ARCH293111
circa 1995-1996
ARCH293112
circa 1995-1996
ARCH293114
circa 1995-1996
ARCH177460
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views of various projects by Gardiner and Thornton (Princess Margaret High School, St. Anthony's Church), Semmens, Simpson (Vancouver Public Library Collingwood Branch), Charles B.K, Van Norman (models of the Burrard Building and the Canada Customs Building), and other church, school, factory, residential, gas station, and high-rise buildings.
ca. 1954
Contemporary West Coast Architecture: A Portfolio by Graham Warrington
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ARCH177460
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views of various projects by Gardiner and Thornton (Princess Margaret High School, St. Anthony's Church), Semmens, Simpson (Vancouver Public Library Collingwood Branch), Charles B.K, Van Norman (models of the Burrard Building and the Canada Customs Building), and other church, school, factory, residential, gas station, and high-rise buildings.
photographs
PH2006:0214-0231
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2006
2006
Basilica II, Pompeii, Napoli, Italy
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PH2006:0214-0231
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2006
photographs
2006
archives
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Fonds
Myron Goldsmith fonds
AP032
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The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
1933-1996
Myron Goldsmith fonds
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AP032
Synopsis:
The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
archives
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Fonds
1933-1996
No Parks?
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
25 May 2017
No Parks?
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Description:
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
research
Visiting Scholars 2000–2001
Theme: The Phenomenon of Paradigm Shifts in Architecture since Antiquity: Oliver Botar, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Topic: On Biocentrism and Modernism in Weimar German Architecture and Art Fabrizio Nevola, School of Architecture, Syracuse University Florence, Italy Topic: Siena, 1450-1520: From ‘Medieval’ to ‘Renaissance’ City Alessandra(...)
September 2000 to August 2001
Visiting Scholars 2000–2001
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Theme: The Phenomenon of Paradigm Shifts in Architecture since Antiquity: Oliver Botar, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Topic: On Biocentrism and Modernism in Weimar German Architecture and Art Fabrizio Nevola, School of Architecture, Syracuse University Florence, Italy Topic: Siena, 1450-1520: From ‘Medieval’ to ‘Renaissance’ City Alessandra(...)
research
September 2000 to
August 2001
textual records
DR2012:0015:025:035
Description:
File containing documents in English, including correspondence and CVs related to Melvin Charney's application for Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grants for the exhibition of Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney, in New York City. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN COUNCIL TR GRANT / 10.2007
2007-2009
Correspondence of Melvin Charney related to grant application
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DR2012:0015:025:035
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence and CVs related to Melvin Charney's application for Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grants for the exhibition of Between observation and intervention: the painted photographs of Melvin Charney, in New York City. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CAN COUNCIL TR GRANT / 10.2007
textual records
2007-2009
drawings, textual records
DR2012:0011:019
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Halifax, Canada; - German series; - Jerusalem; - A slice of a garden; - Power Plant Gallery, Toronto; - Parable series; - Koolhaas, Toronto; - Silo no. 2; - White cities; - Israel Museum; - Un dictionnaire ...; - Parable 22.
1994-1995
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his later works
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DR2012:0011:019
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Halifax, Canada; - German series; - Jerusalem; - A slice of a garden; - Power Plant Gallery, Toronto; - Parable series; - Koolhaas, Toronto; - Silo no. 2; - White cities; - Israel Museum; - Un dictionnaire ...; - Parable 22.
drawings, textual records
1994-1995