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Architectural projects
AP114.S1.SS1
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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
textual records
ARCH253835
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report: Pahang Tenggara Regional Masterplanning Study (Climate and Water Resources). Presented to the Government of Malaysia, the State of Pahang, by Foundation of Canada Engineering Corp. Ltd., van Ginkel Associates Ltd., S.G. Gardiner Engineering Services Ltd., and Charnell International Consultants Ltd.
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Pahang Tenggara - Climate and Water Resources
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ARCH253835
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report: Pahang Tenggara Regional Masterplanning Study (Climate and Water Resources). Presented to the Government of Malaysia, the State of Pahang, by Foundation of Canada Engineering Corp. Ltd., van Ginkel Associates Ltd., S.G. Gardiner Engineering Services Ltd., and Charnell International Consultants Ltd.
textual records
n.d.
textual records
ARCH158327
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Chemise comprenant originaux et photocopies d’un projet de charte pour la Fondation de la grande jetée de Belle-Isle inc., en français avec une version anglaise ; correspondance avec les membres de la Fondation, lettre de Pêches et Océans (Canada), prévisions de dépenses et reçus.
Originaux et photocopies d’un projet de charte pour la Fondation de la grande jetée de Belle-Isle inc
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ARCH158327
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Chemise comprenant originaux et photocopies d’un projet de charte pour la Fondation de la grande jetée de Belle-Isle inc., en français avec une version anglaise ; correspondance avec les membres de la Fondation, lettre de Pêches et Océans (Canada), prévisions de dépenses et reçus.
textual records
Sub-series
AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
1967-1988
Public relations, marketing and collaborations
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AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
sub-series
1967-1988
Project
AP013.S1.D511
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File documents various report schemes for an aircraft hangar in an unknown location. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1957. File contains index cards, preliminary drawings, preliminary structural drawings, publication drawings, and textual documents.
1956-1957
Cantilever Type Standard Maritime Maintenance Hangar
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AP013.S1.D511
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File documents various report schemes for an aircraft hangar in an unknown location. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1957. File contains index cards, preliminary drawings, preliminary structural drawings, publication drawings, and textual documents.
Project
1956-1957
Project
AP013.S1.D561
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File documents an executed project for a hangar including pumphouse and reservoir in Trenton, Ontario. Material in this file was produced between 1958 and1961. File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, a detail drawing, structural drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
1958-1961
RCAF Cantilever Hangar, Trenton
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AP013.S1.D561
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File documents an executed project for a hangar including pumphouse and reservoir in Trenton, Ontario. Material in this file was produced between 1958 and1961. File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, a detail drawing, structural drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
Project
1958-1961
Project
AP013.S2.D610
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File documents an executed (?) project for a powerhouse in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1952. File contains textual documents.
[1952]
RCAF Power Plant, Saint Hubert
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AP013.S2.D610
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File documents an executed (?) project for a powerhouse in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1952. File contains textual documents.
Project
[1952]
Project
AP013.S1.D365
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File documents an executed (?) project for a powerhouse in Ottawa, Ontario. Material in this file was produced between 1951 and 1952. File contains index cards, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
1951-1952
Standard Central Heating Plant for RCAF
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AP013.S1.D365
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File documents an executed (?) project for a powerhouse in Ottawa, Ontario. Material in this file was produced between 1951 and 1952. File contains index cards, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
Project
1951-1952
Project
AP013.S1.D367
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File documents an executed (?) project for engineering in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1951. File contains an index card, and mechanical drawings.
1951
Steam Distribution System for RCAF
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AP013.S1.D367
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File documents an executed (?) project for engineering in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1951. File contains an index card, and mechanical drawings.
Project
1951
Project
AP013.S1.D368
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File documents an executed project for an office building in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1951. File contains index cards, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
1951
Air Defence Command Headquarters, Administration Building
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AP013.S1.D368
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File documents an executed project for an office building in Saint-Hubert, Longueuil, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1951. File contains index cards, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, structural drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
Project
1951