Series
Photographic materials
CD047.S1
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The series consists of mostly photographic materials and textual records related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). Also included are 10 additional photographs from other world's fairs (1914-1915, 1958, 1963-1967). The series is divided into three sub-series. The first sub-series contains photographic material of sites and pavilions, indoor and outdoor views by various agencies and studios. The second sub-series also includes photographic material, but the focus is on the sculptures displayed on the site of Expo 67, while the third sub-series contains slides and colour prints on various subjects related to Expo 67.
1963-1967
Photographic materials
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CD047.S1
Description:
The series consists of mostly photographic materials and textual records related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). Also included are 10 additional photographs from other world's fairs (1914-1915, 1958, 1963-1967). The series is divided into three sub-series. The first sub-series contains photographic material of sites and pavilions, indoor and outdoor views by various agencies and studios. The second sub-series also includes photographic material, but the focus is on the sculptures displayed on the site of Expo 67, while the third sub-series contains slides and colour prints on various subjects related to Expo 67.
Series
1963-1967
Sub-series
AP032.S1.SS4.D6
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Files ARCH219102-ARCH219120 are documents relating to various personal and professional activities (c.1961-1977). Includes notebooks, travel journals, correspondence, clippings, Oakland Bay Bridge booklet, Federal Building at N.Y. World's Fair brochure, F.L. Wright talk (1930), notes and sketches, photographs of bridges and rural buildings, postcards, periodicals, ephemera. Files ARCH254834-ARCH254880 are papers relating to personal business interests such as real estate, investments, taxes, as well as institutions and associations like the Chicago Arts Club, the AIA, the Illinois Institute of Technology, MOMA and the Guggenheim Museum. Documents include Goldsmith's entry in Who's Who, correspondence, medical reports, memos and notes, brochures and booklets on artists and exhibitions, periodicals and clippings. Architectural material includes an address by N.A. Owings, Presidential Design Awards 1984, T.Y. Lin, and documents concerning the call for proposals for the San Francisco main library, and a project for Athens College in Greece.
1964-1991
Personal and Business Documents
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AP032.S1.SS4.D6
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Files ARCH219102-ARCH219120 are documents relating to various personal and professional activities (c.1961-1977). Includes notebooks, travel journals, correspondence, clippings, Oakland Bay Bridge booklet, Federal Building at N.Y. World's Fair brochure, F.L. Wright talk (1930), notes and sketches, photographs of bridges and rural buildings, postcards, periodicals, ephemera. Files ARCH254834-ARCH254880 are papers relating to personal business interests such as real estate, investments, taxes, as well as institutions and associations like the Chicago Arts Club, the AIA, the Illinois Institute of Technology, MOMA and the Guggenheim Museum. Documents include Goldsmith's entry in Who's Who, correspondence, medical reports, memos and notes, brochures and booklets on artists and exhibitions, periodicals and clippings. Architectural material includes an address by N.A. Owings, Presidential Design Awards 1984, T.Y. Lin, and documents concerning the call for proposals for the San Francisco main library, and a project for Athens College in Greece.
File 6
1964-1991
drawings
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33 drawing(s)
DR1997:0063:001-033
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- These drawings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe were made in the context of a "crit" with his student George Danforth. They elucidate, critique or otherwise respond to some aspect of the thesis project. - The group includes a plan of Mies van der Rohe's unrealized project for the German Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair (1934), elements of which were further developed in the thesis project (DR1997:0063:001). Danforth is the author of the inscriptions on this sheet.
architecture
1940-1941
Sketches for a graduate thesis for a small museum, Department of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology
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DR1997:0063:001-033
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- These drawings by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe were made in the context of a "crit" with his student George Danforth. They elucidate, critique or otherwise respond to some aspect of the thesis project. - The group includes a plan of Mies van der Rohe's unrealized project for the German Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair (1934), elements of which were further developed in the thesis project (DR1997:0063:001). Danforth is the author of the inscriptions on this sheet.
drawings
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33 drawing(s)
1940-1941
architecture
Sub-series
Drawings and scripts
AP165.S7.SS1
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The Drawings and scripts sub-series, 1980 – 2000, consists of 2538 digital files (2 GB) that document Hoberman’s work in AutoCAD to create his patented transformable designs. The majority of records are AutoCAD drawing files and AutoLISP scripts, dating from the mid to late 1990s. Drawings in the sub-series comprise a variety of Hoberman’s expanding installations, toy products and architectural structures, as well as a series of industrial patents and production drawings that detail the manufacturing and assembly of parts. AutoLISP scripts included in the sub-series were written and used by Hoberman for customized command within the AutoCAD environment as the in-program language. These scripts allowed Hoberman to solve the complex mathematical and geometrical calculations necessary to control the design and engineering of each component of his structures. Notable projects include: Iris Dome at Expo 2000 World's Fair, Hanover (2000); Expanding Hypar at California Science Center, Los Angeles (1998); Expanding Helicoid at Inventor's Hall of Fame, Akron (1998); Expanding Fabric Dome at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1997); Iris Dome at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1994); Geodesic Sphere at Technorama der Shweiz, Winterthur (1993); and Expanding Sphere at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City (1991).
1980 - 2000
Drawings and scripts
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AP165.S7.SS1
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The Drawings and scripts sub-series, 1980 – 2000, consists of 2538 digital files (2 GB) that document Hoberman’s work in AutoCAD to create his patented transformable designs. The majority of records are AutoCAD drawing files and AutoLISP scripts, dating from the mid to late 1990s. Drawings in the sub-series comprise a variety of Hoberman’s expanding installations, toy products and architectural structures, as well as a series of industrial patents and production drawings that detail the manufacturing and assembly of parts. AutoLISP scripts included in the sub-series were written and used by Hoberman for customized command within the AutoCAD environment as the in-program language. These scripts allowed Hoberman to solve the complex mathematical and geometrical calculations necessary to control the design and engineering of each component of his structures. Notable projects include: Iris Dome at Expo 2000 World's Fair, Hanover (2000); Expanding Hypar at California Science Center, Los Angeles (1998); Expanding Helicoid at Inventor's Hall of Fame, Akron (1998); Expanding Fabric Dome at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1997); Iris Dome at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1994); Geodesic Sphere at Technorama der Shweiz, Winterthur (1993); and Expanding Sphere at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City (1991).
Sub-series 1
1980 - 2000
Sub-series
AP032.S2.SS2.D1.SD3
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A collection of alphabetically - arranged files containing research information and documentation on a wide range of subjects: construction materials and techniques, building types, architects, engineering, art and sculpture, institutions, cities, machines, World Fairs, etc. A number of files, such as artists, bridges and stadiums, are exceptionally large. Some material is related to office projects, including colour samples for certain SOM buildings, and there are personal documents concerning Goldsmith's speech requests, RIBA lecture, and a number of business trips. The Files contain clippings, printed and published material, journals, correspondence and memos, notes and sketches, photographs and diazos, and 2 samples of building materials (stone).
1957-1983
Research and Documentation Files
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AP032.S2.SS2.D1.SD3
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A collection of alphabetically - arranged files containing research information and documentation on a wide range of subjects: construction materials and techniques, building types, architects, engineering, art and sculpture, institutions, cities, machines, World Fairs, etc. A number of files, such as artists, bridges and stadiums, are exceptionally large. Some material is related to office projects, including colour samples for certain SOM buildings, and there are personal documents concerning Goldsmith's speech requests, RIBA lecture, and a number of business trips. The Files contain clippings, printed and published material, journals, correspondence and memos, notes and sketches, photographs and diazos, and 2 samples of building materials (stone).
Sub-file 3
1957-1983
photographs
ARCH268463
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Ring binder containing 470 slides. Includes: "California Science Centre project (completed Expanding Hypar)", "Inventure Place, Ohio project Helicoid", Osaka and Pompidou Centre projects", "Retractable Pavilion and Hanover World Fair projects (renderings)", "Mirador Project", "Expo Dome dupes"
1997-2000
Hoberman Associates / Slide Images / (various projects) / (masters/originals and duplicates)
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ARCH268463
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Ring binder containing 470 slides. Includes: "California Science Centre project (completed Expanding Hypar)", "Inventure Place, Ohio project Helicoid", Osaka and Pompidou Centre projects", "Retractable Pavilion and Hanover World Fair projects (renderings)", "Mirador Project", "Expo Dome dupes"
photographs
1997-2000
archives
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Fonds
Ernest Isbell Barott fonds
AP003
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The Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1983, documents architect Ernest Isbell Barott’s design and construction of over 380 built projects in Canada. The fonds comprises of materials relating to projects executed by Ernest Isbell Barott during his active years at the firm, 1912-1962, as well as projects exclusively completed by the firm after Barott’s retirement, 1962-1983. Materials in this fonds consist of approximately 11 764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1795 photographic materials, 8.75 l.m. of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key.
1912-1983
Ernest Isbell Barott fonds
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AP003
Synopsis:
The Ernest Isbell Barott fonds, 1912-1983, documents architect Ernest Isbell Barott’s design and construction of over 380 built projects in Canada. The fonds comprises of materials relating to projects executed by Ernest Isbell Barott during his active years at the firm, 1912-1962, as well as projects exclusively completed by the firm after Barott’s retirement, 1962-1983. Materials in this fonds consist of approximately 11 764 drawings (including reprographic copies), approximately 1795 photographic materials, 8.75 l.m. of textual records, 4 medals, and 1 key.
archives
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Fonds
1912-1983
Adieu, Mel
In a conversation about the career of late artist-architect Melvin Charney, the CCA pays tribute to his work. Charney, who died on 17 September, 2012, was a close friend of the CCA, having developed and designed its sculpture garden. During this tribute, George Baird, Serge Carreau, Odile Decq, Alan J. Knight and Gwendolyn Owens explore his unique approach to the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
23 January 2013 , 6pm
Adieu, Mel
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In a conversation about the career of late artist-architect Melvin Charney, the CCA pays tribute to his work. Charney, who died on 17 September, 2012, was a close friend of the CCA, having developed and designed its sculpture garden. During this tribute, George Baird, Serge Carreau, Odile Decq, Alan J. Knight and Gwendolyn Owens explore his unique approach to the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records
DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects and events
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DR2012:0015:022:008
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File containing documents in English (predominant), with French and Hebrew, including invitations, correspondence and press clippings related to the following events and/or projects: - Parables and other allegories: the work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990; - Corridart; - CCA garden; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - A construction in Venice; - Skyscraper, waterfall, brooks - a construction; - La ville: art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993; - Grand opening of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; - Canadian pavilion for the Osaka World Fair; - Canada Council grants; - Montréal: plus ou moins?; - Chicago construction; - Drawings and constructions.
textual records
1967-1972, 1976-1997, 2010
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960
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Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery