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AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
1957-1958
W.K. Wong Residence, Vancouver, British Columbia (1957-1958)
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AP075.S1.1957.PR05
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the garden of Mr & Mrs Wong residence on South Cambie Street in Vancouver. Oberlander worked on this project in 1954-1956 with architect Harry Lee from Duncan McNab’s office. Oberlander’s concept for the landscape was to create a garden with rock outcropping, due to the complicated site on which the house was built. She “designed a main walkway paralleling the side yard property line to connect S. Cambie Street to the rear alley.” [1] The walkway, decorated with flowerpots, leads to a u-shaped paved courtyard with a central lawn area with decorative rocks. Between the expose rock at the front of the property and the façade of the house, she created a lawn area with a pathway of steppingstones at the side of house leading to the backyard. The project series contains only six drawings, including two sketches, two design development drawings of landscape plans, and working drawings for the residence used as reference. The project is also documented through photographs of the residence and the landscaping, and a plant list. Source: [1] Herrington, Susan. Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape, University of Virginia Press, 2014, 304 pages. p. 88.
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1957-1958
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AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
1994-2014
Rotman Residence, Toronto, Ontario (1995-1997)
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AP075.S1.1995.PR01
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's project for proposed improvements to the garden of the Rotman Residence on Forest Hill Road in Toronto, Ontario. Orberlander worked on this project in 1994. The Georgian style residence was originally design by architect John Lyle in 1924. As the residence was sited perpendicularly to the street, Oberlander's landscape concept was to create a series of garden from the street to the back of the property, which included terraces for entertaining at the front of the property, a rose garden and lawn for strolling. She also created a birch trees walk with ascending grass stairs. Oberlander was later commissioned in 1996-1997 to combine the existing garden with an extensionof the property after the acquisition of a lot next door by the owners of the residence. She extended the birch walk and created a oval-shaped lawn accessed through a wrought iron gate. The project series also contains material related to later restorations to the garden, including an alteration to the garden in 2013 to improve the view from the living room. The project series contains design development drawings, including landscape plans, planting plans, and grading plans, and also a landscape presentation drawing.The project is also documents through photographs of the landscaping, research material, correspondence with clients and contractors, concept notes by Oberlander, specifications, and meetings notes.
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1994-2014
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À bas les parcs?
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Parc Baile
16 juin 1998 au 8 novembre 1998
Mel Ziegler : L’obsession qui croît
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Le jardin avant est un signe. Un lieu qui est à la fois public et privé. C’est le lieu qui expose les convictions et les valeurs du foyer qu’il encadre. L’obsession qui croît, une installation de l’artiste américain Mel Ziegler (né en 1956) œuvre en relief créée à même la pelouse du parc Baile, renvoie à l’obsession des Nord-Américains à l’égard de leur pelouse. Selon(...)
Parc Baile
4 juin 2023, 13h à 16h
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.
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x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1994.
vidéo
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
Lawn and order / produced by Lawn & Order Films Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Ontario Film Development Corporation, and the National Film Board of Canada, Ontario Centre ; a film by Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman.
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1 videocassette (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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Montreal : Lawn and Order Films, ©1994.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
Front yard America : the evolution and meanings of a vernacular domestic landscape / Fred E.H. Schroeder.
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171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, ©1993.
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Diana Balmori [and others].
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126 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books : Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Pub., ©2008.
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.
Edible estates : attack on the front lawn / with texts by Will Allen [and others].
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175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
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New York : Metropolis Books, ©2010.