Series
AP022.S6
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Series documents Arthur Erickson's student projects from McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec. The records include his thesis project of an Arts Centre for Vancouver (1950), handwritten course and reading notes from the History of Modern Architecture and other seminars, and his sessional report of standing. Series contains drawings, photographs and textual records.
1947-1950
Student projects and drawings
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AP022.S6
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Series documents Arthur Erickson's student projects from McGill University School of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec. The records include his thesis project of an Arts Centre for Vancouver (1950), handwritten course and reading notes from the History of Modern Architecture and other seminars, and his sessional report of standing. Series contains drawings, photographs and textual records.
Series
1947-1950
audio
Audio recording of Victory
DR2003:0008:070
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Inscriptions read: "Victory IX-XI, XI-end." Audio recording of a woman reading Joseph Conrad's novel "Victory".
1953-2000
Audio recording of Victory
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DR2003:0008:070
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Inscriptions read: "Victory IX-XI, XI-end." Audio recording of a woman reading Joseph Conrad's novel "Victory".
audio
1953-2000
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P3
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axonometrics of the building and of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy, and plan obliques of the library reading room
Axonometrics of the building and of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy
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AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P3
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axonometrics of the building and of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy, and plan obliques of the library reading room
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR01.099
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This file includes furniture sketches for the CCA library, reading room tables, main vestibule and employee spaces as well as some landscaping and exterior sketches.
1983-1989
Furniture sketches, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR01.099
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This file includes furniture sketches for the CCA library, reading room tables, main vestibule and employee spaces as well as some landscaping and exterior sketches.
drawings
1983-1989
Project
Venic
AP144.S2.D184
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File documents Price's involvement in the 7th International Architectural Exhibition (also known as the Venice Biennale of Architecture) in Venice, Italy in 2000. Price was invited to participate and initially accepted, but later declined after reading the list of other participants. He subsequently made a presentation based on the work he had already done for the Biennale exhibits. This file includes material related to both the exhibits and the presentation. Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2000. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation panels and textual records.
1999-2000
Venic
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AP144.S2.D184
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File documents Price's involvement in the 7th International Architectural Exhibition (also known as the Venice Biennale of Architecture) in Venice, Italy in 2000. Price was invited to participate and initially accepted, but later declined after reading the list of other participants. He subsequently made a presentation based on the work he had already done for the Biennale exhibits. This file includes material related to both the exhibits and the presentation. Material in this file was produced between 1999 and 2000. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation panels and textual records.
File 184
1999-2000
photographs
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Project
CI005.S1.1915.PR1
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In 1911-1913, the Hostel for Lower Naval Personnel was designed by architect Piet Kramer, a building for which Oud claimed that he created competition designs. Researchers, however, do not support this claim as Oud's designs are dated 1915. Oud's plans feature a lounge and off-centre entrance and staircase, as well as a reading room for a convalescent hospital for soldiers. Oud's designs feature a geometrical composition based on a system of triangles. The designs were considered stylistically significant and displayed in the 1917 Sphinx "International Exhibition" (Taverne et al. 2001,107). The series includes photographs of the competition design floor plans and elevations.
1915 or later
Competition Design for a Military Hospital, Den Helder, Netherlands (1915)
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CI005.S1.1915.PR1
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In 1911-1913, the Hostel for Lower Naval Personnel was designed by architect Piet Kramer, a building for which Oud claimed that he created competition designs. Researchers, however, do not support this claim as Oud's designs are dated 1915. Oud's plans feature a lounge and off-centre entrance and staircase, as well as a reading room for a convalescent hospital for soldiers. Oud's designs feature a geometrical composition based on a system of triangles. The designs were considered stylistically significant and displayed in the 1917 Sphinx "International Exhibition" (Taverne et al. 2001,107). The series includes photographs of the competition design floor plans and elevations.
photographs
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project
1915 or later
PHCON2002:0016:002:001
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Sheet of 12 square contact prints of Gordon and Sebastian Matta on a couch reading, working and playing a guitar; A painting and a drawing by Roberto Matta are on the wall above the couch.
ca. 1962
Contact sheet of 12 portraits of Sebastian and Gordon Matta
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PHCON2002:0016:002:001
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Sheet of 12 square contact prints of Gordon and Sebastian Matta on a couch reading, working and playing a guitar; A painting and a drawing by Roberto Matta are on the wall above the couch.
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AP056.S1.1990.PR03
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This project series documents the Joseph Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1990-1994. The office identified the project number as 9011. This project was the winning entry of a national design competition and was completed with Thomas Payne at its head and with the firm Moffat Kinoshita Associates acting as consulting architects. Located at the corner of Alfred and University Streets, the project consisted of a new 200,000 square foot library for the campus. Influenced by the surrounding gothic collegiate buildings, the library's exteriors focused on vertical, upward movement and had rich textures created by limestone, copper flashing and wood window frames and entrance screens. The library's main entrance at the Union Street and University Street corner was a rotunda that featured a fireplace-lined reading room on the second floor. Other reading rooms and a café lined the building's exterior, while the main library stacks were housed in the core of the building. Wood panelling was disbursed amongst the walls to add warmth to the buildings interior. This project also included plans to expand the library in the following decades. This project received a Governor General's Award in Architecture in 1997. This project is recorded through drawings, photographs, presentation paintings and textual records dating from 1990-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. The photographs show the finished building, while the textual records consist of publicity on the building and the program description.
1990-1994
Joseph Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1990-1994)
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AP056.S1.1990.PR03
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This project series documents the Joseph Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1990-1994. The office identified the project number as 9011. This project was the winning entry of a national design competition and was completed with Thomas Payne at its head and with the firm Moffat Kinoshita Associates acting as consulting architects. Located at the corner of Alfred and University Streets, the project consisted of a new 200,000 square foot library for the campus. Influenced by the surrounding gothic collegiate buildings, the library's exteriors focused on vertical, upward movement and had rich textures created by limestone, copper flashing and wood window frames and entrance screens. The library's main entrance at the Union Street and University Street corner was a rotunda that featured a fireplace-lined reading room on the second floor. Other reading rooms and a café lined the building's exterior, while the main library stacks were housed in the core of the building. Wood panelling was disbursed amongst the walls to add warmth to the buildings interior. This project also included plans to expand the library in the following decades. This project received a Governor General's Award in Architecture in 1997. This project is recorded through drawings, photographs, presentation paintings and textual records dating from 1990-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. The photographs show the finished building, while the textual records consist of publicity on the building and the program description.
Project
1990-1994
drawings
DR2012:0015:009
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Consists of a sketch and a plan that are taped together, titled "Croquis 2". The drawings are wrapped around a large sheet of tracing paper with faint graphite marks reading "330 - 270 - 554", titled "Sherbrooke - Esplanade Frontenac - Place: Fragment Plan - 1:20 - 29 April 2003".
1988
A sketch and a plan that are taped together, titled "Croquis 2"
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DR2012:0015:009
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Consists of a sketch and a plan that are taped together, titled "Croquis 2". The drawings are wrapped around a large sheet of tracing paper with faint graphite marks reading "330 - 270 - 554", titled "Sherbrooke - Esplanade Frontenac - Place: Fragment Plan - 1:20 - 29 April 2003".
drawings
1988
Reading between the books of anyone’s library can reveal process, influences, ways of thinking, and surprises in their work. While historians disentangle archives, CCA invites contemporary architects to select ten books that reflect themselves today.
27 March 2019, 1:30pm
The talking bookshelf: with Konstantinos Pantazis
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Reading between the books of anyone’s library can reveal process, influences, ways of thinking, and surprises in their work. While historians disentangle archives, CCA invites contemporary architects to select ten books that reflect themselves today.