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Family portrait of Parkin, his wife Jeanne Wormith, and their children Jennifer, John, and Geoffrey
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Photographer reference #642/2/15
circa 1950s
Family portrait of Parkin, his wife Jeanne Wormith, and their children Jennifer, John, and Geoffrey
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Photographer reference #642/2/15
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PH1984:0077
1981
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1981
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AP066.S5.D2
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Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
22 juin-30 septembre 1988
Installation "Waterworks", Toronto - "Horizons"
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AP066.S5.D2
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Le dossier documente une exposition qui s'est tenue au R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant, Toronto, en Ontario, en 1988, du 22 juin au 30 septembre 1988. L'exposition collective comptait 18 artistes et des architectes et était organisé par le "Visual Arts Ontario". Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des documents photographiques et des maquettes. Description de l'exposition: "… individuals were invited to participate in what was billed as 'a prestigious showcase of art, architecture and design which will transform the roof-tops, grounds, and magnificent interiors of the R.C. Harris Water Filtration Plant into a unique museum of contemporary art.' Eighteen artists were invited to participate including John Baldessari, Jonathan Borogsky, Ludger Gerdes, Rebecca Horn, Komar and Melamid, Nancy Sperio, François Girard, Bruce Kuwabara, John Scott, Joanne Tod, Andreas Gehr, Morphosis, Aldo Rossi, Jacques Rousseau, Stacey Spiegel, Team Zoo and Krzyztof Wodiczko." Jennifer Fisher and Beth Seaton,"Waterworks: Visual Arts Ontario", Parachute, nº 52, novembre 1988, p. 59-60. Description du projet: "Parts of the site, …, have provided forms for casting concrete lawn chairs-like shapes - petrified recordings of the topography - fabricated of lake water, beach sand and pebbles, rods and wires." Ibidem
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22 juin-30 septembre 1988
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AP140.S2.SS1.D86
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File documents a successful competition entry for an office building and apartments in Carlton Gardens, in London, England, United Kingdom. The competition was held in 1988 and the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates was appointed in 1989. The project was revised and completed between 1997 and 1999 by the office of Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains design development drawings. File also contains photographic materials, including views of the site by photographers Millar and Harris, and of models by John Donat Photography and by Kandor Modelmakers.
1989-1992
Carlton Gardens Competition, London, England, United Kingdom
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AP140.S2.SS1.D86
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File documents a successful competition entry for an office building and apartments in Carlton Gardens, in London, England, United Kingdom. The competition was held in 1988 and the office of James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates was appointed in 1989. The project was revised and completed between 1997 and 1999 by the office of Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1992. File contains design development drawings. File also contains photographic materials, including views of the site by photographers Millar and Harris, and of models by John Donat Photography and by Kandor Modelmakers.
File 86
1989-1992
British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
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12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
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Photographer reference #6326-1-22
circa 1950s
Exterior yard view of Parkin's residence at 75 The Bridle Path, North York
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circa 1950s
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circa 1950s
Exterior view of Parkin's residence and swimming pool at 75 The Bridle Path, North York
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