drawings
Column Tower / Tower Column
DR2007:0017
Description:
Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
1979-1980
Column Tower / Tower Column
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DR2007:0017
Description:
Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
drawings
1979-1980
Project
AP056.S1.1986.PR02
Description:
This project series documents an addition and renovations to Woodsworth College at the University of Toronto from 1986-1991. The office identified the project number as 18603. Before this work, the existing property consisted of four Victorian houses: the main College building at 119 St. George Street that had a large drill hall connected to the back, a house next to the drill hall, the Centre for Industrial Relations located at 121 St. Georges Street, and the Media Centre located at 123 St. Georges Street. This project consisted of interior renovations to the houses and the addition of an L-shaped building at the back of the property that connected to the drill hall and turned at the corner of the property towards the Media Centre house. This created a central courtyard in the centre of the property, between all the buildings. The new building was two storeys with an arcade toward the courtyard, a red brick facade and sheet metal roofing. This housed audio-visual rooms, editing rooms, offices and a workroom in the basement, classrooms and meeting rooms on the ground floor, and faculty offices, lounges and administrative areas on the second floor. A new entry tower and hall were constructed for the main College building. This building consisted of mechanical and electrical rooms in the basement, student spaces and administrative offices on the ground floor, and administrative offices and meeting rooms on the second and third floors. Barton Myers Associates worked as the consulting architects on this project. The project is recorded through drawings and photographic materials dating from 1986-1991. The drawings include sketches, drawings for the project model, sections, floor and site plans, elevations, details, axonometric drawings, perspectives, and structural drawings. There are a large number of detail drawings for furnishings and architectural elements. The photographic materials consist of aerial views and photographs of the finished project.
1986-1991
Woodsworth College, University of Toronto (1986-1991)
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AP056.S1.1986.PR02
Description:
This project series documents an addition and renovations to Woodsworth College at the University of Toronto from 1986-1991. The office identified the project number as 18603. Before this work, the existing property consisted of four Victorian houses: the main College building at 119 St. George Street that had a large drill hall connected to the back, a house next to the drill hall, the Centre for Industrial Relations located at 121 St. Georges Street, and the Media Centre located at 123 St. Georges Street. This project consisted of interior renovations to the houses and the addition of an L-shaped building at the back of the property that connected to the drill hall and turned at the corner of the property towards the Media Centre house. This created a central courtyard in the centre of the property, between all the buildings. The new building was two storeys with an arcade toward the courtyard, a red brick facade and sheet metal roofing. This housed audio-visual rooms, editing rooms, offices and a workroom in the basement, classrooms and meeting rooms on the ground floor, and faculty offices, lounges and administrative areas on the second floor. A new entry tower and hall were constructed for the main College building. This building consisted of mechanical and electrical rooms in the basement, student spaces and administrative offices on the ground floor, and administrative offices and meeting rooms on the second and third floors. Barton Myers Associates worked as the consulting architects on this project. The project is recorded through drawings and photographic materials dating from 1986-1991. The drawings include sketches, drawings for the project model, sections, floor and site plans, elevations, details, axonometric drawings, perspectives, and structural drawings. There are a large number of detail drawings for furnishings and architectural elements. The photographic materials consist of aerial views and photographs of the finished project.
Project
1986-1991
Series
Office files
AP018.S2
Description:
This series is made up of various correspondece files, promotional files, and topic files. Correspondence and promotional files relate to Parkin First Architects, Parkin Architects Planners, and John B. Parkin Associates. The correspondence documents several transportation projects including airports, projects for Marathon Realty Inc., stadium projects, the National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the University of Ottawa. Promotional files give information on the firms, including design philosophy and the merger of John B. Parkin Associates and Smith Carter Searle. Topic files mostly consist of newpaper clippings and articles on the topics of planning, management, some projects, John C. Parkin, and various files on architecture, such as architectural education and architecture criticism. This series also contains a selection of invitations and Christmas cards as well as sound recordings and moving image recordings of interviews with the media, promotional recordings and recordings whose contents are unknown.
1960-1988
Office files
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AP018.S2
Description:
This series is made up of various correspondece files, promotional files, and topic files. Correspondence and promotional files relate to Parkin First Architects, Parkin Architects Planners, and John B. Parkin Associates. The correspondence documents several transportation projects including airports, projects for Marathon Realty Inc., stadium projects, the National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the University of Ottawa. Promotional files give information on the firms, including design philosophy and the merger of John B. Parkin Associates and Smith Carter Searle. Topic files mostly consist of newpaper clippings and articles on the topics of planning, management, some projects, John C. Parkin, and various files on architecture, such as architectural education and architecture criticism. This series also contains a selection of invitations and Christmas cards as well as sound recordings and moving image recordings of interviews with the media, promotional recordings and recordings whose contents are unknown.
Series
1960-1988
Series
Projects
AP041.S1
Description:
This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
1955-2012
Projects
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AP041.S1
Description:
This series documents Melvin Charney's artistic, architecture and design projects from 1950 to 2012. It includes material related to his installations, architectural projects, his artworks and photographic projects. This series contains over 70 projects, including Charney's proposal for the Canadian government pavilion for the Japan world exposition, in Osaka, in 1967, his design for the Canadian tribute to human rights, in Ottawa, in 1986-1987, his installation Les maison de la rue Sherbrooke presented during the Corridart in 1976 for the Montréal Summer Olympics and Un dictionnaire presented, amongts others, at the 7th Venice Biennale in 2000. The series drawings and sketches, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings as well as some his mixed media artworks. It also contains some photographs including photographs of the installations design by Charney, reference photographs, textual documents, such as notes, rapports and proposals, correspondence and reference materials.
Series
1955-2012
archives
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Fonds
Melvin Charney fonds
AP041
Synopsis:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
1947-2012
Melvin Charney fonds
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AP041
Synopsis:
The Melvin Charney fonds documents Charney's career from the 1950s to the 2012 over 70 architectural and artistics projects, records related to exhibitions he designed, exhibition in which his projects were presented, his teaching activities, and his writings. The fonds contains a considerable amount of textual records, architectural drawings, photographic materials, some models, and a small number of artefacts related to his projects.
archives
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Fonds
1947-2012
DR1987:0567
Description:
- This graphite drawing of the contour lines and topographical features of the property held by the Filiorum Corporation on the Palos Verdes estates shows the future site for Wayfarers' Chapel. The graphite drawing is partitioned with a square grid, which was possibly drawn by a member of Lloyd Wright's office, because it is in the same media as the inscription "JESTER CHAPEL", one of the early names used by the architect for the project.
architecture, topographic
May 1937
Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Contour map of Filiorum Corporation property, including chapel site
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DR1987:0567
Description:
- This graphite drawing of the contour lines and topographical features of the property held by the Filiorum Corporation on the Palos Verdes estates shows the future site for Wayfarers' Chapel. The graphite drawing is partitioned with a square grid, which was possibly drawn by a member of Lloyd Wright's office, because it is in the same media as the inscription "JESTER CHAPEL", one of the early names used by the architect for the project.
architecture, topographic
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
China Drawings, 1978
DR2007:0013:001-003
Description:
Pair of drawings completed after and reflecting on L.W. Richards' 1977 study tour of The People's Republic of China: a) "Preliminary Drawing for a Bank for The People's Republic of China" and b) "Preliminary Drawings for a Factory for The People's Republic of China"; 2 mixed media on tracing paper, each approx. 15" x 25"; dated 11/78. These drawings follow and are related to 1977 Post Card project in the CCA collections.
China Drawings, 1978
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DR2007:0013:001-003
Description:
Pair of drawings completed after and reflecting on L.W. Richards' 1977 study tour of The People's Republic of China: a) "Preliminary Drawing for a Bank for The People's Republic of China" and b) "Preliminary Drawings for a Factory for The People's Republic of China"; 2 mixed media on tracing paper, each approx. 15" x 25"; dated 11/78. These drawings follow and are related to 1977 Post Card project in the CCA collections.
drawings
Quantity:
2 drawing(s)
Project
AP148.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
Project series comprises design and promotional material for a bed entitled "Il carro di giove" designed by Poli in 1991. The bed was made for F.lli Ciulli (likely Fratelli Ciulli), based in Florence, Italy, and an accompanying blanket was made for the textile design company Fanair. The bed project was featured in the 1991 publication Catalogo Armonia by publisher Ponte alla Grazie in Florence, as well as the April 1992 issue of Casa Vogue (no. 240). The design features a large alabaster disc suspended from an iron frame. Project material in the series ranges from early sketches to drawings and collages of the bed in various media, with some drawings overlayed with wax and silver paper. Also included are excerpted pages from the Catalogo Armonia, featuring a conversation with Sergio Cammilli, who commissioned furniture designs from architects and contemporary artists. The Catalogo Armonia pages also feature images of the bed and blanket prototype. This project series includes textile reference studies, though no drawings or designs for the bed's blanket were received from Poli.
1991
Bed and blanket design, Il carro di giove [Jupiter's chariot] (1991)
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AP148.S1.1991.PR01
Description:
Project series comprises design and promotional material for a bed entitled "Il carro di giove" designed by Poli in 1991. The bed was made for F.lli Ciulli (likely Fratelli Ciulli), based in Florence, Italy, and an accompanying blanket was made for the textile design company Fanair. The bed project was featured in the 1991 publication Catalogo Armonia by publisher Ponte alla Grazie in Florence, as well as the April 1992 issue of Casa Vogue (no. 240). The design features a large alabaster disc suspended from an iron frame. Project material in the series ranges from early sketches to drawings and collages of the bed in various media, with some drawings overlayed with wax and silver paper. Also included are excerpted pages from the Catalogo Armonia, featuring a conversation with Sergio Cammilli, who commissioned furniture designs from architects and contemporary artists. The Catalogo Armonia pages also feature images of the bed and blanket prototype. This project series includes textile reference studies, though no drawings or designs for the bed's blanket were received from Poli.
Project
1991
textual records
ARCH277035
Description:
Group contains oversize "presentation folders" for several projects. Photographs and presentation plans are the originals prints from Arthur Erickson Architects for media release, publication and presentation reproduction. Projects include: Vancouver Art Gallery, Man in the Community Pavilion, Midtown Terrace, Christ Church Cathedral, Bagley Wright Residence, Napp Laboratories, Roy Thompson Hall (includes press clippings), National Gallery Competition, Abu Dhabi Office Tower United Arab Emirates, Waterfront Center, UBC Faculty Club Addition & Alterations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Interim Headquarters, Jeddah, University of Victoria Development Plan.
n.d.
Photographs and presentation plans for various projects
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ARCH277035
Description:
Group contains oversize "presentation folders" for several projects. Photographs and presentation plans are the originals prints from Arthur Erickson Architects for media release, publication and presentation reproduction. Projects include: Vancouver Art Gallery, Man in the Community Pavilion, Midtown Terrace, Christ Church Cathedral, Bagley Wright Residence, Napp Laboratories, Roy Thompson Hall (includes press clippings), National Gallery Competition, Abu Dhabi Office Tower United Arab Emirates, Waterfront Center, UBC Faculty Club Addition & Alterations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Interim Headquarters, Jeddah, University of Victoria Development Plan.
textual records
n.d.
DR1987:0399
Description:
- This drawing is blackened with graphite on the verso so that the design could be transferred to another surface, in this case the submitted competition panel, DR1987:0359. There are drops of black watercolour and a series of black ink lines in the upper right corner. These media were used for the submitted panel and their presence here also suggests that this drawing was used in preparation of the submitted panel. There are a series of design sketches, along the left side and at the centre of the drawing, which appear to deal with the relationship of the airfield to hangars.
architecture
1929
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Bird's-eye perspective
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DR1987:0399
Description:
- This drawing is blackened with graphite on the verso so that the design could be transferred to another surface, in this case the submitted competition panel, DR1987:0359. There are drops of black watercolour and a series of black ink lines in the upper right corner. These media were used for the submitted panel and their presence here also suggests that this drawing was used in preparation of the submitted panel. There are a series of design sketches, along the left side and at the centre of the drawing, which appear to deal with the relationship of the airfield to hangars.
architecture