Series
Personal documents
AP108.S2
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Series consists of a portfolio of works by John Bird and 1 photograph of the McGill University School of Architecture class, 1942.
1942 - circa 1968
Personal documents
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AP108.S2
Description:
Series consists of a portfolio of works by John Bird and 1 photograph of the McGill University School of Architecture class, 1942.
Series 2
1942 - circa 1968
Project
AP022.S1.1969.PR10
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File documents a bank headquarters building (completed 1979) consiting of two 12-storey, copper and reflecting glass towers and an 80-metre high glass-enclosed atrium / court surrounding an existing bank building, Ottawa, Ontario. File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, presentation panels, photographs and slides, textual records.
1969-1980
Bank of Canada Building
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AP022.S1.1969.PR10
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File documents a bank headquarters building (completed 1979) consiting of two 12-storey, copper and reflecting glass towers and an 80-metre high glass-enclosed atrium / court surrounding an existing bank building, Ottawa, Ontario. File contains reference drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, presentation panels, photographs and slides, textual records.
Project
1969-1980
Project
AP013.S1.D251
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File documents an executed project for hospital additions in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material in this file was produced between 1944 and 1948. File contains index cards, survey drawings, owner's drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, preliminary drawings, structural drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
1944-1948
Building Additions to Camp Hill Hospital, Ross Millar Memorial Infirmary
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AP013.S1.D251
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File documents an executed project for hospital additions in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material in this file was produced between 1944 and 1948. File contains index cards, survey drawings, owner's drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, preliminary drawings, structural drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, electrical drawings, photographs, and textual documents.
Project
1944-1948
textual records
Correspondence, site plan, topographic maps, notes, area maps, conference reports, concept proposal
ARCH257287
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transmittals, correspondence, site plan, topographic maps, notes, area maps, conference reports, concept proposal for Kamakogahara project, schedules, design development drawings, cost estimates, colour photographs of aerial views, negatives
1986-1987
Correspondence, site plan, topographic maps, notes, area maps, conference reports, concept proposal
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ARCH257287
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transmittals, correspondence, site plan, topographic maps, notes, area maps, conference reports, concept proposal for Kamakogahara project, schedules, design development drawings, cost estimates, colour photographs of aerial views, negatives
textual records
1986-1987
Project
AP022.S1.1966.PR01
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File documents a study for the development of blocks 61 and 71, including an H-shaped government office tower, adjoining law courts, shopping arcades, a civic centre, public spaces and parking (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia. This study was a precursor to the Three-Block project and Robson Square. File contains photographs and a textual document.
1966
Vancouver Downtown Core Development Study
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AP022.S1.1966.PR01
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File documents a study for the development of blocks 61 and 71, including an H-shaped government office tower, adjoining law courts, shopping arcades, a civic centre, public spaces and parking (not built), Vancouver, British Columbia. This study was a precursor to the Three-Block project and Robson Square. File contains photographs and a textual document.
Project
1966
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D101
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File documents an executed project for additions to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Newcastle, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains textual records, including photographs of the building site and a small number of design development drawings. File also contains presentation and working drawings.
1989-1992
Faculty of Architecture Additions, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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AP140.S2.SS1.D101
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File documents an executed project for additions to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Newcastle, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains textual records, including photographs of the building site and a small number of design development drawings. File also contains presentation and working drawings.
File 101
1989-1992
Sub-series
Group exhibitions
AP041.S3.SS14
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This subseries documents various groups exhibitions in which Melvin Charney presented his artworks or projects, predominantly in Canada, in the United States, in France, in Korea and in Japan, between 1965 and 2012. It includes exhibition programs, invitations, contracts, financial documents, photographs of the installations, correspondence, press clippings and promotional materials and a few exhibition catalogues.
1960-2012
Group exhibitions
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AP041.S3.SS14
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This subseries documents various groups exhibitions in which Melvin Charney presented his artworks or projects, predominantly in Canada, in the United States, in France, in Korea and in Japan, between 1965 and 2012. It includes exhibition programs, invitations, contracts, financial documents, photographs of the installations, correspondence, press clippings and promotional materials and a few exhibition catalogues.
Subseries
1960-2012
Project
AP142.S1.D183
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File documents an unexecuted project for residential and commercial buildings in Cassano Magnago, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, calculations, a building permit, labels for drawings, and lists of drawings.
1991-1993
Cassano Magnago Piazza Libertá
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AP142.S1.D183
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File documents an unexecuted project for residential and commercial buildings in Cassano Magnago, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, calculations, a building permit, labels for drawings, and lists of drawings.
File 183
1991-1993
Project
Un dictionnaire
AP041.S1.1970.D2
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UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of black and white photographs of wire-service newspaper articles selected by Charney for their depiction of “people and buildings caught in upheavals”. Charney described these images as “monuments which are created by events outside the confines of architectural institutions”, meaning that buildings and locations assume a “monumental connotation” when they become associated with a significant event. UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of 300 plates, each plate a photograph that “traces the contours of relations which affect our grasp of the significance of buildings”. UN DICTIONNAIRE was presented as an installation at Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie in Paris in 1994 and at the Canadian Pavilion of the 7th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice in 2000 as well as at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2001-2002. The publication “Tracking images : Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire...” related to this project was also realized in collaboration the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2000. This project series contains correspondence, notes, photographs, installations plans and exhibition space plans related for the aforementioned exhibitions in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and in Montréal. It also contains reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 21-28)
1970-2001
Un dictionnaire
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AP041.S1.1970.D2
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UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of black and white photographs of wire-service newspaper articles selected by Charney for their depiction of “people and buildings caught in upheavals”. Charney described these images as “monuments which are created by events outside the confines of architectural institutions”, meaning that buildings and locations assume a “monumental connotation” when they become associated with a significant event. UN DICTIONNAIRE consists of 300 plates, each plate a photograph that “traces the contours of relations which affect our grasp of the significance of buildings”. UN DICTIONNAIRE was presented as an installation at Galerie Catherine & Stéphane de Beyrie in Paris in 1994 and at the Canadian Pavilion of the 7th International Architectural Exhibition in Venice in 2000 as well as at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 2001-2002. The publication “Tracking images : Melvin Charney, un dictionnaire...” related to this project was also realized in collaboration the Canadian Centre for Architecture in 2000. This project series contains correspondence, notes, photographs, installations plans and exhibition space plans related for the aforementioned exhibitions in Paris, at the Venice Biennale and in Montréal. It also contains reprints of panels shown outside the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 21-28)
Project
1970-2001
Project
Devonshire School
AP013.S2.D607
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File documents an executed project for a school in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1920. File contains a photograph.
1920
Devonshire School
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AP013.S2.D607
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File documents an executed project for a school in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced in 1920. File contains a photograph.
Project
1920