The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto (1989)

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• Fonds: Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds, 1984-2003
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1984-2003
•      Project: The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto (1989), 1988-1989

People

• Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

Title

The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto (1989)

Dates of creation

1988-1989

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 322 drawings (including reprographic copies)
• 5 paintings
• 2 photographs
• 1 model

Scope and Content

This project series documents the design of the Broadcast Centre Development on Front Street in Toronto in 1989. The office identified the project number as 8910.

This project, commissioned by Graywood Developments Ltd., consisted of a mixed-use development located on the property directly east of the new CBC headquarters. This project was also referred to as the CBC/Graywood Development in the documentation and was an entry for a site development competition. The project proposed a mixed low-rise and high-rise tower that would contain a hotel and condominiums. The hotel would comprise the first six floors, creating a base for the tower, which would hold residential properties above the eighth floor recreation centre. A triple-height club lounge was proposed at the 43rd floor, visually separating the lower tower from the penthouses above it. These penthouses would be set back from the levels below with a long, pointed tower extending above them to complete the top of the building. This project was never built.

The project is recorded through drawings, presentation paintings, a model and photographs of the model dating from 1988-1989. The drawings consist of site surveys, sketches, elevations, sections, plans, perspectives, axonometric drawings and presentation drawings

Reference Number

AP056.S1.1989.PR05

Arrangement

Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions and some were arranged by material type.

Location

Toronto Ontario Canada

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.001
  • Title: Site survey produced by contractor, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: 1988
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 reprographic copy

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 92 x 61 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-071-06

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.002
  • Title: Sketch plans, elevations and perspectives, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 20 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 25 x 21 cm Sheet (largest): 60 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-004-13

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.003
  • Title: Sketches including plans, perspectives and elevations, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 70 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 31 x 17 cm Sheet (largest): 83 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-090-05

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.004
  • Title: Sketches including plans, elevations, perspectives and axonometric drawings, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 58 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 31 x 28 cm Sheet (largest): 142 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-093-03

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.005
  • Title: Elevations, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 39 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-038-13

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.006
  • Title: Plans and elevation, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 44 drawings
  • 1 reprographic copy with annotations

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm Sheet (largest): 46 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-087-11

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.007
  • Title: Plans, elevations and axonometric drawings, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 58 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 28 x 22 cm Sheet (largest): 66 x 31 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-071-05

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.008
  • Title: Elevations, plans, perspectives and axonometric drawings, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 28 drawings (including reprographic copies with annotations)

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 44 x 28 cm Sheet (largest): 92 x 61 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-093-04

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.009
  • Title: Plans, elevations and sections, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 13 drawings
  • 1 reprographic copy

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 46 x 31 cm Sheet (largest): 107 x 77 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-094-01

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.010
  • Title: Presentation elevation, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 65 x 50 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-090-06

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.011
  • Title: Presentation drawings with plans, sections, renderings and accompanying texts, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 91 x 76 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-094-02

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.012
  • Title: Presentation watercolour of elevation, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: works of art
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)
  • Howard Sutcliffe (painter (artist))

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 painting

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 132 x 91 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.013
  • Title: Presentation floor and site plans, elevations and sections, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 19 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet (smallest): 50 x 31 cm Sheet (largest): 61 x 46 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-071-07

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.014
  • Title: Presentation paintings of exteriors by Versteeg, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: 1989
  • Form: works of art
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 paintings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 77 x 51 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-090-07

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.015
  • Title: Presentation paintings of exteriors, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: works of art
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 paintings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 44 x 34 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-098-01

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.016
  • Title: Presentation drawings of exterior and bar at night by Morrissey, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Dimensions:

  Sheet: 68 x 51 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-071-08

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.017
  • Title: Project model, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: models
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 model, wood and painted plexiglass

  Dimensions:

  Case: 60 x 27 x 24 cm Crate: 65 x 34 x 28 cm

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

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  • Reference Number: AP056.S1.1989.PR05.018
  • Title: Photographs of project model, The Broadcast Centre Development, Toronto
  • Dates of creation: circa 1989
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects (archive creator)
  • Steven Evans (photographer)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 photographs

  Credit line:

  Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
  Don de Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects/
  Gift of Kuwabara Payne Mckenna Blumberg Architects
  

  Folder Number:

  056-078-23