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Fonds
Fonds Guy Desbarats
AP109
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The Fonds Guy Desbarats documents most aspects of Desbarats professional career as a teacher, critic and architect as well as personal materials relating to his time as a university student and after. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings, photographs and textual records relating to 81 architectural projects. Many commissions from the early 1950s are represented, including schools and residences designed for Abra, Balharrie & Shore in Ottawa, and various projects produced in association with Raymond Affleck. Additionally, projects by the firm Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise (later known as Arcop) are represented.
1947 - 1998
Fonds Guy Desbarats
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AP109
Résumé:
The Fonds Guy Desbarats documents most aspects of Desbarats professional career as a teacher, critic and architect as well as personal materials relating to his time as a university student and after. The majority of the documents in the fonds consist of drawings, photographs and textual records relating to 81 architectural projects. Many commissions from the early 1950s are represented, including schools and residences designed for Abra, Balharrie & Shore in Ottawa, and various projects produced in association with Raymond Affleck. Additionally, projects by the firm Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise (later known as Arcop) are represented.
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Fonds
1947 - 1998
Sous-série
Personal Sketches and Notes
AP032.S1.SS1.D3.SD2
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Sketches, notes and papers recording Goldsmith's trips to Taliesin East, Wisconsin, and Williamsburg, Virginia about 1942-1943. Includes perspective studies, elevations, sections and details of various building types and bridges, drafts of letters (including Albert Kahn), estimates, notes on structural systems, information on concrete from the Portland Cement Association. Most of the documents are on 3-hole notebook paper. The material in this section is probably related to the Personal Photographs, c.1942-1943, and some photographs in the section Photographs of Works.
[ca. 1942-1943]
Personal Sketches and Notes
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AP032.S1.SS1.D3.SD2
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Sketches, notes and papers recording Goldsmith's trips to Taliesin East, Wisconsin, and Williamsburg, Virginia about 1942-1943. Includes perspective studies, elevations, sections and details of various building types and bridges, drafts of letters (including Albert Kahn), estimates, notes on structural systems, information on concrete from the Portland Cement Association. Most of the documents are on 3-hole notebook paper. The material in this section is probably related to the Personal Photographs, c.1942-1943, and some photographs in the section Photographs of Works.
Sub-file 2
[ca. 1942-1943]
Tout comme la villa Rotonda d’Andrea Palladio a contribué à définir, pour les générations suivantes, l’architecture de la Renaissance en Italie, Chiswick est le locus classicus du renouveau palladien au XVIIIe siècle. L’exposition suit le déroulement de la pensée d’un grand architecte qui transforme successivement ses sources d’inspiration en projet architectural, puis(...)
Salles principales
19 juillet 1994 au 25 septembre 1994
Le renouveau palladien : la villa et les jardins de Lord Burlington à Chiswick
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Tout comme la villa Rotonda d’Andrea Palladio a contribué à définir, pour les générations suivantes, l’architecture de la Renaissance en Italie, Chiswick est le locus classicus du renouveau palladien au XVIIIe siècle. L’exposition suit le déroulement de la pensée d’un grand architecte qui transforme successivement ses sources d’inspiration en projet architectural, puis(...)
Salles principales
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141 drawing(s)
DR1990:0027:001-141
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- Group of student drawings by George Danforth for the second-year architectural design class taught by Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in 1939-1940. Mostly studies of or for structural details of steel-frame construction such as window embrasures and joints in metal beams. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
architecture, design d'intérieur
1939-1940
Second-year architectural design studies made at the Armour Institute of Technology
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DR1990:0027:001-141
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- Group of student drawings by George Danforth for the second-year architectural design class taught by Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in 1939-1940. Mostly studies of or for structural details of steel-frame construction such as window embrasures and joints in metal beams. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.
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141 drawing(s)
1939-1940
architecture, design d'intérieur
documents textuels
ARCH186553
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certificates and diplomas awarded to Desbarats from the National Design Council (c.1981), Canada Museum's Construction Corporation (1985), Ordre des architectes du Québec (1974), Ordre des architectes du Québec Prix d'excellence en architecture (1984), Concordia University (1977), American Public Works Association (1980), Médaille du Centenaire (1967), final proof of Who's Who entry, Guy Desbarats' C.V., correspondence from Jeanne Sauvé concerning Governor General's residence, correspondence with Roméo LeBlanc
Certificates and diplomas awarded to Desbarats
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ARCH186553
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certificates and diplomas awarded to Desbarats from the National Design Council (c.1981), Canada Museum's Construction Corporation (1985), Ordre des architectes du Québec (1974), Ordre des architectes du Québec Prix d'excellence en architecture (1984), Concordia University (1977), American Public Works Association (1980), Médaille du Centenaire (1967), final proof of Who's Who entry, Guy Desbarats' C.V., correspondence from Jeanne Sauvé concerning Governor General's residence, correspondence with Roméo LeBlanc
documents textuels
dessins, documents textuels, photographies
ARCH169115
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60 feuillets: Correspondance et documentation relatives à la participation de Jacques Rousseau au projet d'exposition "Water Works" organisé par Visual Arts Ontario décembre 1987-septembre 1988 jusqu'à 35,5 x 21,5 cm 1 carte postale 1 facture "Rent-a-Wreck" 1 carte d'affaire 2 billets d'avion 1 périodique: ArtViews, été 1987, vol.13, no.3 6 feuillets: Coupures de journaux et photocopies 35,5 x 21,5 cm Plan d'une section du rivage du Lac Ontario
Correspondance et documentation relatives au projet d'exposition "Water Works"
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ARCH169115
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60 feuillets: Correspondance et documentation relatives à la participation de Jacques Rousseau au projet d'exposition "Water Works" organisé par Visual Arts Ontario décembre 1987-septembre 1988 jusqu'à 35,5 x 21,5 cm 1 carte postale 1 facture "Rent-a-Wreck" 1 carte d'affaire 2 billets d'avion 1 périodique: ArtViews, été 1987, vol.13, no.3 6 feuillets: Coupures de journaux et photocopies 35,5 x 21,5 cm Plan d'une section du rivage du Lac Ontario
dessins, documents textuels, photographies
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Column Tower / Tower Column
DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
1979-1980
Column Tower / Tower Column
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DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
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1979-1980
Projet
Ashmole
AP144.S2.D142
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File documents a project for the design of an exhbition entitled 'Ancient and Modern' at the McAlpine Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. The exhibition featured ancient artifacts, alongside the works of two contemporary artists (Sidney Nolan and William Turnbull) and two contemporary architects (Cedric Price and Quinlan Terry). Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1987, and in 1993, but predominantly in 1987. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, models, photographs, and textual records.
1986-1987, 1993, predominant 1987
Ashmole
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AP144.S2.D142
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File documents a project for the design of an exhbition entitled 'Ancient and Modern' at the McAlpine Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. The exhibition featured ancient artifacts, alongside the works of two contemporary artists (Sidney Nolan and William Turnbull) and two contemporary architects (Cedric Price and Quinlan Terry). Material in this file was produced between 1986 and 1987, and in 1993, but predominantly in 1987. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, models, photographs, and textual records.
File 142
1986-1987, 1993, predominant 1987
Sous-série
Projects
AP165.S5.SS2
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The Projects sub-series, circa 1990 – 2000, consists of 61 video recordings relating to specific works in transformable design completed by Hoberman in the early years of his career. Material consists of MiniDV cassettes, Betacam SP cassettes, DVCAM cassettes, and Hi-8 cassettes. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 90’s to early 2000’s. Video recordings in this sub-series document projects such as: 6-meter expanding sphere as a permanent central exhibit at the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, USA, 1991; Working scale model and section of a 60-foot diameter Iris Dome at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA 1994; expanding sphere as a permanent atrium sculpture at Otaru Bay City Center, Sapporo, Japan 1998; six 2-meter diameter expanding spheres at Museo Interactivo Mirador, Santiago, Chile 1999; retractable dome for World’s Fair installed in front of the German Pavilion Expo 2000 World’s Fair, Hannover, Germany, 2000; 72-foot diameter retractable arch for Olympics Medal Plaza at 2002 Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City, USA, 2002. It also contains footage of Hoberman and his team assembling works at his studio in New York.
circa 1990-2002
Projects
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AP165.S5.SS2
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The Projects sub-series, circa 1990 – 2000, consists of 61 video recordings relating to specific works in transformable design completed by Hoberman in the early years of his career. Material consists of MiniDV cassettes, Betacam SP cassettes, DVCAM cassettes, and Hi-8 cassettes. The majority of the records date from the mid to late 90’s to early 2000’s. Video recordings in this sub-series document projects such as: 6-meter expanding sphere as a permanent central exhibit at the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, USA, 1991; Working scale model and section of a 60-foot diameter Iris Dome at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA 1994; expanding sphere as a permanent atrium sculpture at Otaru Bay City Center, Sapporo, Japan 1998; six 2-meter diameter expanding spheres at Museo Interactivo Mirador, Santiago, Chile 1999; retractable dome for World’s Fair installed in front of the German Pavilion Expo 2000 World’s Fair, Hannover, Germany, 2000; 72-foot diameter retractable arch for Olympics Medal Plaza at 2002 Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City, USA, 2002. It also contains footage of Hoberman and his team assembling works at his studio in New York.
Sub-series 2
circa 1990-2002
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for airport plan showing airplane circulation pattern
DR1987:0348
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- This detail shows the lower right corner of the airport, including the amphibian landing and station complex. The drawing is part of a series of eight drawings in which the architect works out the circulation route of taxiing airplanes, both incoming and outgoing by sea and by air, and particularly how they will pick up and deposit passengers at the station (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390).
architecture
1929
Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for airport plan showing airplane circulation pattern
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DR1987:0348
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- This detail shows the lower right corner of the airport, including the amphibian landing and station complex. The drawing is part of a series of eight drawings in which the architect works out the circulation route of taxiing airplanes, both incoming and outgoing by sea and by air, and particularly how they will pick up and deposit passengers at the station (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390).
architecture