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John C. Parkin fonds
AP018
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The John C. Parkin fonds documents the professional career of Toronto-based architect John C. Parkin (1922-1988) at his firms John B. Parkin Associates and Parkin Architects Planners. Most materials in this fonds record 347 architectural projects covering the years 1947-1987. John C. Parkin’s professional involvement in the arts and architecture, his firms’ activities, and his professional achievements are also recorded.
1929-1987
John C. Parkin fonds
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AP018
Synopsis:
The John C. Parkin fonds documents the professional career of Toronto-based architect John C. Parkin (1922-1988) at his firms John B. Parkin Associates and Parkin Architects Planners. Most materials in this fonds record 347 architectural projects covering the years 1947-1987. John C. Parkin’s professional involvement in the arts and architecture, his firms’ activities, and his professional achievements are also recorded.
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1929-1987
Cedric Price: Mean Time
British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 October 1999 to 27 February 2000
Cedric Price: Mean Time
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British architect Cedric Price draws upon the collection of the CCA to develop the complex relationships between time, movement, and space in the built environment. Looking at structures and building elements through the ages, including some of Price’s own projects, Mean Time presents photographs of an ancient Aztec sun dial, a railroad switching yard, a shot tower, and a(...)
Octagonal gallery
DR1998:0149
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The drawing was for the "Red Feather" Community Chest and Council Building by Birmingham & Hollingsworth, architects and rendered by Hollinsworth. The drawing likely dates from 1956, the year the building was built.
ca. 1956
Exterior perspective of entrance facade, Community Chest and Council Building, Vancouver, British Columbia
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DR1998:0149
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The drawing was for the "Red Feather" Community Chest and Council Building by Birmingham & Hollingsworth, architects and rendered by Hollinsworth. The drawing likely dates from 1956, the year the building was built.
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Zéphirin Perrault fonds
AP107
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The Zéphirin Perrault fonds, 1866-1885, documents architect Zéphirin Perrault’s design of approximately ten churches in rural Québec and the St. Michael Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario. A drawing by Victor Bourgneau (1809-1888) is also included in this fonds. Materials consist of approximately 42 drawings and 5 textual documents.
1866-1885
Zéphirin Perrault fonds
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AP107
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The Zéphirin Perrault fonds, 1866-1885, documents architect Zéphirin Perrault’s design of approximately ten churches in rural Québec and the St. Michael Cathedral in Toronto, Ontario. A drawing by Victor Bourgneau (1809-1888) is also included in this fonds. Materials consist of approximately 42 drawings and 5 textual documents.
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1866-1885
photographs
ARCH274581
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Reference slides related to subway design, from the Toronto offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. Includes: Toronto transit system, Chicago transit authority and commuter trains research and Montreal subway stations.
1974
Architectural reference slides
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ARCH274581
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Reference slides related to subway design, from the Toronto offices of Arthur Erickson Architects. Includes: Toronto transit system, Chicago transit authority and commuter trains research and Montreal subway stations.
photographs
1974
textual records
ARCH273830
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3 files- correspondence, schedules, travel itineraries from the offices of Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver British Columbia and Los Angeles, California. Also includes some personal correspondence related to Francisco Kripacz.
Correspondence, schedules, travel itineraries
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ARCH273830
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3 files- correspondence, schedules, travel itineraries from the offices of Arthur Erickson Architects, Vancouver British Columbia and Los Angeles, California. Also includes some personal correspondence related to Francisco Kripacz.
textual records
textual records
ARCH268394
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Empty hanging file of Pierre Jeanneret labeled in the architect's hand. Based on the label, it can be presumed that it previously contained the correspondence of the architect dated 1962.
after April 1962
Empty hanging file of Pierre Jeanneret
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ARCH268394
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Empty hanging file of Pierre Jeanneret labeled in the architect's hand. Based on the label, it can be presumed that it previously contained the correspondence of the architect dated 1962.
textual records
after April 1962
photographs
ARCH268479
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Contains images of drawings and views of buildings and projects, like the City Tower and the Yale University Art Center in New Haven, by the architect Louis I. Kahn.
Images of drawings and views of buildings and projects
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ARCH268479
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Contains images of drawings and views of buildings and projects, like the City Tower and the Yale University Art Center in New Haven, by the architect Louis I. Kahn.
photographs
textual records
ARCH267536
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A recommendation written on the verso of a business card by architect Antoine Leclerc on the behalf of Pierre Jeanneret in favour of his admission to the École des beaux-arts de Genève.
14 January 1920
Recommendation from Antoine Leclerc on behalf of Pierre Jeanneret
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A recommendation written on the verso of a business card by architect Antoine Leclerc on the behalf of Pierre Jeanneret in favour of his admission to the École des beaux-arts de Genève.
textual records
14 January 1920
ARCH252138
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Lecture delivered by Milton Glaser at the IAUS in New York, moderated by Grace Glueck, as part of the IAUS lectures series "Architecture 5," under the theme "Design Without Architects."
1976-11-10
Audio recording of a lecture by Milton Glaser from the series Architecture 5 Design Without Architects, entitled: "Time and Design"
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ARCH252138
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Lecture delivered by Milton Glaser at the IAUS in New York, moderated by Grace Glueck, as part of the IAUS lectures series "Architecture 5," under the theme "Design Without Architects."
1976-11-10