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CD007
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D.J. Spence Architect (CANADA; Louisville, Kentucky - Montréal 1955; with F. David Mathias, Montréal 1937-1952) also known as Distillers Corporation Ltd Building Reproductions of drawings by D.J. Spence and F. David Mathias for the Seagram Building, Montréal
Spence & Mathias (Seagram Building, Montréal) collection
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CD007
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D.J. Spence Architect (CANADA; Louisville, Kentucky - Montréal 1955; with F. David Mathias, Montréal 1937-1952) also known as Distillers Corporation Ltd Building Reproductions of drawings by D.J. Spence and F. David Mathias for the Seagram Building, Montréal
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CD007
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Kaiman Lee fonds
AP222
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The Kaiman Lee fonds, circa 1965 – 2006, documents the professional and academic career of Dr. Kaiman Lee. The material in the fonds also represents the publishing activities of the Environmental Design and Research Center, and the Center for Environmental Research, both based in Boston. The fonds also covers Lee’s academic pursuits as a student and lecturer. The fonds also contains computer parts related to the ARK Two computer-aided design system which Lee worked on during his time at the Boston-based firm Perry, Dean and Stewart Architects. The records within the fonds largely consists of photographic materials, publications, and artefacts.
circa 1965 - 2006
Kaiman Lee fonds
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AP222
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The Kaiman Lee fonds, circa 1965 – 2006, documents the professional and academic career of Dr. Kaiman Lee. The material in the fonds also represents the publishing activities of the Environmental Design and Research Center, and the Center for Environmental Research, both based in Boston. The fonds also covers Lee’s academic pursuits as a student and lecturer. The fonds also contains computer parts related to the ARK Two computer-aided design system which Lee worked on during his time at the Boston-based firm Perry, Dean and Stewart Architects. The records within the fonds largely consists of photographic materials, publications, and artefacts.
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circa 1965 - 2006
Learning from... Copenhagen
Deane Simpson presents the Atlas of the Copenhagens, a book project addressing an urban territory that has been posited in the media and celebrated by the municipality of Copenhagen as the world’s most sustainable and liveable city. Such claims suggest that Copenhagen is a fitting site to study and engage in a debate on sustainability and liveability. The Atlas operates(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 May 2015 , 6pm
Learning from... Copenhagen
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Deane Simpson presents the Atlas of the Copenhagens, a book project addressing an urban territory that has been posited in the media and celebrated by the municipality of Copenhagen as the world’s most sustainable and liveable city. Such claims suggest that Copenhagen is a fitting site to study and engage in a debate on sustainability and liveability. The Atlas operates(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
26 November 2015
Álvaro Siza’s Archaeology of the Ordinary
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Following an intense period of work in the mid-1970s with Portugal’s post-revolutionary housing initiatives, in the early 1980s Álvaro Siza contributed projects to two of the most important urban renewal programs in Europe: Berlin’s IBA and The Hague’s Stadsvernieuwing als Kulturel Aktiviteit (Urban Renewal as a Cultural Activity). This lecture will examine the(...)
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Gianni Pettena fonds
AP207
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The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
1960-2019
Gianni Pettena fonds
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AP207
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The Gianni Pettena fonds documents Pettena’s work as an artist, architect, critic, and professor of history of contemporary architecture from the 1960s to the end of the 2010s. It includes one hundred artistic and architectural projects, material related to exhibitions he curated and designed, and his writings.
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1960-2019
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André Blouin fonds
AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
1933-1996
André Blouin fonds
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AP038
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The André Blouin fonds, 1933-1996, documents the professional career of architect André Blouin. Materials in this fonds consist of the following: approximately 4821 drawings (including reprographic copies), 4006 photographic materials, 52 l.m. of textual records, 127 panels and 4 reels of 16 mm film.
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1933-1996
Architecture as Evidence
Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 June 2016 to 11 September 2016
Architecture as Evidence
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Architecture as Evidence presents a set of materials gathered during a forensic analysis of the architecture of Auschwitz. It assembles plaster casts of blueprints, letters, contractor bills, and photographs, as well as two reconstructed monuments (a gas column and a gas-tight hatch), which together provide tangible evidence that Auschwitz was designed by its architects(...)
Octagonal gallery
DR1988:0374
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- The ground floor plan shows the existing structure as well as the proposal. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be linked to the article "Music in Stone" published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
architecture
printed March 1924
Front elevation and ground floor plan for the proposed reference library, Battersea Borough
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DR1988:0374
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- The ground floor plan shows the existing structure as well as the proposal. - The style of many of these drawings and reprographic copies by Henry Hyams (DR1988:0332 - DR1988:0414) suggests that they were possibly for periodical illustrations. Hyams contributed articles to the periodicals 'The Builder' and 'The Architect'. Two objects in the CCA collections can be linked to the article "Music in Stone" published prior to 1926 in 'The Architect'; a reprographic copy (DR1988:0357) and a drawing (DR1988:0364) (Who's Who in Architecture, 161).
architecture
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AP001.S6.1950.PR01
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La construction de l’Université de Montréal s’est effectuée sur plusieurs années. Cormier est architecte en chef entre 1924 et 1947 et agit à titre d’architecte-conseil et d’ingénieur-conseil entre 1950 et 1961. Il semblait inévitable de diviser le cadre de classement en deux phases pour bien distinguer le rôle et l’implication de Cormier qui diffère durant ces deux périodes. La présence de deux plans d’ensembles très différents proposés en 1931 et 1961 appuie cette décision. En 1950, Cormier est nommé architecte-conseil et ingénieur-conseil pour la deuxième phase des travaux, alors que Ludger Venne agit à titre d’architecte pour le Centre social et les Résidences Étudiantes, Gaston Gagné pour la Polytechnique et Paul Lambert pour le Chalet de Sport. Tout en supervisant l’élaboration des bâtiments, Cormier soumet un nouveau plan d’ensemble pour la deuxième phase de construction de l’Université de Montréal. Celui-ci inclut un nouveau centre hospitalier, un bâtiment administratif, une porte monumentale, le HEC, un stade et une bibliothèque. Le projet sera cependant refusé par la direction de l’Université de Montréal, voyant le projet ambitieux et trop coûteux. Il quittera donc en 1962 son poste de consultant. Pour cette sous-série, il est important de distinguer deux types de documents. Il y a d’abord les dessins produits par Cormier et sa firme, incluant les nouveaux plans d’ensemble, le stade, le bâtiment administratif, la nouvelle bibliothèque, le centre hospitalier, la cafétéria, le gymnase et la piscine. Ces documents seront limités à des esquisses et des dessins de présentation, suite à la décision de la direction de l’UdeM de ne pas entreprendre ces projets. En second lieu, il y a les documents d’exécutions des autres architectes, comme Lambert et Venne, qui ont été utilisés et modifiés par Cormier à titre de consultant.
1950 - 1962
Université de Montréal - Phase 2
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AP001.S6.1950.PR01
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La construction de l’Université de Montréal s’est effectuée sur plusieurs années. Cormier est architecte en chef entre 1924 et 1947 et agit à titre d’architecte-conseil et d’ingénieur-conseil entre 1950 et 1961. Il semblait inévitable de diviser le cadre de classement en deux phases pour bien distinguer le rôle et l’implication de Cormier qui diffère durant ces deux périodes. La présence de deux plans d’ensembles très différents proposés en 1931 et 1961 appuie cette décision. En 1950, Cormier est nommé architecte-conseil et ingénieur-conseil pour la deuxième phase des travaux, alors que Ludger Venne agit à titre d’architecte pour le Centre social et les Résidences Étudiantes, Gaston Gagné pour la Polytechnique et Paul Lambert pour le Chalet de Sport. Tout en supervisant l’élaboration des bâtiments, Cormier soumet un nouveau plan d’ensemble pour la deuxième phase de construction de l’Université de Montréal. Celui-ci inclut un nouveau centre hospitalier, un bâtiment administratif, une porte monumentale, le HEC, un stade et une bibliothèque. Le projet sera cependant refusé par la direction de l’Université de Montréal, voyant le projet ambitieux et trop coûteux. Il quittera donc en 1962 son poste de consultant. Pour cette sous-série, il est important de distinguer deux types de documents. Il y a d’abord les dessins produits par Cormier et sa firme, incluant les nouveaux plans d’ensemble, le stade, le bâtiment administratif, la nouvelle bibliothèque, le centre hospitalier, la cafétéria, le gymnase et la piscine. Ces documents seront limités à des esquisses et des dessins de présentation, suite à la décision de la direction de l’UdeM de ne pas entreprendre ces projets. En second lieu, il y a les documents d’exécutions des autres architectes, comme Lambert et Venne, qui ont été utilisés et modifiés par Cormier à titre de consultant.
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1950 - 1962
textual records
ARCH187117
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Office Re-organization - notes, inter-office memos, correspondence, clippings and documents concerning the dissolving of Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise and the formation of the partnership of Affleck, Dimakopoulos & Lebensold, architects
1968 - 1971
Office Re-organization - notes, inter-office memos
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ARCH187117
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Office Re-organization - notes, inter-office memos, correspondence, clippings and documents concerning the dissolving of Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise and the formation of the partnership of Affleck, Dimakopoulos & Lebensold, architects
textual records
1968 - 1971