. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels et photographiques, un panneau de présentation et une maquette.
1990-1991
Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
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AP130.D3
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Le dossier documente un projet de théâtre, située au 3900, rue Saint-Denis, à Montréal, Québec. Le projet était lauréat du "Canadian Architect Award of Excellence" en 1990. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels et photographiques, un panneau de présentation et une maquette.
Dossier 3
1990-1991
Project
AP075.S1.2007.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's work for the renewal of Robson Square in Vancouver. This project series concerns work on Robson Square grounds starting from the mid 2000s to early 2010s to which Oberlander participated as landscape architect or consultaing landscape architect. Oberlander worked with Arthur Erickson on the earliest revitalisation projects, but also with other architectural firms, including Grout McTavish Architects. It includes revitisation works, such as sunken plaza revitalization, the Nelson Street Plaza revitalisation, addition of a 'grass wave' or a mound in 2008 for the North Plaza, renovations for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Ice Rink Expansion and Revitalisation of Ice Rink Plaza. The project series contains predominantly textual records, including correspondence with client, architects, consultants and contractors, specifications, including landscape specifications, minutes of projects meetings, inspections reports and press clippings and articles on the revitalisation projects. The project is also documented through landscape drawings, such as planting plans, irrigation and grading plans, landscape sections, and details for planters. It also includes sets of building plans used as reference and digital photographs of planting and landscape maintenance. Project series comprises documents related to the preservation of Robson Square, including documentation, articles and clippings, and correspondence.
1994-2016
Robson Square Renewal, Vancouver, British Columbia (2007)
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AP075.S1.2007.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's work for the renewal of Robson Square in Vancouver. This project series concerns work on Robson Square grounds starting from the mid 2000s to early 2010s to which Oberlander participated as landscape architect or consultaing landscape architect. Oberlander worked with Arthur Erickson on the earliest revitalisation projects, but also with other architectural firms, including Grout McTavish Architects. It includes revitisation works, such as sunken plaza revitalization, the Nelson Street Plaza revitalisation, addition of a 'grass wave' or a mound in 2008 for the North Plaza, renovations for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games, and Ice Rink Expansion and Revitalisation of Ice Rink Plaza. The project series contains predominantly textual records, including correspondence with client, architects, consultants and contractors, specifications, including landscape specifications, minutes of projects meetings, inspections reports and press clippings and articles on the revitalisation projects. The project is also documented through landscape drawings, such as planting plans, irrigation and grading plans, landscape sections, and details for planters. It also includes sets of building plans used as reference and digital photographs of planting and landscape maintenance. Project series comprises documents related to the preservation of Robson Square, including documentation, articles and clippings, and correspondence.
Project
1994-2016
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John Hejduk fonds
AP145
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The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
John Hejduk fonds
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AP145
Synopsis:
The John Hejduk fonds documents the professional practice of architect John Hejduk. Drawings of nearly every project by Hejduk are present, with many of his most significant architectural, exhibition, and publishing projects particularly well represented. Material in this fonds was produced between 1947 and 2000.
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Fonds
1947-2000, predominant 1947-1996
Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture surveys the history and cultural significance of bank architecture, focusing on bank architecture as a building typology rather than in the context of a single architect or architectural firm. Challenging the standard notion that bank buildings are repetitive, dull and conservative, the exhibition reveals banks as(...)
Main galleries
14 November 1990 to 24 February 1991
Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture
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Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture surveys the history and cultural significance of bank architecture, focusing on bank architecture as a building typology rather than in the context of a single architect or architectural firm. Challenging the standard notion that bank buildings are repetitive, dull and conservative, the exhibition reveals banks as(...)
Main galleries
5 April 2018