Project
AP163.S2.SS1.D53
Description:
File documents the project of Victor Prus and Associates for the Grand Théâtre de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique de Québec in Québec City, built in 1971 and 1972. The architectural design competition was launched by the Government of Québec to celebrate Canada's Centennial. The firm won several architectural and engineering awards for this project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1974. The file contains drawings, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, presentation panels, photographs of the site or the buildings, periodical issues and books about the project and two models of the Grand Théâtre.
1964 - 1974
Grand Théâtre de Québec
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AP163.S2.SS1.D53
Description:
File documents the project of Victor Prus and Associates for the Grand Théâtre de Québec and the Conservatoire de musique de Québec in Québec City, built in 1971 and 1972. The architectural design competition was launched by the Government of Québec to celebrate Canada's Centennial. The firm won several architectural and engineering awards for this project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1974. The file contains drawings, such as conceptual, design development, presentation and working drawings, textual records, such as correspondence, meetings notes, reports and specifications, presentation panels, photographs of the site or the buildings, periodical issues and books about the project and two models of the Grand Théâtre.
File 53
1964 - 1974
Sub-series
Travels
AP075.S4.SS5
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's travel for the purpose of research on lansdscaping. It contains material related to her travels in China in the mid 1970s, a tour of Renaissance gardens in Italy in 1988, a tour of gardens in England in the end of the 1980s, a travel in Japan in the early 1990s, in Germany in 1998, and in England and Sweden in the mid 2010s. The sub-series predominantly photographs, notes from her travels, and collected touristic documentation and leaflets. It also contains a collection of slides from various travels in Europe, in the Middle East and the United States.
1975-2015
Travels
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AP075.S4.SS5
Description:
This sub-series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's travel for the purpose of research on lansdscaping. It contains material related to her travels in China in the mid 1970s, a tour of Renaissance gardens in Italy in 1988, a tour of gardens in England in the end of the 1980s, a travel in Japan in the early 1990s, in Germany in 1998, and in England and Sweden in the mid 2010s. The sub-series predominantly photographs, notes from her travels, and collected touristic documentation and leaflets. It also contains a collection of slides from various travels in Europe, in the Middle East and the United States.
Sub-series
1975-2015
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D58
Description:
File documents an executed project for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The museum was initially conceived as an addition to the Fogg Museum to which it was to be linked by a new footbridge. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1987. File contains reference drawings, several conceptual and design development drawings, presentation drawings including several produced for publication purposes, and a large number of working drawings. Photographic materials includes views of drawings, of a model and of the completed building, including several by photographers Richard Bryant, Alastair Hunter, Timothy Hursley and Steve Rosenthal. File also contains textual records.
1979-1987
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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AP140.S2.SS1.D58
Description:
File documents an executed project for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The museum was initially conceived as an addition to the Fogg Museum to which it was to be linked by a new footbridge. Material in this file was produced between 1975 and 1987. File contains reference drawings, several conceptual and design development drawings, presentation drawings including several produced for publication purposes, and a large number of working drawings. Photographic materials includes views of drawings, of a model and of the completed building, including several by photographers Richard Bryant, Alastair Hunter, Timothy Hursley and Steve Rosenthal. File also contains textual records.
File 58
1979-1987
Project
AP178.S1.1983.PR06
Description:
This project series documents a competition for the Proposta para Caserta in Caserta, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 23/80. The office assigned the dates 1983-1984 to this project. The project files document a competition for an urban study for the city of Caserta. The proposal submitted by Siza for the ''Archi Della Valle'' area included a new design for the road. Siza was not seleted to build the project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials include photographs, negatives and slides of the area and of Siza's drawings.
1980-1990
Proposta para Caserta [Proposal for Caserta], Caserta, Italy (1983-1984)
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AP178.S1.1983.PR06
Description:
This project series documents a competition for the Proposta para Caserta in Caserta, Italy. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 23/80. The office assigned the dates 1983-1984 to this project. The project files document a competition for an urban study for the city of Caserta. The proposal submitted by Siza for the ''Archi Della Valle'' area included a new design for the road. Siza was not seleted to build the project. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials include photographs, negatives and slides of the area and of Siza's drawings.
Project
1980-1990
Project
AP178.S1.1994.PR05
Description:
This project series documents the Plano de Pormenor do Rossio de São Brás in Évora, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/90. The office assigned the date 1994 to this project. The project consisted of a series of commercial and housing buildings. Buildings A, B, and C had commercial functions on the ground floor with two floors for dwellings. Buildings D and E were office buildings, and building F was a congress center. Documenting this project series are studies, site plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, notes and correspondence. Photographs and negatives document the project site and model.
1994-2001
Plano de Pormenor do Rossio de São Brás [Master plan for Rossio São Brás], Évora, Portugal (1994)
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AP178.S1.1994.PR05
Description:
This project series documents the Plano de Pormenor do Rossio de São Brás in Évora, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 50/90. The office assigned the date 1994 to this project. The project consisted of a series of commercial and housing buildings. Buildings A, B, and C had commercial functions on the ground floor with two floors for dwellings. Buildings D and E were office buildings, and building F was a congress center. Documenting this project series are studies, site plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, notes and correspondence. Photographs and negatives document the project site and model.
Project
1994-2001
Project
AP018.S1.1985.PR01
Description:
This project series documents additions made to the office building and its cafeteria for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1985-1987. The office identified the project number as 85003. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consisted of additions made to the original building and its cafeteria. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1985-1987. Photographic materials include site and interior photographs. Textual records include contemplated change orders, correspondence, contract records, interoffice letters, contract specifications, financial records, site review reports, meeting reports and tender documents.
1985-1987
Safeco Insurance Company of Ontario, Toronto Office Building, Office and Cafeteria Additions, Mississauga, Ontario (1985-1987)
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AP018.S1.1985.PR01
Description:
This project series documents additions made to the office building and its cafeteria for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1985-1987. The office identified the project number as 85003. Beginning in 1973, Parkin Architects Planners began work on the construction of the Safeco office building. This project consisted of additions made to the original building and its cafeteria. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1985-1987. Photographic materials include site and interior photographs. Textual records include contemplated change orders, correspondence, contract records, interoffice letters, contract specifications, financial records, site review reports, meeting reports and tender documents.
Project
1985-1987
Project
AP066.S3.D3
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concour ouvert pour le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal qui s'est tenu à Montréal, Québec, pendant l'hiver 1984. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies, des panneaux, des artéfacts, des documents textuels et des documents photographiques. Objectifs du concours: "Dans le cadre de sa politique culturelle, le Québec posait récemment un geste attendu depuis longtemps: celui de relocaliser, au centre-ville de Montréal, le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal installé depuis 1967 sur l'ancien site de l'Exposition universelle." Odile Hénault, " Le concours du Musée d'art contemporain: un constat ", Section A, vol. 2, nº 2, p. 11. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Réaliser une architecture qui manifeste, fière, l'audace et la recherche, en explorant un thème qui apparaît être un centre du débat contemporain, soit la pertinence de la nature dans la culture et plus largement du naturel dans le culturel." Jacques Rousseau, "Du lieu, vu du lieu vu", Parachute, nº 36, septembre 1984, p. 29.
1984
Concours du Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
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AP066.S3.D3
Description:
Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concour ouvert pour le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal qui s'est tenu à Montréal, Québec, pendant l'hiver 1984. Le dossier contient des dessins, des reprographies, des panneaux, des artéfacts, des documents textuels et des documents photographiques. Objectifs du concours: "Dans le cadre de sa politique culturelle, le Québec posait récemment un geste attendu depuis longtemps: celui de relocaliser, au centre-ville de Montréal, le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal installé depuis 1967 sur l'ancien site de l'Exposition universelle." Odile Hénault, " Le concours du Musée d'art contemporain: un constat ", Section A, vol. 2, nº 2, p. 11. Description du projet par l'architecte: "Réaliser une architecture qui manifeste, fière, l'audace et la recherche, en explorant un thème qui apparaît être un centre du débat contemporain, soit la pertinence de la nature dans la culture et plus largement du naturel dans le culturel." Jacques Rousseau, "Du lieu, vu du lieu vu", Parachute, nº 36, septembre 1984, p. 29.
Dossier 3
1984
Series
AP075.S1
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape architecture projects undertaken between the 1950s to the end of the 2000s. Projects range from new development site master plan projects to residential projects, with a strong focus on play areas in neighbourhood parks and child care centres. Projects are mainly located in British Columbia and Washington State. Other locations include Ontario, Northwest Territories, Alberta, California, and Pennsylvania. Documentary forms in this series are comprised of drawn and printed graphic materials from various stages of the landscape design. The series also contains photographs of the landscaping work or the completed projects, and project records, such as correspondence, reports, specifications, and Oberlander's concept development notes.
1947-2018
Landscape architecture projects
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AP075.S1
Description:
This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape architecture projects undertaken between the 1950s to the end of the 2000s. Projects range from new development site master plan projects to residential projects, with a strong focus on play areas in neighbourhood parks and child care centres. Projects are mainly located in British Columbia and Washington State. Other locations include Ontario, Northwest Territories, Alberta, California, and Pennsylvania. Documentary forms in this series are comprised of drawn and printed graphic materials from various stages of the landscape design. The series also contains photographs of the landscaping work or the completed projects, and project records, such as correspondence, reports, specifications, and Oberlander's concept development notes.
Series
1947-2018
Project
AP075.S1.2001.PR04
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Sourkes Lewin Residence on Wells Hill Avenue, in Toronto. Oberlander worked on this project in 2001. Oberlander's landscape design included the addition of an enclosed courtyard with cobbles paving at the northwest side of the property, and adding planting of bulbs, groundcover and trees in front of the house and on the southeast side of the property. The project series contains sketches and design development drawings, such as a landscape plan with plant list, planting plans, and site plans. The project is also documented through correspondence with client, financial documents, plant lists, and photographs of the existing landscaping.
2001
Sourkes Lewin Residence, Toronto, Ontario (2001)
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AP075.S1.2001.PR04
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Sourkes Lewin Residence on Wells Hill Avenue, in Toronto. Oberlander worked on this project in 2001. Oberlander's landscape design included the addition of an enclosed courtyard with cobbles paving at the northwest side of the property, and adding planting of bulbs, groundcover and trees in front of the house and on the southeast side of the property. The project series contains sketches and design development drawings, such as a landscape plan with plant list, planting plans, and site plans. The project is also documented through correspondence with client, financial documents, plant lists, and photographs of the existing landscaping.
Project
2001
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D68
Description:
File documents an executed project for the Tate Gallery (Tate in the North) in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The initial scheme was partially executed and a second phase was planned, to be constructed at a later date, as funding was made available. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1990. File contains a few reference drawings, conceptual and design development drawings, as well as presentation and working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the existing Albert Dock warehouses by John Mills photography, and several views of completed project by photographers Alastair Hunter, Richard Bryant, Martin Charles and Ron Jones. File also contains textual records.
1982-1990
Tate in the North, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D68
Description:
File documents an executed project for the Tate Gallery (Tate in the North) in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. The initial scheme was partially executed and a second phase was planned, to be constructed at a later date, as funding was made available. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1990. File contains a few reference drawings, conceptual and design development drawings, as well as presentation and working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the existing Albert Dock warehouses by John Mills photography, and several views of completed project by photographers Alastair Hunter, Richard Bryant, Martin Charles and Ron Jones. File also contains textual records.
File 68
1982-1990