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Hazen Sise fonds
AP112
Synopsis:
The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
1933-1959
Hazen Sise fonds
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AP112
Synopsis:
The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
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1933-1959
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AP164.S1.2003.D7
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The project series documents Abalos & Herreros’ entry for an open competition for the national library José Vasconcelos, Mexico city, Mexico. The firm identified this project as number 170. “The central library is a county’s visible deposit for its culture, a legacy to the future; contemplating al [sic] periods of a culture in a holistic and integrated way crosses historic earas [sic] and puts human memory in relation to geological time, a substrate which shelters and protects human life. [The] library will establish this dialogue by anchoring in the site, the city and the country by basic gesture putting the geologic substrate, the lagoon and the volcanos which construct and nourish the earth as a relief. A lagoon perforated by seven craters composes the germlike landscape which starts the projects, giving us a first drawing which transforms the space almost into a lake of waterlilies.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, competition documents, resumes, correspondence and a map.
2001-2003
Biblioteca de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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AP164.S1.2003.D7
Description:
The project series documents Abalos & Herreros’ entry for an open competition for the national library José Vasconcelos, Mexico city, Mexico. The firm identified this project as number 170. “The central library is a county’s visible deposit for its culture, a legacy to the future; contemplating al [sic] periods of a culture in a holistic and integrated way crosses historic earas [sic] and puts human memory in relation to geological time, a substrate which shelters and protects human life. [The] library will establish this dialogue by anchoring in the site, the city and the country by basic gesture putting the geologic substrate, the lagoon and the volcanos which construct and nourish the earth as a relief. A lagoon perforated by seven craters composes the germlike landscape which starts the projects, giving us a first drawing which transforms the space almost into a lake of waterlilies.” (ARCH270975) Documenting the project are conceptual drawings, competition documents, resumes, correspondence and a map.
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2001-2003
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AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
1947, 1970-2012
Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds
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AP149
Synopsis:
The Minimum Cost Housing Group fonds documents the publications related to the research projects for low-cost housing and energy conservation undertaken by the Minimum Cost Housing Group of the McGill School of Architecture from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The documents in the fonds consist of textual records, photographs and artefacts relating to over 20 of the group's publications, theses, research papers, offices records and reference material.
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1947, 1970-2012
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Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
CD041
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The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
1959-2019
Eva Hollo Vecsei collection
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CD041
Synopsis:
The Eva Hollo Vecsei collection documents the career of Hungarian-Canadian architect Eva Hollo Vecsei with a few materials from her husband’s, Andrei Vecsei, work. Records in this collection, ranging from 1959 to 2019, document key elements of several of Vecsei’s projects, including built and unbuilt designs.
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1959-2019
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AP001.S6.1950.PR01
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La construction de l’Université de Montréal s’est effectuée sur plusieurs années. Cormier est architecte en chef entre 1924 et 1947 et agit à titre d’architecte-conseil et d’ingénieur-conseil entre 1950 et 1961. Il semblait inévitable de diviser le cadre de classement en deux phases pour bien distinguer le rôle et l’implication de Cormier qui diffère durant ces deux périodes. La présence de deux plans d’ensembles très différents proposés en 1931 et 1961 appuie cette décision. En 1950, Cormier est nommé architecte-conseil et ingénieur-conseil pour la deuxième phase des travaux, alors que Ludger Venne agit à titre d’architecte pour le Centre social et les Résidences Étudiantes, Gaston Gagné pour la Polytechnique et Paul Lambert pour le Chalet de Sport. Tout en supervisant l’élaboration des bâtiments, Cormier soumet un nouveau plan d’ensemble pour la deuxième phase de construction de l’Université de Montréal. Celui-ci inclut un nouveau centre hospitalier, un bâtiment administratif, une porte monumentale, le HEC, un stade et une bibliothèque. Le projet sera cependant refusé par la direction de l’Université de Montréal, voyant le projet ambitieux et trop coûteux. Il quittera donc en 1962 son poste de consultant. Pour cette sous-série, il est important de distinguer deux types de documents. Il y a d’abord les dessins produits par Cormier et sa firme, incluant les nouveaux plans d’ensemble, le stade, le bâtiment administratif, la nouvelle bibliothèque, le centre hospitalier, la cafétéria, le gymnase et la piscine. Ces documents seront limités à des esquisses et des dessins de présentation, suite à la décision de la direction de l’UdeM de ne pas entreprendre ces projets. En second lieu, il y a les documents d’exécutions des autres architectes, comme Lambert et Venne, qui ont été utilisés et modifiés par Cormier à titre de consultant.
1950 - 1962
Université de Montréal - Phase 2
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AP001.S6.1950.PR01
Description:
La construction de l’Université de Montréal s’est effectuée sur plusieurs années. Cormier est architecte en chef entre 1924 et 1947 et agit à titre d’architecte-conseil et d’ingénieur-conseil entre 1950 et 1961. Il semblait inévitable de diviser le cadre de classement en deux phases pour bien distinguer le rôle et l’implication de Cormier qui diffère durant ces deux périodes. La présence de deux plans d’ensembles très différents proposés en 1931 et 1961 appuie cette décision. En 1950, Cormier est nommé architecte-conseil et ingénieur-conseil pour la deuxième phase des travaux, alors que Ludger Venne agit à titre d’architecte pour le Centre social et les Résidences Étudiantes, Gaston Gagné pour la Polytechnique et Paul Lambert pour le Chalet de Sport. Tout en supervisant l’élaboration des bâtiments, Cormier soumet un nouveau plan d’ensemble pour la deuxième phase de construction de l’Université de Montréal. Celui-ci inclut un nouveau centre hospitalier, un bâtiment administratif, une porte monumentale, le HEC, un stade et une bibliothèque. Le projet sera cependant refusé par la direction de l’Université de Montréal, voyant le projet ambitieux et trop coûteux. Il quittera donc en 1962 son poste de consultant. Pour cette sous-série, il est important de distinguer deux types de documents. Il y a d’abord les dessins produits par Cormier et sa firme, incluant les nouveaux plans d’ensemble, le stade, le bâtiment administratif, la nouvelle bibliothèque, le centre hospitalier, la cafétéria, le gymnase et la piscine. Ces documents seront limités à des esquisses et des dessins de présentation, suite à la décision de la direction de l’UdeM de ne pas entreprendre ces projets. En second lieu, il y a les documents d’exécutions des autres architectes, comme Lambert et Venne, qui ont été utilisés et modifiés par Cormier à titre de consultant.
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1950 - 1962
Series
Hermann Finsterlin
AP162.S1
Description:
Series documents the contribution of artist Hermann Finsterlin to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Finsterlin wrote under the pseudonym Prometh (sometime appears as "Prometheus"). Born in Munich in 1897, Finsterlin studied at Munich University in chemistry, then in physics and medicine, and later in philosophy. He studied painting at the Kunstakademie in Munich in 1917 and 1918 and exhibited his work at the Ausstlelling für unbekannte Architekten. He published in "Frühlich", a magazine edited by Bruno Taut in which works by some members of Die gläserne Kette were featured. He painted frescoes in Tripoli, Majorca, and Tenerife. During the Nazi period, Finsterlin was commissionned to paint frescoes and portraits for the regime, but most of his work was destroyed during the war. He died in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1973. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hermann Finsterlin to the Die gläserne Kette circle, including a postcard. The series also includes some drawings by Finsterlin.
1919-1923
Hermann Finsterlin
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AP162.S1
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Series documents the contribution of artist Hermann Finsterlin to the correspondence circle of Die gläserne Kette. Finsterlin wrote under the pseudonym Prometh (sometime appears as "Prometheus"). Born in Munich in 1897, Finsterlin studied at Munich University in chemistry, then in physics and medicine, and later in philosophy. He studied painting at the Kunstakademie in Munich in 1917 and 1918 and exhibited his work at the Ausstlelling für unbekannte Architekten. He published in "Frühlich", a magazine edited by Bruno Taut in which works by some members of Die gläserne Kette were featured. He painted frescoes in Tripoli, Majorca, and Tenerife. During the Nazi period, Finsterlin was commissionned to paint frescoes and portraits for the regime, but most of his work was destroyed during the war. He died in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1973. (Source: Ian Boyd Whyte, Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) The series comprises part of the correspondence of Hermann Finsterlin to the Die gläserne Kette circle, including a postcard. The series also includes some drawings by Finsterlin.
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1919-1923
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AP056.S1.1989.PR04
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This project series documents a proposal for Palmerston Place in Scarborough, Ontario from 1989-1992. The office identified the project number as 8909. This project, commissioned by Frum Development Group and headed by Bruce Kuwabara, proposed a mixed-use development that would span several blocks and integrate local transit stations. Located at the corner of Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue, the development would include residential areas, retail spaces, office buildings, a bus station and a subway station. The project investigated several schemes, all of which included the creation of a new grid road system, parks, courtyards and extensive landscaping. The development was divided into several phases to be carried out over a five to seven year period. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings, a site photograph and textual records dating from 1989-1991. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, model drawings, presentation drawings, plans, elevations and sections. A large number of the plans are schemes that investigate the general site concept. The textual records consist of a description of the project concept.
1989-1991
Palmerston Place, Scarborough, Ontario (1989-1992)
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AP056.S1.1989.PR04
Description:
This project series documents a proposal for Palmerston Place in Scarborough, Ontario from 1989-1992. The office identified the project number as 8909. This project, commissioned by Frum Development Group and headed by Bruce Kuwabara, proposed a mixed-use development that would span several blocks and integrate local transit stations. Located at the corner of Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue, the development would include residential areas, retail spaces, office buildings, a bus station and a subway station. The project investigated several schemes, all of which included the creation of a new grid road system, parks, courtyards and extensive landscaping. The development was divided into several phases to be carried out over a five to seven year period. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings, a site photograph and textual records dating from 1989-1991. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, model drawings, presentation drawings, plans, elevations and sections. A large number of the plans are schemes that investigate the general site concept. The textual records consist of a description of the project concept.
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1989-1991
Sub-series
AP058.S1.SS1
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Board (ACSA). During that period of activity with the ACSA, where Mrs. van Ginkel was a member and has occupied the positions of vice-president and president, she was involved in annual and board meetings, the Award Selection Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Jubilee Committee for the “Journal of architectural education”, the conferences for the East Central, Northeast, West, and West Central regions, on task forces on the ACSA mission and on architectural education and practice, etc. Also documented is her attendance in several other meetings and conferences, among them the Five Presidents Meeting, the Administrators Conference, the Wingspread Presidents Meeting, the San Francisco Forum, the Chicago Forum, and the Fifth Technology Conference. The subseries documents as well correspondence between Mrs. van Ginkel, as president, and other institutions or associations, like the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Housing Design Council. The subseries contains correspondence, programmes and scheduled activities, brochures, information packages, notes, reports, minutes, budgets, lists of members, memorandum, posters, and a few ACSA publications, dating from 1977 to 1992.
1977-1992
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Board
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AP058.S1.SS1
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement in the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Board (ACSA). During that period of activity with the ACSA, where Mrs. van Ginkel was a member and has occupied the positions of vice-president and president, she was involved in annual and board meetings, the Award Selection Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Jubilee Committee for the “Journal of architectural education”, the conferences for the East Central, Northeast, West, and West Central regions, on task forces on the ACSA mission and on architectural education and practice, etc. Also documented is her attendance in several other meetings and conferences, among them the Five Presidents Meeting, the Administrators Conference, the Wingspread Presidents Meeting, the San Francisco Forum, the Chicago Forum, and the Fifth Technology Conference. The subseries documents as well correspondence between Mrs. van Ginkel, as president, and other institutions or associations, like the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, and the Canadian Housing Design Council. The subseries contains correspondence, programmes and scheduled activities, brochures, information packages, notes, reports, minutes, budgets, lists of members, memorandum, posters, and a few ACSA publications, dating from 1977 to 1992.
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1977-1992
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AP075.S1.2000.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for a therapeutic roof garden for the Vancouver General Hospital, Burns and Plastics Unit, in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 2000 to 2002. The project consisted in a participatory design of a concrete roof terrace with the use of aluminium planters and trellises fabricated by the German firm Benz & Fischer. Oberlander worked with students of the University of British Columbia who made the design studies and documented the site features, including sun and shadow patterns, noises and wind direction. Shelagh Smith, a horticultural therapist, organized the participatory design process with patients, staff, visitors and volunteers from the hospital. Oberlander developed a planting plan with low maintenant plants, plants with different flowering periods to provide interest througout the seasons, and vines and clematis for the trellis to provide shade for the users of the terrace. The project series contains eight design development drawings, including two landscape drawings and planting plans. The project is also documented through concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence, including correspondence with client, contractors, consultants and suppliers, documents related to the plants selection, specifications, research material, press clipping on the project, and photographs of the completed roof terrace.
2000-2007
Vancouver General Hospital, Burns and Plastics Unit Therapeutic Roof Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia (2000)
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AP075.S1.2000.PR03
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for a therapeutic roof garden for the Vancouver General Hospital, Burns and Plastics Unit, in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 2000 to 2002. The project consisted in a participatory design of a concrete roof terrace with the use of aluminium planters and trellises fabricated by the German firm Benz & Fischer. Oberlander worked with students of the University of British Columbia who made the design studies and documented the site features, including sun and shadow patterns, noises and wind direction. Shelagh Smith, a horticultural therapist, organized the participatory design process with patients, staff, visitors and volunteers from the hospital. Oberlander developed a planting plan with low maintenant plants, plants with different flowering periods to provide interest througout the seasons, and vines and clematis for the trellis to provide shade for the users of the terrace. The project series contains eight design development drawings, including two landscape drawings and planting plans. The project is also documented through concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence, including correspondence with client, contractors, consultants and suppliers, documents related to the plants selection, specifications, research material, press clipping on the project, and photographs of the completed roof terrace.
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2000-2007
DR1985:0415
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- DR1985:0415 presents a cartographic survey of Wimbledon Park as "improved" in the second half of the eighteenth century. Covering some 1,200 acres, the park as shown in this plan contains all the elements of Capability Brown's mature landscape style: expanses of grass traversed by meandering paths, irregular plantings of trees placed singly and in clumps, and winding streams dammed to create a large, irregular lake near the centre of the property and several small ponds about the periphery. The main house (built 1732-33 for Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough), its outbuildings, and the village church are shown at the southern end of the park, as is a kitchen garden dating from an earlier period. Roads, lanes, and neighbouring properties are neatly labelled in the draughtsman's hand, and the fall of the land has been indicated in shade lines.
landscape architecture, topographic
between 1765 and 1785
A survey plan of Wimbledon Park as designed for Lord Spencer by Capability Brown
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DR1985:0415
Description:
- DR1985:0415 presents a cartographic survey of Wimbledon Park as "improved" in the second half of the eighteenth century. Covering some 1,200 acres, the park as shown in this plan contains all the elements of Capability Brown's mature landscape style: expanses of grass traversed by meandering paths, irregular plantings of trees placed singly and in clumps, and winding streams dammed to create a large, irregular lake near the centre of the property and several small ponds about the periphery. The main house (built 1732-33 for Sarah, the Duchess of Marlborough), its outbuildings, and the village church are shown at the southern end of the park, as is a kitchen garden dating from an earlier period. Roads, lanes, and neighbouring properties are neatly labelled in the draughtsman's hand, and the fall of the land has been indicated in shade lines.
landscape architecture, topographic