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Office files
1960-1988
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This series is made up of various correspondece files, promotional files, and topic files. Correspondence and promotional files relate to Parkin First Architects, Parkin Architects Planners, and John B. Parkin Associates. The correspondence documents several transportation projects including airports, projects for Marathon Realty Inc., stadium projects, the National Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the University of Ottawa. Promotional files give information on the firms, including design philosophy and the merger of John B. Parkin Associates and Smith Carter Searle.
Topic files mostly consist of newpaper clippings and articles on the topics of planning, management, some projects, John C. Parkin, and various files on architecture, such as architectural education and architecture criticism.
This series also contains a selection of invitations and Christmas cards as well as sound recordings and moving image recordings of interviews with the media, promotional recordings and recordings whose contents are unknown.
Materials in this series were compiled from different accessions.
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This box consists mostly of correspondence related to various projects and promotions for projects.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
This box contains information on office policies, including office manual, correspondence related to projects and promotions, including a pamphlet on airports, and financial information.
Furthermore, there are newspaper clippings on John B. Parkin Associates, as well as documentation related to the merger between John B. Parkin Associates and Smith Carter Searle, including a photograph of the merger. Also included are overviews about the firm Parkin Architects Engineers Planners and projects they worked on.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Objects that have been catalogued:
This box contains several newspaper clippings on Mission Dome, Montreal Olympic Stadium, Metrodome, and Cansports Arena, as well a feasibility study for the arena and correspondence related to the Toronto Stadium proposals. There are also a few pieces of correspondence throughout these folders.
Other materials include minutes of meetings and reports for the National Industrial Design Council, correspondence related to Air Industries Association of Canada, and a study for future office development in the Borough of North York, Ontario. Furthermore, there is a small amount of material related to National Homes Corporation.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains folders of correspondence, memos, and agreements related to various projects including correpondence with Marathon Realty and correspondence related to the Toronto Sun, National Gallery, University of Ottawa, Caribbean Financial Services, and Art Gallery of Ontario. Also included is correspondence related to two withdrawals from Parkin Partnership and a folder on proposed light, air, view privacy standards for the City of Toronto Planning Board.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains correpondence, presentation materials, and some research related to various projects and clients. This includes materials related to the Toronto Transportation Terminal, Mission Dome Inc., and Ottawa University. Moreover, there are several files related to a consortium, which Parkin Architects Planners was part of, that worked on proposals and presentations to build airports in various countries.
The box also includes documentation on Parkin First Architects, Fiset et Deschamps, architects, Parkin Architects Planners, and John B. Parkin Associates including their project list compiled in 1966.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Objects that have been catalogued:
This box includes agreements and folders of office research including newpaper clippings on various topics. This box also contains information on University Planners, Architects and Consulting Engineers (UPACE). Also included is some correspondence including letters of congratulations on the opening of Parkin Architect Planners and a proposal for Confederation Square Development (Jonh B. Parkin Associates, 1962).
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains promotional materials, specifically sections for Parkin Partnerships Architects Planners' brochure, which includes the firm's design philosophy, a brief history of the firm, and CVs for architects and associates.
Also included is correspondence and information related to various projects including projects for Toronto Transit Commission, Marathon Realty Inc., and airports. The box also contains copies of the office's master specification check lists.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains research, including newspaper clippings, articles, and lectures by various people on the topic of planning. Also included is a file of clippings on the 1976 Olympic games.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains research, including newspaper clipping and articles, on the topic of planning. The box also includes files on the topics of sociology, promotion, land banks, and the construction industry.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains research, including newspaper clippings and articles, on the topics of planning, management, architecture practice, architecture criticism, architecture and airports, and architecture history and philosophy. The box also includes files on ecology and the environment, as well as a file on Canadian identity.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains research, including newspaper clippings and articles, on the topic of investment (mostly on real estate), management, and architectural education. There are also topic files on neo-conservatism and on the office of the future, as well as a file on Brock University and on the University of Toronto.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Some subjects covered in this box include health facilties, education facilities, industrial facilities, and Massey medals
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Topics covered in this box include Expo 67, the Toronto Airport, and Sun Life. Also arranged in this box are volumes 1 and 2 of John B. Parkin Associates' Confederation Square Development proposal (1962) and their proposal for a feasibility study for the Corporation of the Borough of Scarborough (1968).
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
This box contains various press clippings organized by topic, including clippings on: Expo 67, York University, Toronto Dominion Centre, and Toronto City Hall. Also included are folders of miscellaneous clippings on various subjects, including clippings on Ancient Rome.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
This box contains clippings on various topics including the Newfoundland Health Science Complex and the Art Gallery of Ontario. The box also contains several miscellaneous files with clippings on various subjects.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
These materials include interviews with the media, promotional recordings on the firm and projects and recordings whose contents are unknown. The most notable recording in the materials is a phone call between sculptor Henry Moore and John Cresswell Parkin (see ARCH 281661 in this file). All materials have been described without playback.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
Objects that have been catalogued:
Also includes a file with information from Norman Slater regarding integrating sculpture in Parkin's projects.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
1 File
John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de John C. Parkin/
Gift of John C. Parkin
This is a box consisting of personal and professional cards and invitations, a copy of a book on the Parkin family lineage and a day planner.
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John C. Parkin fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Don de Jennifer A.C. Parkin/
Gift of Jennifer A.C. Parkin
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