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AP075.S1.2006.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the restauration of the Evergreen Building, a ten-story office tower on West Pender Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was previously known as the Laxton Building. The project consisted in renovations work to the building, design by architect Arthur Erickson in the 1980. Oberlander herself worked with Erickson at the time. After helping to save the building from demolition in the early 2000s, Oberlander worked as a landscape consultant for Omicron Architecture Engineering Construction Co. in 2006-2007. She was consulted for the restoration of the landscaping at the street level and the replanting of the planted balconies she had created while working with Erickson. As the building facade consisted in a stepped facade with an alternance of zigzag floor plates and straight floor plates, Oberlander chose cascading plants for the zigzag floors and upright planting for the straight floors. "Since the plants were brought to the structure's edges, the geometries of the building were dramatically amplified." [1] The Evergreen Building received a heritage status in the mid-2000s. This project series contains only materials related to the 2006-2007 renovations project. The project series comprises sketches, design development drawings, including site plans, plantings plans and landscape elevations, and buildings plans used as reference. The project series is also documented through corrsepondence, including correspondence with architects and contractors, specifications, plant lists, digital files of a presentation on the existing site condition, financial material, and research material for the project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 139.
2006-2007
Evergreen Building restoration, Vancouver, British Columbia (2006)
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AP075.S1.2006.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the restauration of the Evergreen Building, a ten-story office tower on West Pender Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was previously known as the Laxton Building. The project consisted in renovations work to the building, design by architect Arthur Erickson in the 1980. Oberlander herself worked with Erickson at the time. After helping to save the building from demolition in the early 2000s, Oberlander worked as a landscape consultant for Omicron Architecture Engineering Construction Co. in 2006-2007. She was consulted for the restoration of the landscaping at the street level and the replanting of the planted balconies she had created while working with Erickson. As the building facade consisted in a stepped facade with an alternance of zigzag floor plates and straight floor plates, Oberlander chose cascading plants for the zigzag floors and upright planting for the straight floors. "Since the plants were brought to the structure's edges, the geometries of the building were dramatically amplified." [1] The Evergreen Building received a heritage status in the mid-2000s. This project series contains only materials related to the 2006-2007 renovations project. The project series comprises sketches, design development drawings, including site plans, plantings plans and landscape elevations, and buildings plans used as reference. The project series is also documented through corrsepondence, including correspondence with architects and contractors, specifications, plant lists, digital files of a presentation on the existing site condition, financial material, and research material for the project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 139.
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2006-2007
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AP170
Synopsis:
The Mark Goulthorpe HypoSurface project records, 1990-2014, document the design development, technical implementation, exhibition, and marketing of various iterations of the HypoSurface wall. The wall has a “skin” divided up into pixel-like metallic facets manipulated by a network of actuating pistons in order to create images, texts and patterns in dynamic relief. Sensors allow people near the wall to influence its movement. The records include approximately 62,700 digital files, 3 folders of textual documents, and 44 prototype pieces, and a working HypoSurface wall module.
1990 - 2014
Mark Goulthorpe Hyposurface project records
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AP170
Synopsis:
The Mark Goulthorpe HypoSurface project records, 1990-2014, document the design development, technical implementation, exhibition, and marketing of various iterations of the HypoSurface wall. The wall has a “skin” divided up into pixel-like metallic facets manipulated by a network of actuating pistons in order to create images, texts and patterns in dynamic relief. Sensors allow people near the wall to influence its movement. The records include approximately 62,700 digital files, 3 folders of textual documents, and 44 prototype pieces, and a working HypoSurface wall module.
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1990 - 2014
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CD041.S2
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This series documents nine projects by the firm Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architects. The practice was opened in partnership by Bernard Rosen, Irving Caruso and André Vecsei. The latter was partner until his departure in 1984 when he founded Vecsei Architects with Eva Hollo Vecsei. During his time at Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architect, André was the partner in charge of several projects including: Twenty-five story apartment building, Lincoln Avenue and St. Mathieu Street, Montréal, Québec (circa 1962-1974); Nursing home, Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec (circa 1962-1970); Senoir’s home, Manoir Outremont, Outremont, Québec (1977); Intermunicipal library, Pierrefonds, Montréal, Québec (circa 1980-1984). Eva Hollo Vecsei did not work for the firm Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architects. This series documents the following projects: Golf clubhouse, Mirabel, Québec (circa 1962-1970); Fraternity house, Montréal, Québec (circa 1964); Marina, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec (1965-1966); Engineering Institute of Canada, Montréal, Québec (circa 1967); International Civil Aviation Organisation building, Montréal, Québec (circa 1974); Seniors home, Manoir Outremont, Outremont, Québec (1977); Fort de la Montagne, Westmount, Québec (circa 1980-1982); and City hall and municipal library, Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec (circa 1981-1984). Also included are sketches from 1962 to 1984 for an unidentified project. Collection material in this series was produced between 1974 and 2006. Documenting the series are architectural records, such as conceptual, design, presentation, and working drawings, as well as photographs, digital material (mainly photographs), and a sketchbook. The bulk of the material was produced between 1981 and 1984, which corresponds to the period during which André Vecsei worked on the city hall and municipal library, in Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec. Documenting this project are working drawings and a few digitized sketches and photographs.
1974-2006
Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architects (1962-1984)
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CD041.S2
Description:
This series documents nine projects by the firm Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architects. The practice was opened in partnership by Bernard Rosen, Irving Caruso and André Vecsei. The latter was partner until his departure in 1984 when he founded Vecsei Architects with Eva Hollo Vecsei. During his time at Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architect, André was the partner in charge of several projects including: Twenty-five story apartment building, Lincoln Avenue and St. Mathieu Street, Montréal, Québec (circa 1962-1974); Nursing home, Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec (circa 1962-1970); Senoir’s home, Manoir Outremont, Outremont, Québec (1977); Intermunicipal library, Pierrefonds, Montréal, Québec (circa 1980-1984). Eva Hollo Vecsei did not work for the firm Rosen, Caruso, Vecsei Architects. This series documents the following projects: Golf clubhouse, Mirabel, Québec (circa 1962-1970); Fraternity house, Montréal, Québec (circa 1964); Marina, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec (1965-1966); Engineering Institute of Canada, Montréal, Québec (circa 1967); International Civil Aviation Organisation building, Montréal, Québec (circa 1974); Seniors home, Manoir Outremont, Outremont, Québec (1977); Fort de la Montagne, Westmount, Québec (circa 1980-1982); and City hall and municipal library, Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec (circa 1981-1984). Also included are sketches from 1962 to 1984 for an unidentified project. Collection material in this series was produced between 1974 and 2006. Documenting the series are architectural records, such as conceptual, design, presentation, and working drawings, as well as photographs, digital material (mainly photographs), and a sketchbook. The bulk of the material was produced between 1981 and 1984, which corresponds to the period during which André Vecsei worked on the city hall and municipal library, in Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec. Documenting this project are working drawings and a few digitized sketches and photographs.
Series
1974-2006
Project
AP018.S1.1974.PR07
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This project series documents long-term planning for airports near Kabul, Afghanistan from 1974-1990. The office identified the project number as 7408. This project consisted of the planning of airports near Kabul for the years 1974-1990. This work was undertaken in joint venture with other Canadian firms who worked together on airport planning projects around the world. The firms, which consisted of Parkin Architects Planners as the architects, the Montreal Engineering Company Limited, and Peat, Marwick and Partners, joined with the local Afghan Bureau of Consulting Architects and Engineers for this project. It was to be funded by the Islamic Bank, with the Canadian government paying the design fees. The proposed airport, referred to as Logar Airport, consisted of a rectangular passenger terminal with each level set back to create the look of a staircase roofline. A 225 car parking lot, an administration building and a tower in the parking lot area were also included. The long-term plan showed a symmetrical addition built onto the passenger building and symmetrical 225 car parking lot to compliment it in the years following the original construction. An airport hotel was also proposed for future additions. A feasibility study for this project investigated Logar as a site for the airport, based on the ability to expand the terminal size for passenger processing and traffic, and the flexibility of the local topography. Planing, deplaning, processing and passenger flows were all investigated in this project, along with phasing and development plans. It is not clear from the project documentation if this project was ever built. The project is recorded through drawings, a photograph, and textual records dating from 1974-1976. The drawings include a large number of base plans with overlays to study planing and deplaning flows, natural lighting, and passenger movements. Plans, sections and presentation drawings are also included. The textual records consist of reports on the project program and costs, interoffice memos, correspondence, and financial records.
1974-1976
Kabul Area Airport Developments, Afghanistan (1974-1990)
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AP018.S1.1974.PR07
Description:
This project series documents long-term planning for airports near Kabul, Afghanistan from 1974-1990. The office identified the project number as 7408. This project consisted of the planning of airports near Kabul for the years 1974-1990. This work was undertaken in joint venture with other Canadian firms who worked together on airport planning projects around the world. The firms, which consisted of Parkin Architects Planners as the architects, the Montreal Engineering Company Limited, and Peat, Marwick and Partners, joined with the local Afghan Bureau of Consulting Architects and Engineers for this project. It was to be funded by the Islamic Bank, with the Canadian government paying the design fees. The proposed airport, referred to as Logar Airport, consisted of a rectangular passenger terminal with each level set back to create the look of a staircase roofline. A 225 car parking lot, an administration building and a tower in the parking lot area were also included. The long-term plan showed a symmetrical addition built onto the passenger building and symmetrical 225 car parking lot to compliment it in the years following the original construction. An airport hotel was also proposed for future additions. A feasibility study for this project investigated Logar as a site for the airport, based on the ability to expand the terminal size for passenger processing and traffic, and the flexibility of the local topography. Planing, deplaning, processing and passenger flows were all investigated in this project, along with phasing and development plans. It is not clear from the project documentation if this project was ever built. The project is recorded through drawings, a photograph, and textual records dating from 1974-1976. The drawings include a large number of base plans with overlays to study planing and deplaning flows, natural lighting, and passenger movements. Plans, sections and presentation drawings are also included. The textual records consist of reports on the project program and costs, interoffice memos, correspondence, and financial records.
Project
1974-1976
photographs
AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P23
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
circa 1950-1992
Various portraits and views of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P23
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
photographs
circa 1950-1992
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P6
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views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
circa 1950-1992
Various portraits and views of James Stirling
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AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P6
Description:
views of James Stirling and James Gowan at Leicester University Engineering Building in the early 1960s; views of various participants at the 2nd Iran International Congress of Architecture conference held in 1974 in Persepolis, Iran, including Félix Candela, Buckminster Fuller, Hans Hollein, José Luis Sert, James Stirling, O.M. Ungers and Bruno Zevi; views of interior of office; views of James Stirling with Queen Mother; of exhibition opening of 'I musei di James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates' at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna in Bologna, dated 1990; various portraits of James Stirling and of MIchael Wilford; views of James Stirling and Michael Wilford's visit to Cornell University
photographs
circa 1950-1992
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
AP031
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Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
circa 1907-1950
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds
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AP031
Synopsis:
Paul-Philippe Cret fonds, 1907-1950, documents Cret’s project for the International Bureau of American Republics (Pan American Union Building) in Washington D.C. (1907 – 1950). The fond is comprised of drawings showing plans, elevations, wiring and plumbing diagrams, and furniture layout.
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circa 1907-1950
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Fonds
Amancio Williams fonds
AP205
Synopsis:
The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
1848-2010s
Amancio Williams fonds
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AP205
Synopsis:
The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
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1848-2010s
textual records
ARCH257131
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29 files - "Permanent files": Surrey Courthouse, Regina Civic Museum, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Cariboo College,, Administration Bld. Prince-George, Kwantlen College, Union Station Project, New Surrey Campus, Churchill Museum, Lot 47 and 65 Whistler Village, Minory Labrary and Cultural Centre Espansion, GHC Central Speciality Centre South, Deer Lake Arts Centre, Nature, Culture and History Museum/Ecomuseum, Washington State University Spokane Campus and Holland Library, Renewal and Parking Structure and Chemistry Building addition, Vancouver School Board New Education Centre, Vancouver Art Gallery, Prince-George Multi-purpose facility, Nanaimo Performing Arts Centre, Engineering Graduate Research Centre, Langley Civic core development plan public safety building design
Permanent files on various projects
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ARCH257131
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29 files - "Permanent files": Surrey Courthouse, Regina Civic Museum, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, Cariboo College,, Administration Bld. Prince-George, Kwantlen College, Union Station Project, New Surrey Campus, Churchill Museum, Lot 47 and 65 Whistler Village, Minory Labrary and Cultural Centre Espansion, GHC Central Speciality Centre South, Deer Lake Arts Centre, Nature, Culture and History Museum/Ecomuseum, Washington State University Spokane Campus and Holland Library, Renewal and Parking Structure and Chemistry Building addition, Vancouver School Board New Education Centre, Vancouver Art Gallery, Prince-George Multi-purpose facility, Nanaimo Performing Arts Centre, Engineering Graduate Research Centre, Langley Civic core development plan public safety building design
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Bernard Cache fonds
AP169
Synopsis:
Bernard Cache, fonds, 1991-2011, document the development and design process for the Objectile firm and its decorative panels and furniture. The records focus mostly on daily activities of the firm, the collaboration of principal Bernard Cache with TopSolid software, and his parallel academic work. The records consist solely of original born-digital material.
1992-2011
Bernard Cache fonds
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AP169
Synopsis:
Bernard Cache, fonds, 1991-2011, document the development and design process for the Objectile firm and its decorative panels and furniture. The records focus mostly on daily activities of the firm, the collaboration of principal Bernard Cache with TopSolid software, and his parallel academic work. The records consist solely of original born-digital material.
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1992-2011