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Place Ville Marie
AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
1958-1964
Place Ville Marie
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AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
File 2
1958-1964
archives
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Fonds
AP128
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The Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records, (1956- 1973), document architect Harold Ship’s design and plan for the Alexis Nihon Plaza (1956-1965) and the Nun’s Island Master Plan (1959-1973). Materials in these project records consist of 1 619 drawings (including reprographic copies), 330 photographs, 5 l.m. of textual records, 5 models and 2 panels.
1956-1973
Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records
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AP128
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The Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns’ Island Master Plan project records, (1956- 1973), document architect Harold Ship’s design and plan for the Alexis Nihon Plaza (1956-1965) and the Nun’s Island Master Plan (1959-1973). Materials in these project records consist of 1 619 drawings (including reprographic copies), 330 photographs, 5 l.m. of textual records, 5 models and 2 panels.
archives
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Fonds
1956-1973
AP140.S1.SS1.D8.P1.1
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rendered plan for three neighbourhoods and a civic centre, including different housing types, site plan for the civic centre including a pedestrian shopping plaza, community centre and cinema, bus terminus and car park
1952
Redevelopment of Camp Area, Saint Albans, England: site plan
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AP140.S1.SS1.D8.P1.1
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rendered plan for three neighbourhoods and a civic centre, including different housing types, site plan for the civic centre including a pedestrian shopping plaza, community centre and cinema, bus terminus and car park
American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
drawings
AP140.S1.SS1.D8.P1
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Rendered plan for three neighbourhoods and a civic centre, including different housing types, site plan for the civic centre including a pedestrian shopping plaza, community centre and cinema, bus terminus and car park
1952
Site plan, Redevelopment of Camp Area, Saint Albans, England
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AP140.S1.SS1.D8.P1
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Rendered plan for three neighbourhoods and a civic centre, including different housing types, site plan for the civic centre including a pedestrian shopping plaza, community centre and cinema, bus terminus and car park
drawings
1952
drawings
Topographic survey, site and floor plans, elevations, Abando Passenger Interchange, Bilbao, Spain
AP140.S2.SS1.D70.P25
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Topographic survey, site and floor plans, elevations, sections, details and axonometrics for second Abando Passenger Interchange project, including for restaurant structure, tourist advice centre, parking garage, Feve railway station and cinema HVAC
circa 1974-1999
Topographic survey, site and floor plans, elevations, Abando Passenger Interchange, Bilbao, Spain
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AP140.S2.SS1.D70.P25
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Topographic survey, site and floor plans, elevations, sections, details and axonometrics for second Abando Passenger Interchange project, including for restaurant structure, tourist advice centre, parking garage, Feve railway station and cinema HVAC
drawings
circa 1974-1999
drawings
AP140.S2.SS1.D70.P18
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Plans, elevations and sections for second Abando Passenger Interchange project, including for track layouts, restaurant, tourist advice centre, Renfe office, Renfe railway station control room and cinema structure, details for roof glazing, some presentation drawings
circa 1974-1999
Plans, elevations and sections for second Abando Passenger Interchange project, Abando Passenger Interchange, Bilbao, Spain
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AP140.S2.SS1.D70.P18
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Plans, elevations and sections for second Abando Passenger Interchange project, including for track layouts, restaurant, tourist advice centre, Renfe office, Renfe railway station control room and cinema structure, details for roof glazing, some presentation drawings
drawings
circa 1974-1999
drawings
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4 presentation panel(s)
DR1995:0213:015-019
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architect's statement, graph, clippings, diagrams, plans, sections, and elevations of air structure projects, including inflatable furniture, surface oil containment, passenger coach, lifting device, community hall and cinema that relates possibly to Circlorama (AP144.S2.D51)
Architect's statement, graph, clippings, diagrams, plans, sections, and elevations
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DR1995:0213:015-019
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architect's statement, graph, clippings, diagrams, plans, sections, and elevations of air structure projects, including inflatable furniture, surface oil containment, passenger coach, lifting device, community hall and cinema that relates possibly to Circlorama (AP144.S2.D51)
drawings
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4 presentation panel(s)
Where We Grow Older
The documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min) looks at how the growing ageing population is reshaping architectural and social constructs and questions the role of urban design and politics in facing these challenges. The film investigates two models of how care and housing can be reconceived in light of prolonged lives: public housing and the creation of a new(...)
Where We Grow Older
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The documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min) looks at how the growing ageing population is reshaping architectural and social constructs and questions the role of urban design and politics in facing these challenges. The film investigates two models of how care and housing can be reconceived in light of prolonged lives: public housing and the creation of a new(...)
photographs
ARCH280829
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Group consists of photographs of the Museum and Art Gallery in sector 10 (designed by Le Corbusier) and a photograph of the Cinema in sector 17 (designed by Pierre Jeanneret) in Chandigarh, India. There is also photographs of an unidentified concrete sculpture in sector 10.
1960s
Photographs of miscellaneous buildings in Chandigarh, India
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ARCH280829
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Group consists of photographs of the Museum and Art Gallery in sector 10 (designed by Le Corbusier) and a photograph of the Cinema in sector 17 (designed by Pierre Jeanneret) in Chandigarh, India. There is also photographs of an unidentified concrete sculpture in sector 10.
photographs
1960s