Project
AP018.S1.1978.PR06
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This project series documents the conceptual site planning for easterly and westerly auxilary lands on the University of Ottawa campus for the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre from 1978-1979. The office identified the project number as 7808. The Ottawa Heath Sciences Complex, a vast hospital network encompassing institutions across the city, hired Parkin Architects Planners in 1971 to design and construct University of Ottawa buildings within the network. These campus buildings were located in the Alta Vista neighbourhood and are referred to as the Health Sciences Centre. This project consists of the conceptual site planning for that Centre. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records consisting of proposal packages, correspondence, conference reports, and detail planning dating from 1973-1979.
1973-1982
Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, Conceptual Site Planning Easterly and Westerly Auxiliary Lands, Ottawa, Ontario (1978-1979)
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AP018.S1.1978.PR06
Description:
This project series documents the conceptual site planning for easterly and westerly auxilary lands on the University of Ottawa campus for the Ottawa Health Sciences Centre from 1978-1979. The office identified the project number as 7808. The Ottawa Heath Sciences Complex, a vast hospital network encompassing institutions across the city, hired Parkin Architects Planners in 1971 to design and construct University of Ottawa buildings within the network. These campus buildings were located in the Alta Vista neighbourhood and are referred to as the Health Sciences Centre. This project consists of the conceptual site planning for that Centre. The project is recorded through drawings and textual records consisting of proposal packages, correspondence, conference reports, and detail planning dating from 1973-1979.
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1973-1982
textual records
ARCH153875
Description:
Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk, 1) 9 March 1978 - Request for recommendation of Raimund Abraham 2) 5 September 1973 - Letter of protest to Architecture Plus concerning the MoMA LRHD exhibition Two letters of complaint from PDE To Architectural Design, 18 January 1973, To the New York Times, 4 March 1974, with handwritten draft Letter from MoMA inviting PDE to exhibit his works Planning program for a hotel to be built in Jerusalem, 10 January 1974 Invitation to Stanley Tigerman's exhibition at PS1, February 1979 Folder : Press releases - Photocopies and newspaper clippings reviewing the MoMA LRHD exhibition Four letters to PDE, 1977- 1978 Letter from PDE to Bill N. Lacy from National Endowment for the Arts describing IAUS educational goals, 28 June 1972 Draft of the Application to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation describing the Program in Generative Design
1972-1979
Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk
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ARCH153875
Description:
Two letters to PDE from John Hejduk, 1) 9 March 1978 - Request for recommendation of Raimund Abraham 2) 5 September 1973 - Letter of protest to Architecture Plus concerning the MoMA LRHD exhibition Two letters of complaint from PDE To Architectural Design, 18 January 1973, To the New York Times, 4 March 1974, with handwritten draft Letter from MoMA inviting PDE to exhibit his works Planning program for a hotel to be built in Jerusalem, 10 January 1974 Invitation to Stanley Tigerman's exhibition at PS1, February 1979 Folder : Press releases - Photocopies and newspaper clippings reviewing the MoMA LRHD exhibition Four letters to PDE, 1977- 1978 Letter from PDE to Bill N. Lacy from National Endowment for the Arts describing IAUS educational goals, 28 June 1972 Draft of the Application to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation describing the Program in Generative Design
textual records
1972-1979
Project
AP207.S1.2012.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "The Curious Mr. Pettena", a series of photographs taken by Pettena during his stay in the United States from 1971 to 1973. During that time "[Pettena] discovers views and contexts which he feels near to his theoretic and visual work, a temporary architecture as well, documenting research and whatever comes from the mind, making it real, or discovering it in something already built where nature has worked so that it may become part of a common language or subject." [1] The project series contains the photograph series and a project description. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-the-curious-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
2012-2015
The Curious Mr. Pettena (2012)
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AP207.S1.2012.PR03
Description:
The project series documents "The Curious Mr. Pettena", a series of photographs taken by Pettena during his stay in the United States from 1971 to 1973. During that time "[Pettena] discovers views and contexts which he feels near to his theoretic and visual work, a temporary architecture as well, documenting research and whatever comes from the mind, making it real, or discovering it in something already built where nature has worked so that it may become part of a common language or subject." [1] The project series contains the photograph series and a project description. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/ff-the-curious-2012-1/ (last accessed 27 January 2020)
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2012-2015
Sub-series
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
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AP018.S1.1976.PR09
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This project series documents the schematic design for the Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401 from 1976-1979. The office identified this project as 7614. This project was first known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7429. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and some textual records dating from 1976-1979. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections. Textual records include correspondence and meeting reports.
1976-1979
Gordie Howe Sports Centre, Schematic Design, Missisauga, Ontario (1976-1979)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR09
Description:
This project series documents the schematic design for the Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Mississauga, Ontario, between Dixie Road, Aerowood Drive and the Highway 401 from 1976-1979. The office identified this project as 7614. This project was first known as Mississauga Sports Complex at the beginning of the project from 1973-1974, but later became the Gordie Howe Sports Centre in 1975. The office identified the project number as 7429. The project consisted of a group of buildings including a tennis court, an arena, and a interior jogging track. The project is recorded through drawings and some textual records dating from 1976-1979. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies that show site plans, floor plans, elevations, and sections. Textual records include correspondence and meeting reports.
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1976-1979
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AP149.S1.1972.PR02
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File related to Minimum Cost Housing Group's projects about sulphur concrete for low-cost housing between 1972 and 1975, including the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve project, in Alberta, in 1974. Various projects that led to publications about sulphur concrete in housing, including "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" (September 1974) and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building" (April 1975). The material in this file was produced between 1973 and 1975. The file contains textual records, including dummies for the publications "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building", and photographs, including photographs used in the publications. The file also includes samples of sulphur concrete bricks and printing plates.
1973-1975
Sulphur Concrete for Low-Cost Housing
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AP149.S1.1972.PR02
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File related to Minimum Cost Housing Group's projects about sulphur concrete for low-cost housing between 1972 and 1975, including the Saddle Lake Indian Reserve project, in Alberta, in 1974. Various projects that led to publications about sulphur concrete in housing, including "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" (September 1974) and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building" (April 1975). The material in this file was produced between 1973 and 1975. The file contains textual records, including dummies for the publications "Sulphur Concrete and Very Low-cost Housing" and "Patent Survey, 1859-1974. The Use of Elemental Sulphur in Building", and photographs, including photographs used in the publications. The file also includes samples of sulphur concrete bricks and printing plates.
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1973-1975
textual records
DR2012:0012:082:021
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File containing documents in English, including drafts with annotations in graphite throughout, related to the following reports: - Public urban space: resources, innovation and policy: opportunities in the use of public open space in neighbourhood improvement programs; - The street: urban structures, innovation and policy; - Innovation in the design and management of streets: urban resources and the quality of urban life. Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORK / GOV'T CAN. PROJECT 1973
1973-1974
Drafts for various public spaces and streets space development writings
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DR2012:0012:082:021
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File containing documents in English, including drafts with annotations in graphite throughout, related to the following reports: - Public urban space: resources, innovation and policy: opportunities in the use of public open space in neighbourhood improvement programs; - The street: urban structures, innovation and policy; - Innovation in the design and management of streets: urban resources and the quality of urban life. Original folder inscribed in graphite: STREETWORK / GOV'T CAN. PROJECT 1973
textual records
1973-1974
archives
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Fonds
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
1968 - 2023
Jean-Louis Cohen fonds
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AP210
Synopsis:
The Jean-Louis Cohen fonds, 1968 – 2023, documents the projects and activities of historian, curator, professor, and architect Jean-Louis Cohen (1949 – 2023). Cohen’s research focus was largely modern architecture and transnational architectural exchange, particularly between and among the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. Through physical and digital records, this fonds documents his academic, publishing, and curatorial work along with his professional activities within architectural research and heritage organizations, as well as his architectural practice.
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Fonds
1968 - 2023
drawings, textual records
Exhibition material
DR2006:0146
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InIVA Exhibition (2001) (Institute of International Visual Arts, London) Material sent to exh.: Leaflet 'CP: The Home' AA exh (1982); CP AA exh. (1979); Non-plan exh.; original drawings; Liverpool Maritime Museum (1963); Glasgow City Planning Exh (1964); Sheffield Fest (1965); The Enhancement of York (196?); National Turner Exhibit (1975); Central Glasgow/Clyde Renewal (1973); Museums; 148 Aviary CP; 102 Inter-action Centre; South Bank (montage)
1968-2002
Exhibition material
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DR2006:0146
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InIVA Exhibition (2001) (Institute of International Visual Arts, London) Material sent to exh.: Leaflet 'CP: The Home' AA exh (1982); CP AA exh. (1979); Non-plan exh.; original drawings; Liverpool Maritime Museum (1963); Glasgow City Planning Exh (1964); Sheffield Fest (1965); The Enhancement of York (196?); National Turner Exhibit (1975); Central Glasgow/Clyde Renewal (1973); Museums; 148 Aviary CP; 102 Inter-action Centre; South Bank (montage)
drawings, textual records
1968-2002
Project
AP018.S1.1982.PR05
Description:
This project series documents alterations to the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1982. The office identified the project number as 8205. From 1973-1975, Parkin Architects Planners designed and constructed the Toronto Sun press plant and office building at 333 King Street East. This project consisted of alterations to the press hall of that building. These alterations were done to accommodate a future press, referred to as Press D, by installing new floor tracks, an additional ink tank in the ink room, and stairs and mezzanine supports. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted photograph of the printing press and textual records dating from 1982. The drawings consist of a floor plan, framing plan, sections, details and mechanical plans, while textual records include site reports, financial records, conference reports and correspondence.
1982
The Toronto Sun Publishing Limited, Press Plant and Office Building, Alterations to Press Hall, D Press, Toronto (1982)
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AP018.S1.1982.PR05
Description:
This project series documents alterations to the Toronto Sun building in downtown Toronto in 1982. The office identified the project number as 8205. From 1973-1975, Parkin Architects Planners designed and constructed the Toronto Sun press plant and office building at 333 King Street East. This project consisted of alterations to the press hall of that building. These alterations were done to accommodate a future press, referred to as Press D, by installing new floor tracks, an additional ink tank in the ink room, and stairs and mezzanine supports. The project is recorded through drawings, a mounted photograph of the printing press and textual records dating from 1982. The drawings consist of a floor plan, framing plan, sections, details and mechanical plans, while textual records include site reports, financial records, conference reports and correspondence.
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1982