textual records
ARCH276176
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43 files - Group contains subject working files, project files, press materials, professional organizations and honours and files related to book and film projects. Files are generally organized alphabetically, A-P, and include: Association of International Architects; Arthur Erickson Commercial Buildings (large scale developments); AIA Gold Medal Certificate, Honours, Awards and C.V.; Avon; Architect License - Washington; AIBC Learning Units and Correspondence; AIBC Notice of Inquiry; Book - "Works in Concrete"; Canada Council - Architecture Office; Changsha/Weihai 2004; China Trip 2003; Concord Pacific; Contacts; Edmonton Art Gallery; Evelyn Drive; Evergreen/Coal Harbour; Gastown Canopy; Governor General - Correspondence; International Academy of Architecture; Kunming Trip June 2003; Life & Times Doc.; Lethbridge - Larry Paterson; Museum of Anthropology Expansion files; Oberlander, Cornelia; Onley, Yukiko - book; Order of British Columbia; "Passions"- Documentary.
ca. 2000-2005
Project files, press materials, and various office files
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ARCH276176
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43 files - Group contains subject working files, project files, press materials, professional organizations and honours and files related to book and film projects. Files are generally organized alphabetically, A-P, and include: Association of International Architects; Arthur Erickson Commercial Buildings (large scale developments); AIA Gold Medal Certificate, Honours, Awards and C.V.; Avon; Architect License - Washington; AIBC Learning Units and Correspondence; AIBC Notice of Inquiry; Book - "Works in Concrete"; Canada Council - Architecture Office; Changsha/Weihai 2004; China Trip 2003; Concord Pacific; Contacts; Edmonton Art Gallery; Evelyn Drive; Evergreen/Coal Harbour; Gastown Canopy; Governor General - Correspondence; International Academy of Architecture; Kunming Trip June 2003; Life & Times Doc.; Lethbridge - Larry Paterson; Museum of Anthropology Expansion files; Oberlander, Cornelia; Onley, Yukiko - book; Order of British Columbia; "Passions"- Documentary.
textual records
ca. 2000-2005
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Main galleries
exhibitions
Learning Architecture
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
Hall cases
5 July 1994 to 2 October 1994
Learning Architecture
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As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
exhibitions
5 July 1994 to
2 October 1994
Hall cases
archives
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Fonds
Barry Downs fonds
AP077
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The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
[1956-1968]
Barry Downs fonds
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AP077
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The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
archives
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Fonds
[1956-1968]
textual records, photographs
ARCH273984
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4 project binders- includes model photographs, sketches, notes, meetings with client, correspondence with George F. Russell, construction costs and budgets and contracts, including the Agreement between Owner and Architect (signed), plans (blueprints of main level, lower level and roof framing plan), project contact list, consultants information, lanscaping notes. interior design, materials, site inspections and project schedules.
1983-1984
Model photographs, sketches, notes, meetings with client, correspondence with George F. Russell, construction costs and budgets and contracts
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ARCH273984
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4 project binders- includes model photographs, sketches, notes, meetings with client, correspondence with George F. Russell, construction costs and budgets and contracts, including the Agreement between Owner and Architect (signed), plans (blueprints of main level, lower level and roof framing plan), project contact list, consultants information, lanscaping notes. interior design, materials, site inspections and project schedules.
textual records, photographs
1983-1984
textual records
ARCH274250
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4 files- includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architects staff, sketches, plans, blueprints and notes relating to various projects including the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ottawa; general correspondence (1998-1999), reference slides and digital prints of artwork by Jim Hart; report on a portion of the masterplan for the Vancouver Harbour Waterfront project (Coal Harbour development).
1984-1999
Correspondence with staff, sketches, plans, and notes related to various projects
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ARCH274250
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4 files- includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architects staff, sketches, plans, blueprints and notes relating to various projects including the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ottawa; general correspondence (1998-1999), reference slides and digital prints of artwork by Jim Hart; report on a portion of the masterplan for the Vancouver Harbour Waterfront project (Coal Harbour development).
textual records
1984-1999
textual records
ARCH267415
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Lettre from Bercier, Secretary General for the Préfecture de l'Isère, France, to Pierre Jeanneret, concerning the architects' nomination to the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme". Letter confirms the designation of Pierre Jeanneret as a member of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère, France. Enclosed is a list of members of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère.
4 and 5 April 1945
Nomination of Pierre Jeanneret to the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme", Préfecture de l'Isère, France
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ARCH267415
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Lettre from Bercier, Secretary General for the Préfecture de l'Isère, France, to Pierre Jeanneret, concerning the architects' nomination to the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme". Letter confirms the designation of Pierre Jeanneret as a member of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère, France. Enclosed is a list of members of the "Commission départementale d'urbanisme" of the Préfecture de l'Isère.
textual records
4 and 5 April 1945
textual records
WRITTEN TEXT.....MILFORD
ARCH271682
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Group consists of documentation and texts about the Milford Solar Conservation Center in Milford, Pennsylvania, including promotional leaflets, project descriptions, clippings of articles about the center, texts by Douglas Kelbaugh on the center, correspondence and photocopies of photographs. The group also includes project description forms for the 1984 Honor Award Program of the American Institute of Architects.
1980-1984
WRITTEN TEXT.....MILFORD
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ARCH271682
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Group consists of documentation and texts about the Milford Solar Conservation Center in Milford, Pennsylvania, including promotional leaflets, project descriptions, clippings of articles about the center, texts by Douglas Kelbaugh on the center, correspondence and photocopies of photographs. The group also includes project description forms for the 1984 Honor Award Program of the American Institute of Architects.
textual records
1980-1984
textual records
ARCH272977
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A cardboard tube containing a Certificate of Commendation award presented to the Foreign Office Architects from Hidenobu Takahide, the Mayor of the City of Yokohama, that confirms that they have taken the Grand Prize for the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal competition, Japan. The certificate is accompanied by a sheet of Japanese text written in black ink.
13 February 1995
A certificate of commendation from the Mayor of the City of Yokohama to the Foreign Office Architects
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ARCH272977
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A cardboard tube containing a Certificate of Commendation award presented to the Foreign Office Architects from Hidenobu Takahide, the Mayor of the City of Yokohama, that confirms that they have taken the Grand Prize for the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal competition, Japan. The certificate is accompanied by a sheet of Japanese text written in black ink.
textual records
13 February 1995
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1991:0024:074
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7 manuscripts and 28 typescripts: correspondence between Robert Venturi and David A. Hanks from 16 September 1977 to 13 March 1991. 18 reprographic copies of photographs, plans and sketchs for the Hanks-Paré Residence. 11 colour photographs of the client and architect on a visit to Tuxedo Park and to the site of the proposed house on September 20, 1987.
1977-1991
Correspondence between the architect and the client for the Hanks-Paré Residence, Tuxedo Park, New York
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DR1991:0024:074
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7 manuscripts and 28 typescripts: correspondence between Robert Venturi and David A. Hanks from 16 September 1977 to 13 March 1991. 18 reprographic copies of photographs, plans and sketchs for the Hanks-Paré Residence. 11 colour photographs of the client and architect on a visit to Tuxedo Park and to the site of the proposed house on September 20, 1987.
drawings, textual records, photographs
1977-1991