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ARCH276679
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8 files and spiral bound documents (oversize) - primarily contains presentation and working materials (plans, notes, sketches) for projects that Arthur Erickson collaborated on as a design consultant while at Nick Milkovich Architects. Includes Robson Square Revitalization (1999), Canadian Canoe Museum (2002), 1133 West Georgia Street (ca. 2006), Denali Point, International Glass Museum (1998), Laxton Residence Renovations (ca. 2003), Trump Hotel and Tower (ca. 2005), Evrensel Residence (2006), Museum of Anthropology Renewal (2004).
1998-2006
Presentation material and working material from Erickson's office
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ARCH276679
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8 files and spiral bound documents (oversize) - primarily contains presentation and working materials (plans, notes, sketches) for projects that Arthur Erickson collaborated on as a design consultant while at Nick Milkovich Architects. Includes Robson Square Revitalization (1999), Canadian Canoe Museum (2002), 1133 West Georgia Street (ca. 2006), Denali Point, International Glass Museum (1998), Laxton Residence Renovations (ca. 2003), Trump Hotel and Tower (ca. 2005), Evrensel Residence (2006), Museum of Anthropology Renewal (2004).
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1998-2006
textual records
DR2004:1430
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binders and files including Delft Conference (1970) notes by JS, talk by CP; 'IVA Conference/Austria / 1970'; 'Architecture Workshop / Periphery / At the 'Haus der Architektur' 2 classes : Domenig, Zumthor (1989), Austria, inc. transparencies of exh, Graz, slides, photos; envelope 'CP writings' some postcards, offprints, exh cats; reprographic copies of photographs of CP and other individuals 'Duckland /Hamburg 3/4 day charette'; 'Photos by Cossack/city architect of Hamburg';
1970-1989
Binders and files including Delft Conference (1970) notes by JS
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DR2004:1430
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binders and files including Delft Conference (1970) notes by JS, talk by CP; 'IVA Conference/Austria / 1970'; 'Architecture Workshop / Periphery / At the 'Haus der Architektur' 2 classes : Domenig, Zumthor (1989), Austria, inc. transparencies of exh, Graz, slides, photos; envelope 'CP writings' some postcards, offprints, exh cats; reprographic copies of photographs of CP and other individuals 'Duckland /Hamburg 3/4 day charette'; 'Photos by Cossack/city architect of Hamburg';
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1970-1989
textual records
ARCH167079
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3 feuillets: Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", 4 octobre 1993 7 feuillets: 2 lettres de Jacques Rousseau à Johanne Couture (SHDU) expliquant le concept architectural, 17 août et 12 octobre 1993 6 feuillets: textes ayant servi à l'élaboration des légendes de plans 14 feuillets: Notes de réunion avec les membres de la SHDU (inclue 3 plans) 11 feuillets: Étude du quartier Hochelaga-Maisonnneuve incluant 9 photocopies de photographies du quartier, 21,5 x 28 cm 3 feuillets: Plans du quartier, 28 x 44 cm photocopies
17 août 1993-12 octobre 1993
Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", textes
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ARCH167079
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3 feuillets: Correspondance relative au "1993 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence ", 4 octobre 1993 7 feuillets: 2 lettres de Jacques Rousseau à Johanne Couture (SHDU) expliquant le concept architectural, 17 août et 12 octobre 1993 6 feuillets: textes ayant servi à l'élaboration des légendes de plans 14 feuillets: Notes de réunion avec les membres de la SHDU (inclue 3 plans) 11 feuillets: Étude du quartier Hochelaga-Maisonnneuve incluant 9 photocopies de photographies du quartier, 21,5 x 28 cm 3 feuillets: Plans du quartier, 28 x 44 cm photocopies
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17 août 1993-12 octobre 1993
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
7 December 2017
Come and Forget the Internet, with Evgeny Morozov
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Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Johannes Grenzfurthner
12 April 2018
Come and Forget the Counterculture, with Johannes Grenzfurthner
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Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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A.D. Thacker fonds
AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
1913-1944
A.D. Thacker fonds
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AP004
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
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1913-1944
Project
AP163.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Brudenell River Recreational Park in Prince Edward Island, in 1970. He was awarded the Canadian Architect Award for this project in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. The file contains drawings, including conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, including correspondence, meeting notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, periodical issues with articles about the project and books.
1970-1971
Brudenell River Recreational Park
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AP163.S2.SS1.D51
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File documents Victor Prus's project for the Brudenell River Recreational Park in Prince Edward Island, in 1970. He was awarded the Canadian Architect Award for this project in 1971. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1971. The file contains drawings, including conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, including correspondence, meeting notes, reports and specifications, photographs of the site or the building, periodical issues with articles about the project and books.
File 51
1970-1971
Project
AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
2000
Einsteinet, edificio de oficinas y show-room, Hamburg, Germany (2000)
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AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
Project
2000