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AP164.S1.2004.D14
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The project series documents the public commission for the construction of basic apartments for young people. The firm was invited along with three other architects/offices to propose and expose four prototypes during the Construmat show. The prototype was roughly built, but was then destroyed. The firm identified this project as number 195. Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, project descriptions, reports, and clippings.
2003-2006, predominant 2004-2005
APTM Construmat, Barcelona, Spain (2004)
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AP164.S1.2004.D14
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The project series documents the public commission for the construction of basic apartments for young people. The firm was invited along with three other architects/offices to propose and expose four prototypes during the Construmat show. The prototype was roughly built, but was then destroyed. The firm identified this project as number 195. Documenting the project are conceptual and presentation drawings, digital, photographic and reference materials, correspondence, project descriptions, reports, and clippings.
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2003-2006, predominant 2004-2005
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Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
Synopsis:
The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
1717-[1884]
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
Synopsis:
The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
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1717-[1884]
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AP056.S1.1995.PR08
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This project series documents a temporary building to market the Pavilions Condominiums in Toronto in 1995. The office identified the project number as 9507. The Pavilions Condominiums, later referred to as the H2O condominiums, were built by KPMB from 1995-1999 (see project series AP056.S1.1995.PR05 described in this fonds). This project consisted of the condo's marketing centre, which was an oval shaped room divided in two with a model kitchen on one side, and a model bathroom on the other. The project is recorded through furnishing and construction drawings dating from 1996.
1996
The Pavilion's Marketing Centre, Toronto (1995)
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AP056.S1.1995.PR08
Description:
This project series documents a temporary building to market the Pavilions Condominiums in Toronto in 1995. The office identified the project number as 9507. The Pavilions Condominiums, later referred to as the H2O condominiums, were built by KPMB from 1995-1999 (see project series AP056.S1.1995.PR05 described in this fonds). This project consisted of the condo's marketing centre, which was an oval shaped room divided in two with a model kitchen on one side, and a model bathroom on the other. The project is recorded through furnishing and construction drawings dating from 1996.
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1996
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AP056.S1.1991.PR03
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This project series documents planning for the Westnor Development Project, later called Wittington Place, in North York, Ontario from 1991-1997. The office identified the project number as 9106. This project consisted of a competition entry to develop the area above Highway 401 next to Yonge Street. The large plot of land would be a mix of residential, retail, hotel, office and outdoor spaces. The competition also called for the creation of a sports arena, Canada Coliseum, to be used for professional basketball and hockey. This entry was proposed by New York based firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Whitelaw Architects, working with KPMB, among others.[1] The development was to be carried out in multiple phases, divided by city blocks. The drawings present different schemes for this development, most of which include a large park at its centre. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a site plan painting dating from 1991-1997. The large part of these drawings are originals and include sketches, model drawings, site plans and surveys, elevations, sections, perspectives and axonometric drawings. These drawings focus primarily on the development of the area as a whole and less on individual buildings. [1] Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the City That Might Have Been (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001), 160.
1991-1997
The Westnor Development Project, North York, Ontario (1991-1997)
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AP056.S1.1991.PR03
Description:
This project series documents planning for the Westnor Development Project, later called Wittington Place, in North York, Ontario from 1991-1997. The office identified the project number as 9106. This project consisted of a competition entry to develop the area above Highway 401 next to Yonge Street. The large plot of land would be a mix of residential, retail, hotel, office and outdoor spaces. The competition also called for the creation of a sports arena, Canada Coliseum, to be used for professional basketball and hockey. This entry was proposed by New York based firm Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Whitelaw Architects, working with KPMB, among others.[1] The development was to be carried out in multiple phases, divided by city blocks. The drawings present different schemes for this development, most of which include a large park at its centre. This project was never built. The project is recorded through drawings and a site plan painting dating from 1991-1997. The large part of these drawings are originals and include sketches, model drawings, site plans and surveys, elevations, sections, perspectives and axonometric drawings. These drawings focus primarily on the development of the area as a whole and less on individual buildings. [1] Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Toronto 2: More of the City That Might Have Been (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2001), 160.
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1991-1997
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AP056.S1.1990.PR03
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This project series documents the Joseph Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1990-1994. The office identified the project number as 9011. This project was the winning entry of a national design competition and was completed with Thomas Payne at its head and with the firm Moffat Kinoshita Associates acting as consulting architects. Located at the corner of Alfred and University Streets, the project consisted of a new 200,000 square foot library for the campus. Influenced by the surrounding gothic collegiate buildings, the library's exteriors focused on vertical, upward movement and had rich textures created by limestone, copper flashing and wood window frames and entrance screens. The library's main entrance at the Union Street and University Street corner was a rotunda that featured a fireplace-lined reading room on the second floor. Other reading rooms and a café lined the building's exterior, while the main library stacks were housed in the core of the building. Wood panelling was disbursed amongst the walls to add warmth to the buildings interior. This project also included plans to expand the library in the following decades. This project received a Governor General's Award in Architecture in 1997. This project is recorded through drawings, photographs, presentation paintings and textual records dating from 1990-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. The photographs show the finished building, while the textual records consist of publicity on the building and the program description.
1990-1994
Joseph Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1990-1994)
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AP056.S1.1990.PR03
Description:
This project series documents the Joseph Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1990-1994. The office identified the project number as 9011. This project was the winning entry of a national design competition and was completed with Thomas Payne at its head and with the firm Moffat Kinoshita Associates acting as consulting architects. Located at the corner of Alfred and University Streets, the project consisted of a new 200,000 square foot library for the campus. Influenced by the surrounding gothic collegiate buildings, the library's exteriors focused on vertical, upward movement and had rich textures created by limestone, copper flashing and wood window frames and entrance screens. The library's main entrance at the Union Street and University Street corner was a rotunda that featured a fireplace-lined reading room on the second floor. Other reading rooms and a café lined the building's exterior, while the main library stacks were housed in the core of the building. Wood panelling was disbursed amongst the walls to add warmth to the buildings interior. This project also included plans to expand the library in the following decades. This project received a Governor General's Award in Architecture in 1997. This project is recorded through drawings, photographs, presentation paintings and textual records dating from 1990-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include sketches, presentation drawings, plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and axonometric drawings. The photographs show the finished building, while the textual records consist of publicity on the building and the program description.
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1990-1994
Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
20 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Katie Lloyd Thomas
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Visiting Scholar Katie Lloyd Thomas presents her research: In the United Kingdom, the naming and selection of building products—or ‘shopping’ on behalf of the client—only became part of the architect’s role during the vast expansion of mass manufacturing in the 1930s. These radical transformations, largely overlooked today, were enthusiastically embraced and debated by(...)
Shaughnessy House
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AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
2000
Einsteinet, edificio de oficinas y show-room, Hamburg, Germany (2000)
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AP164.S1.2000.D7
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The project series documents the design of an office building and showroom for Einsteinet, in Hamburg, Germany. The project included, among other things, office space and parking for 230 people, facade, relocation of the entrance and exterior access for cars. It was designed by Abalos & Herreros with the architects Renata Sentkiewicz and Juergen Westphal. The firm identified this project as number 131. Documenting this project are conceptual and working drawings, correspondence, maps, and reference and photographic materials.
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2000
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AP140.S2.SS1.D61
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cultural and governmental complex in Stuttgart, Germany. The complex includes additions to the State Music School (comprising a concert hall and schools of opera and acting), the City of Stuttgart art gallery and an office building for the Ministry of Sport and Culture. It integrates the winning competition entry by other architects for an addition to the Landtag building and other offices for the State of Baden-Württemberg, on a site adjoining the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre. Material in this file was produced in 1980 and 1987. File contains a few conceptual drawings, design development drawings and several presentation drawings. Photographic materials consist of views of a presentation model, including by Kandor Modelmakers. File also contains textual records.
1980-1987, predominant 1980-1981
Music School Additions, Ministry of Sport and Culture Office Building and City of Stuttgart Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
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AP140.S2.SS1.D61
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File documents an unexecuted project for a cultural and governmental complex in Stuttgart, Germany. The complex includes additions to the State Music School (comprising a concert hall and schools of opera and acting), the City of Stuttgart art gallery and an office building for the Ministry of Sport and Culture. It integrates the winning competition entry by other architects for an addition to the Landtag building and other offices for the State of Baden-Württemberg, on a site adjoining the State Gallery Addition and New Chamber Theatre. Material in this file was produced in 1980 and 1987. File contains a few conceptual drawings, design development drawings and several presentation drawings. Photographic materials consist of views of a presentation model, including by Kandor Modelmakers. File also contains textual records.
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1980-1987, predominant 1980-1981
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AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS1
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This project series documents the design of the Victoria University Hotel in Toronto from 1987-1988. The office identified the project numbers as 18723 and 18725. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara, consisted of a proposed nine floor hotel with 22,000 square metres of space. Located at the corner of Charles Street and St. Thomas Streets, the hotel contained a lobby, bar, restaurant, kitchen, and meeting rooms on the ground floor, with a mezzanine for additional meeting rooms directly above it. The other floors were proposed to hold between 274-320 rooms, including a penthouse with its own bar, kitchen and meeting rooms. Three levels of underground parking were also proposed, holding between 183-220 vehicles. The L-shaped building integrated old houses that already existed along Charles Street, into its facade. Houses along St. Thomas Street were to be left as separate buildings, with the L shape wrapping around them. This project was never realized. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1986-1990. The drawings include sketches, surveys and area plans, floor plans, elevations, perspectives, sections and details. This project was designed simultaneously with the Victoria University Student Housing across the street (see project subseries AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS2). These two projects have been arranged in two subseries because their project numbers and the site plans and surveys for each project overlap. The housing project was assigned the project number 19723, the same number as materials for this hotel project. It may be that the architects separated the two projects later on, assigning a second project number, 18725, to this hotel project. These two project subseries should be viewed together.
1986-1990
Victoria University Hotel, Toronto (1987-1988)
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AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS1
Description:
This project series documents the design of the Victoria University Hotel in Toronto from 1987-1988. The office identified the project numbers as 18723 and 18725. This project, headed by Bruce Kuwabara, consisted of a proposed nine floor hotel with 22,000 square metres of space. Located at the corner of Charles Street and St. Thomas Streets, the hotel contained a lobby, bar, restaurant, kitchen, and meeting rooms on the ground floor, with a mezzanine for additional meeting rooms directly above it. The other floors were proposed to hold between 274-320 rooms, including a penthouse with its own bar, kitchen and meeting rooms. Three levels of underground parking were also proposed, holding between 183-220 vehicles. The L-shaped building integrated old houses that already existed along Charles Street, into its facade. Houses along St. Thomas Street were to be left as separate buildings, with the L shape wrapping around them. This project was never realized. The project is recorded through drawings and a project model dating from 1986-1990. The drawings include sketches, surveys and area plans, floor plans, elevations, perspectives, sections and details. This project was designed simultaneously with the Victoria University Student Housing across the street (see project subseries AP056.S1.1987.PR06.SS2). These two projects have been arranged in two subseries because their project numbers and the site plans and surveys for each project overlap. The housing project was assigned the project number 19723, the same number as materials for this hotel project. It may be that the architects separated the two projects later on, assigning a second project number, 18725, to this hotel project. These two project subseries should be viewed together.
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1986-1990
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AP056.S1.1995.PR03
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This project series documents a competition entry for the University of Waterloo Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering in Waterloo, Ontario in 1995. The office identified the project number as 9502. This project consisted of a proposal to create a new, environmentally sustainable campus building within the scope of the University's master plan. The integrated complex would consist of the five-storey Research Laboratories building and the four-storey Earth Sciences office building, interconnected by the three-storey Interior Street. Corridors in the Research Laboratories building would separate visitors from the rigorously controlled environments of the labs and act as a hub of student activity. Glazed walls would allow visibility into the labs from the corridor. The office building, with a café and museum at its ground level, would have loft-like offices with operable windows for more eco-friendly temperature control. Other ecological features were proposed including a breathing, green wall, the use of local, sustainable materials and a bio-reactor plant, among others. This proposal was never built. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation paintings, a model and some accompanying textual records dating from on or around 1995. The drawings are predominantly original sketches and presentation drawings.
1995
University of Waterloo Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering Competition, Waterloo, Ontario (1995)
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AP056.S1.1995.PR03
Description:
This project series documents a competition entry for the University of Waterloo Centre for Environmental Sciences and Engineering in Waterloo, Ontario in 1995. The office identified the project number as 9502. This project consisted of a proposal to create a new, environmentally sustainable campus building within the scope of the University's master plan. The integrated complex would consist of the five-storey Research Laboratories building and the four-storey Earth Sciences office building, interconnected by the three-storey Interior Street. Corridors in the Research Laboratories building would separate visitors from the rigorously controlled environments of the labs and act as a hub of student activity. Glazed walls would allow visibility into the labs from the corridor. The office building, with a café and museum at its ground level, would have loft-like offices with operable windows for more eco-friendly temperature control. Other ecological features were proposed including a breathing, green wall, the use of local, sustainable materials and a bio-reactor plant, among others. This proposal was never built. The project is recorded through drawings, presentation paintings, a model and some accompanying textual records dating from on or around 1995. The drawings are predominantly original sketches and presentation drawings.
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1995