textual records
AP140.S2.SS1.D18.P13
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typescript of the architects' statement explaining the concept of the project with an addendum describing the site
Typescript of the architects' statement explaining the concept of the project with an addendum describing the site
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AP140.S2.SS1.D18.P13
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typescript of the architects' statement explaining the concept of the project with an addendum describing the site
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At the beginning of powered flight, most airplanes required only a stretch of grassy plain 1,500 feet long for take-off and landing, and a converted barn served as both terminal and hangar. Only with the advent of a profitable commercial aviation industry in the late 1920s, some twenty-five years after Wilbur and Orville Wright’s historic flight, did the modern airport(...)
Hall cases
12 June 1990 to 16 September 1990
Airport Origins: Three Projects by Lloyd Wright
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At the beginning of powered flight, most airplanes required only a stretch of grassy plain 1,500 feet long for take-off and landing, and a converted barn served as both terminal and hangar. Only with the advent of a profitable commercial aviation industry in the late 1920s, some twenty-five years after Wilbur and Orville Wright’s historic flight, did the modern airport(...)
Hall cases
Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
3 July 2025, 6pm to 7:30pm
Common Threads: The Craft of a Woman’s Archive
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Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
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Awards and certificates to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from architecture and landscape associations
AP075.S3.SS3.012
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Contains: . President's Award to Excellence from the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for Robson Square in Vancouver in 1971 . Certificate of fellowship to the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) in 1983 . Two awards from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa in 1989 . Award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the Canadian Chancery in Washington D.C. in 1991 . Certificate of fellowship to the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) in 1992 . Certificat of election as Academician to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1994 . Certificat of honorary membership to the Architetural Institute of British Columbia in 1997 . Certificat of honorary membership to the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada in 2015
1971-2015
Awards and certificates to Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from architecture and landscape associations
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AP075.S3.SS3.012
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Contains: . President's Award to Excellence from the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) for Robson Square in Vancouver in 1971 . Certificate of fellowship to the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) in 1983 . Two awards from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa in 1989 . Award from the Canadian Society of Lanscape Architects (CSLA) for the Canadian Chancery in Washington D.C. in 1991 . Certificate of fellowship to the American Society of Lanscape Architects (ASLA) in 1992 . Certificat of election as Academician to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1994 . Certificat of honorary membership to the Architetural Institute of British Columbia in 1997 . Certificat of honorary membership to the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada in 2015
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1971-2015
articles
Making Groundwork
Forces of Friction
6 October 2025
Forces of Friction
archives
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Fonds
Victor Depocas fonds
AP028
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Victor Depocas fonds is composed of documents and graphic materials produced between 1921 and 1986, predominantly between 1956 and 1984. It records Depocas activities as a member of the Province of Québec Association of Architects (A.A.P.Q.), the Ordre d’Architects du Québec (O.A.P.), and the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec; his activities as a Professor of architectural composition at l’École de Beaux-arts de Montréal (1953-1957); and his work as a professional architect along with general office files of the short-life firms David & Depocas and Deshaies & Depocas (1946-1950). The fonds documents mainly the architectural projects from the Commission that include restorations, renovations and modifications of residential, educational, ecclesiastical, and commercial buildings across Québec. Represented in drawings, textual records and photographs.
1921-1986
Victor Depocas fonds
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AP028
Synopsis:
Victor Depocas fonds is composed of documents and graphic materials produced between 1921 and 1986, predominantly between 1956 and 1984. It records Depocas activities as a member of the Province of Québec Association of Architects (A.A.P.Q.), the Ordre d’Architects du Québec (O.A.P.), and the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec; his activities as a Professor of architectural composition at l’École de Beaux-arts de Montréal (1953-1957); and his work as a professional architect along with general office files of the short-life firms David & Depocas and Deshaies & Depocas (1946-1950). The fonds documents mainly the architectural projects from the Commission that include restorations, renovations and modifications of residential, educational, ecclesiastical, and commercial buildings across Québec. Represented in drawings, textual records and photographs.
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1921-1986
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
29 November 2015, 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Inter / Faces
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How can architecture respond to a specific urban context? How can the various typologies and cultural needs of diverse inhabitants influence design? How to capture the character of a city through its buildings? Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza’s social housing projects Bonjour Tristesse and Punt en Komma, designed for immigrant communities in Berlin and The Hague(...)
textual records
DR2012:0012:102:017
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File containing documents in English, including drafts, clippings, photocopies, and a complete copy of the July 1965 issue of The Canadian Architect (vol. 10, no. 7) in which Melvin Charney's article, "Place Victoria", appears. Original folder inscribed in graphite: Jul 1965 / Place Victoria / Canadian Architect
1965
Drafts, clippings, photocopies, and a complete copy of The Canadian Architect with article "Place Victoria"
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DR2012:0012:102:017
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File containing documents in English, including drafts, clippings, photocopies, and a complete copy of the July 1965 issue of The Canadian Architect (vol. 10, no. 7) in which Melvin Charney's article, "Place Victoria", appears. Original folder inscribed in graphite: Jul 1965 / Place Victoria / Canadian Architect
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1965
textual records
ARCH257199
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newspapers and magazines featuring articles on various projects - Hosptals 1977, Construction Sightlines 1979, Canadian Architect Yearbook 1978, Western Living 1971, Time 1967, Canadian Interiors 1970, SFU Review, UBC Reports Jan. 1973, Journal of Commerce 1978, Wood World 1972, Erickson/Massey and Their Works, Canadian Architect 1957.
Newspapers and magazines featuring articles on various projects
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ARCH257199
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newspapers and magazines featuring articles on various projects - Hosptals 1977, Construction Sightlines 1979, Canadian Architect Yearbook 1978, Western Living 1971, Time 1967, Canadian Interiors 1970, SFU Review, UBC Reports Jan. 1973, Journal of Commerce 1978, Wood World 1972, Erickson/Massey and Their Works, Canadian Architect 1957.
textual records
drawings
ARCH260556
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design development and reference drawings - site elevations, massing studies, schematic plans, site plans, Dal Graver sub-station plans and details, B.C. Electric Company Ltd. Head Office plans and elevations (Sharp & Thomson, Berwick, Pratt, architects), Vancouver International Centre plans and elevations (R. William Wilding, architect)
1975
Design development and reference drawings - site elevations
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ARCH260556
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design development and reference drawings - site elevations, massing studies, schematic plans, site plans, Dal Graver sub-station plans and details, B.C. Electric Company Ltd. Head Office plans and elevations (Sharp & Thomson, Berwick, Pratt, architects), Vancouver International Centre plans and elevations (R. William Wilding, architect)
drawings
1975