6003 Results
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Title:
Neighbours
Neighbours
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Description:
This selection of photographs from the CCA’s photography collection displayed in the Hall cases asks how and for whom we design neighbourhoods today by considering how communities use the environments they inhabit and influence what is built, not built, demolished, and preserved.
This selection of photographs from the CCA’s photography collection displayed in the Hall cases asks how and for whom we design neighbourhoods today by considering how communities use the environments they inhabit and influence what is built, not built, demolished, and preserved.
Location:
Hall cases
Hall cases
Date:
5 November 2026 to 28 November 2027
5 November 2026 to 28 November 2027
Title:
Neighbours
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Description:
This selection of photographs from the CCA’s photography collection displayed in the Hall cases asks how and for whom we design neighbourhoods today by considering how communities use the environments they inhabit and influence what is built, not built, demolished, and preserved.
Neighbours
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Description:
This selection of photographs from the CCA’s photography collection displayed in the Hall cases asks how and for whom we design neighbourhoods today by considering how communities use the environments they inhabit and influence what is built, not built, demolished, and preserved.
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
5 November 2026 to
28 November 2027
5 November 2026 to
28 November 2027
Location:
Hall cases
Hall cases
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textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
ARCH275451
Description:
Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
ARCH275451
Description:
Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
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Date:
1974-1995
1974-1995
Title:
Specifications, budgets, design summaries for various projects
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ARCH275451
Description:
Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
Specifications, budgets, design summaries for various projects
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ARCH275451
Description:
Presentation documents, includes: University of California, Irvine Biological Sciences Quad, Planning Study; Bank of Canada, specifications and budgets; Alberta Centre, design competition; Robson Square Revitalization Project, Interim Discussion Draft and Conceptual Design Stage, Estimate #3; British Columbia Medical Centre, Building Systems Design; Brookswood-Fernridge Community Centre, Development Study; Al-Buhairat City, Master Plan and Urban Design Summary; Pearls of Kuwait; SANCST Science Halls, Design Report; Abu Nuwas, Conservation/Development Project, Urban Design Summary.
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1974-1995
1974-1995
People:
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Title:
Leal, Porto
Leal, Porto
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Reference number:
CD034.S1.1974.PR02
Description:
This project series contains eight reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Leal neighbourhood, in Porto, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that the project: ... pioneered the concept of community association, with the first resident activities dating back to the early 1970s. In 1974, immediately after the revolution, the residents opposed the building of a car park that would have involved their relocation and resettlement. The project of the architect Sérgio Fernandez, which originated in a pre-revolutionary resident organization, was conceived through the dynamics of the resident process, and had a project-oriented clarity that came from an economic sense of design, adapting to the needs and political character of the intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Sérgio Fernandez worked for SAAL/North with António Corte Real, Carlos Delfim, Emídio Fonseca, José Manuel Soares, Vítor Sinde and the residents' association Bairro do Leal, that was founded on April 30th, 1975. The first phase of the project included 16 dwellings and the second, 33 dwellings. The operation began in October 1974, with a construction date in April 1976. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, cadastral and implementation plans, and an axonometric view. The original drawings were produced in 1975 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
CD034.S1.1974.PR02
Description:
This project series contains eight reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Leal neighbourhood, in Porto, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that the project: ... pioneered the concept of community association, with the first resident activities dating back to the early 1970s. In 1974, immediately after the revolution, the residents opposed the building of a car park that would have involved their relocation and resettlement. The project of the architect Sérgio Fernandez, which originated in a pre-revolutionary resident organization, was conceived through the dynamics of the resident process, and had a project-oriented clarity that came from an economic sense of design, adapting to the needs and political character of the intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Sérgio Fernandez worked for SAAL/North with António Corte Real, Carlos Delfim, Emídio Fonseca, José Manuel Soares, Vítor Sinde and the residents' association Bairro do Leal, that was founded on April 30th, 1975. The first phase of the project included 16 dwellings and the second, 33 dwellings. The operation began in October 1974, with a construction date in April 1976. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, cadastral and implementation plans, and an axonometric view. The original drawings were produced in 1975 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
People:
Date:
1975
1975
Title:
Leal, Porto
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CD034.S1.1974.PR02
Description:
This project series contains eight reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Leal neighbourhood, in Porto, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that the project: ... pioneered the concept of community association, with the first resident activities dating back to the early 1970s. In 1974, immediately after the revolution, the residents opposed the building of a car park that would have involved their relocation and resettlement. The project of the architect Sérgio Fernandez, which originated in a pre-revolutionary resident organization, was conceived through the dynamics of the resident process, and had a project-oriented clarity that came from an economic sense of design, adapting to the needs and political character of the intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Sérgio Fernandez worked for SAAL/North with António Corte Real, Carlos Delfim, Emídio Fonseca, José Manuel Soares, Vítor Sinde and the residents' association Bairro do Leal, that was founded on April 30th, 1975. The first phase of the project included 16 dwellings and the second, 33 dwellings. The operation began in October 1974, with a construction date in April 1976. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, cadastral and implementation plans, and an axonometric view. The original drawings were produced in 1975 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
Leal, Porto
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CD034.S1.1974.PR02
Description:
This project series contains eight reproductions of drawings displayed in the exhibit to document the Leal neighbourhood, in Porto, Portugal. The exhibit text explained that the project: ... pioneered the concept of community association, with the first resident activities dating back to the early 1970s. In 1974, immediately after the revolution, the residents opposed the building of a car park that would have involved their relocation and resettlement. The project of the architect Sérgio Fernandez, which originated in a pre-revolutionary resident organization, was conceived through the dynamics of the resident process, and had a project-oriented clarity that came from an economic sense of design, adapting to the needs and political character of the intervention. (The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76) Sérgio Fernandez worked for SAAL/North with António Corte Real, Carlos Delfim, Emídio Fonseca, José Manuel Soares, Vítor Sinde and the residents' association Bairro do Leal, that was founded on April 30th, 1975. The first phase of the project included 16 dwellings and the second, 33 dwellings. The operation began in October 1974, with a construction date in April 1976. This project series contains reproductions of design development drawings, cadastral and implementation plans, and an axonometric view. The original drawings were produced in 1975 and were reproduced in 2015 for the exhibit.
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Project
Project
Date:
1975
1975
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Series
Series
Reference number:
AP075.S3
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
AP075.S3
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
People:
Date:
1949-2019
1949-2019
Title:
Professional activities and office records
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AP075.S3
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
Professional activities and office records
Actions:
AP075.S3
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
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Series
Series
Date:
1949-2019
1949-2019
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Project
Project
Reference number:
AP178.S1.1988.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 54/80. The office assigned the date 1988 for this project. This project was commissioned by the Xunta de Galicia for the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The building was located near the Galego Pobo Museum and the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval. The museum was approximately 75,000 square feet and divided into two L-shaped structures. The building had four floors and included exhibition halls, a terrace, a cafeteria, administrative spaces, an auditorium, and a library. The exterior was principally made of granite panels. The exhibition spaces were very bright, principally due to the natural light that came from multiple openings in the building as well as the white walls. The floors of the public spaces and exhibition rooms were made of Greek marble. Siza also transformed the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval garden into a public park. The park was understood as an extension of the museum. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.
AP178.S1.1988.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 54/80. The office assigned the date 1988 for this project. This project was commissioned by the Xunta de Galicia for the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The building was located near the Galego Pobo Museum and the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval. The museum was approximately 75,000 square feet and divided into two L-shaped structures. The building had four floors and included exhibition halls, a terrace, a cafeteria, administrative spaces, an auditorium, and a library. The exterior was principally made of granite panels. The exhibition spaces were very bright, principally due to the natural light that came from multiple openings in the building as well as the white walls. The floors of the public spaces and exhibition rooms were made of Greek marble. Siza also transformed the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval garden into a public park. The park was understood as an extension of the museum. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.
People:
Date:
1988-1995
1988-1995
Title:
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea [Galician Centre of Contemporary Art], Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1988-1993
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AP178.S1.1988.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 54/80. The office assigned the date 1988 for this project. This project was commissioned by the Xunta de Galicia for the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The building was located near the Galego Pobo Museum and the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval. The museum was approximately 75,000 square feet and divided into two L-shaped structures. The building had four floors and included exhibition halls, a terrace, a cafeteria, administrative spaces, an auditorium, and a library. The exterior was principally made of granite panels. The exhibition spaces were very bright, principally due to the natural light that came from multiple openings in the building as well as the white walls. The floors of the public spaces and exhibition rooms were made of Greek marble. Siza also transformed the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval garden into a public park. The park was understood as an extension of the museum. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea [Galician Centre of Contemporary Art], Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1988-1993
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AP178.S1.1988.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 54/80. The office assigned the date 1988 for this project. This project was commissioned by the Xunta de Galicia for the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The building was located near the Galego Pobo Museum and the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval. The museum was approximately 75,000 square feet and divided into two L-shaped structures. The building had four floors and included exhibition halls, a terrace, a cafeteria, administrative spaces, an auditorium, and a library. The exterior was principally made of granite panels. The exhibition spaces were very bright, principally due to the natural light that came from multiple openings in the building as well as the white walls. The floors of the public spaces and exhibition rooms were made of Greek marble. Siza also transformed the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval garden into a public park. The park was understood as an extension of the museum. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Date:
1988-1995
1988-1995
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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Reference number:
AP225
Synopsis:
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.
AP225
Synopsis:
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.
People:
Date:
1966-2017
1966-2017
Title:
Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records
Actions:
AP225
Synopsis:
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.
Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records
Actions:
AP225
Synopsis:
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.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1966-2017
1966-2017
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Form:
textual records
textual records
Title:
Conferences and event programs, invitations to events, various awards and publications on Erickson
Conferences and event programs, invitations to events, various awards and publications on Erickson
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Reference number:
ARCH276933
Description:
Group contains McGill University's publication, Arthur Erickson: The Middle East Projects Guide to the Archive, Canadian Wood Design Awards 1965 publication, Architecture and the College, University of Illinois (17-21 April 1966) conference program, Canadian Housing Design Council Awards for Residential Design '81 publication, event programs and invitations and certificate conferred upon Arthur Erickon in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada, the commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada (1992).
ARCH276933
Description:
Group contains McGill University's publication, Arthur Erickson: The Middle East Projects Guide to the Archive, Canadian Wood Design Awards 1965 publication, Architecture and the College, University of Illinois (17-21 April 1966) conference program, Canadian Housing Design Council Awards for Residential Design '81 publication, event programs and invitations and certificate conferred upon Arthur Erickon in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada, the commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada (1992).
People:
Date:
1965-1999
1965-1999
Title:
Conferences and event programs, invitations to events, various awards and publications on Erickson
Actions:
ARCH276933
Description:
Group contains McGill University's publication, Arthur Erickson: The Middle East Projects Guide to the Archive, Canadian Wood Design Awards 1965 publication, Architecture and the College, University of Illinois (17-21 April 1966) conference program, Canadian Housing Design Council Awards for Residential Design '81 publication, event programs and invitations and certificate conferred upon Arthur Erickon in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada, the commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada (1992).
Conferences and event programs, invitations to events, various awards and publications on Erickson
Actions:
ARCH276933
Description:
Group contains McGill University's publication, Arthur Erickson: The Middle East Projects Guide to the Archive, Canadian Wood Design Awards 1965 publication, Architecture and the College, University of Illinois (17-21 April 1966) conference program, Canadian Housing Design Council Awards for Residential Design '81 publication, event programs and invitations and certificate conferred upon Arthur Erickon in recognition of significant contribution to compatriots, community and to Canada, the commemorative medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada (1992).
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1965-1999
1965-1999
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Title:
Barry Downs fonds
Barry Downs fonds
Reference number:
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
People:
Date:
[1956-1968]
[1956-1968]
Title:
Barry Downs fonds
Actions:
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
Barry Downs fonds
Actions:
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
[1956-1968]
[1956-1968]
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Actions:
Reference number:
AP084
Synopsis:
The Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds, 1924-1987, documents the built projects of Vancouver-based firm, Gardiner & Thornton, architects, and its successive firms. Over 300 architectural projects are represented in this fonds. Materials in this fonds include approximately 3925 drawings (including reprographic copies), 908 photographic materials and 3.06 l.m. of textual records.
AP084
Synopsis:
The Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds, 1924-1987, documents the built projects of Vancouver-based firm, Gardiner & Thornton, architects, and its successive firms. Over 300 architectural projects are represented in this fonds. Materials in this fonds include approximately 3925 drawings (including reprographic copies), 908 photographic materials and 3.06 l.m. of textual records.
People:
Date:
1924-1987
1924-1987
Title:
Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds
Actions:
AP084
Synopsis:
The Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds, 1924-1987, documents the built projects of Vancouver-based firm, Gardiner & Thornton, architects, and its successive firms. Over 300 architectural projects are represented in this fonds. Materials in this fonds include approximately 3925 drawings (including reprographic copies), 908 photographic materials and 3.06 l.m. of textual records.
Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds
Actions:
AP084
Synopsis:
The Gardiner & Thornton architects fonds, 1924-1987, documents the built projects of Vancouver-based firm, Gardiner & Thornton, architects, and its successive firms. Over 300 architectural projects are represented in this fonds. Materials in this fonds include approximately 3925 drawings (including reprographic copies), 908 photographic materials and 3.06 l.m. of textual records.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1924-1987
1924-1987
People:
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Reference number:
AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
People:
Date:
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
Title:
Casa Verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain (1997)
Actions:
AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
Casa Verde, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain (1997)
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AP164.S1.1997.D4
Description:
The project series documents the design of the “Green House” for Mariano Maqueda and Olga Montón, in Pozuelo de Alarcón, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 103. “The project is located in a typical bit of middle-class suburbia, in which low-density housing, wasteland, amenities and clumps of pine trees intermingle, giving form to the idea of an urban existence that is in contact with nature. [Abalos & Herreros] decided to be extremely direct and to stress this aspiration by using gardening techniques. In fact, the house as a whole can be understood as an example of a giant ars-topiaria, an idea that is not at odds with the fact that it will be lived in by a landscape architect. The sloping topography is taken advantage of to build a house that has continuity with the natural environment, avoiding differentiation between the house and the terrain: the whole house is garden and the whole garden is house. The project is, then, a topological mechanism for arranging and modeling the land so as to increase and to obtain maximum enjoyment from the landscape’s weaker stimuli: the pine trees, the near-by stream, the setting of the sun over the skyline of Madrid from the house’s highest point… Natural views and artificial views: a green machine.” (ARCH270971) Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, forms, invoices and contracts.
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Project
Date:
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
1995-1999, predominant 1997-1998
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