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Snow Chapel

Snow Chapel

Part of

People

  • Lloyd Wright (creator)
  • Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title

Snow Chapel

Dates of creation

1951 [and after]

Level of archival description

Series 3

Extent and Medium

  • 1 drawing
  • 1 reprograhic copy

Scope and Content

Series documents the unexecuted project for the Snow Chapel in Île Bigras, Laval, Québec, which is one of the chapel projects which Lloyd Wright developed from his design for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California. Material in the series was produced in 1951 and after.

Series contains a drawing and a blueprint.

Reference Number

AP151.S3

Related units of description

  • Other material related to the Snow Chapel can be found in File 8 of Series 1 (AP151.S1.D8) including two references in the architect's supervision journal for Wayfarer's Chapel (DR1987:0869:097) and a postscript in a letter of 15 May 1956 (DR1987:0869:075). The first reference in the supervision journal is to a "model revised by John Reed (Snow Chapel) taken to Swedenborg church" (17 Nov 1951) and the second to an alternate plan for the "Snow Chapel, Montreal" in a letter of 25 September 1952 regarding the Wayfarers' Chapel model. In the postscript to Lloyd Wright's letter of 15 May 1956 to Charles McMurdy, Wright refers to a model of the Snow Chapel, describing the design as an "example of architectural development of theme and variation." He indicates that the chapel was developed for the northern climate of Montréal and that the design was exhibited in November 1952 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Wright concludes by noting that the Snow Chapel design was copied by the architect of the Air Force Academy Chapel (1955). A newspaper clipping for the Air Force Academy Chapel is included in the Wayfarers' Chapel project files (DR1987:0869:036:011).

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    • Reference Number: DR1987:0544
    • Title: Snow Chapel, Laval, Québec: West and south elevations, section, ground plan and roof plan
    • Dates of creation: printed after 13 September 1951
    • Form: drawings

    People:

    • Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
    • Lloyd Wright (architect)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 reprographic copy(ies)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • design development drawing

    Technique and media:

    Blueprint with graphite and red pencil

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 90.3 x 120.5 cm

    Drawing Type:

    • line drawings
    • mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)

    Method of Projection:

    • plan (drawing)
    • roof plan
    • section
    • elevations (drawings)

    Point of View:

    • general views
    • exterior views

    Physical Description:

    - Sheet has a small loss at l.l., a tear at c.r. and several stains.

    Inscription:

    inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, on the original, b.: with title; l.r.: "LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT SEPT. 13, 1951"; and in various locations with identification of views and notes on the plan; in graphite, l.l.: "ALTERNAT [sic] PLAN FOR MONTRAAL [sic] "SNOW""; l.c.: "ILLE [underlined] BIGRAS-MONTREAL CANADA / EL BEGRAS"; and in red pencil and graphite, in various locations: with measurements, notes on drawings and on design changes

    Location:

    United States

    Subject:

    • architecture

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

    Copyright:

    © Eric Lloyd Wright

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    • Reference Number: DR1987:0545 R/V
    • Title: Snow Chapel, Laval, Québec: West and south elevations, section, ground plan and roof plan developed on an equilateral parallelogram grid
    • Dates of creation: 13 September 1951
    • Form: drawings

    People:

    • Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
    • Lloyd Wright (architect)

    Description:

    - The ground plan, section and west elevation shown on this drawing for the Snow Chapel, Laval, Québec, were developed on an equilateral parallelogram grid ruled on the verso. The grid is similar to that used for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California (eg. DR1987:0530).

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 drawing(s)

    Stage and Purpose:

    • design development drawings

    Technique and media:

    Graphite and red pencil; verso: graphite

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 91.1 x 124.3 cm

    Drawing Type:

    • line drawings
    • mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)

    Method of Projection:

    • plan (drawing)
    • roof plan
    • section
    • elevations (drawings)

    Point of View:

    • general views
    • exterior views
    • interior view

    Physical Description:

    - Sheet is trimmed unevenly.

    Inscription:

    inscribed and dated - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. to b.: with title; l.r.: "LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHITECT 858 NO. DOHENY DRIVE / LOS ANGELES 46, CALIFORNIA" and "SEPT.13, 1951"; and in various locations: with identification of views and features on the plan stamped and numbered - l.r.: "#199" [job number] inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.r.: with the greek capital letter delta after the stamp

    Location:

    United States

    Subject:

    • architecture

    Credit line:

    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

    Copyright:

    © Eric Lloyd Wright

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