Series
AP149.S3
Description:
The series consists of office records and correspondence of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, related to their research and housing projects, their partneships and involvement in publications and the administration of the group. Also included are office records related to the administration of the School of Architecture of the McGill University. The material was produced between 1970 and 2009 and includes predominantly textual records, photographic material of their activities and field trips, and plans related to their housing projects.
1970-2011
Office records and correspondence
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AP149.S3
Description:
The series consists of office records and correspondence of the Minimum Cost Housing Group, related to their research and housing projects, their partneships and involvement in publications and the administration of the group. Also included are office records related to the administration of the School of Architecture of the McGill University. The material was produced between 1970 and 2009 and includes predominantly textual records, photographic material of their activities and field trips, and plans related to their housing projects.
Series
1970-2011
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D37
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the Siemens AG Headquarters, in Munich, Germany. The complex includes a research centre. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains presentation drawings, including some submitted for the competition, and publication drawings. Photographic materials includes a view of the Siemensstadt housing in Berlin by architect Walter Gropius, views of a study model, and views of a presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains one item of textual records.
1970
Siemens AG Headquarters Competition, Munich, Germany
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AP140.S2.SS1.D37
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the Siemens AG Headquarters, in Munich, Germany. The complex includes a research centre. Material in this file was produced in 1970. File contains presentation drawings, including some submitted for the competition, and publication drawings. Photographic materials includes a view of the Siemensstadt housing in Berlin by architect Walter Gropius, views of a study model, and views of a presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains one item of textual records.
File 37
1970
Project
AP018.S1.1977.PR06
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This project series documents the building maintenance program for the IBM headquarters building at 1150 Eglington Avenue in North York, Ontario in 1970. The office identified the project number as 7707. This project consisted of maintenance to existing sidewalk slabs, roof restoration work and retrofitting, and a possible thermal upgrade of the headquarters, which had been built by the firm John B. Parkin Associates beginning in 1965. The project is recorded through correspondence dating from 1977-1978.
1977-1978
IBM Headquarters Building, Building Maintenance Program, North York, Ontario (1977)
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AP018.S1.1977.PR06
Description:
This project series documents the building maintenance program for the IBM headquarters building at 1150 Eglington Avenue in North York, Ontario in 1970. The office identified the project number as 7707. This project consisted of maintenance to existing sidewalk slabs, roof restoration work and retrofitting, and a possible thermal upgrade of the headquarters, which had been built by the firm John B. Parkin Associates beginning in 1965. The project is recorded through correspondence dating from 1977-1978.
Project
1977-1978
Project
AP018.S1.1976.PR24
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This project series documents repairs to the roof of the IBM headquarters building in North York, Ontario from 1976-1977. The office identified the project number as 7631. This project consisted of repairs to fix blisters and bare spots in the building's roof, including in the new west wing of the headquarters. The firm of John B. Parkin Associates had built the headquarters and its west wing in 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project is recorded through correspondence dating from 1975-1977.
1975-1977
IBM Headquarters Building, Roof Repairs, North York, Ontario (1976-1977)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR24
Description:
This project series documents repairs to the roof of the IBM headquarters building in North York, Ontario from 1976-1977. The office identified the project number as 7631. This project consisted of repairs to fix blisters and bare spots in the building's roof, including in the new west wing of the headquarters. The firm of John B. Parkin Associates had built the headquarters and its west wing in 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project is recorded through correspondence dating from 1975-1977.
Project
1975-1977
Project
AP018.S1.1968.PR01
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This project series documents St. John's City Hall and Civic Centre in Newfoundland from 1968-1970. The office identified the project number as 68002. This project consisted of three phases of development, with phase I being city hall, phase II being a commercial redevelopment, and phase III being additional public buildings. The master program included plans for a library, department store, supermarket, retail stores, a movie theatre, a hotel with a restaurant and banquet hall, a bus terminal and 160 residential units. It is not clear from the project materials whether these buildings were realized. The city hall site consisted of a concrete building on New Grower Street, which sat atop a concrete podium with parking below. A system of diagonal terraces with pedestrian areas also made up the podium. City hall, which was approximately four-storeys at its maximum height, included council chambers, offices, a great hall with artifacts and memorials, and municipal departments, among others. This project won an Award of Excellence for The Canadian Architect in 1968. The project is recorded through reprographic copies of mechanical and electrical drawings dating from 1970.
1970
City Hall and Civic Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland (1968-1970)
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AP018.S1.1968.PR01
Description:
This project series documents St. John's City Hall and Civic Centre in Newfoundland from 1968-1970. The office identified the project number as 68002. This project consisted of three phases of development, with phase I being city hall, phase II being a commercial redevelopment, and phase III being additional public buildings. The master program included plans for a library, department store, supermarket, retail stores, a movie theatre, a hotel with a restaurant and banquet hall, a bus terminal and 160 residential units. It is not clear from the project materials whether these buildings were realized. The city hall site consisted of a concrete building on New Grower Street, which sat atop a concrete podium with parking below. A system of diagonal terraces with pedestrian areas also made up the podium. City hall, which was approximately four-storeys at its maximum height, included council chambers, offices, a great hall with artifacts and memorials, and municipal departments, among others. This project won an Award of Excellence for The Canadian Architect in 1968. The project is recorded through reprographic copies of mechanical and electrical drawings dating from 1970.
Project
1970
textual records
DR1995:0247:001-001
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This office memorandum lists office instructions for pre-planning considerations, possibly for large festival sites. It may have once been accompanied by a report by Price summarizing his involvement with festival theme projects such as Sheffield Festival (1965; AP144.S2.D61) and Phun City (1970; AP144.S2.D77). The scope of this report and Price's involvement cannot be determined from this single textual record.
1970
"Festivals" for government report: Correspondence
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DR1995:0247:001-001
Description:
This office memorandum lists office instructions for pre-planning considerations, possibly for large festival sites. It may have once been accompanied by a report by Price summarizing his involvement with festival theme projects such as Sheffield Festival (1965; AP144.S2.D61) and Phun City (1970; AP144.S2.D77). The scope of this report and Price's involvement cannot be determined from this single textual record.
textual records
1970
books
PHCON2002:0016:025
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Notebook consists of drawings for Garbage Wall (1970) and includes other drawings for other projects, many related to recycling and growth, along with rough drafts for letters (some in shorthand) and lists of names and telephone numbers of New York City, New York contacts. Composition book contains 90 pages of drawings/texts in the front of the book plus 3 pages with drawings/text at the back.
1970
Green composition notebook with Garbage Wall instructions
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PHCON2002:0016:025
Description:
Notebook consists of drawings for Garbage Wall (1970) and includes other drawings for other projects, many related to recycling and growth, along with rough drafts for letters (some in shorthand) and lists of names and telephone numbers of New York City, New York contacts. Composition book contains 90 pages of drawings/texts in the front of the book plus 3 pages with drawings/text at the back.
books
1970
Project
AP018.S1.1973.PR07
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This project series documents additions to the Apricot Tavern in Newmarket, Ontario in 1973. The office identified the project number as 7307. The project consisted of additions to the restaurant in order to expand the dining room area. Located at 99 Davis Drive, the project was commissioned by Warrick Consultants Limited of Toronto. The project is recorded through drawings of floor plans, drawings of the existing building which were produced by Donaldson Sankey Architects, site surveys and photographs of the kitchen dating from around 1970-1973.
1970 - circa 1973
The Apricot Tavern, Additions, Newmarket, Ontario (1973)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR07
Description:
This project series documents additions to the Apricot Tavern in Newmarket, Ontario in 1973. The office identified the project number as 7307. The project consisted of additions to the restaurant in order to expand the dining room area. Located at 99 Davis Drive, the project was commissioned by Warrick Consultants Limited of Toronto. The project is recorded through drawings of floor plans, drawings of the existing building which were produced by Donaldson Sankey Architects, site surveys and photographs of the kitchen dating from around 1970-1973.
Project
1970 - circa 1973
Project
AP178.S1.1979.PR03
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This project series documents the Habitação na Rua do Castro for Pedro Gomes in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/70. The office assigned the date 1970 to this project. This project was for housing on Rua do Castro for client Pedro Gomes. The project materials show sketches for a salon space with a sauna and massage rooms, as well as residential dwellings. Documenting this project is a small amount of sketches and floor plans.
1979
Habitação na Rua do Castro, Pedro Gomes [Housing on Castro Street, Pedro Gomes], Foz, Porto, Portugal (1979)
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AP178.S1.1979.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Habitação na Rua do Castro for Pedro Gomes in Porto, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/70. The office assigned the date 1970 to this project. This project was for housing on Rua do Castro for client Pedro Gomes. The project materials show sketches for a salon space with a sauna and massage rooms, as well as residential dwellings. Documenting this project is a small amount of sketches and floor plans.
Project
1979
archives
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Fonds
AP154
Synopsis:
The Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg collection documents selected projects of the architect Giovanni Pasanella and of firms of which he was a principal, namely, Merz & Pasanella, Pasanella + Klein, and Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg.
1955-2007
Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg collection
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AP154
Synopsis:
The Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg collection documents selected projects of the architect Giovanni Pasanella and of firms of which he was a principal, namely, Merz & Pasanella, Pasanella + Klein, and Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg.
archives
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Fonds
1955-2007