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Greenbird
AP144.S2.D96
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File documents Greenbird, an aviary for West Green House at Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, England. Although construction did begin it is unclear whether the project was ever completed. The design for the aviary called for metal poles and a roof grid covered with a wire framework and nylon mesh. Conceptual sketches show various roof designs and a system for providing variable heights. The final design also included an artificial spring, stepped waterfall, rock pool, shallow pool, beach and marsh areas, and perches at various heights. Existing conditions material includes a colour aerial photograph mounted on press board and an existing survey plan. Design development drawings also include axonometric drawings of the structure and proposals for pools and waterfalls. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 99. Material in this file was produced between1961 and 1979, but predominantly between 1975 and 1979. Several drawings in the file are attributed to McAlpine Design Group and Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, consultant drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
1961-1979, predominant 1975-1979
Greenbird
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AP144.S2.D96
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File documents Greenbird, an aviary for West Green House at Hartley Wintney, in Hampshire, England. Although construction did begin it is unclear whether the project was ever completed. The design for the aviary called for metal poles and a roof grid covered with a wire framework and nylon mesh. Conceptual sketches show various roof designs and a system for providing variable heights. The final design also included an artificial spring, stepped waterfall, rock pool, shallow pool, beach and marsh areas, and perches at various heights. Existing conditions material includes a colour aerial photograph mounted on press board and an existing survey plan. Design development drawings also include axonometric drawings of the structure and proposals for pools and waterfalls. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 99. Material in this file was produced between1961 and 1979, but predominantly between 1975 and 1979. Several drawings in the file are attributed to McAlpine Design Group and Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, consultant drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
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1961-1979, predominant 1975-1979
ARCH273864
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Awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects: - AIBC Western Homes and Living 1960 Special award for for distinguished house design, house at Comox, B.C. - Canadian Wood Design Awards, certificate of Merit for the Baldwin Residence, Vancouver, B.C. (1965) - Vancouver Citation Buildings 1965 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Laxton Residence, West Vancouver, B.C. - The Molson Prize of the Canada Council, to Arthur Erickson (16 October 1967) - Prestressed Concrete Institute 1966 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Central Mall and Transportation Centre, Simon Fraser University, the 1972 Award for the University of Lethbridge, the 1977 Award for the Water Tower and B.C. Hydro & Power Authority Communications Centre, Simon Fraser University. - 1967 National Design Award, Centennial Award for Residencial Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects and Ian Davidson MMRAIC for Town Houses, Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. - Certificate of Academician, Royal Academy of the Arts, awarded to Arthur Erickson (7 December 1968) - Letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1 September 1970) - 1970 Massey Medal, Massey Foundation, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Man and the Community and Man and His Health, theme building, Expo '67 - Award of Excellence, 1970 Canadian Architect Yearbook, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Elementary School, Southeast Sector, Vancouver, B.C. - 1971 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Nelson Towers, Nelson, B.C. and for the Catton Residence, Vancouver, B.C. - Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, Nova Scotia Technical College, awarded to Arthur Erickson (5 May 1971) - First Honour Award, American Public Power Assosication, to Erickson/Massey Planners for Burnaby Mountain System Control Center (16 May 1973) - 1974 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, for The Eppich house, West Vancouver, B.C. - Citizen of the Age of Enlightenment Award, The Ministry of Development of Consciousness, to Arthur Erickson (1976) - Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, to Arthur Erickson (1987) - Master of Architecture, Honoris Causa, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture to Arthur Erickson (8 June 2001) - Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (16 May 2001) - Citation Award, The Wood Design Awards 2004, to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corp and Nick Milkovich Architects for the Canopy Collonade. - 2007 "Prix du XXe siecle," The Roayl Architectural Institute of Canada, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Smith House 2. - University of Toronto Honour awarded to Arthur Erickson (30 October 2008) - Arthur Erickson, Honorary Member, The Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1960-2008
Various awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects
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ARCH273864
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Awards and Honours to Arthur Erickson and Erickson/Massey Architects: - AIBC Western Homes and Living 1960 Special award for for distinguished house design, house at Comox, B.C. - Canadian Wood Design Awards, certificate of Merit for the Baldwin Residence, Vancouver, B.C. (1965) - Vancouver Citation Buildings 1965 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Laxton Residence, West Vancouver, B.C. - The Molson Prize of the Canada Council, to Arthur Erickson (16 October 1967) - Prestressed Concrete Institute 1966 Award, to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Central Mall and Transportation Centre, Simon Fraser University, the 1972 Award for the University of Lethbridge, the 1977 Award for the Water Tower and B.C. Hydro & Power Authority Communications Centre, Simon Fraser University. - 1967 National Design Award, Centennial Award for Residencial Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects and Ian Davidson MMRAIC for Town Houses, Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. - Certificate of Academician, Royal Academy of the Arts, awarded to Arthur Erickson (7 December 1968) - Letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1 September 1970) - 1970 Massey Medal, Massey Foundation, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Man and the Community and Man and His Health, theme building, Expo '67 - Award of Excellence, 1970 Canadian Architect Yearbook, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Elementary School, Southeast Sector, Vancouver, B.C. - 1971 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing design Council, awarded to Erickson/Massey Architects for the Nelson Towers, Nelson, B.C. and for the Catton Residence, Vancouver, B.C. - Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, Nova Scotia Technical College, awarded to Arthur Erickson (5 May 1971) - First Honour Award, American Public Power Assosication, to Erickson/Massey Planners for Burnaby Mountain System Control Center (16 May 1973) - 1974 Award for Residential Design, The Canadian Housing Design Council, for The Eppich house, West Vancouver, B.C. - Citizen of the Age of Enlightenment Award, The Ministry of Development of Consciousness, to Arthur Erickson (1976) - Honorary Fellowship, The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, to Arthur Erickson (1987) - Master of Architecture, Honoris Causa, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture to Arthur Erickson (8 June 2001) - Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects (16 May 2001) - Citation Award, The Wood Design Awards 2004, to Arthur Erickson Architectural Corp and Nick Milkovich Architects for the Canopy Collonade. - 2007 "Prix du XXe siecle," The Roayl Architectural Institute of Canada, to Erickson/Massey Architects for Smith House 2. - University of Toronto Honour awarded to Arthur Erickson (30 October 2008) - Arthur Erickson, Honorary Member, The Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1960-2008
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS1
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This project series documents the design of the Victoria University Hotel in Toronto from 1987-1988. The office identified the project numbers as 18723 and 18725. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara, consisted of a proposed nine floor hotel with 22,000 square metres of space. Located at the corner of Charles Street and St. Thomas Streets, the hotel contained a lobby, bar, restaurant, kitchen, and meeting rooms on the ground floor, with a mezzanine for additional meeting rooms directly above it. The other floors were proposed to hold between 274-320 rooms, including a penthouse with its own bar, kitchen and meeting rooms. Three levels of underground parking were also proposed, holding between 183-220 vehicles. The L-shaped building integrated old houses that already existed along Charles Street, into its facade. Houses along St. Thomas Street were to be left as separate buildings, with the L shape wrapping around them. This project was never realized. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1986-1990. The drawings include sketches, surveys and area plans, floor plans, elevations, perspectives, sections and details. This project was designed simultaneously with the Victoria University Student Housing across the street (see project subseries AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS2). These two projects have been arranged in two subseries because their project numbers and the site plans and surveys for each project overlap. The housing project was assigned the project number 19723, the same number as materials for this hotel project. It may be that the architects separated the two projects later on, assigning a second project number, 18725, to this hotel project. These two project subseries should be viewed together.
1986-1990
Victoria University Hotel, Toronto (1987-1988)
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AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS1
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This project series documents the design of the Victoria University Hotel in Toronto from 1987-1988. The office identified the project numbers as 18723 and 18725. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara, consisted of a proposed nine floor hotel with 22,000 square metres of space. Located at the corner of Charles Street and St. Thomas Streets, the hotel contained a lobby, bar, restaurant, kitchen, and meeting rooms on the ground floor, with a mezzanine for additional meeting rooms directly above it. The other floors were proposed to hold between 274-320 rooms, including a penthouse with its own bar, kitchen and meeting rooms. Three levels of underground parking were also proposed, holding between 183-220 vehicles. The L-shaped building integrated old houses that already existed along Charles Street, into its facade. Houses along St. Thomas Street were to be left as separate buildings, with the L shape wrapping around them. This project was never realized. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1986-1990. The drawings include sketches, surveys and area plans, floor plans, elevations, perspectives, sections and details. This project was designed simultaneously with the Victoria University Student Housing across the street (see project subseries AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS2). These two projects have been arranged in two subseries because their project numbers and the site plans and surveys for each project overlap. The housing project was assigned the project number 19723, the same number as materials for this hotel project. It may be that the architects separated the two projects later on, assigning a second project number, 18725, to this hotel project. These two project subseries should be viewed together.
Project
1986-1990
archives
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Collection
Eero Saarinen collection
AP159
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The Eero Saarinen Collection documents eight built projects undertaken between 1956 and 1964. The IBM Exhibition Pavilion for the New York World's Fair was undertaken in association with Charles Eames. Eero Saarinen died before this project got underway and was carried out by his successor firm, led by Kevin Roche.
1956-1964
Eero Saarinen collection
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AP159
Synopsis:
The Eero Saarinen Collection documents eight built projects undertaken between 1956 and 1964. The IBM Exhibition Pavilion for the New York World's Fair was undertaken in association with Charles Eames. Eero Saarinen died before this project got underway and was carried out by his successor firm, led by Kevin Roche.
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1956-1964
photographs
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76 slide(s)
ARCH197168
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Exterior and interior views of various buildings involving Gene Summers from the offices of Mies van der Rohe, and C.F. Murphy Associates. They include Farnsworth House; IIT Chapel; Seagram Building; Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building, Cuba; Federal Center, Chicago; New National Gallery, Berlin; Social Service Building, University of Chicago; Place du Sable (project); Malcom X Jr. College; Kemper Arena, Kansas City; Kansas City Convention Center; Rehabilitation Center of Chicago; Bell Telephone Building, as well as other buildings and projects. Includes hand written slide list.
Exterior and interior views of various buildings involving Gene Summers
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ARCH197168
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Exterior and interior views of various buildings involving Gene Summers from the offices of Mies van der Rohe, and C.F. Murphy Associates. They include Farnsworth House; IIT Chapel; Seagram Building; Ron Bacardi y Compañia Administration Building, Cuba; Federal Center, Chicago; New National Gallery, Berlin; Social Service Building, University of Chicago; Place du Sable (project); Malcom X Jr. College; Kemper Arena, Kansas City; Kansas City Convention Center; Rehabilitation Center of Chicago; Bell Telephone Building, as well as other buildings and projects. Includes hand written slide list.
photographs
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76 slide(s)
photographs
DR2012:0015:023:004
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Ring binder containing the following photographs: - Fragments... la maison de Rivière-des-Prairies (1 photograph); - Memo series...planche 112 - Mies on his way to Los Angeles (1 photograph) - Old Montreal (3 photographs); - Entrance to the Lachine Canal (1 photograph); - Lachine Canal, 1956 (4 photographs); - Possibly additional photographs of Lachine Canal (3 photographs); - Unidentified columns (3 photographs); - Grain elevators (3 photographs); - Temple of Concordia (3 photographs); - Unidentified buildings (7 photographs); - A street in Montreal, 1964 (1 printout); - A house in the village of Casuvin (1 printout).
between 1956 and 1988
Photographs from Melvin Charney's early and middle career
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DR2012:0015:023:004
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Ring binder containing the following photographs: - Fragments... la maison de Rivière-des-Prairies (1 photograph); - Memo series...planche 112 - Mies on his way to Los Angeles (1 photograph) - Old Montreal (3 photographs); - Entrance to the Lachine Canal (1 photograph); - Lachine Canal, 1956 (4 photographs); - Possibly additional photographs of Lachine Canal (3 photographs); - Unidentified columns (3 photographs); - Grain elevators (3 photographs); - Temple of Concordia (3 photographs); - Unidentified buildings (7 photographs); - A street in Montreal, 1964 (1 printout); - A house in the village of Casuvin (1 printout).
photographs
between 1956 and 1988
drawings
DR2012:0012:075:001:003
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File containing sketches related to the following projects: - A Quebec construction… houses/poles/flags (2 drawings); - Unidentified projects (7 drawings).
1977, 1989-1990
Sketches for unidentified projects
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DR2012:0012:075:001:003
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File containing sketches related to the following projects: - A Quebec construction… houses/poles/flags (2 drawings); - Unidentified projects (7 drawings).
drawings
1977, 1989-1990
Project
AP018.S1.1976.PR10
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This project series documents the master plan for the CN Railways properties in Toronto in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7615. During this time, Parkin Architects Planners were developing a number of projects in downtown Toronto, in the CN Tower area. This project appears to consist of the master planning for a number of those projects, which were directly or closely associated with CN Railways due to their proximity to the train yards. The majority of drawings for this project show site plans of the area, which include buildings such as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre, an office building at the corners of York and Front Streets, the CN Telecommunications building, and a pedestrian mall above Station Street. The pedestrian mall is the focus of sections and presentation drawings included in the materials. These include presentation boards of drawings of the pedestrian mall, which was connected to Union Station at the corners of Front and Bay Streets. These records date from1976 to around 1978. The drawings refer to the project as Walker House Hotel, a historic hotel located on the corners of Front and York Streets, which would be demolished in order to accommodate these projects.
circa 1976-1978
CN Railways Master Plan, Toronto (1976)
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AP018.S1.1976.PR10
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This project series documents the master plan for the CN Railways properties in Toronto in 1976. The office identified the project number as 7615. During this time, Parkin Architects Planners were developing a number of projects in downtown Toronto, in the CN Tower area. This project appears to consist of the master planning for a number of those projects, which were directly or closely associated with CN Railways due to their proximity to the train yards. The majority of drawings for this project show site plans of the area, which include buildings such as the Ontario Congress and Trade Centre, an office building at the corners of York and Front Streets, the CN Telecommunications building, and a pedestrian mall above Station Street. The pedestrian mall is the focus of sections and presentation drawings included in the materials. These include presentation boards of drawings of the pedestrian mall, which was connected to Union Station at the corners of Front and Bay Streets. These records date from1976 to around 1978. The drawings refer to the project as Walker House Hotel, a historic hotel located on the corners of Front and York Streets, which would be demolished in order to accommodate these projects.
Project
circa 1976-1978
DR1974:0002:019:001-023
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- This album contains elevations, plans, and sections for Rohault de Fleury's unexecuted project to construct a new opera house for the Théâtre Royal Italien on the site of the Hôtel du Timbre and the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères. The finished nature of the drawings, and their cohesive representation, suggests that they are presentation drawings for a prospective client(s). The unbound engraving and transfer lithograph (DR1974:0002:019:001 and DR1974:0002:019:002) relate directly to the subject matter of the album, however, they are probably later additions as they do not appear in the table of contents.
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drawings executed in 1839, prints executed in 1838
Album of plans, elevations and sections for the Théâtre-Italien, rue de la Paix, Paris
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DR1974:0002:019:001-023
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- This album contains elevations, plans, and sections for Rohault de Fleury's unexecuted project to construct a new opera house for the Théâtre Royal Italien on the site of the Hôtel du Timbre and the Ministère des Affaires Étrangères. The finished nature of the drawings, and their cohesive representation, suggests that they are presentation drawings for a prospective client(s). The unbound engraving and transfer lithograph (DR1974:0002:019:001 and DR1974:0002:019:002) relate directly to the subject matter of the album, however, they are probably later additions as they do not appear in the table of contents.
architecture