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AP075.S1.1983.PR05
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Canada Place, located in Vancouver's downton harbour front in the Burrad Inlet, British Columbia. She worked on this project from 1983-1986 with architectural firms Downs/Archambault, Musson Cattell and Partners, Zeldler Roberts Partnership. The project was completed in 1986. The project was intented as a way of creating a link between the sea and the city. The project included a cruise ship terminal and a convention centre. Oberlander landscape design included an installation of planter boxes along the promenade deck of the pier with plants indigeneous to Burrad Inlet and a dry garden. The project series contains Oberlander's concept notes, research and reference material, correspondence, including correspondence with architects and clients, financial documents, plant selection documents, specifications and press clippings of arcticles on the project. Also comprises in the project series are photographs and design development drawings, including planting plans, plans of the differents types of planters, planters details and sections, and plans for the dry garden.
1983-2003
Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia (1983)
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AP075.S1.1983.PR05
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for Canada Place, located in Vancouver's downton harbour front in the Burrad Inlet, British Columbia. She worked on this project from 1983-1986 with architectural firms Downs/Archambault, Musson Cattell and Partners, Zeldler Roberts Partnership. The project was completed in 1986. The project was intented as a way of creating a link between the sea and the city. The project included a cruise ship terminal and a convention centre. Oberlander landscape design included an installation of planter boxes along the promenade deck of the pier with plants indigeneous to Burrad Inlet and a dry garden. The project series contains Oberlander's concept notes, research and reference material, correspondence, including correspondence with architects and clients, financial documents, plant selection documents, specifications and press clippings of arcticles on the project. Also comprises in the project series are photographs and design development drawings, including planting plans, plans of the differents types of planters, planters details and sections, and plans for the dry garden.
Project
1983-2003
Project
AP156.S3.SS3.D33
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Le dossier contient un portfolio, un dossier de dessins de Pierre Jeanneret et un ensemble de négatifs de dessins et de plans fait par Pierre Jeanneret et Marciej Nowicki daté entre 1945 et les années1960 et relatifs au projet architecturaux pour la ville de Chandigarh, en Inde. Nowicki était le chef architect nommé pour la nouvelle ville de Chandigarh. Il meurt en 1950 dans un accident d'avion lors de son retour de Chandigarh. File contains a porfolio, a folder of drawings by Pierre Jeanneret and a group of negatives of drawings and plans by Pierre Jeanneret and Marciej Nowicki dated between 1945 and the 1960s and related to architectural project for Chandigarh, India. Nowicki was appointed chief architect of the new city of Chandigarh. He died in 1950 in a plane crash on his way home from Chandigarh.
1945-1960
Portfolios pour le projet de Chandigarh = Portfolios for Chandigarh projects
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AP156.S3.SS3.D33
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Le dossier contient un portfolio, un dossier de dessins de Pierre Jeanneret et un ensemble de négatifs de dessins et de plans fait par Pierre Jeanneret et Marciej Nowicki daté entre 1945 et les années1960 et relatifs au projet architecturaux pour la ville de Chandigarh, en Inde. Nowicki était le chef architect nommé pour la nouvelle ville de Chandigarh. Il meurt en 1950 dans un accident d'avion lors de son retour de Chandigarh. File contains a porfolio, a folder of drawings by Pierre Jeanneret and a group of negatives of drawings and plans by Pierre Jeanneret and Marciej Nowicki dated between 1945 and the 1960s and related to architectural project for Chandigarh, India. Nowicki was appointed chief architect of the new city of Chandigarh. He died in 1950 in a plane crash on his way home from Chandigarh.
Dossier 33
1945-1960
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Digital material
AP165.S7
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The Digital material series, 1980 – 2000, consists of 3398 digital files (2 GB) that relate to the engineering and invention of Hoberman’s patented transformable design, as well as the functions and activities of his company, Hoberman Associates, Inc. Material includes 1871 AutoCAD Drawing files, 952 AutoLISP files, 589 Microsoft Word Document files, and a number of text files, image files and spreadsheet files. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 1990’s. AutoCAD drawings relate to the design of art installations, toy products, and architectural structures, as well as industrial patents and production drawings that detail the manufacturing and assembly of parts. The series also includes scripts created by Hoberman for customized command within the AutoCAD environment. Company records of Hoberman Associates include correspondence with customers and clients, project descriptions, exhibition proposals, product manufacturing and pricing details, patent documentation, intellectual property information, agreements and legal documents concerning counterfeit toy products.
1980 - 2000
Digital material
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AP165.S7
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The Digital material series, 1980 – 2000, consists of 3398 digital files (2 GB) that relate to the engineering and invention of Hoberman’s patented transformable design, as well as the functions and activities of his company, Hoberman Associates, Inc. Material includes 1871 AutoCAD Drawing files, 952 AutoLISP files, 589 Microsoft Word Document files, and a number of text files, image files and spreadsheet files. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 1990’s. AutoCAD drawings relate to the design of art installations, toy products, and architectural structures, as well as industrial patents and production drawings that detail the manufacturing and assembly of parts. The series also includes scripts created by Hoberman for customized command within the AutoCAD environment. Company records of Hoberman Associates include correspondence with customers and clients, project descriptions, exhibition proposals, product manufacturing and pricing details, patent documentation, intellectual property information, agreements and legal documents concerning counterfeit toy products.
Series 7
1980 - 2000
Toy Town
Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
Octagonal gallery
22 October 1997 to 31 May 1998
Toy Town
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Toy Town explores how villages, towns, and cities have been represented in toys from Europe and North America. Drawn from CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, the twenty-nine toys reflect shifting social values and different approaches to the design, organisation, and planning of communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Toy Town is the sixth in(...)
Octagonal gallery
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AP001.S4.SS03
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Cette sous-série documents les offres de services et les offres de consultation faites par l'agence d'Ernest Cormier pour différents projets d'architecture entre 1923 et 1966. La sous-série contient de la correspondance, de la documentation sur les projets d'architecture pour lequels l'agence à envoyé des offres et dossiers d'offre de service et d'offre de consultation.
1923-1966
Offres de services et consultations
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AP001.S4.SS03
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Cette sous-série documents les offres de services et les offres de consultation faites par l'agence d'Ernest Cormier pour différents projets d'architecture entre 1923 et 1966. La sous-série contient de la correspondance, de la documentation sur les projets d'architecture pour lequels l'agence à envoyé des offres et dossiers d'offre de service et d'offre de consultation.
Sous-série
1923-1966
photographs
ARCH102
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Environ 790 cartes postales principalement d'architecture française et d'autres lieux (Alga, Wiesbaden, Tunis, Monaco, Alicante, La Martinique).
[entre 1908 et 1918]
Collection de cartes postales Lot 150/A-1
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ARCH102
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Environ 790 cartes postales principalement d'architecture française et d'autres lieux (Alga, Wiesbaden, Tunis, Monaco, Alicante, La Martinique).
photographs
[entre 1908 et 1918]
books
ARCH258770
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Publié par Éditions Albert Morancé à Paris. Un extrait de l'Encyclopédie de l'Architecture de dessins et photographies avec renseignements sur théâtres et cinémas construit à Paris.
ca. 1930
Livre "Encyclopédie de l'Architecture: Théâtres et Cinémas"
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ARCH258770
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Publié par Éditions Albert Morancé à Paris. Un extrait de l'Encyclopédie de l'Architecture de dessins et photographies avec renseignements sur théâtres et cinémas construit à Paris.
books
ca. 1930
textual records
"Cités Universitaires"
ARCH197866
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"Cités Universitaires" Dialogue commenté par Luc Durand et Jean Duret École d'architecture, Université de Genève, 21 janvier 1957
"Cités Universitaires"
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ARCH197866
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"Cités Universitaires" Dialogue commenté par Luc Durand et Jean Duret École d'architecture, Université de Genève, 21 janvier 1957
textual records
Fragment d'un brouillon d'une lettre de Pierre Jeanneret à Le Corbusier relatif à Chandigarh, Inde
ARCH264081
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La lettre traite d'architecture et d'urbanisme. La lettre contient des références à Chandigarh, en Inde. Parmeshwari Lal Varma est mentionné dans la lettre.
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Fragment d'un brouillon d'une lettre de Pierre Jeanneret à Le Corbusier relatif à Chandigarh, Inde
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ARCH264081
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La lettre traite d'architecture et d'urbanisme. La lettre contient des références à Chandigarh, en Inde. Parmeshwari Lal Varma est mentionné dans la lettre.
s.d.
A revolutionary approach to the relationship between building and landscape, which shaped them together according to peculiarly American ideals, is the subject of Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922–1932. In this exhibition, the CCA reconstructs five unbuilt, visionary projects that imagined nothing less than a new American landscape, integrating(...)
Main galleries
18 June 1996 to 29 September 1996
Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
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A revolutionary approach to the relationship between building and landscape, which shaped them together according to peculiarly American ideals, is the subject of Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922–1932. In this exhibition, the CCA reconstructs five unbuilt, visionary projects that imagined nothing less than a new American landscape, integrating(...)
Main galleries