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Gallery, Duke St.
AP144.S2.D38
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File documents an executed project for the Robert Fraser Gallery, in London, England. The renovation converted smaller office spaces into an art gallery, office space and viewing area, and added basement storage. Drawings include reflected ceiling plans, details for window display units, furniture, and custom design lighting fixtures. One detail section for the proposed lighting shows a metal space frame which incorporates adjustable spot lighting and plastic egg crate shaped diffusers with fluorescent tube lighting. Final custom lighting fixtures were composed of aluminum brackets and lighting channels. A continuous picture rail channel was positioned above the aluminum bracket, forming a visually unified multi-use fixture. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and 1966. File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographic material, and textual records.
1961-1966
Gallery, Duke St.
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AP144.S2.D38
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File documents an executed project for the Robert Fraser Gallery, in London, England. The renovation converted smaller office spaces into an art gallery, office space and viewing area, and added basement storage. Drawings include reflected ceiling plans, details for window display units, furniture, and custom design lighting fixtures. One detail section for the proposed lighting shows a metal space frame which incorporates adjustable spot lighting and plastic egg crate shaped diffusers with fluorescent tube lighting. Final custom lighting fixtures were composed of aluminum brackets and lighting channels. A continuous picture rail channel was positioned above the aluminum bracket, forming a visually unified multi-use fixture. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and 1966. File contains design development drawings, working drawings, photographic material, and textual records.
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1961-1966
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Fonds Douglas Kelbaugh
AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
1970-2008
Fonds Douglas Kelbaugh
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AP153
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The Douglas Kelbaugh fonds documents the professional practice of architect Douglas Kelbaugh from the beginning of his carreer in 1973, his partnership in the Kelbaugh + Lee Architects firm, in 1978, to his late projects in the 1990s. The documents in the fonds consist of drawings, textual records, photographs and panels relating to over 20 projects, predominantly his work in sustainable architecture in the United States from the early 1970s to the mid 1990s.
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1970-2008
Le colloque Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, tenu à l’Institute of Fine Arts de la New York University, fait le point sur les recherches portant sur une vaste gamme d’activités architecturales, réalisées dans différents lieux géographiques, dans la période comprise entre le bombardement de Guernica en 1937 et celui d’Hiroshima en 1945. La(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
7 mars 2009 au 8 mars 2009
Front to Rear : Architecture and Planning during World War II
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Le colloque Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, tenu à l’Institute of Fine Arts de la New York University, fait le point sur les recherches portant sur une vaste gamme d’activités architecturales, réalisées dans différents lieux géographiques, dans la période comprise entre le bombardement de Guernica en 1937 et celui d’Hiroshima en 1945. La(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Projet
Circlorama
AP144.S2.D51
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File documents proposals for a portable circular cinema for Circlorama Theatres Limited, of London, England, United Kingdom. Thumbnail sketches show positioning of concrete bases; erection of the cinema, central tower, and trussed wall frames; and the installation of the radially-trussed roof, interior fixtures, and exterior aluminum cladding. Diagrammatic sections show alternate designs for the structure and structural systems. A flow diagram illustrates projected circulation patterns. Also included in the group are fabrication drawings for the cinema by various consultants which Price may have used for reference purposes. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains drawings by the following firms: Lawrence Colebrook (Construction Equipment) Co. Ltd, Andrew Smith Harkness Ltd, Cotton Ballard & Blow Architects & Surveyors. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
1962-1964, 1967
Circlorama
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AP144.S2.D51
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File documents proposals for a portable circular cinema for Circlorama Theatres Limited, of London, England, United Kingdom. Thumbnail sketches show positioning of concrete bases; erection of the cinema, central tower, and trussed wall frames; and the installation of the radially-trussed roof, interior fixtures, and exterior aluminum cladding. Diagrammatic sections show alternate designs for the structure and structural systems. A flow diagram illustrates projected circulation patterns. Also included in the group are fabrication drawings for the cinema by various consultants which Price may have used for reference purposes. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains drawings by the following firms: Lawrence Colebrook (Construction Equipment) Co. Ltd, Andrew Smith Harkness Ltd, Cotton Ballard & Blow Architects & Surveyors. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
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1962-1964, 1967
Projet
AP018.S1.1973.PR05
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This project series documents the design and construction of an office building for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7305. The project consisted of a two-storey office building with approximately 49,300 square feet of space and development of the surrounding land, including parking. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1973-1980. Photographic materials consist of photos and negatives of construction progress and the finished building. Textual records include correspondence with clients, contractors and consultants, financial records, interoffice letters, site meeting minutes, supplementary instructions, change orders, consultancy records for construction details, deficiency reports, inspection records and specifications. Box AP018.S1.1973.PR05.017 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
1973-1980
Safeco Insurance Company of America, Toronto Office Building, Mississauga, Ontario (1973-1975)
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AP018.S1.1973.PR05
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This project series documents the design and construction of an office building for Safeco Insurance Company of America in Mississauga, Ontario from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7305. The project consisted of a two-storey office building with approximately 49,300 square feet of space and development of the surrounding land, including parking. The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1973-1980. Photographic materials consist of photos and negatives of construction progress and the finished building. Textual records include correspondence with clients, contractors and consultants, financial records, interoffice letters, site meeting minutes, supplementary instructions, change orders, consultancy records for construction details, deficiency reports, inspection records and specifications. Box AP018.S1.1973.PR05.017 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
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1973-1980
documents textuels
AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
1958-1993
Professional correspondence from 1958-1993
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AP075.S3.SS2.149
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This box contains professional correspondence, organized in chronological order, from 1958-1993, with a bulk of documents dated from 1978-1993. This correspondence contains chiefly letters related to publishing in landscape architecture publications, correspondence with schools of architecture and landscape architects associations, such as the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, about membership or attendance to events. It also comprises correspondence related to research on play and playgrounds, collaboration with organizations for children education, research and involvement in sustainable development. It also contains correspondence with city planning committees or other governmental institutions related to projects or consultation in landscape design, and letters of reference or offer of services. This correspondence also comprises a few letters related to Oberlander's projects such as Children's Creative Centre Playground at Expo '67 in Montréal, University of British Columbia Faculty Club additions (which includes correspondence with Arthur Erickson), the Museum of Anthropology. It includes mainly letters of congratulations or comments for her design.
documents textuels
1958-1993
Projet
AP149.S1.1984.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's post-occupancy study for Aranya Township, India, which was a newly development township completed in 1988 near Indore. Minimum Cost Housing Group initially work on the design of a plot of the township, which was the first one to be built and served as an alternative model to the whole township. The masterplan for the township was created by architect Balkrishna Doshi and the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in 1981. The other plots started to be planned by and built in 1989. The Minimum Cost Housing Group then returned to Aranya to undertake the post-occupancy survey of the whole site and students from the group kept studying the site up to 2018. The material for this file was produced between 1984 and 2012. The project series contains slides, study drawings of the township and a publication on the post-occupancy study by the McGill group.
1984-2002
Aranya township post-occupancy study
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AP149.S1.1984.PR01
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This project series documents Minimum Cost Housing Group's post-occupancy study for Aranya Township, India, which was a newly development township completed in 1988 near Indore. Minimum Cost Housing Group initially work on the design of a plot of the township, which was the first one to be built and served as an alternative model to the whole township. The masterplan for the township was created by architect Balkrishna Doshi and the Vastu-Shilpa Foundation in 1981. The other plots started to be planned by and built in 1989. The Minimum Cost Housing Group then returned to Aranya to undertake the post-occupancy survey of the whole site and students from the group kept studying the site up to 2018. The material for this file was produced between 1984 and 2012. The project series contains slides, study drawings of the township and a publication on the post-occupancy study by the McGill group.
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1984-2002
Vie dans l'éponge
Simmons Hall est une résidence universitaire primée, conçue par l’architecte Steven Holl, sur le campus du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) à Cambridge. Inspiré d’une éponge de mer et de son concept de porosité, l’immeuble se distingue autant par sa structure audacieuse que par son objectif de favoriser l’interaction sociale. Vie dans l’éponge est une étude(...)
Salle octogonale
10 août 2006 au 19 novembre 2006
Vie dans l'éponge
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Simmons Hall est une résidence universitaire primée, conçue par l’architecte Steven Holl, sur le campus du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) à Cambridge. Inspiré d’une éponge de mer et de son concept de porosité, l’immeuble se distingue autant par sa structure audacieuse que par son objectif de favoriser l’interaction sociale. Vie dans l’éponge est une étude(...)
Salle octogonale
Les logements construits sur les toits des grandes tours par les résidents eux-mêmes font partie de l’histoire de Hong Kong depuis plus de cinquante ans. Ces structures vont de l’abri rudimentaire où se logent les plus démunis aux constructions à plusieurs étages dotées des commodités de la vie moderne. L’architecte Rufina Wu et le photographe Stefan Canham utilisent les(...)
Théâtre Paul Desmarais
3 mai 2012 , 19h
L'enseignement de... Hong Kong
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Les logements construits sur les toits des grandes tours par les résidents eux-mêmes font partie de l’histoire de Hong Kong depuis plus de cinquante ans. Ces structures vont de l’abri rudimentaire où se logent les plus démunis aux constructions à plusieurs étages dotées des commodités de la vie moderne. L’architecte Rufina Wu et le photographe Stefan Canham utilisent les(...)
Théâtre Paul Desmarais
L'enseignement du... Caire
Nasser Rabbat questionne la définition binaire opposant l’Orient et l’Occident ou encore le traditionnel et le moderne, et aborde la relation dialectique entre modernité et histoire dans la composition de la ville contemporaine du Caire. Façonnée par différentes périodes de modernité, depuis l’invasion coloniale napoléonienne de 1789 jusqu’à la révolution et(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
15 septembre 2011 , 19h
L'enseignement du... Caire
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Nasser Rabbat questionne la définition binaire opposant l’Orient et l’Occident ou encore le traditionnel et le moderne, et aborde la relation dialectique entre modernité et histoire dans la composition de la ville contemporaine du Caire. Façonnée par différentes périodes de modernité, depuis l’invasion coloniale napoléonienne de 1789 jusqu’à la révolution et(...)
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais