5773 Results
Level of archival description:
Sub-series
Sub-series
Title:
National Capital Commission
National Capital Commission
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Reference number:
AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
People:
Date:
1970-1983
1970-1983
Title:
National Capital Commission
Actions:
AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
National Capital Commission
Actions:
AP058.S1.SS2
Description:
This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement as a member of the committee at the National Capital Commission (NCC). She was participating in the commission reorganization, the membership administration, the strategic overview of the commission, and the NCC planning policies for the National Capital Region. Through the NCC, Mrs. van Ginkel was an active member of the Advisory Committee on Design, where were discussed and studied National Capital Region’s issues of urban planning, architecture projects and other subjects of interest, among them the LeBreton Flats, Rideau Centre, Ottawa Airport, Carleton Rapid Transit, Greenbelt area, Gatineau Park, Mont-Bleu Municipal Sports Complex, Victoria Island, Cartier Square, Saint-Laurent Shopping Centre, solar heating, Chaudière Bridge, House of Commons TV and Broadcasting Operations Centre, Ottawa Health Science Centre, New Saudi Arabia Embassy, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Montcalm West/Tache project, National Gallery, Canlands project, Highway 16, Gatineau Rivers, federal land use, Parliamentary Precinct, etc. The subseries contains correspondence, agendas, brochures, papers, notes, reports, minutes, studies, memoranda, newsletters, and a few publications from the Senate and the House of Commons, dating from 1970 to 1983. It contains as well a few design development drawings of the Saudi Arabia Embassy and a reproduction map of Ottawa-Hull's waterfront.
Level of archival description:
Subseries
Subseries
Date:
1970-1983
1970-1983
People:
Form:
textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
People:
Date:
1970-1998
1970-1998
Title:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook
Actions:
DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook
Actions:
DR2004:1450
Description:
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1970-1998
1970-1998
People:
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Reference number:
AP178.S1.1998.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício Zaida Habitação e Comércio in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project. The project was divided in three components, each represented in the following project subseries: the Zaida building (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS1), the Caja Rural de Granada (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS2) and the Casa Pátio (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3). The project, realized with local architect Juan Domingo Santos, redeveloped three ajacent parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This included the demolition of the nineteenth century Zaida Hotel that existed on the site and the incorporation of an existing nineteenth century courtyard style home (Casa Pátio). The project was built in two phases, beginning with the Zaida building in phase 1 and continuing with the Casa Pátio in phase 2. The Zaida building was six-storeys with commerical and office spaces on the first three levels and residential dwellings on the upper three. The two bottom floors of the building's exterior were constructed from grey stone, while the top four storeys were white stucco. The bank branch Caja Rural de Granada was located on the ground level of the building. While the architect sought to save and preserve the Casa Pátio, eventually it had to be reinterpretted and attached to the main volume. It was integrated with the main building using the same white stucco exterior.
AP178.S1.1998.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício Zaida Habitação e Comércio in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project. The project was divided in three components, each represented in the following project subseries: the Zaida building (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS1), the Caja Rural de Granada (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS2) and the Casa Pátio (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3). The project, realized with local architect Juan Domingo Santos, redeveloped three ajacent parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This included the demolition of the nineteenth century Zaida Hotel that existed on the site and the incorporation of an existing nineteenth century courtyard style home (Casa Pátio). The project was built in two phases, beginning with the Zaida building in phase 1 and continuing with the Casa Pátio in phase 2. The Zaida building was six-storeys with commerical and office spaces on the first three levels and residential dwellings on the upper three. The two bottom floors of the building's exterior were constructed from grey stone, while the top four storeys were white stucco. The bank branch Caja Rural de Granada was located on the ground level of the building. While the architect sought to save and preserve the Casa Pátio, eventually it had to be reinterpretted and attached to the main volume. It was integrated with the main building using the same white stucco exterior.
People:
Date:
1989-2006
1989-2006
Title:
Edifício Zaida [Zaida Building and Courtyard House], Granada, Spain (1998-2006)
Actions:
AP178.S1.1998.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício Zaida Habitação e Comércio in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project. The project was divided in three components, each represented in the following project subseries: the Zaida building (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS1), the Caja Rural de Granada (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS2) and the Casa Pátio (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3). The project, realized with local architect Juan Domingo Santos, redeveloped three ajacent parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This included the demolition of the nineteenth century Zaida Hotel that existed on the site and the incorporation of an existing nineteenth century courtyard style home (Casa Pátio). The project was built in two phases, beginning with the Zaida building in phase 1 and continuing with the Casa Pátio in phase 2. The Zaida building was six-storeys with commerical and office spaces on the first three levels and residential dwellings on the upper three. The two bottom floors of the building's exterior were constructed from grey stone, while the top four storeys were white stucco. The bank branch Caja Rural de Granada was located on the ground level of the building. While the architect sought to save and preserve the Casa Pátio, eventually it had to be reinterpretted and attached to the main volume. It was integrated with the main building using the same white stucco exterior.
Edifício Zaida [Zaida Building and Courtyard House], Granada, Spain (1998-2006)
Actions:
AP178.S1.1998.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício Zaida Habitação e Comércio in Granada, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 98/90. The office assigned the dates 1998-2006 to this project. The project was divided in three components, each represented in the following project subseries: the Zaida building (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS1), the Caja Rural de Granada (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS2) and the Casa Pátio (AP178.S1.1998.PR03.SS3). The project, realized with local architect Juan Domingo Santos, redeveloped three ajacent parcels of land that faced the Plaza Puerta Real. This included the demolition of the nineteenth century Zaida Hotel that existed on the site and the incorporation of an existing nineteenth century courtyard style home (Casa Pátio). The project was built in two phases, beginning with the Zaida building in phase 1 and continuing with the Casa Pátio in phase 2. The Zaida building was six-storeys with commerical and office spaces on the first three levels and residential dwellings on the upper three. The two bottom floors of the building's exterior were constructed from grey stone, while the top four storeys were white stucco. The bank branch Caja Rural de Granada was located on the ground level of the building. While the architect sought to save and preserve the Casa Pátio, eventually it had to be reinterpretted and attached to the main volume. It was integrated with the main building using the same white stucco exterior.
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Date:
1989-2006
1989-2006
People:
Form:
photographs
Quantity:
118 slide(s)
photographs
Quantity:
118 slide(s)
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH268150
Description:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
ARCH268150
Description:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
People:
Date:
1999?
1999?
Title:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix"
Actions:
ARCH268150
Description:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix"
Actions:
ARCH268150
Description:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
Form:
photographs
Quantity:
118 slide(s)
photographs
Quantity:
118 slide(s)
Date:
1999?
1999?
People:
Form:
articles
articles
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Dino Buzzi’s coming of age tale about architecture, cash caves, and modern land development
Published:
1 November 2020
1 November 2020
Title:
Natural Disasters: The birth of Homo Dolarensis
Dino Buzzi’s coming of age tale about architecture, cash caves, and modern land development
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Natural Disasters: The birth of Homo Dolarensis
Dino Buzzi’s coming of age tale about architecture, cash caves, and modern land development
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Form:
events
events
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Description:
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Keyword(s):
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
Date:
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Title:
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
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Description:
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
Actions:
Description:
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Form:
events
events
Date:
19 February 2026
6pm to 8pm
19 February 2026
6pm to 8pm
Keyword(s):
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
Form:
textual records
textual records
Title:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence
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Reference number:
ARCH257317
Description:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence, Superior concrete products, specification/standardization, specifications for combined clock, program and control system, SFU snk bar, Parking infomartion, Site Tendering, SFU Sales Tax information, Thomson D.W & Co. Ltd, SFU Tendering Central Mall, SFU Tendering women's residences, site office Mr.D.Hrmisson, Tendering SFU clearing of the Land, SFU Tendering Water Tower, SFU Tendering outside Lighting, SFU Tendering Grading and Compacting, Traffic and Roads, E. Turner Public Relations Office, SFU Tendering water distribution system and sanitary system, Tower Antennas ect.
ARCH257317
Description:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence, Superior concrete products, specification/standardization, specifications for combined clock, program and control system, SFU snk bar, Parking infomartion, Site Tendering, SFU Sales Tax information, Thomson D.W & Co. Ltd, SFU Tendering Central Mall, SFU Tendering women's residences, site office Mr.D.Hrmisson, Tendering SFU clearing of the Land, SFU Tendering Water Tower, SFU Tendering outside Lighting, SFU Tendering Grading and Compacting, Traffic and Roads, E. Turner Public Relations Office, SFU Tendering water distribution system and sanitary system, Tower Antennas ect.
People:
Date:
1963-1968
1963-1968
Title:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence
Actions:
ARCH257317
Description:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence, Superior concrete products, specification/standardization, specifications for combined clock, program and control system, SFU snk bar, Parking infomartion, Site Tendering, SFU Sales Tax information, Thomson D.W & Co. Ltd, SFU Tendering Central Mall, SFU Tendering women's residences, site office Mr.D.Hrmisson, Tendering SFU clearing of the Land, SFU Tendering Water Tower, SFU Tendering outside Lighting, SFU Tendering Grading and Compacting, Traffic and Roads, E. Turner Public Relations Office, SFU Tendering water distribution system and sanitary system, Tower Antennas ect.
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence
Actions:
ARCH257317
Description:
N.Sinclair Job Meeting, N.S Weekly report/Site Work, Swen Wooster Engineering Co. Men's Residence, Superior concrete products, specification/standardization, specifications for combined clock, program and control system, SFU snk bar, Parking infomartion, Site Tendering, SFU Sales Tax information, Thomson D.W & Co. Ltd, SFU Tendering Central Mall, SFU Tendering women's residences, site office Mr.D.Hrmisson, Tendering SFU clearing of the Land, SFU Tendering Water Tower, SFU Tendering outside Lighting, SFU Tendering Grading and Compacting, Traffic and Roads, E. Turner Public Relations Office, SFU Tendering water distribution system and sanitary system, Tower Antennas ect.
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1963-1968
1963-1968
People:
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Actions:
Description:
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
20 October 2010 to 13 March 2011
20 October 2010 to 13 March 2011
Title:
Journeys: How travelling fruit, ideas and buildings rearrange our environment
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Description:
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Journeys: How travelling fruit, ideas and buildings rearrange our environment
Actions:
Description:
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
20 October 2010 to
13 March 2011
20 October 2010 to
13 March 2011
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Form:
articles
articles
Actions:
Amra Alagic, Hannah Whitlaw, and Hiba Zubairi peel back the temporal layers of the agricultural landscape
Title:
Encountering the Agrarian Mundane
Amra Alagic, Hannah Whitlaw, and Hiba Zubairi peel back the temporal layers of the agricultural landscape
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Encountering the Agrarian Mundane
Amra Alagic, Hannah Whitlaw, and Hiba Zubairi peel back the temporal layers of the agricultural landscape
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Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Title:
Two Tree Island
Two Tree Island
Reference number:
AP144.S2.D84
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for Two Tree Island, the last uninhabited island in the Thames Estuary, in Essex, England. Cedric Price collaborated with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects (YMR) on the project for client David Keddie, to develop a 178-hectare site on the island which encompassed both existing and reclaimed land, some of which was reserved under a trust for nature conservation. Early proposals showed residential areas, commercial, as well as, industrial zones, and facilities for recreation and leisure activities, including a marina. The final design proposed a much smaller residential area and harbour and included larger conservation and marshland areas in response to local concerns. The project was rejected and a portion of Two Tree Island was leased to the Nature Conservancy (NERC). An Appeal and Public Enquiry lodged by the client was subsequently indefinitely postponed. The architects produced several versions of a consultant's report, created a 'logbook' for the project, and published a brochure and promotional material for a public meeting. Existing conditions and reference material in the file includes maps of the area showing locations for a photo survey; Port of Authority of London plans showing water depths at various locations; a drawing of Marine Island, Essex; and a collage of photos of the area mounted on a board. Sketches by Cedric Price show development plans for the island and explore alternate "open" and "closed" configurations for the basin. Sketch sections show established maximum flood heights on the proposed schemes (see sketches in Works II, p. 86). A series of schematic drawings by YMR develop preliminary schemes exploring alternate layouts in relation to the primary basin configuration. A perspective drawing shows a view of the site from the main road to the island. Design development drawings include both original drawings and reprographic copies and include bird's-eye view perspective sketches; diagrams showing "domestic development" and projected "typical patterning"; and diagrammatic plans/charts showing existing and reclaimed areas, compatibility of activities, and degrees of accessibility (see typical diagram in Works II, p. 87). Other design development drawings include standard plans, sections and elevations, as well as site plans, land-use plans for the marina, plans showing alternate layouts for the marina dock, plans showing Thames tidal defences, site sections, and breakwater profiles. Working drawings for the marina by consulting engineers Sir Frederick Snow and Partners include survey plans, detailed sections illustrating the reinforcement and stabilization of the marine bed, and task sequencing diagrams and charts. Publication and presentation material includes photographs of rendered perspectives, over 18 watercolour renderings of Two Tree Island by Cedric Price, and a mock-up for a 13-page brochure or report summarizing the project. Many drawings are also included in the textual records, which also include Cedric Price's diary on the project. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 72, 86-87. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1989, but predominantly between 1971 and 1974. Cedric Price's office lists the following firms as the main consultants for this project: Felix J. Samuely & Partners and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners, Consulting Engineers; Baker Wilkins & Smith, Quantity Surveyors; Prof. Peter Cowan, Director, Joint Unit for Planning Research; Prof. Peter Willmott, Director Institute of Community Studies; Prof. G. P. Wibberley, Professor of Countryside Planning, University of London; M. A. B. Boddington, Rural Planning Services. One drawing in DR1995:0255:011-021 is attributed to Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, consultant drawings, model, and textual records.
AP144.S2.D84
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for Two Tree Island, the last uninhabited island in the Thames Estuary, in Essex, England. Cedric Price collaborated with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects (YMR) on the project for client David Keddie, to develop a 178-hectare site on the island which encompassed both existing and reclaimed land, some of which was reserved under a trust for nature conservation. Early proposals showed residential areas, commercial, as well as, industrial zones, and facilities for recreation and leisure activities, including a marina. The final design proposed a much smaller residential area and harbour and included larger conservation and marshland areas in response to local concerns. The project was rejected and a portion of Two Tree Island was leased to the Nature Conservancy (NERC). An Appeal and Public Enquiry lodged by the client was subsequently indefinitely postponed. The architects produced several versions of a consultant's report, created a 'logbook' for the project, and published a brochure and promotional material for a public meeting. Existing conditions and reference material in the file includes maps of the area showing locations for a photo survey; Port of Authority of London plans showing water depths at various locations; a drawing of Marine Island, Essex; and a collage of photos of the area mounted on a board. Sketches by Cedric Price show development plans for the island and explore alternate "open" and "closed" configurations for the basin. Sketch sections show established maximum flood heights on the proposed schemes (see sketches in Works II, p. 86). A series of schematic drawings by YMR develop preliminary schemes exploring alternate layouts in relation to the primary basin configuration. A perspective drawing shows a view of the site from the main road to the island. Design development drawings include both original drawings and reprographic copies and include bird's-eye view perspective sketches; diagrams showing "domestic development" and projected "typical patterning"; and diagrammatic plans/charts showing existing and reclaimed areas, compatibility of activities, and degrees of accessibility (see typical diagram in Works II, p. 87). Other design development drawings include standard plans, sections and elevations, as well as site plans, land-use plans for the marina, plans showing alternate layouts for the marina dock, plans showing Thames tidal defences, site sections, and breakwater profiles. Working drawings for the marina by consulting engineers Sir Frederick Snow and Partners include survey plans, detailed sections illustrating the reinforcement and stabilization of the marine bed, and task sequencing diagrams and charts. Publication and presentation material includes photographs of rendered perspectives, over 18 watercolour renderings of Two Tree Island by Cedric Price, and a mock-up for a 13-page brochure or report summarizing the project. Many drawings are also included in the textual records, which also include Cedric Price's diary on the project. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 72, 86-87. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1989, but predominantly between 1971 and 1974. Cedric Price's office lists the following firms as the main consultants for this project: Felix J. Samuely & Partners and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners, Consulting Engineers; Baker Wilkins & Smith, Quantity Surveyors; Prof. Peter Cowan, Director, Joint Unit for Planning Research; Prof. Peter Willmott, Director Institute of Community Studies; Prof. G. P. Wibberley, Professor of Countryside Planning, University of London; M. A. B. Boddington, Rural Planning Services. One drawing in DR1995:0255:011-021 is attributed to Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, consultant drawings, model, and textual records.
People:
Date:
1963-1989, predominant 1971-1974
1963-1989, predominant 1971-1974
Title:
Two Tree Island
Actions:
AP144.S2.D84
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for Two Tree Island, the last uninhabited island in the Thames Estuary, in Essex, England. Cedric Price collaborated with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects (YMR) on the project for client David Keddie, to develop a 178-hectare site on the island which encompassed both existing and reclaimed land, some of which was reserved under a trust for nature conservation. Early proposals showed residential areas, commercial, as well as, industrial zones, and facilities for recreation and leisure activities, including a marina. The final design proposed a much smaller residential area and harbour and included larger conservation and marshland areas in response to local concerns. The project was rejected and a portion of Two Tree Island was leased to the Nature Conservancy (NERC). An Appeal and Public Enquiry lodged by the client was subsequently indefinitely postponed. The architects produced several versions of a consultant's report, created a 'logbook' for the project, and published a brochure and promotional material for a public meeting. Existing conditions and reference material in the file includes maps of the area showing locations for a photo survey; Port of Authority of London plans showing water depths at various locations; a drawing of Marine Island, Essex; and a collage of photos of the area mounted on a board. Sketches by Cedric Price show development plans for the island and explore alternate "open" and "closed" configurations for the basin. Sketch sections show established maximum flood heights on the proposed schemes (see sketches in Works II, p. 86). A series of schematic drawings by YMR develop preliminary schemes exploring alternate layouts in relation to the primary basin configuration. A perspective drawing shows a view of the site from the main road to the island. Design development drawings include both original drawings and reprographic copies and include bird's-eye view perspective sketches; diagrams showing "domestic development" and projected "typical patterning"; and diagrammatic plans/charts showing existing and reclaimed areas, compatibility of activities, and degrees of accessibility (see typical diagram in Works II, p. 87). Other design development drawings include standard plans, sections and elevations, as well as site plans, land-use plans for the marina, plans showing alternate layouts for the marina dock, plans showing Thames tidal defences, site sections, and breakwater profiles. Working drawings for the marina by consulting engineers Sir Frederick Snow and Partners include survey plans, detailed sections illustrating the reinforcement and stabilization of the marine bed, and task sequencing diagrams and charts. Publication and presentation material includes photographs of rendered perspectives, over 18 watercolour renderings of Two Tree Island by Cedric Price, and a mock-up for a 13-page brochure or report summarizing the project. Many drawings are also included in the textual records, which also include Cedric Price's diary on the project. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 72, 86-87. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1989, but predominantly between 1971 and 1974. Cedric Price's office lists the following firms as the main consultants for this project: Felix J. Samuely & Partners and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners, Consulting Engineers; Baker Wilkins & Smith, Quantity Surveyors; Prof. Peter Cowan, Director, Joint Unit for Planning Research; Prof. Peter Willmott, Director Institute of Community Studies; Prof. G. P. Wibberley, Professor of Countryside Planning, University of London; M. A. B. Boddington, Rural Planning Services. One drawing in DR1995:0255:011-021 is attributed to Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, consultant drawings, model, and textual records.
Two Tree Island
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AP144.S2.D84
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for Two Tree Island, the last uninhabited island in the Thames Estuary, in Essex, England. Cedric Price collaborated with Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Architects (YMR) on the project for client David Keddie, to develop a 178-hectare site on the island which encompassed both existing and reclaimed land, some of which was reserved under a trust for nature conservation. Early proposals showed residential areas, commercial, as well as, industrial zones, and facilities for recreation and leisure activities, including a marina. The final design proposed a much smaller residential area and harbour and included larger conservation and marshland areas in response to local concerns. The project was rejected and a portion of Two Tree Island was leased to the Nature Conservancy (NERC). An Appeal and Public Enquiry lodged by the client was subsequently indefinitely postponed. The architects produced several versions of a consultant's report, created a 'logbook' for the project, and published a brochure and promotional material for a public meeting. Existing conditions and reference material in the file includes maps of the area showing locations for a photo survey; Port of Authority of London plans showing water depths at various locations; a drawing of Marine Island, Essex; and a collage of photos of the area mounted on a board. Sketches by Cedric Price show development plans for the island and explore alternate "open" and "closed" configurations for the basin. Sketch sections show established maximum flood heights on the proposed schemes (see sketches in Works II, p. 86). A series of schematic drawings by YMR develop preliminary schemes exploring alternate layouts in relation to the primary basin configuration. A perspective drawing shows a view of the site from the main road to the island. Design development drawings include both original drawings and reprographic copies and include bird's-eye view perspective sketches; diagrams showing "domestic development" and projected "typical patterning"; and diagrammatic plans/charts showing existing and reclaimed areas, compatibility of activities, and degrees of accessibility (see typical diagram in Works II, p. 87). Other design development drawings include standard plans, sections and elevations, as well as site plans, land-use plans for the marina, plans showing alternate layouts for the marina dock, plans showing Thames tidal defences, site sections, and breakwater profiles. Working drawings for the marina by consulting engineers Sir Frederick Snow and Partners include survey plans, detailed sections illustrating the reinforcement and stabilization of the marine bed, and task sequencing diagrams and charts. Publication and presentation material includes photographs of rendered perspectives, over 18 watercolour renderings of Two Tree Island by Cedric Price, and a mock-up for a 13-page brochure or report summarizing the project. Many drawings are also included in the textual records, which also include Cedric Price's diary on the project. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 72, 86-87. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1989, but predominantly between 1971 and 1974. Cedric Price's office lists the following firms as the main consultants for this project: Felix J. Samuely & Partners and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners, Consulting Engineers; Baker Wilkins & Smith, Quantity Surveyors; Prof. Peter Cowan, Director, Joint Unit for Planning Research; Prof. Peter Willmott, Director Institute of Community Studies; Prof. G. P. Wibberley, Professor of Countryside Planning, University of London; M. A. B. Boddington, Rural Planning Services. One drawing in DR1995:0255:011-021 is attributed to Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, consultant drawings, model, and textual records.
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File 84
File 84
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1963-1989, predominant 1971-1974
1963-1989, predominant 1971-1974
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