photographs
ARCH276761
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Binder contains working and presentation slides (models, plans, schemes, renderings, completion phase) for various projects. Includes: Canadian Chancery, British Columbia Place, Victoria Harbour, Museum of Anthropology, Robson Square, Ohio State University, Beverly Hills Civic Center, San Diego Convention Center, Public Service Building, Portland and others, unidentified.
1970s-1980s
Working and presentation slides for various projects
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ARCH276761
Description:
Binder contains working and presentation slides (models, plans, schemes, renderings, completion phase) for various projects. Includes: Canadian Chancery, British Columbia Place, Victoria Harbour, Museum of Anthropology, Robson Square, Ohio State University, Beverly Hills Civic Center, San Diego Convention Center, Public Service Building, Portland and others, unidentified.
photographs
1970s-1980s
textual records
DR2012:0015:021:025
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence. References are made to the National Gallery of Canada's sponsorship of an exhibition of Melvin Charney's work at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, along with notes, and press clippings. Original folder inscribed in graphite: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA / 2000+
1985, 1998-2005, 2009
Correspondence of Melvin Charney's sponsorship for project
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DR2012:0015:021:025
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including correspondence. References are made to the National Gallery of Canada's sponsorship of an exhibition of Melvin Charney's work at the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, along with notes, and press clippings. Original folder inscribed in graphite: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA / 2000+
textual records
1985, 1998-2005, 2009
research
Visiting Scholars 1999–2000
Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome: Mark Dorrian, Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Topic: Baroque Deformation Martina Frank, Department of History, Università degli studi di Udine, Italy Topic: Luca Danesi et le baroque vénitien Indra McEwen, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada Subject: The State of(...)
January 2000 to August 2000
Visiting Scholars 1999–2000
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Theme: The Baroque Phenomenon beyond Rome: Mark Dorrian, Department of Architecture, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Topic: Baroque Deformation Martina Frank, Department of History, Università degli studi di Udine, Italy Topic: Luca Danesi et le baroque vénitien Indra McEwen, National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada Subject: The State of(...)
research
January 2000 to
August 2000
photographs
AP140.S2.SS4.D5.P1
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views of presentation drawings, and of conceptual and working drawings for the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre Competition and Construction project, also views of drawings for earlier projects and completed buildings by the successive firms of James Stirling, James Stirling and James Gowan, James Stirling and Partner and James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates
Views of presentation drawings, and of conceptual and working drawings
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AP140.S2.SS4.D5.P1
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views of presentation drawings, and of conceptual and working drawings for the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre Competition and Construction project, also views of drawings for earlier projects and completed buildings by the successive firms of James Stirling, James Stirling and James Gowan, James Stirling and Partner and James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates
photographs
Project
AP144.S2.D13
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File documents a project for an arts centre at Bennington College, Vermont. It was designed by the Chicago-based firm of Robertson Ward Jr., F.A.I.A. for whom Price was a consultant while he worked on other projects in Detroit (see Detroit Think Grid, 1954-1968, AP144.S2.D73). Design requirements specified that no metal or rubber materials be used, and Price collaborated on the development of custom structural wood connectors. Architectural working drawings show Phase 1 of the project for a two-storey studio (1970). Later structural drawings, created in collaboration with Chicago consulting engineers, The Engineers Collaborative, show both a visual arts building and a performing arts building. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1973. All drawings are stamped and signed by Robertson Ward. Jr., registered architect, State of Vermont. Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains working drawings.
1970-1973
Bennington College Arts Centre
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AP144.S2.D13
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File documents a project for an arts centre at Bennington College, Vermont. It was designed by the Chicago-based firm of Robertson Ward Jr., F.A.I.A. for whom Price was a consultant while he worked on other projects in Detroit (see Detroit Think Grid, 1954-1968, AP144.S2.D73). Design requirements specified that no metal or rubber materials be used, and Price collaborated on the development of custom structural wood connectors. Architectural working drawings show Phase 1 of the project for a two-storey studio (1970). Later structural drawings, created in collaboration with Chicago consulting engineers, The Engineers Collaborative, show both a visual arts building and a performing arts building. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1973. All drawings are stamped and signed by Robertson Ward. Jr., registered architect, State of Vermont. Information on attribution based on the content of the file and on notes by Howard Shubert, CCA Curator of Prints and Drawings, in conversation with Cedric Price. File contains working drawings.
File 13
1970-1973
textual records
ARCH260009
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Bound proposals labelled ''permanent files'': Burke Mountain, Douglas College, Erin Mills, Ghajere Ski condos, Lake Louise area plan, Lincoln Park part 1 and 2, Massey Hall state of the arts survey, Midtown Terrace, National Gallery of Canada, North Vancouver Community School, Red Deer College, UBC Pedestrian Crossing study, Vancouver Indian Friendship Centre
1975
Permanent files for various projects
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ARCH260009
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Bound proposals labelled ''permanent files'': Burke Mountain, Douglas College, Erin Mills, Ghajere Ski condos, Lake Louise area plan, Lincoln Park part 1 and 2, Massey Hall state of the arts survey, Midtown Terrace, National Gallery of Canada, North Vancouver Community School, Red Deer College, UBC Pedestrian Crossing study, Vancouver Indian Friendship Centre
textual records
1975
Project
CI007.S1.1945.PR01
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This project series documents Mies van der Rohe design for the Farnsworth House in Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United Stated, commissioned in 1945 by Edith Farnsworth and built between 1949 and 1951. The material in this series was produced between 1949 and 1978. The series contains views of the house during construction by photographer Ludwig Glaeser and exterior views by photographer Casimir W. Milewski.
1949-1978
Farnsworth House, Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United States (1945-1951)
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CI007.S1.1945.PR01
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This project series documents Mies van der Rohe design for the Farnsworth House in Fox River, Plano, Illinois, United Stated, commissioned in 1945 by Edith Farnsworth and built between 1949 and 1951. The material in this series was produced between 1949 and 1978. The series contains views of the house during construction by photographer Ludwig Glaeser and exterior views by photographer Casimir W. Milewski.
project
1949-1978
Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
textual records
ARCH257555
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Matsqui Council Chamber, Pearls of Kuwait Sea Cities, Association of engineers and geocientists headquarters, Burnaby Lake Sport Complex, Canadian Space Agency, Utah State Courts, Clemson University Cowan Point Bowen Island, University of Washington electric and computer science, Dubai Headquarters and office building, Museum for Olympia, Kwantlen College Richmon campus, Lord Stanley Gates, Ocean and Marine Centre of the Pacific
1989-1990
Project records for various projects
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ARCH257555
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Matsqui Council Chamber, Pearls of Kuwait Sea Cities, Association of engineers and geocientists headquarters, Burnaby Lake Sport Complex, Canadian Space Agency, Utah State Courts, Clemson University Cowan Point Bowen Island, University of Washington electric and computer science, Dubai Headquarters and office building, Museum for Olympia, Kwantlen College Richmon campus, Lord Stanley Gates, Ocean and Marine Centre of the Pacific
textual records
1989-1990
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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.
1966-2017
Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records
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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.
archives
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Fonds
1966-2017