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AP075.S1.1974.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
AP075.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
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1970-1995
1970-1995
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Robson Square Provincial Government Complex, Vancouver, British Columbia (1974-1982)
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AP075.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
Robson Square Provincial Government Complex, Vancouver, British Columbia (1974-1982)
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AP075.S1.1974.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for the landscape of Robson Square Provincial Government Complex in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1974-1982 with architect Arthur Erickson and architect Bing Thom. The project consisted in designing a new provincial civic complex that included a courthouse and provincial government offices. The initial plan consisted in a 55-storey highrise. Arthur Erickson suggested to lay the building on its side and spread it accross three city blocks (known as Block 51, Block 61 and Block 71) and add a green roof to create linear park. Oberlander's ideas for the landscape concept was to create a space accessible for everyone that will be attractive and interesting in all seasons. Her design consisted in a series of pathways, stairs and terraces, mainly situated on Block 61, and rising gradually up to 30 feets above the Robson street level. The design was intented to "encourage pedestrians to cut accross the urban grid". [1] Planters where included to buildings facades to create a hanging garden using hanging plants. The project series contains design development drawings and working drawings for the landscape design, such as landscape plans, landscape sections, elevations and details, grading and irrigation plans, and planting plans. The drawings includes in this project series also comprises plans of the complex buildings used as reference. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies. The series also comprises five original sketches by Oberlander. The project is also documented through interior and exterior photographs of the building, photographs of the landscape and various views of the completed complex. The project series also includes textual records, including documents related to the plants selection, specifications, financial documents, concept development notes of Oberlander, correspondence with architects, clients and consultants, documentation and research material, and clippings and articles on Robson Square project. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 123.
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Project
Project
Date:
1970-1995
1970-1995
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drawings
drawings
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DR2000:0011
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- Section 1 is for Memorial Hall and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking south, showing the hall with the monument (?), the seating, catafalque and organ loft of the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section 2 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking east, showing the organ loft and catafalque. Section 3 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross looking south showing the garden wall with the mounument in the background and the waiting room of the chapel, the ancillary rooms adjacent to and behind the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section cuts 1-3 appear in ground plan DR2000:0007.
DR2000:0011
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- Section 1 is for Memorial Hall and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking south, showing the hall with the monument (?), the seating, catafalque and organ loft of the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section 2 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking east, showing the organ loft and catafalque. Section 3 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross looking south showing the garden wall with the mounument in the background and the waiting room of the chapel, the ancillary rooms adjacent to and behind the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section cuts 1-3 appear in ground plan DR2000:0007.
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Subject:
architecture, interior design, sculpture
architecture, interior design, sculpture
Date:
1 March 1937
1 March 1937
Title:
Sections 1 to 3 for Monument Hall showing Resurrection Monument, the Chapel of the Holy Cross and a rear elevation for the chapels' office and organ loft, Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden
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DR2000:0011
Description:
- Section 1 is for Memorial Hall and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking south, showing the hall with the monument (?), the seating, catafalque and organ loft of the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section 2 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking east, showing the organ loft and catafalque. Section 3 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross looking south showing the garden wall with the mounument in the background and the waiting room of the chapel, the ancillary rooms adjacent to and behind the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section cuts 1-3 appear in ground plan DR2000:0007.
Sections 1 to 3 for Monument Hall showing Resurrection Monument, the Chapel of the Holy Cross and a rear elevation for the chapels' office and organ loft, Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden
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DR2000:0011
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- Section 1 is for Memorial Hall and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking south, showing the hall with the monument (?), the seating, catafalque and organ loft of the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section 2 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross, looking east, showing the organ loft and catafalque. Section 3 is for the Chapel of the Holy Cross looking south showing the garden wall with the mounument in the background and the waiting room of the chapel, the ancillary rooms adjacent to and behind the chapel, the rooms below the main level and the driveway at the rear of the complex. Section cuts 1-3 appear in ground plan DR2000:0007.
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drawings
drawings
Date:
1 March 1937
1 March 1937
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architecture, interior design, sculpture
architecture, interior design, sculpture
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works of art
works of art
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View from the Brick Temple
View from the Brick Temple
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DR1982:0096:010
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- A view of the gardens south of the Brick Temple, with Coucher's Obelisk in the centre middle-distance. - The marbled and leather-edged portfolio in which the prints were acquired is stored separately in a solander box (size IV).
DR1982:0096:010
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- A view of the gardens south of the Brick Temple, with Coucher's Obelisk in the centre middle-distance. - The marbled and leather-edged portfolio in which the prints were acquired is stored separately in a solander box (size IV).
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architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
Date:
designed 1733-1738
designed 1733-1738
Title:
View from the Brick Temple
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DR1982:0096:010
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- A view of the gardens south of the Brick Temple, with Coucher's Obelisk in the centre middle-distance. - The marbled and leather-edged portfolio in which the prints were acquired is stored separately in a solander box (size IV).
View from the Brick Temple
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DR1982:0096:010
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- A view of the gardens south of the Brick Temple, with Coucher's Obelisk in the centre middle-distance. - The marbled and leather-edged portfolio in which the prints were acquired is stored separately in a solander box (size IV).
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works of art
works of art
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designed 1733-1738
designed 1733-1738
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architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
architecture, landscape architecture, topographic
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photographs
photographs
![View of the south lawn (also known as the court football [kemari] field), stepping-stones, moss and trees near the Old Shoin, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan](/img-collection/0NGLeEEQVro2qJEsn4PwXpFrVQM=/500x619/362705.jpg)
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PH1986:0173
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- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
PH1986:0173
Description:
- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
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landscape architecture
landscape architecture
Date:
1953
1953
Title:
View of the south lawn (also known as the court football [kemari] field), stepping-stones, moss and trees near the Old Shoin, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0173
Description:
- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
View of the south lawn (also known as the court football [kemari] field), stepping-stones, moss and trees near the Old Shoin, Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa), Kyoto, Japan
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PH1986:0173
Description:
- Photographs PH1986:0148 - PH1986:0283 form a sequence of views. Accession numbers follow an order established by the photographer that is based on the temporal experience of walking through the grounds of Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) (see acquisition file). - Yasuhiro Ishimoto returned to Katsura Rikyu (also known as Katsura Imperial Villa) in 1982 and took another series of photographs, this time with many in colour, often using the same or very similar views to those of his 1953 photographs at the same location (Ishimoto, p. 266). - This photograph was taken from the moss garden beside the broad veranda of the Old Shoin (Isozaki, et al, pp. 78, 244; Ito, p. 42, site plan; Tange, n.p., plan).
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1953
1953
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Subject:
landscape architecture
landscape architecture
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textual records
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12 file
textual records
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12 file
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Drafts of articles
Drafts of articles
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ARCH241912
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Dear Reader #13 Andrew Benjamin - drafts Saint-Amand - drafts of Pierre Saint-Amand's review of Allen S. Weiss's Mirrors of Infinity: The Franch Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics (1995) Farès el-Dahdah - drafts of Letter from Abu Dhabi Ole Bouman - drafts Galiano / Davidson - drafts of article by Luis-Fernandez-Galiano and Cynthia Davidson Kwinter FFE 13 - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter Teyssot - drafts and translations of article by Georges Teyssot Tate Interview - transcript of Richard Burdett and Nicholas Serota interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Keller - drafts of Ed Keller's review of Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins' Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny (1995) Herzog Interview - transcript of Jacques Herzog interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Tate Project Descriptions
ARCH241912
Description:
Dear Reader #13 Andrew Benjamin - drafts Saint-Amand - drafts of Pierre Saint-Amand's review of Allen S. Weiss's Mirrors of Infinity: The Franch Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics (1995) Farès el-Dahdah - drafts of Letter from Abu Dhabi Ole Bouman - drafts Galiano / Davidson - drafts of article by Luis-Fernandez-Galiano and Cynthia Davidson Kwinter FFE 13 - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter Teyssot - drafts and translations of article by Georges Teyssot Tate Interview - transcript of Richard Burdett and Nicholas Serota interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Keller - drafts of Ed Keller's review of Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins' Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny (1995) Herzog Interview - transcript of Jacques Herzog interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Tate Project Descriptions
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Date:
1995
1995
Title:
Drafts of articles
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ARCH241912
Description:
Dear Reader #13 Andrew Benjamin - drafts Saint-Amand - drafts of Pierre Saint-Amand's review of Allen S. Weiss's Mirrors of Infinity: The Franch Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics (1995) Farès el-Dahdah - drafts of Letter from Abu Dhabi Ole Bouman - drafts Galiano / Davidson - drafts of article by Luis-Fernandez-Galiano and Cynthia Davidson Kwinter FFE 13 - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter Teyssot - drafts and translations of article by Georges Teyssot Tate Interview - transcript of Richard Burdett and Nicholas Serota interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Keller - drafts of Ed Keller's review of Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins' Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny (1995) Herzog Interview - transcript of Jacques Herzog interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Tate Project Descriptions
Drafts of articles
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ARCH241912
Description:
Dear Reader #13 Andrew Benjamin - drafts Saint-Amand - drafts of Pierre Saint-Amand's review of Allen S. Weiss's Mirrors of Infinity: The Franch Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics (1995) Farès el-Dahdah - drafts of Letter from Abu Dhabi Ole Bouman - drafts Galiano / Davidson - drafts of article by Luis-Fernandez-Galiano and Cynthia Davidson Kwinter FFE 13 - drafts of article by Sanford Kwinter Teyssot - drafts and translations of article by Georges Teyssot Tate Interview - transcript of Richard Burdett and Nicholas Serota interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Keller - drafts of Ed Keller's review of Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins' Architecture: Sites of Reversible Destiny (1995) Herzog Interview - transcript of Jacques Herzog interviewed by Cynthia Davidson Tate Project Descriptions
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textual records
Quantity:
12 file
textual records
Quantity:
12 file
Date:
1995
1995
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PH1986:0900.04
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.04 comprises 19 photographs of buildings by Michel Roux-Spitz. These include interior and exterior views of a building located at 29 bis rue de Montevideo in Paris, France, the gardens on the terrace roof of rue de la Faisanderie in Paris, France and exterior views of a private mansion (hôtel particulier) with its gardener's pavilion in Fontainebleau, France.
PH1986:0900.04
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.04 comprises 19 photographs of buildings by Michel Roux-Spitz. These include interior and exterior views of a building located at 29 bis rue de Montevideo in Paris, France, the gardens on the terrace roof of rue de la Faisanderie in Paris, France and exterior views of a private mansion (hôtel particulier) with its gardener's pavilion in Fontainebleau, France.
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Subject:
architecture, ornament
architecture, ornament
Date:
1926-1928
1926-1928
Title:
Théry - Faisanderie - 1926-1928
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PH1986:0900.04
Description:
Album PH1986:0900.04 comprises 19 photographs of buildings by Michel Roux-Spitz. These include interior and exterior views of a building located at 29 bis rue de Montevideo in Paris, France, the gardens on the terrace roof of rue de la Faisanderie in Paris, France and exterior views of a private mansion (hôtel particulier) with its gardener's pavilion in Fontainebleau, France.
Théry - Faisanderie - 1926-1928
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PH1986:0900.04
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Album PH1986:0900.04 comprises 19 photographs of buildings by Michel Roux-Spitz. These include interior and exterior views of a building located at 29 bis rue de Montevideo in Paris, France, the gardens on the terrace roof of rue de la Faisanderie in Paris, France and exterior views of a private mansion (hôtel particulier) with its gardener's pavilion in Fontainebleau, France.
Date:
1926-1928
1926-1928
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Subject:
architecture, ornament
architecture, ornament
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Project
Project
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AP018.S1.1973.PR02
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This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
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Date:
1973-1984
1973-1984
Title:
Residence of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Billes, Toronto (1973-1975)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
Residence of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Billes, Toronto (1973-1975)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
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Project
Project
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1973-1984
1973-1984
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
Rooms You May Have Missed reclaims the significance of inhabitation and is for that reason a collection of domestic spaces—entry porticos, kitchens, bedrooms, closets, dining rooms, courtyards, gardens, vestibules, living rooms, offices, dens, and washrooms—as reinvented in the work of two very different architects: Umberto Riva in Milan and Bijoy Jain in Mumbai. Common(...)
Rooms You May Have Missed reclaims the significance of inhabitation and is for that reason a collection of domestic spaces—entry porticos, kitchens, bedrooms, closets, dining rooms, courtyards, gardens, vestibules, living rooms, offices, dens, and washrooms—as reinvented in the work of two very different architects: Umberto Riva in Milan and Bijoy Jain in Mumbai. Common(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
4 November 2014 to 19 April 2015
4 November 2014 to 19 April 2015
Title:
Rooms You May Have Missed
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Description:
Rooms You May Have Missed reclaims the significance of inhabitation and is for that reason a collection of domestic spaces—entry porticos, kitchens, bedrooms, closets, dining rooms, courtyards, gardens, vestibules, living rooms, offices, dens, and washrooms—as reinvented in the work of two very different architects: Umberto Riva in Milan and Bijoy Jain in Mumbai. Common(...)
Rooms You May Have Missed
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Rooms You May Have Missed reclaims the significance of inhabitation and is for that reason a collection of domestic spaces—entry porticos, kitchens, bedrooms, closets, dining rooms, courtyards, gardens, vestibules, living rooms, offices, dens, and washrooms—as reinvented in the work of two very different architects: Umberto Riva in Milan and Bijoy Jain in Mumbai. Common(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
4 November 2014 to
19 April 2015
4 November 2014 to
19 April 2015
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
AP075.S3.SS1.015
Description:
Correspondence related to the application of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to the Meadows Press and the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) engagement calendar of 1999, Creative Gardens and Landscapes. Original folder entitled: "M. Meadows / MEADOW PRESS ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR".
AP075.S3.SS1.015
Description:
Correspondence related to the application of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to the Meadows Press and the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) engagement calendar of 1999, Creative Gardens and Landscapes. Original folder entitled: "M. Meadows / MEADOW PRESS ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR".
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Date:
1997
1997
Title:
Cornelia Hahn Obelander application to the engagement calendar of Meadows Press on landscape architecture
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AP075.S3.SS1.015
Description:
Correspondence related to the application of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to the Meadows Press and the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) engagement calendar of 1999, Creative Gardens and Landscapes. Original folder entitled: "M. Meadows / MEADOW PRESS ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR".
Cornelia Hahn Obelander application to the engagement calendar of Meadows Press on landscape architecture
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AP075.S3.SS1.015
Description:
Correspondence related to the application of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander to the Meadows Press and the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) engagement calendar of 1999, Creative Gardens and Landscapes. Original folder entitled: "M. Meadows / MEADOW PRESS ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR".
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1997
1997
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Form:
photographs
photographs
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PH1989:0262.04:030
Description:
Part of pedestal to Monument of King Frederick F. William III of Prussia erected by the inhabitants of Berlin as a token of their gratitude for the embellishments which this monarch has bestowed on their Thiergraten (Zoological Gardens). (p. 1562, vol. 4).
PH1989:0262.04:030
Description:
Part of pedestal to Monument of King Frederick F. William III of Prussia erected by the inhabitants of Berlin as a token of their gratitude for the embellishments which this monarch has bestowed on their Thiergraten (Zoological Gardens). (p. 1562, vol. 4).
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Subject:
sculpture
sculpture
Date:
1851
1851
Title:
Part of Pedestal to Monument of Frederic William III
Actions:
PH1989:0262.04:030
Description:
Part of pedestal to Monument of King Frederick F. William III of Prussia erected by the inhabitants of Berlin as a token of their gratitude for the embellishments which this monarch has bestowed on their Thiergraten (Zoological Gardens). (p. 1562, vol. 4).
Part of Pedestal to Monument of Frederic William III
Actions:
PH1989:0262.04:030
Description:
Part of pedestal to Monument of King Frederick F. William III of Prussia erected by the inhabitants of Berlin as a token of their gratitude for the embellishments which this monarch has bestowed on their Thiergraten (Zoological Gardens). (p. 1562, vol. 4).
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1851
1851
People:
Subject:
sculpture
sculpture
