textual records
ARCH278481
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File's title: A&H 1997 1995 B1 Areas de impunidad (1997) "Las afueras" (1995) / Charla en Chipre, Area de impunidad. List of seminars, workshops and conferences: - Las afueras. Siete visiones de la vida metropolitana (book presentation); - Areas de impunidad y espacios vectoriales; - Land-FACE (Nicosia, Cyprus). The documents are in English and Spanish.
ca. 1995-1997
Writings, flyers, reference materials and correspondence regarding seminars, workshops and conferences
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ARCH278481
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File's title: A&H 1997 1995 B1 Areas de impunidad (1997) "Las afueras" (1995) / Charla en Chipre, Area de impunidad. List of seminars, workshops and conferences: - Las afueras. Siete visiones de la vida metropolitana (book presentation); - Areas de impunidad y espacios vectoriales; - Land-FACE (Nicosia, Cyprus). The documents are in English and Spanish.
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ca. 1995-1997
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Gianni Pettena fonds
AP207
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The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
1960-2019
Gianni Pettena fonds
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AP207
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The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
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1960-2019
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AP018.S1.1978.PR07
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This project series documents a site study for the new National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978. The office identified the project number as 7809. In 1977, Parkin Architects Planners won a limited architectural competition for their design of the new National Gallery of Canada. The selected site for the competition, next to the Ottawa River, was controversial due to its uneven ground and lack of access to main streets in Ottawa. This project consisted of an extended site study for the construction of that building following the announcement of the competition winner if the original site was to be used. This was a brief urban design study to consider appropriate massing, exterior spaces, access, and vistas to and from the proposed building. It also included studying the best use of land next to the new gallery. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1976-1978. The textual records include the predesign programme and schemes, correspondence, notes, meeting reports and research.
1976-1978
National Gallery of Canada, Extended Site Study, Ottawa, Ontario (1978)
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AP018.S1.1978.PR07
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This project series documents a site study for the new National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario in 1978. The office identified the project number as 7809. In 1977, Parkin Architects Planners won a limited architectural competition for their design of the new National Gallery of Canada. The selected site for the competition, next to the Ottawa River, was controversial due to its uneven ground and lack of access to main streets in Ottawa. This project consisted of an extended site study for the construction of that building following the announcement of the competition winner if the original site was to be used. This was a brief urban design study to consider appropriate massing, exterior spaces, access, and vistas to and from the proposed building. It also included studying the best use of land next to the new gallery. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1976-1978. The textual records include the predesign programme and schemes, correspondence, notes, meeting reports and research.
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1976-1978
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AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3
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This project subseries documents the Casa Pátio building attached to the Edifício Zaida in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90 C. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project subseries. This was phase 2 of the larger project to redevelop three parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This part of the larger Zaida building, an old courtyard house, was located between the Zaida building and neighbouring buildings. The exterior was reimagined in the style of the new Zaida building, but it was visually separated through its unique window arrangement. Documenting this project subseries are drawings, textual records and photographic materials dating from 2003-2005. The textual records include correspondence and documentation on the design of furniture, accessories, artwork and the mechanical and techinical aspects of the buildings. The drawings include structural, mechanical and technical drawings, as well as details. The photographic materials show the building's construction and the built project.
2003-2005
Edifício Zaida, Casa Pátio [Zaida building, Courtyard House], Granada, Spain (1998-2006)
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AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3
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This project subseries documents the Casa Pátio building attached to the Edifício Zaida in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90 C. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project subseries. This was phase 2 of the larger project to redevelop three parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This part of the larger Zaida building, an old courtyard house, was located between the Zaida building and neighbouring buildings. The exterior was reimagined in the style of the new Zaida building, but it was visually separated through its unique window arrangement. Documenting this project subseries are drawings, textual records and photographic materials dating from 2003-2005. The textual records include correspondence and documentation on the design of furniture, accessories, artwork and the mechanical and techinical aspects of the buildings. The drawings include structural, mechanical and technical drawings, as well as details. The photographic materials show the building's construction and the built project.
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2003-2005
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AP144.S2.D93
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File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy
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AP144.S2.D93
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File documents studies for temporary, moveable transportation exchanges. Three site-independent proposals are outlined for sea, land and air transportation: 'Dock Ahoy', a proposal for docks; 'Trucksafe', a truck park; and 'Air Portable', a limited-life airport. "The projects are concerned with finding flexible solutions to problems which occur when conditions change within a transportation network [...] the projects should be a further physical recognition of the value of short term toys." (Cedric Price, textual records). Preliminary design development drawings show plans for parking lot layouts for 'Air Portable'. Charts and graphs include aircraft and boat capacity studies, runway and cargo studies, and value/weight import graphs. Textual records contain correspondence regarding a possible exhibition of this material at the Walker Art Center in 1980. Some material from this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 18, 31. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
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1973-1990, predominant 1973-1979
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AP075.S1.2000.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Jim Everett Memorial Park, a neighbourhood park situated between Dalhousie Road, Allison Road and University Boulevard, in the University Endowment Lands (UEL) community land, in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 2000-2001. The UEL is a unincorporated community located between the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia. The park was planned as a recreation space for young families and children living in the University Village, a new village complex of UEL. The plants were also selected to provide interest through out the seasons with varying vegetation and flowers, and ensures low maintenance. The project series includes design development drawings and working drawings, including landscape and planting plans, presentation panels, and a presentation model. The series includes also photographs of the park during construction and once completed. The project is also documented through correspondence with clients and consultants, a project proposal by Oberlander, specifications and a contractor tender, concept notes, documentation for research, meetings notes, inspection reports and financial documents. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
2000-2013
Jim Everett Memorial Park, Vancouver, British Columbia (2000-2001)
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AP075.S1.2000.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Jim Everett Memorial Park, a neighbourhood park situated between Dalhousie Road, Allison Road and University Boulevard, in the University Endowment Lands (UEL) community land, in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project from 2000-2001. The UEL is a unincorporated community located between the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia. The park was planned as a recreation space for young families and children living in the University Village, a new village complex of UEL. The plants were also selected to provide interest through out the seasons with varying vegetation and flowers, and ensures low maintenance. The project series includes design development drawings and working drawings, including landscape and planting plans, presentation panels, and a presentation model. The series includes also photographs of the park during construction and once completed. The project is also documented through correspondence with clients and consultants, a project proposal by Oberlander, specifications and a contractor tender, concept notes, documentation for research, meetings notes, inspection reports and financial documents. Source: Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages.
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2000-2013
DR1984:0569
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- An engraved map of Marylebone Park and the streets bordering it to the south, with the outline of the street system for an early version of Nash's plan for Regent's Park superimposed in pen and coloured wash.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
1811-1812 over a print of ca. 1805
A preliminary design for Regent's Park drawn over a map of the existing site
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DR1984:0569
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- An engraved map of Marylebone Park and the streets bordering it to the south, with the outline of the street system for an early version of Nash's plan for Regent's Park superimposed in pen and coloured wash.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
DR1984:0570
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- An early plan for John Nash's Regent's Park, canal, and connecting streets. The canal, which circles the park to the north, is lined on either side by terrace housing, and the park is traversed by an artificial water system that connects in the northeast with the canal.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
1812-1814
A preliminary design for Regent's Park
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DR1984:0570
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- An early plan for John Nash's Regent's Park, canal, and connecting streets. The canal, which circles the park to the north, is lined on either side by terrace housing, and the park is traversed by an artificial water system that connects in the northeast with the canal.
architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning
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AP225
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The Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records describe Robbie's collaboration with his architectural partners at the Toronto-based firm Ashworth Robbie Vaughan and Williams to create Katimavik, an entry for the competition for the design of the Canadian Government’s pavilion at Expo 67. The records in this fonds relate to the project's design process, the reception of the completed structure in Canadian and international architectural discourse, reporting on the project to the Canadian government, and Expo 67 memerobilia.
1966-2017
Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records
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AP225
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The Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records describe Robbie's collaboration with his architectural partners at the Toronto-based firm Ashworth Robbie Vaughan and Williams to create Katimavik, an entry for the competition for the design of the Canadian Government’s pavilion at Expo 67. The records in this fonds relate to the project's design process, the reception of the completed structure in Canadian and international architectural discourse, reporting on the project to the Canadian government, and Expo 67 memerobilia.
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1966-2017
Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
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14 February 2010 , 3pm
Peter Galison: Waste-Wilderness
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Peter Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of the History of Science and of Physics at Harvard University, discusses his current project – writing and filming about nuclear waste sites and the future of land. “As they are usually understood, ‘wasteland’ and ‘wilderness’ are opposites; when they merge on the sites of decommissioned weapons lands, when land is at(...)
CCA Bookstore