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AP075.S1.1979.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
AP075.S1.1979.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
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1979-1990
1979-1990
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British Columbia Institute of Technology Multi Tenant Facility, Discovery Parks, Willingdon Site, Burnaby, British Columbia (1987-1984)
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AP075.S1.1979.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
British Columbia Institute of Technology Multi Tenant Facility, Discovery Parks, Willingdon Site, Burnaby, British Columbia (1987-1984)
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AP075.S1.1979.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) site at the Discovery Parks Multi Tenant Facility, located on Willingdon Avenue, in Burnaby, British Columbia. Created in 1979, Discovery Parks is an organization with the mission to accomodate scientific and technological research activities by building and renting research installations. Initially founded by the provincial government, Discovery Parks became self-governning and independant in 1990. Oberlander worked on the Discovery Parks B.C.I.T's site from 1979-1984 with Russell Vandiver Architects. The concept of B.C.I.T's site was to create a park like environment for an industrial research site. The site was surrounded by a woodland and included a wetland. To reflect the existing condition of her landscape design, Oberlander added a rentention pool and a restored woodland, creating a urban forest using native plants. The project was completed in 1982. The project series contains textual documents, such as correspondence with client and architects, financial documents, minutes of meetings, specifications and Oberlander's concept notes. The project is also documented through working drawings, including grading plans, irrigation plans, landscape plans and sites plans. It also included reference drawings of the site, photographs of the completed landscape and a mounted photographs of the a section of the landscape design by Oberlander.
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1979-1990
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AP075.S1.1983.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
AP075.S1.1983.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
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1983-1990
1983-1990
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Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C. (1983-1990)
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AP075.S1.1983.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
Canadian Chancery, Washington D.C. (1983-1990)
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AP075.S1.1983.PR02
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Canadian Chancery on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington D.C. Oberlander worked in this project from 1983-1989 with architect Arthur Erickson. Oberlander and Erickson received the National Landscape Award for the project landscape design. The design included a paved courtyard accessible through Pennsylvania Avenue and John Marshall Place Park. Oberlanded connected the park, designed by landscape architect Carol L. Johnson in 1983, to the Chancery site by adding a paving area in place of the closed street separating the two blocks. A terraced façade featuring a hanging garden with trees and roses was design as a way of extending the John Marshall Park up to the roof of the building. The project series contains sketches and working drawings for the landscaping, including planting plans, irrigation plans, planters details, sections and planters irrigation plans, and architectural plans provided for reference use. It also contains photographs of the building and the courtyard landscaping. The project is also documented through textual records, including concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects, suppliers and consultants, specifications, meetings notes, financial documents, promotional material and articles on the project. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
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1983-1990
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AP075.S1.1990.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
AP075.S1.1990.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
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1990-1993
1990-1993
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United Nations Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa, Ontario (1990-1993)
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AP075.S1.1990.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
United Nations Peacekeeping Monument, Ottawa, Ontario (1990-1993)
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AP075.S1.1990.PR03
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design for the United Nations Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. Oberlander worked on this from 1990-1993 with Richard Henriquez & Partners and sculptor Jack Harmon. Together, they won the design competition organized by the National Capital Commission in 1990. The monument is situated between the National Gallery of Canada and the United States Embassy, between St. Patrick Street and Murray Street. The monument consists in three bronze cast figures of peacekeeping soldiers on a granite slab. Oberlander elaborated the planting scheme and designed "an oval grove of twelve oak trees representing Canada's ten provinces and two territories [...]" [1], except Nunavut that was still included in the Northwest Territories at the time. The project was completed in 1993. Project series contains ten landscape working drawings, including a site plan, landscape sections, planting and grading plans, and an irrigations plan. The project is also documented through textual records, including design competition information documents, competition proposal, correspondence with architects, client and consultants, specifications, financial documents, press about the project and photographs of the construction and the inauguration of the monument. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages, p. 171.
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1990-1993
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CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
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1946-1996
1946-1996
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Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection
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CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection
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CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
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archives
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Collection 71
archives
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Collection 71
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1946-1996
1946-1996
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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19 November 2015
19 November 2015
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common room: What's the Problem?
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
common room: What's the Problem?
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In conjunction with the exhibition The Other Architect, Todd Rouhe and Rachel Himmelfarb of common room present the groups collaborative working process: This question—what’s the problem?—is central to how common room works. The question defines a process of searching, experiencing, interacting, and communicating that not only informs how we understand architecture and(...)
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events
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19 November 2015
19 November 2015
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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22 June 2017, 6pm
22 June 2017, 6pm
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Visiting Scholar Seminar: Adam Morton
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Adam Morton
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Visiting scholar Adam Morton presents his research: Under capitalism, how is space organized in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet? This talk presents the making of modern state space in Mexico through the perspective of a spatial political economy. It will draw on my ongoing research on the production of(...)
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22 June 2017
6pm
22 June 2017
6pm
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Shaughnessy House
Shaughnessy House
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photographs
photographs
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DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
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1985, 1993
1985, 1993
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Photographic materials of artworks
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DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
Photographic materials of artworks
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DR2012:0012:054:001
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Photographic materials, including the following works: - Prairie railroad and grain elevator, south of Lethbridge, Alberta - The white city revisited, Tel Aviv.
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photographs
photographs
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1985, 1993
1985, 1993
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drawings
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ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
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Presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford
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ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
Presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford
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ARCH253137
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presentation drawing - landscape plan for National Museum (J.A. Langford, chief architect, Department of Public Works; Thompson Berwick Pratt and Partners, architects)
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drawings
drawings
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textual records
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9 textual record(s)
textual records
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9 textual record(s)
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ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
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1966-1967
1966-1967
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6506 / 2.7 / Église St-Augustine / Memorandums (oeuvres d'arts)
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ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
6506 / 2.7 / Église St-Augustine / Memorandums (oeuvres d'arts)
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ARCH267691
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This group consists of memorandums and drawings for the works of art for St. Augustine's Church in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec.
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textual records
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9 textual record(s)
textual records
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9 textual record(s)
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1966-1967
1966-1967
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textual records
textual records
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PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
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5 February 1974
5 February 1974
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Letter from Dr. Wolfgang Becker to Gordon Matta-Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
Letter from Dr. Wolfgang Becker to Gordon Matta-Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:097
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Reports that he has arrived with the works and that the exhibition will be from February 16 to March 10, 1974.
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textual records
textual records
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5 February 1974
5 February 1974
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