Project
AP027.S1.D27
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This project series documents a study of the regional context of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, as the centre of an expanding potash industry. The project was a response to new challenges created by the potash industry on the public administration, the finances, and resource structure of a small village situated in an agrarian community.
urban planning
1965-1967
Esterhazy, Saskatchewan
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AP027.S1.D27
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This project series documents a study of the regional context of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, as the centre of an expanding potash industry. The project was a response to new challenges created by the potash industry on the public administration, the finances, and resource structure of a small village situated in an agrarian community.
File 27
1965-1967
urban planning
Mirrors / Miroirs
Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
Hall cases
22 June 2017 to 14 January 2018
Mirrors / Miroirs
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Description:
Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
Hall cases
Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
26 November 2008 to 19 April 2009
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
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Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their actions push against accepted norms of behaviour in cities, at times even challenging legal limitations. The individuals and groups employ a range of approaches(...)
Main galleries
drawings
DR2007:0018:001
Description:
Page bound essay, "The Positive and Negative Influences of Electronic Systems on Architecture", 8 1/2" x 14", April 1983; summary presented at international conference in Warsaw, Poland, spring 1983; essay published as "Enjoying Electronic Mannerisms" in the journal CRIT, Fall 1984, pp. 14-18, as part of a special issue on "The Next Architecture" by Aaron Betsky; essay also published as "Sony Walkman-Adorned Teleriders Moving Through Cable Networks of Computerized Cottage Land, Under the Skies of Overcrowded Orbital Slots: Enjoying Electronic Mannerisms", The Fifth Column, Vo. 5, winter 1984 (Montreal); and parts of this project were discussed by Christopher Hume in The Toronto Star, January 19, 1985. Also, five original collage and colour pencil drawings on illustration board, each 8 1/2" x 14" that were the source of illustrations for the bound essay and the subsequent publications.
1983
Untitled work for the essay "The Positive and Negative Influences of Electronic Systems on Architecture"
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DR2007:0018:001
Description:
Page bound essay, "The Positive and Negative Influences of Electronic Systems on Architecture", 8 1/2" x 14", April 1983; summary presented at international conference in Warsaw, Poland, spring 1983; essay published as "Enjoying Electronic Mannerisms" in the journal CRIT, Fall 1984, pp. 14-18, as part of a special issue on "The Next Architecture" by Aaron Betsky; essay also published as "Sony Walkman-Adorned Teleriders Moving Through Cable Networks of Computerized Cottage Land, Under the Skies of Overcrowded Orbital Slots: Enjoying Electronic Mannerisms", The Fifth Column, Vo. 5, winter 1984 (Montreal); and parts of this project were discussed by Christopher Hume in The Toronto Star, January 19, 1985. Also, five original collage and colour pencil drawings on illustration board, each 8 1/2" x 14" that were the source of illustrations for the bound essay and the subsequent publications.
drawings
1983
PH1984:0311
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- This composite photograph is a view of China Basin harbour showing Mission Rock public launching ramp in the foreground, with Pier 52 from centre left to centre right, Pier 54 at upper right, and Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background from centre left to centre.
architecture, engineering, military
1982 or 1983
Panoramic composite photograph of China Basin harbour showing piers, docks and ships, with Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background, San Francisco, United States
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PH1984:0311
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- This composite photograph is a view of China Basin harbour showing Mission Rock public launching ramp in the foreground, with Pier 52 from centre left to centre right, Pier 54 at upper right, and Mission Rock Terminal (also known as Pier 50) in the background from centre left to centre.
architecture, engineering, military
Project
AP164.S1.1997.D10
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The project series documents the design of the library for the University of Extremadura, in Cáceres, Spain. The design was based on the Usera public library (AP164.S1.1995.D1). The firm identified this project as number 109. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, project descriptions, resumes, correspondence, budgets and reference materials.
circa 1996-1997
Biblioteca Central Campus Cáceres, Spain (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D10
Description:
The project series documents the design of the library for the University of Extremadura, in Cáceres, Spain. The design was based on the Usera public library (AP164.S1.1995.D1). The firm identified this project as number 109. Documenting this project are design development and presentation drawings, project descriptions, resumes, correspondence, budgets and reference materials.
Project
circa 1996-1997
Series
AP104.S2
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Series II consists of textual material related to Marcel Parizeau. These documents include typed and hand-written manuscripts for public talks and published articles, and correspondence to collegues dating from the late 1930s, and letters to Parizeau from John Bland, the director of McGill University's School of Architecture, dating from 1944-45.
ca. 1936-1945
Documents textuels relatifs à Marcel Parizeau
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AP104.S2
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Series II consists of textual material related to Marcel Parizeau. These documents include typed and hand-written manuscripts for public talks and published articles, and correspondence to collegues dating from the late 1930s, and letters to Parizeau from John Bland, the director of McGill University's School of Architecture, dating from 1944-45.
Série 2
ca. 1936-1945
Project
CI005.S1.1912.PR1
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N.H. Schinkel commissioned Oud to design this cinema – Oud's first public building – in 1912. Oud designed a space for the projector, within a mezzanine, and also designed a live-in second floor apartment (Taverne et al. 2001, 87). The project series includes drawings of plans and photographs of the facade for Shinkel Cinema.
1912
Schinkel Cinema, Purmerend, Netherlands (1912)
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CI005.S1.1912.PR1
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N.H. Schinkel commissioned Oud to design this cinema – Oud's first public building – in 1912. Oud designed a space for the projector, within a mezzanine, and also designed a live-in second floor apartment (Taverne et al. 2001, 87). The project series includes drawings of plans and photographs of the facade for Shinkel Cinema.
project
1912
Project
AP180.S1.1996.PR01
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This project series documents Riva's unrealized proposal for the design of a small public space outside of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a historical shopping mall in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 1996. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, site plans, plans, and sections.
1996
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy (1996)
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AP180.S1.1996.PR01
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This project series documents Riva's unrealized proposal for the design of a small public space outside of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a historical shopping mall in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 1996. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, site plans, plans, and sections.
Project
1996
textual records
ARCH273828
Description:
File contains programs of conferences that Arthur Erickson attended including 1962 Summer School on Public Affairs, Department of Extension, University of British Columbia where Pierre Elliot Trudeau gave a lecture titled, "Democracy in French Canada" (July 1962), handwritten notes and correspondence. Labeled, "writings and correspondence 1962"
1962
File of general personal material
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ARCH273828
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File contains programs of conferences that Arthur Erickson attended including 1962 Summer School on Public Affairs, Department of Extension, University of British Columbia where Pierre Elliot Trudeau gave a lecture titled, "Democracy in French Canada" (July 1962), handwritten notes and correspondence. Labeled, "writings and correspondence 1962"
textual records
1962