Project
Greenbird
AP144.S2.D96
Description:
File documents Greenbird, an aviary for West Green House at Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, England. Although construction did begin it is unclear whether the project was ever completed. The design for the aviary called for metal poles and a roof grid covered with a wire framework and nylon mesh. Conceptual sketches show various roof designs and a system for providing variable heights. The final design also included an artificial spring, stepped waterfall, rock pool, shallow pool, beach and marsh areas, and perches at various heights. Existing conditions material includes a colour aerial photograph mounted on press board and an existing survey plan. Design development drawings also include axonometric drawings of the structure and proposals for pools and waterfalls. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 99. Material in this file was produced between1961 and 1979, but predominantly between 1975 and 1979. Several drawings in the file are attributed to McAlpine Design Group and Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, consultant drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
1961-1979, predominant 1975-1979
Greenbird
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AP144.S2.D96
Description:
File documents Greenbird, an aviary for West Green House at Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, England. Although construction did begin it is unclear whether the project was ever completed. The design for the aviary called for metal poles and a roof grid covered with a wire framework and nylon mesh. Conceptual sketches show various roof designs and a system for providing variable heights. The final design also included an artificial spring, stepped waterfall, rock pool, shallow pool, beach and marsh areas, and perches at various heights. Existing conditions material includes a colour aerial photograph mounted on press board and an existing survey plan. Design development drawings also include axonometric drawings of the structure and proposals for pools and waterfalls. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 99. Material in this file was produced between1961 and 1979, but predominantly between 1975 and 1979. Several drawings in the file are attributed to McAlpine Design Group and Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, consultant drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
File 96
1961-1979, predominant 1975-1979
Series
AP115.S1
Description:
Cette série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay d'un des exemples construit du Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, à Wichita, Kansas, aux États-Unis. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, concept conçu par Buckminster Fuller et considéré comme le précurseur du dôme géodésique, visait a créer un mode d'habitation donnant un maximun d'espace pour un minimum de coût et de matériaux. L'exemple du Wichita House est conçu par Fuller en 1945-1946. "L'apparence de cette machine à habiter ressemble quelque peu à une soucoupe volante. Avec sa peau externe en aluminium et ses fenêtres en plexiglass, elle offre un surface élégante et profilée, tout en renferman un espace au sol de 1100 pieds carrées." [1] Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est abandonné en 1970, pour être finalement acquise en 1990 par le Henry Ford Museum à Detroit, au Michigan. La structure est démantelé la même année avec l'aide d'un ancien collaborateur de Buckminster Fuller, Jay Baldwin. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est toujours visible au Ford Museum. La série contient des photographies de la Wichita House avant et durant le démantèlement, brochures et feuillets du Wichita Art Museum présentant l'exposition de Robert Duchesnay sur le bâtiment, correspondance reçue par Duchesnay sur son projet de documentation des dômes géodésiques de Buckminster Fuller, et coupures de presse sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine et le démantèlement de la Wichita House. [1] Robert Duchesnay, "Dymaxion Dwelling Machine", 2022, https://robertduchesnay.com/fr/dymaxion-fr/ (page consultée 27 février 2023).
1990-1992
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita, Kansas
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AP115.S1
Description:
Cette série porte sur le travail de documentation photographique de Robert Duchesnay d'un des exemples construit du Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, à Wichita, Kansas, aux États-Unis. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, concept conçu par Buckminster Fuller et considéré comme le précurseur du dôme géodésique, visait a créer un mode d'habitation donnant un maximun d'espace pour un minimum de coût et de matériaux. L'exemple du Wichita House est conçu par Fuller en 1945-1946. "L'apparence de cette machine à habiter ressemble quelque peu à une soucoupe volante. Avec sa peau externe en aluminium et ses fenêtres en plexiglass, elle offre un surface élégante et profilée, tout en renferman un espace au sol de 1100 pieds carrées." [1] Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est abandonné en 1970, pour être finalement acquise en 1990 par le Henry Ford Museum à Detroit, au Michigan. La structure est démantelé la même année avec l'aide d'un ancien collaborateur de Buckminster Fuller, Jay Baldwin. Le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine est toujours visible au Ford Museum. La série contient des photographies de la Wichita House avant et durant le démantèlement, brochures et feuillets du Wichita Art Museum présentant l'exposition de Robert Duchesnay sur le bâtiment, correspondance reçue par Duchesnay sur son projet de documentation des dômes géodésiques de Buckminster Fuller, et coupures de presse sur le Dymaxion Dwelling Machine et le démantèlement de la Wichita House. [1] Robert Duchesnay, "Dymaxion Dwelling Machine", 2022, https://robertduchesnay.com/fr/dymaxion-fr/ (page consultée 27 février 2023).
Série
1990-1992
photographs
ARCH256440
Description:
"Au vol d'oiseau, voici l'île Sainte-Hélène à son état naturel, il y a deux ans, avant le début des travaux de récupération qui ont presque triplé la superficie afin d'y loger l'Exposition universelle de 1967. Le magnifique parc boisé restera tel quel pour l'agrément des visiteurs. / Air view of Ile Sainte-Hélène, as of July 23, 1963, just before work began on the enlargement of the island to provide the ground for Expo 67. View is from the upstream end of the island. Stipulation in the program for building Expo 67 is the condition that the original Ile Sainte-Helene public park be left untouched."--Description.
23 July 1963
Aerial views of the Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame sites prior the enlargement and the creation phases were completed, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256440
Description:
"Au vol d'oiseau, voici l'île Sainte-Hélène à son état naturel, il y a deux ans, avant le début des travaux de récupération qui ont presque triplé la superficie afin d'y loger l'Exposition universelle de 1967. Le magnifique parc boisé restera tel quel pour l'agrément des visiteurs. / Air view of Ile Sainte-Hélène, as of July 23, 1963, just before work began on the enlargement of the island to provide the ground for Expo 67. View is from the upstream end of the island. Stipulation in the program for building Expo 67 is the condition that the original Ile Sainte-Helene public park be left untouched."--Description.
photographs
23 July 1963
archives
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Collection
CD013
Synopsis:
La collection documentaire porte sur le travail de Roger Taillibert pour l'installation d'un toit retractable en 1987 pour le Stade Olympique de Montréal avec un croquis du Stade Olympique dédicacé par Taillibert.
1987
Roger Taillibert (Montreal Olympic Stadium) collection
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CD013
Synopsis:
La collection documentaire porte sur le travail de Roger Taillibert pour l'installation d'un toit retractable en 1987 pour le Stade Olympique de Montréal avec un croquis du Stade Olympique dédicacé par Taillibert.
archives
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CD013
1987
ARCH256085
Description:
"Le Centre du Commerce international à l'Expo 67 / Ce pavillon, commandité par les banques à charte du Canada dont chacune y tient son propre bureau, est doté d'un grand bar-salon où se déroulent les principales activités de l'Expo-club, lieu de rencontre des hommes d'affaires canadiens et étrangers. / The International Trade Centre at Expo 67 / This pavilion, which houses the Business Development Bureau, was sponsored by the Chartered Banks of Canada. It is designed to afford businessmen of the world an opportunity to meet their Canadian counterparts. Each of the Chartered Banks have offices in the building, which also provides Expo club, a meeting place for Canadian and world businessmen."--Description.
1967
View of the International Trade Centre, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256085
Description:
"Le Centre du Commerce international à l'Expo 67 / Ce pavillon, commandité par les banques à charte du Canada dont chacune y tient son propre bureau, est doté d'un grand bar-salon où se déroulent les principales activités de l'Expo-club, lieu de rencontre des hommes d'affaires canadiens et étrangers. / The International Trade Centre at Expo 67 / This pavilion, which houses the Business Development Bureau, was sponsored by the Chartered Banks of Canada. It is designed to afford businessmen of the world an opportunity to meet their Canadian counterparts. Each of the Chartered Banks have offices in the building, which also provides Expo club, a meeting place for Canadian and world businessmen."--Description.
archives
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Fonds
Wayfarers' Chapel fonds
AP151
Synopsis:
The Wayfarers' Chapel fonds documents Lloyd Wright's design of this executed project, its additions, as well as related unbuilt projects. The fonds contains over 300 drawings and reprographic copies and 1.7 l.m. of textual records, including correspondence and photographs. Material in the fonds was produced between 1937 and 1979.
1937-1979
Wayfarers' Chapel fonds
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AP151
Synopsis:
The Wayfarers' Chapel fonds documents Lloyd Wright's design of this executed project, its additions, as well as related unbuilt projects. The fonds contains over 300 drawings and reprographic copies and 1.7 l.m. of textual records, including correspondence and photographs. Material in the fonds was produced between 1937 and 1979.
archives
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Fonds
1937-1979
archives
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Fonds
Luc Laporte fonds
AP068
Synopsis:
Le Fond Luc Laporte documente les propositions et les réalisations issus de l'atelier de Luc Laporte pour le secteur est du Vieux-Port de Montréal.
1991-1993
Luc Laporte fonds
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AP068
Synopsis:
Le Fond Luc Laporte documente les propositions et les réalisations issus de l'atelier de Luc Laporte pour le secteur est du Vieux-Port de Montréal.
archives
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Fonds
1991-1993
Project
McAppy
AP144.S2.D89
Description:
File documents a design programme undertaken for construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., in London, England. The aim was to increase the efficiency of production and improve labour relations by producing enclosures, equipment, material, and information systems that would improve safety, on-site communication, and job satisfaction. Cedric Price's office produced 2 report volumes, a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) and used at least one construction site, at Angel Court, as a test site for the proposals. Diagrams and flow charts show preliminary planning and programming design decisions and show the relationship between present and future factors. A flow chart illustrates the scope of the program. Charts and diagrams map the relative time scale of parts of the programme over various development phases. An axonometric and cutaway drawing show the interior construction of a pedestrian walkway. Data showing both the projected and real results of a site test application of McAppy planning and equipment from 1974 to 1975 was collected and presented as a broadside. A large number of original drawings are included within the textual records. Material in this file was produced between 1955 and 1987. Zisman, Bowyer & Partners provided consultation services. File contains design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
1955-1987, predominant 1973-1976
McAppy
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AP144.S2.D89
Description:
File documents a design programme undertaken for construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., in London, England. The aim was to increase the efficiency of production and improve labour relations by producing enclosures, equipment, material, and information systems that would improve safety, on-site communication, and job satisfaction. Cedric Price's office produced 2 report volumes, a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) and used at least one construction site, at Angel Court, as a test site for the proposals. Diagrams and flow charts show preliminary planning and programming design decisions and show the relationship between present and future factors. A flow chart illustrates the scope of the program. Charts and diagrams map the relative time scale of parts of the programme over various development phases. An axonometric and cutaway drawing show the interior construction of a pedestrian walkway. Data showing both the projected and real results of a site test application of McAppy planning and equipment from 1974 to 1975 was collected and presented as a broadside. A large number of original drawings are included within the textual records. Material in this file was produced between 1955 and 1987. Zisman, Bowyer & Partners provided consultation services. File contains design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
File 89
1955-1987, predominant 1973-1976
DR2003:0010:035
circa 1974
View of an advertisement for the "Headtector Bump Cap" and safety helmet accessories
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DR2003:0010:035
books, photographs
PH1988:0450:001-072
architecture
published 1885
The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire: Illustrated in Seventy Views with Historical and Descriptive Accounts by A.H. Millar, F.S.A.Scot.
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PH1988:0450:001-072
books, photographs
published 1885
architecture