Project
AP018.S1.1980.PR14
Description:
This project series documents the design of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1980-1981. The office identified the project number as 8014. This project consisted of the design of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, two schemes were proposed, both with eleven storeys, but the project was eventually scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. The building was to be located on Erie Street. This project consisted only of the building's design; it was eventually constructed under a different project number assigned by the office, with changes to the design (see project series AP018.S1.1981.PR16 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1980-1981. The drawings are all reprographic copies, mostly of details, and are arranged within the textual materials. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference reports, tender documentation, pre-design planning, authority documents, inter-office letters, prequalification records and specifications. Box AP018.S1.1980.PR14.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
1980-1981
Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Design, Stratford, Ontario (1980-1981)
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AP018.S1.1980.PR14
Description:
This project series documents the design of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1980-1981. The office identified the project number as 8014. This project consisted of the design of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, two schemes were proposed, both with eleven storeys, but the project was eventually scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. The building was to be located on Erie Street. This project consisted only of the building's design; it was eventually constructed under a different project number assigned by the office, with changes to the design (see project series AP018.S1.1981.PR16 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1980-1981. The drawings are all reprographic copies, mostly of details, and are arranged within the textual materials. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference reports, tender documentation, pre-design planning, authority documents, inter-office letters, prequalification records and specifications. Box AP018.S1.1980.PR14.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
Project
1980-1981
Project
AP178.S1.1980.PR01
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This project series document the Sede da Companhia Dom in Cologne, Germany. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 1/80. The office assigned the date 1980 to this project. The project files document Siza's design for DOM company headquarter's architectural competition. Fifty architects were selected by a jury to propose a design. The client underlined the importance of having a striking visual impact while also putting emphasis on precision, security, protection and technological advancement. Requirements for the building included enough space for 250 employees and a covered parking lot for 50 vehicles. Siza's proposed design was a cylindrical inclined building with a cylindrical hole through the center. A circulation system with elevators, stairs and ramps inside and outside the office spaces was designed to create a " complex promenade architecturale"[1] . Siza's entry was not selected. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and competition drawings. Textual materials include competiton documentation. Of particular interest in this project series are the first computer drawings and coordinates used by Siza' office. [1] : Peter Testa "Álvaro Siza, " Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996.
1980-1981
Sede da Companhia Dom [Dom Company Headquarters], Cologne, Germany (1980)
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AP178.S1.1980.PR01
Description:
This project series document the Sede da Companhia Dom in Cologne, Germany. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 1/80. The office assigned the date 1980 to this project. The project files document Siza's design for DOM company headquarter's architectural competition. Fifty architects were selected by a jury to propose a design. The client underlined the importance of having a striking visual impact while also putting emphasis on precision, security, protection and technological advancement. Requirements for the building included enough space for 250 employees and a covered parking lot for 50 vehicles. Siza's proposed design was a cylindrical inclined building with a cylindrical hole through the center. A circulation system with elevators, stairs and ramps inside and outside the office spaces was designed to create a " complex promenade architecturale"[1] . Siza's entry was not selected. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, design development drawings and competition drawings. Textual materials include competiton documentation. Of particular interest in this project series are the first computer drawings and coordinates used by Siza' office. [1] : Peter Testa "Álvaro Siza, " Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996.
Project
1980-1981
textual records
ARCH256925
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15 files - District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York (1971); Orion Financial Group correspondence; blank forms; technical literature; research on concert halls/theatres; research on earth-sheltered architecture; letter from AEA expressing interest in submitting projects to Architectural Biennale Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria (1987); correspondence concerning computers; project status reports; 4 miscellaneous folders of correspondence concerning: talk with Dr. Hollenberg, office policies and memos, CCA exhibition catalogue (1987), requests for information, magazine clippings, minutes, Canadian Who's Who, King Abdulaziz University, Mundipharma, University of Arizona, Etisalat floor patterns, Town of Markham invoice, requests, press clippings, letters to AE, inter-office memos.
1971, 1987-1988
District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York
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ARCH256925
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15 files - District 4-5 Plan from Borough of North York (1971); Orion Financial Group correspondence; blank forms; technical literature; research on concert halls/theatres; research on earth-sheltered architecture; letter from AEA expressing interest in submitting projects to Architectural Biennale Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria (1987); correspondence concerning computers; project status reports; 4 miscellaneous folders of correspondence concerning: talk with Dr. Hollenberg, office policies and memos, CCA exhibition catalogue (1987), requests for information, magazine clippings, minutes, Canadian Who's Who, King Abdulaziz University, Mundipharma, University of Arizona, Etisalat floor patterns, Town of Markham invoice, requests, press clippings, letters to AE, inter-office memos.
textual records
1971, 1987-1988
Project
AP166.S1.1991.PR2
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This project series documents the project "Glass Station", a gas station constructed on an irregularly-shaped site at the entrance to the town of Oguni in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The project was completed in 1993. The office, pumps, shop and work space of the service station are covered by an undulating canopy composed of asymmetrical concrete arches that form the boundaries of a lattice of pretensioned steel rods and aluminum channels into which panels of glass bonded to sheets of perforated stainless steel were inserted, sealed with polyester film, and secured with structural silicon. The project series is chiefly composed of design development drawings. It includes numbered sets of architectural drawings and structural drawings and some mechanical and electrical drawings. There is a set of unnumbered ink drawings and reproductions related to the geometry of the canopy. There are also some images of the canopy that are output from a computer file or files (wireframes and renderings). There is a small amount of textual material related to technical data and form finding for the canopy. The file also includes 2 study models. There are some graphic design documents for the name of the project and for the name "IDEX". Material in this file was created between 1990 and 1993.
1990-1993
Glass Station, Oguni, Japan (1990-1993)
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AP166.S1.1991.PR2
Description:
This project series documents the project "Glass Station", a gas station constructed on an irregularly-shaped site at the entrance to the town of Oguni in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The project was completed in 1993. The office, pumps, shop and work space of the service station are covered by an undulating canopy composed of asymmetrical concrete arches that form the boundaries of a lattice of pretensioned steel rods and aluminum channels into which panels of glass bonded to sheets of perforated stainless steel were inserted, sealed with polyester film, and secured with structural silicon. The project series is chiefly composed of design development drawings. It includes numbered sets of architectural drawings and structural drawings and some mechanical and electrical drawings. There is a set of unnumbered ink drawings and reproductions related to the geometry of the canopy. There are also some images of the canopy that are output from a computer file or files (wireframes and renderings). There is a small amount of textual material related to technical data and form finding for the canopy. The file also includes 2 study models. There are some graphic design documents for the name of the project and for the name "IDEX". Material in this file was created between 1990 and 1993.
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1990-1993
Project
AP018.S1.1981.PR16
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This project series documents the construction of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8116. This project consisted of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, the building was proposed as an eleven-storey office tower, but eventually the design was scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. Once construction commenced, the building became even shorter and included a parking garage. The building was located at 60 Erie Street. This project documents only the construction of this office building; the design was completed under a different project number assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1980.PR14 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies arranged within the textual materials. There are some original detail drawings arranged within the textual materials. Some drawings were produced by architecture firm Routhwaite and Fairfield. The photographic materials show the construction progress of the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and site reports, authority and detail documentation, financial documents, supplementary instructions, change orders and specifications.
1981-1984
Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario (1981-1982)
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AP018.S1.1981.PR16
Description:
This project series documents the construction of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8116. This project consisted of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, the building was proposed as an eleven-storey office tower, but eventually the design was scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. Once construction commenced, the building became even shorter and included a parking garage. The building was located at 60 Erie Street. This project documents only the construction of this office building; the design was completed under a different project number assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1980.PR14 in this fonds). The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies arranged within the textual materials. There are some original detail drawings arranged within the textual materials. Some drawings were produced by architecture firm Routhwaite and Fairfield. The photographic materials show the construction progress of the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and site reports, authority and detail documentation, financial documents, supplementary instructions, change orders and specifications.
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1981-1984
Project
The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto (1993-1995)
AP056.S1.1993.PR07
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This project series documents a new building for the Fields Institute of Research in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto from 1993-1995. The office identified the project number as 9318. This project consisted of a four-storey building, characterized by a rusticated limestone and red-brick exterior, located at 222 College Street. The building's layout consisted of offices, conference rooms, classrooms, resource centres, computer training facilities, a library, and the main lobby and reception. At the core was a grand atrium with a wood-lined helical staircase that ran the height of the building, a stucco fireplace and an elliptical reception desk. Designed to encourage spontaneous thought and interaction, the institute featured slate chalkboards throughout. The roof was comprised of a Douglas fir deck on metal trusses, while the interior finishes included tiles, carpet, wood, metal, stone and concrete.[1] The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, a presentation painting and textual records dating from 1993-1996. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, details, perspectives and axonometric drawings. The photographic materials include images for presentation and research, while the textual records document completion schedules. [1] "Fields Institute Facilities." The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Accessed April 29, 2019. http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/fields-institute-facilities
1993-1996
The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto (1993-1995)
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AP056.S1.1993.PR07
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This project series documents a new building for the Fields Institute of Research in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto from 1993-1995. The office identified the project number as 9318. This project consisted of a four-storey building, characterized by a rusticated limestone and red-brick exterior, located at 222 College Street. The building's layout consisted of offices, conference rooms, classrooms, resource centres, computer training facilities, a library, and the main lobby and reception. At the core was a grand atrium with a wood-lined helical staircase that ran the height of the building, a stucco fireplace and an elliptical reception desk. Designed to encourage spontaneous thought and interaction, the institute featured slate chalkboards throughout. The roof was comprised of a Douglas fir deck on metal trusses, while the interior finishes included tiles, carpet, wood, metal, stone and concrete.[1] The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials, a presentation painting and textual records dating from 1993-1996. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, details, perspectives and axonometric drawings. The photographic materials include images for presentation and research, while the textual records document completion schedules. [1] "Fields Institute Facilities." The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Accessed April 29, 2019. http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/resources/fields-institute-facilities
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1993-1996
Series
MarkeTrac and OrderTrac
AP184.S2
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Series 2, MarkeTrac and OrderTrac, 1998-2007, chiefly documents Asymptote’s work bringing 3DTF online through the development and implementation of two web applications. This series includes textual and born-digital components, and chiefly dates from 2000 to 2001. MarkeTrac represents the most significant expansion on 3DTF. Running as a subdomain of the NYSE website for much of the early 2000s, it allowed users to monitor data from a personal computer using the 3DTF interface. Though there were other efforts bringing real-time stock data online at this time, MarkeTrac is significant in that it was the first to include a major data visualization component. Later additions to this project include OrderTrac, a component of MarkeTrac allowing users to buy and sell stocks online. Other unrealized projects related to 3DTF and data visualization were conceptualized during this time. The digital files in this series are chiefly raster images and video of renderings, in addition to a body of handout materials for project presentations. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya. The textual records are largely handouts for presentation meetings, overlapping significantly with the digital files. There is also a small body of chiefly textual material documenting the conceptualization of other data visualization products.
1991 - 2007
MarkeTrac and OrderTrac
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AP184.S2
Description:
Series 2, MarkeTrac and OrderTrac, 1998-2007, chiefly documents Asymptote’s work bringing 3DTF online through the development and implementation of two web applications. This series includes textual and born-digital components, and chiefly dates from 2000 to 2001. MarkeTrac represents the most significant expansion on 3DTF. Running as a subdomain of the NYSE website for much of the early 2000s, it allowed users to monitor data from a personal computer using the 3DTF interface. Though there were other efforts bringing real-time stock data online at this time, MarkeTrac is significant in that it was the first to include a major data visualization component. Later additions to this project include OrderTrac, a component of MarkeTrac allowing users to buy and sell stocks online. Other unrealized projects related to 3DTF and data visualization were conceptualized during this time. The digital files in this series are chiefly raster images and video of renderings, in addition to a body of handout materials for project presentations. There is also a small body of CAD material in Maya. The textual records are largely handouts for presentation meetings, overlapping significantly with the digital files. There is also a small body of chiefly textual material documenting the conceptualization of other data visualization products.
Series
1991 - 2007
textual records
Interior design correspondence and reprographic copies pertaining to the Bank of Canada building
ARCH254956
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67 files - interior design correspondence and reprographic copies pertaining to the Bank of Canada building: ceilings; windows; pneumatic tube; glass and glazing; furniture fitments; Kent Street wall; millwork samples; washrooms; Temporary Agency; security systems; paving; painting; filing; library shelving; chair selection; coffee and lounge areas; auditorium; medical suite; carpeting; lobby waiting area; desk design; graphics programme; elevator lobbies; partitionings; Louvre drapes; telephones; stairs; control room; service modules; wood dadoes; cafeteria; copper; sandblasting; guard booth; doors and frames; glass sliding doors; exhibits and kitchen equipment; trees; plaza slate; Acme slate and tile; computer room; exercise facilities; basement area; general contractor Don Ellis; concrete; artwork for bank
1972-1976
Interior design correspondence and reprographic copies pertaining to the Bank of Canada building
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ARCH254956
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67 files - interior design correspondence and reprographic copies pertaining to the Bank of Canada building: ceilings; windows; pneumatic tube; glass and glazing; furniture fitments; Kent Street wall; millwork samples; washrooms; Temporary Agency; security systems; paving; painting; filing; library shelving; chair selection; coffee and lounge areas; auditorium; medical suite; carpeting; lobby waiting area; desk design; graphics programme; elevator lobbies; partitionings; Louvre drapes; telephones; stairs; control room; service modules; wood dadoes; cafeteria; copper; sandblasting; guard booth; doors and frames; glass sliding doors; exhibits and kitchen equipment; trees; plaza slate; Acme slate and tile; computer room; exercise facilities; basement area; general contractor Don Ellis; concrete; artwork for bank
textual records
1972-1976
textual records
ARCH257321
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mixed reports: Transit Station and Large Public assembly Facilities, Office Buildings, Science, Technology and Computer Centres, Museum Packet, Mid East Projects, Hotel List, Law Courts, Office buildings and Data Centres, Project Descriptions R-Z, Projects list, Notes AEA Projects, miscellaneous Photographs: miscellaneous unidentified, Yordale Subway Station, The World Bank, Western Washington, Woodside Residence, Robson Sqaure, Witting Place, U.C Irvine, USCD, Vancouver Art Gallery, Wall Street, Westin Bayshore, Wilshire Art Complex, Village Lake Louise, Taos Resort Study Model, SunLife Building, U.B.C Facility Club, University of Victoria, Tokyo international Trade Fair Pavillon, Teck Mining, Sunkin House, Saudi Embassy, Sawaber Housing, Spadina Quay, Songhees Seniors Tower, Shangai Culture, Saskatoon Hospital
Reports, projects descriptions and projects photographs for promotion
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ARCH257321
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mixed reports: Transit Station and Large Public assembly Facilities, Office Buildings, Science, Technology and Computer Centres, Museum Packet, Mid East Projects, Hotel List, Law Courts, Office buildings and Data Centres, Project Descriptions R-Z, Projects list, Notes AEA Projects, miscellaneous Photographs: miscellaneous unidentified, Yordale Subway Station, The World Bank, Western Washington, Woodside Residence, Robson Sqaure, Witting Place, U.C Irvine, USCD, Vancouver Art Gallery, Wall Street, Westin Bayshore, Wilshire Art Complex, Village Lake Louise, Taos Resort Study Model, SunLife Building, U.B.C Facility Club, University of Victoria, Tokyo international Trade Fair Pavillon, Teck Mining, Sunkin House, Saudi Embassy, Sawaber Housing, Spadina Quay, Songhees Seniors Tower, Shangai Culture, Saskatoon Hospital
textual records
photographs
ARCH274358
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Documentation and research relating to various projects, proposals and studies by Erickson/Massey Architects, includes: Stadhuis City Hall, Artaban, Banff School of Fine Arts, B.C. Research Council, Beaulieu Estates, Vancouver Botanical Gardens (proposal), British Virgin Islands (survey maps), Computime Canada Computer Centre, Dilworth, False Creek Development, F.P.19 Hostel, Federated Investments building, Goda, Alta Lake, Harbour Park, Nanaimo Marathon, Massey College, Mendel Gallery, Mitchell House, Osaka Competition presentation, Playhouse Theatre Co. (proposal), Russell and Dumoulin interiors, Sengara Residence, Simon Fraser University (men's residences, water tower section and construction plans), Simons, Skrog building, Standard Oil station airport, Staples House, traffic study, U.P.I. Hotel, Woodcraft Estates.
1967-1971
Documentation and research relating to various projects, proposals and studies by Erickson/Massey Architects
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ARCH274358
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Documentation and research relating to various projects, proposals and studies by Erickson/Massey Architects, includes: Stadhuis City Hall, Artaban, Banff School of Fine Arts, B.C. Research Council, Beaulieu Estates, Vancouver Botanical Gardens (proposal), British Virgin Islands (survey maps), Computime Canada Computer Centre, Dilworth, False Creek Development, F.P.19 Hostel, Federated Investments building, Goda, Alta Lake, Harbour Park, Nanaimo Marathon, Massey College, Mendel Gallery, Mitchell House, Osaka Competition presentation, Playhouse Theatre Co. (proposal), Russell and Dumoulin interiors, Sengara Residence, Simon Fraser University (men's residences, water tower section and construction plans), Simons, Skrog building, Standard Oil station airport, Staples House, traffic study, U.P.I. Hotel, Woodcraft Estates.
photographs
1967-1971