Project
AP075.S1.1977.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's proposal for a play area at for Children's / Grace Hospital complex on Oak Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on her proposal for this project in 1977. Oberlander concept design consists in a park-like setting to provide a pleasing green space for all users of the hospital complex, but with an emphasis on children. The proposed an forest-like environment with a link with the Queen Elizabeth Park and the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens. The project series contains correspondence, specifications and proposal from Oberlander.
1977
Children's / Grace Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia (1977)
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AP075.S1.1977.PR02
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's proposal for a play area at for Children's / Grace Hospital complex on Oak Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on her proposal for this project in 1977. Oberlander concept design consists in a park-like setting to provide a pleasing green space for all users of the hospital complex, but with an emphasis on children. The proposed an forest-like environment with a link with the Queen Elizabeth Park and the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens. The project series contains correspondence, specifications and proposal from Oberlander.
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1977
Project
Liu Centre for Global Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (1992)
AP075.S1.1992.PR05
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Liu Centre for Global Studies at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1994 with architect Arthur Erickson and architectural firm Aitken Wreglesworth Associates. The overwall concept for the project was to design an environmentally responsible building and landscape. Situated at the north edge of a mature costal forest, the main concern of the landscape design was to avoid effecting the existing woodland. Oberlander preserved all existing mature trees on the site and used only native plants and grasses. The design of the building was also though to minimize any impact on the surrounding forest, by avoiding machineries on site or pruning of existing trees. The project also included a green roof, also design by Oberlander. The project was completed in 2000. The project series includes sketches, design development drawings, including landscape plans, landscape details and planting plans, working drawings, such as planting plans and details for the green roof, and working drawings for the building used as reference. The project series also comprises a proposal, concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects and consultants, meetings notes, financial documents, specifications and some promotional material and press clippings on the building. The project is also documented through photographs of landscaping work.
1992-2009
Liu Centre for Global Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (1992)
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AP075.S1.1992.PR05
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Liu Centre for Global Studies at University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1994 with architect Arthur Erickson and architectural firm Aitken Wreglesworth Associates. The overwall concept for the project was to design an environmentally responsible building and landscape. Situated at the north edge of a mature costal forest, the main concern of the landscape design was to avoid effecting the existing woodland. Oberlander preserved all existing mature trees on the site and used only native plants and grasses. The design of the building was also though to minimize any impact on the surrounding forest, by avoiding machineries on site or pruning of existing trees. The project also included a green roof, also design by Oberlander. The project was completed in 2000. The project series includes sketches, design development drawings, including landscape plans, landscape details and planting plans, working drawings, such as planting plans and details for the green roof, and working drawings for the building used as reference. The project series also comprises a proposal, concept notes by Oberlander, correspondence with clients, architects and consultants, meetings notes, financial documents, specifications and some promotional material and press clippings on the building. The project is also documented through photographs of landscaping work.
Project
1992-2009
DR1987:0313
Description:
- These elevations and plans show a Gothic Revival country house with round and octagonal towers. The elevations are executed in alternating bands of brick and stone. The two rendered elevations are situated in a forest landscape. There is a cursory section to the left of the border, apparently detailing floor heights.
architecture
13 December 1860
Rendered elevations and plans for a Gothic Revival country house
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DR1987:0313
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- These elevations and plans show a Gothic Revival country house with round and octagonal towers. The elevations are executed in alternating bands of brick and stone. The two rendered elevations are situated in a forest landscape. There is a cursory section to the left of the border, apparently detailing floor heights.
architecture
drawings
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3 conceptual drawing(s)
DR1995:0240:001-003
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conceptual thumbnail sketches with annotations; time, frequency, location, and movement chart allowing "five dimensional information [to be] presented on a two dimensional chart" (Price 1984, p.39); regional map of Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Southampton showing roads, railways, wooded areas, built areas, and beaches at low tide.
Conceptual thumbnail sketches with annotations
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DR1995:0240:001-003
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conceptual thumbnail sketches with annotations; time, frequency, location, and movement chart allowing "five dimensional information [to be] presented on a two dimensional chart" (Price 1984, p.39); regional map of Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Southampton showing roads, railways, wooded areas, built areas, and beaches at low tide.
drawings
Quantity:
3 conceptual drawing(s)
textual records
Washington Pass Center
ARCH271707
Description:
Group consists of documentation about the design of the Rest Facility Okanogan National Forest at Washington Pass, Washington, including documents entitled "Washington Pass Design Review" and "Design Criteria for Washington Pass Scenic Overlook and Visitor Center", and an interpretative design narrative by Douglas Kelbaugh. The group also includes correspondence and sketches.
1990-1993
Washington Pass Center
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ARCH271707
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Group consists of documentation about the design of the Rest Facility Okanogan National Forest at Washington Pass, Washington, including documents entitled "Washington Pass Design Review" and "Design Criteria for Washington Pass Scenic Overlook and Visitor Center", and an interpretative design narrative by Douglas Kelbaugh. The group also includes correspondence and sketches.
textual records
1990-1993
drawings, textual records
Correspondence, Invoices
DR2006:0100
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correspondence, financial records, clippings, notes, sketches, biographical notes, schedules, a black-and-white negative with views of archtiectural models [?], promotional materials, Christmas cards received by Cedric Price, memorandums, a business card, announcements, invitations, a 1961 British European Airways flight schedule, a sheet of transfer type, and membership lists for the 'Free Foresters Cricket Club' (1962),
1960-1962, 1972
Correspondence, Invoices
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DR2006:0100
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correspondence, financial records, clippings, notes, sketches, biographical notes, schedules, a black-and-white negative with views of archtiectural models [?], promotional materials, Christmas cards received by Cedric Price, memorandums, a business card, announcements, invitations, a 1961 British European Airways flight schedule, a sheet of transfer type, and membership lists for the 'Free Foresters Cricket Club' (1962),
drawings, textual records
1960-1962, 1972
Sub-series
Architectural projects
AP114.S1.SS1
Description:
Sub-series documents Gene Summers’ architectural work from 1957 to 1985. It includes material from Summers’ collaborations with the office of Mies van der Rohe in the late 1950s, as well as records from Ridgway Development Ltd., the architectural and development firm that he founded with Phyllis Lambert in 1973. The Ridgway Ltd. projects that are best represented in this sub-series include: the Cañada Business Center in Lake Forest, Orange County, California (1975-1978), the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel restoration project (1976-1984), an unrealized desert resort project in La Quinta, California (circa 1980), and the Newporter Resort Hotel in Newport California (1983-1985). Projects in this sub-series are mostly documented through drawings, including reprographic copies, and photographs.
1957 - 1985
Architectural projects
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AP114.S1.SS1
Description:
Sub-series documents Gene Summers’ architectural work from 1957 to 1985. It includes material from Summers’ collaborations with the office of Mies van der Rohe in the late 1950s, as well as records from Ridgway Development Ltd., the architectural and development firm that he founded with Phyllis Lambert in 1973. The Ridgway Ltd. projects that are best represented in this sub-series include: the Cañada Business Center in Lake Forest, Orange County, California (1975-1978), the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel restoration project (1976-1984), an unrealized desert resort project in La Quinta, California (circa 1980), and the Newporter Resort Hotel in Newport California (1983-1985). Projects in this sub-series are mostly documented through drawings, including reprographic copies, and photographs.
Sub-series 1
1957 - 1985
Project
AP207.S1.2009.PR02
Description:
The project series documents the installation "Forgiving Architecture" presented at the ReMap2, Athens Biennal, in 2009. The installation consists of strips of paper vertically hung across the facades of the building to be moved by the breeze. "The air of Athens, its constant breezes, suggest the extent to which nature can “forgive,” can find a poetic communication, like the foliage of a forest in the wind. Nothing can be lighter and more mobile than static architecture!" [1] The project series contains sketches, perspective drawings, visual instructions, and photographs of the installation, including digital photographs of the installation in Athens in 2009. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-forgiving-architecture-2009-1/ (last accessed 23 January 2020).
2009-2015
Forgiving Architecture (2009)
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AP207.S1.2009.PR02
Description:
The project series documents the installation "Forgiving Architecture" presented at the ReMap2, Athens Biennal, in 2009. The installation consists of strips of paper vertically hung across the facades of the building to be moved by the breeze. "The air of Athens, its constant breezes, suggest the extent to which nature can “forgive,” can find a poetic communication, like the foliage of a forest in the wind. Nothing can be lighter and more mobile than static architecture!" [1] The project series contains sketches, perspective drawings, visual instructions, and photographs of the installation, including digital photographs of the installation in Athens in 2009. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-forgiving-architecture-2009-1/ (last accessed 23 January 2020).
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2009-2015
Project
AP075.S1.1979.PR07
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Montiverdi Estates, located on the western slopes of Caulfield, West Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 1979 to 1982, year of the completion. Oberlander worked on the site plan for the estate with Arthur Erickson and Eva Matsuzaki. The project consists in 20 custom houses, designed by Erickson, and nestled into a forest on a rock plateau overlooking Howe Sound. The estate, built on a slope, comprises four types of houses: uphill units, terrace units, coutyard units and downhill units. The project series contains textual records, such as correspondence, including with architect and client, Oberlander's concept development notes, research, specifications, a geotechnical report, cost estimates. The project is also documented through a design developement drawing showing planting and a plant list, and six working drawings, including landscape plans, a site plan and a site section.
1979-1982
Montiverdi Estates, West Vancouver, British Columbia (1979)
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AP075.S1.1979.PR07
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Montiverdi Estates, located on the western slopes of Caulfield, West Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 1979 to 1982, year of the completion. Oberlander worked on the site plan for the estate with Arthur Erickson and Eva Matsuzaki. The project consists in 20 custom houses, designed by Erickson, and nestled into a forest on a rock plateau overlooking Howe Sound. The estate, built on a slope, comprises four types of houses: uphill units, terrace units, coutyard units and downhill units. The project series contains textual records, such as correspondence, including with architect and client, Oberlander's concept development notes, research, specifications, a geotechnical report, cost estimates. The project is also documented through a design developement drawing showing planting and a plant list, and six working drawings, including landscape plans, a site plan and a site section.
Project
1979-1982
Project
AP075.S1.1969.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Acadia Park at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1969. The project consisted in design the landscape master plan and the play area for the Acadia Married Student Housing complex, which included in kindergarten. Oberlander preserved the forest edge of the site and even included some of the mature trees present on the site by suspending rope swings to their trunks. The play area also reused ancient trees as play structures, and a wobble walk made of logs ends of various heights. The project series contains design development drawings, including a proposed landscape master plan and landscape plans, and also working drawings, such as elevations and details of the playground structures and benches. The project is also documented through photographs of the playground and correspondence with clients. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
1966-1971
Acadia Park, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (1969)
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AP075.S1.1969.PR01
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Acadia Park at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Oberlander worked on this project in 1969. The project consisted in design the landscape master plan and the play area for the Acadia Married Student Housing complex, which included in kindergarten. Oberlander preserved the forest edge of the site and even included some of the mature trees present on the site by suspending rope swings to their trunks. The play area also reused ancient trees as play structures, and a wobble walk made of logs ends of various heights. The project series contains design development drawings, including a proposed landscape master plan and landscape plans, and also working drawings, such as elevations and details of the playground structures and benches. The project is also documented through photographs of the playground and correspondence with clients. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
Project
1966-1971