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Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Title:
Stelco fonds
Stelco fonds
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Reference number:
AP017
Synopsis:
The Stelco fonds, 1902-1982, documents the buildings of the Steel Company of Canada’s two Montréal sites, located on Notre-Dame street in Little Burgundy and in Saint-Henri. The fond is composed of drawings showing site plans and elevations.
AP017
Synopsis:
The Stelco fonds, 1902-1982, documents the buildings of the Steel Company of Canada’s two Montréal sites, located on Notre-Dame street in Little Burgundy and in Saint-Henri. The fond is composed of drawings showing site plans and elevations.
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Date:
1902-1982
1902-1982
Title:
Stelco fonds
Actions:
AP017
Synopsis:
The Stelco fonds, 1902-1982, documents the buildings of the Steel Company of Canada’s two Montréal sites, located on Notre-Dame street in Little Burgundy and in Saint-Henri. The fond is composed of drawings showing site plans and elevations.
Stelco fonds
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AP017
Synopsis:
The Stelco fonds, 1902-1982, documents the buildings of the Steel Company of Canada’s two Montréal sites, located on Notre-Dame street in Little Burgundy and in Saint-Henri. The fond is composed of drawings showing site plans and elevations.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1902-1982
1902-1982
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Form:
textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
AP197.S1.SS9.014
Description:
The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
AP197.S1.SS9.014
Description:
The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
People:
Date:
circa 1971-2015
circa 1971-2015
Title:
Kenneth Frampton writings (FR-I)
Actions:
AP197.S1.SS9.014
Description:
The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
Kenneth Frampton writings (FR-I)
Actions:
AP197.S1.SS9.014
Description:
The box contains drafts, final copies, notes and correspondence for various articles, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from FR- I. The largest portion of this box consists of articles, correspondence and research files on Tony Fretton; a dossier on the 1994 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award in which Frampton was a nominator from 1994-1996; various articles, drafts and correspondence on Steven Holl; drafts of "Homage a Finlandia: Finnish Architecture and the Unfinished Modern Project," a Nils Wickberg lecture, Aalto University; and correspondence and drafts of a Michael Hopkins essay featured in "Hopkins: the work of Michael Hopkins and Partners." Other subjects and architects explored in these texts relate to: Tony Fretton; Hiromi Fuiji; futurism; on Galfetti's Aula; Antoni Gaudí; globalism and its discontents; Giorgio Grassi; Vittorio Gregotti; the Guggenheim; Dan S. Hanganu; the work of Hariri Hariri; Herman Hertzberger; homage to Iberia; industrialization; and an introduction to "Inside Architecture" by Vittorio Gregotti.
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
circa 1971-2015
circa 1971-2015
People:
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Description:
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
Location:
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Date:
10 May 2017 to 15 October 2017
10 May 2017 to 15 October 2017
Title:
Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen
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Description:
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen
Actions:
Description:
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
10 May 2017 to
15 October 2017
10 May 2017 to
15 October 2017
Location:
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Form:
events
events
Title:
No Parks?
No Parks?
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Description:
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Date:
25 May 2017
25 May 2017
Title:
No Parks?
Actions:
Description:
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
No Parks?
Actions:
Description:
Are parks bad? These quarantined bits of land and water speak to a confused desire for some kind of “nature”—and they might be good for our health—but do they also serve to excuse our continued bad behaviour? Parks are not innocent. City parks are real estate assets and urban “amenities” created by planners, landscape architects, hydrological engineers, police(...)
Form:
events
events
Date:
25 May 2017
25 May 2017
Form:
events
events
Title:
Building Knowledge
Building Knowledge
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Description:
This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
16 April 2015 , 6pm
16 April 2015 , 6pm
Title:
Building Knowledge
Actions:
Description:
This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
Building Knowledge
Actions:
Description:
This lecture discusses a range of projects from Anupama Kundoo’s practice, research, and teaching. In these distinct but complementary areas of her work, she attempts to build collective knowledge in collaboration with engineers, masons, craftsmen, infrastructure providers, residents, material suppliers, and all other stakeholders involved in constructing and occupying(...)
Form:
events
events
Date:
16 April 2015
6pm
16 April 2015
6pm
Location:
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Reference number:
AP018.S1.1972.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the second stage of the expansion of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto from 1972-1977. The office identified the project number as 7208. This project consisted of the expansion of the AGO that began in 1972. It was Stage II of the expansion program, which began in 1969 with Stage I. Most prominent in this project was the extension of the gallery’s west side to reach Beverley Street. This wing housed the new Education and Extension (E&E) branch galleries and educational facilities, and a two-storey reference library. The library included a 10,000 square foot reading room and an audiovisual library. This stage also proposed an extension to the south of the main gallery, directly east of the Grange mansion, that would connect the AGO to the neighbouring Ontario College of Art. It should be noted that while AGO project contracts were originally given to John B. Parkin Associates, John C. Parkin continued the project under his new firm, Parkin Architects Planners, after parting ways with partner John B. Parkin in 1971. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, and textual records dating from 1971-1983. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies of detail drawings arranged with the textual records, although original drawings of details are also present within the textual records. Large drawings housed separately show both the design development and construction of the project. There are also presentation boards showing floor plan schemes. The textual records include contractor and client correspondence, meeting reports, specifications, project notebooks, tender documents, contract data, consultancy records, site reports, certificates of payment and other financial documentation, change orders, supplementary instructions, deficiency lists, detail planning records, and studies. Box AP018.S1.1972.PR08.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
AP018.S1.1972.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the second stage of the expansion of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto from 1972-1977. The office identified the project number as 7208. This project consisted of the expansion of the AGO that began in 1972. It was Stage II of the expansion program, which began in 1969 with Stage I. Most prominent in this project was the extension of the gallery’s west side to reach Beverley Street. This wing housed the new Education and Extension (E&E) branch galleries and educational facilities, and a two-storey reference library. The library included a 10,000 square foot reading room and an audiovisual library. This stage also proposed an extension to the south of the main gallery, directly east of the Grange mansion, that would connect the AGO to the neighbouring Ontario College of Art. It should be noted that while AGO project contracts were originally given to John B. Parkin Associates, John C. Parkin continued the project under his new firm, Parkin Architects Planners, after parting ways with partner John B. Parkin in 1971. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, and textual records dating from 1971-1983. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies of detail drawings arranged with the textual records, although original drawings of details are also present within the textual records. Large drawings housed separately show both the design development and construction of the project. There are also presentation boards showing floor plan schemes. The textual records include contractor and client correspondence, meeting reports, specifications, project notebooks, tender documents, contract data, consultancy records, site reports, certificates of payment and other financial documentation, change orders, supplementary instructions, deficiency lists, detail planning records, and studies. Box AP018.S1.1972.PR08.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
People:
Date:
1971-1983
1971-1983
Title:
Art Gallery of Ontario, Stage II Expansion, Toronto (1978)
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AP018.S1.1972.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the second stage of the expansion of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto from 1972-1977. The office identified the project number as 7208. This project consisted of the expansion of the AGO that began in 1972. It was Stage II of the expansion program, which began in 1969 with Stage I. Most prominent in this project was the extension of the gallery’s west side to reach Beverley Street. This wing housed the new Education and Extension (E&E) branch galleries and educational facilities, and a two-storey reference library. The library included a 10,000 square foot reading room and an audiovisual library. This stage also proposed an extension to the south of the main gallery, directly east of the Grange mansion, that would connect the AGO to the neighbouring Ontario College of Art. It should be noted that while AGO project contracts were originally given to John B. Parkin Associates, John C. Parkin continued the project under his new firm, Parkin Architects Planners, after parting ways with partner John B. Parkin in 1971. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, and textual records dating from 1971-1983. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies of detail drawings arranged with the textual records, although original drawings of details are also present within the textual records. Large drawings housed separately show both the design development and construction of the project. There are also presentation boards showing floor plan schemes. The textual records include contractor and client correspondence, meeting reports, specifications, project notebooks, tender documents, contract data, consultancy records, site reports, certificates of payment and other financial documentation, change orders, supplementary instructions, deficiency lists, detail planning records, and studies. Box AP018.S1.1972.PR08.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Stage II Expansion, Toronto (1978)
Actions:
AP018.S1.1972.PR08
Description:
This project series documents the second stage of the expansion of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto from 1972-1977. The office identified the project number as 7208. This project consisted of the expansion of the AGO that began in 1972. It was Stage II of the expansion program, which began in 1969 with Stage I. Most prominent in this project was the extension of the gallery’s west side to reach Beverley Street. This wing housed the new Education and Extension (E&E) branch galleries and educational facilities, and a two-storey reference library. The library included a 10,000 square foot reading room and an audiovisual library. This stage also proposed an extension to the south of the main gallery, directly east of the Grange mansion, that would connect the AGO to the neighbouring Ontario College of Art. It should be noted that while AGO project contracts were originally given to John B. Parkin Associates, John C. Parkin continued the project under his new firm, Parkin Architects Planners, after parting ways with partner John B. Parkin in 1971. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, and textual records dating from 1971-1983. The majority of the drawings are reprographic copies of detail drawings arranged with the textual records, although original drawings of details are also present within the textual records. Large drawings housed separately show both the design development and construction of the project. There are also presentation boards showing floor plan schemes. The textual records include contractor and client correspondence, meeting reports, specifications, project notebooks, tender documents, contract data, consultancy records, site reports, certificates of payment and other financial documentation, change orders, supplementary instructions, deficiency lists, detail planning records, and studies. Box AP018.S1.1972.PR08.001 contains an index to the textual records, which was created by the office.
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Date:
1971-1983
1971-1983
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Title:
Douglas C. Simpson fonds
Douglas C. Simpson fonds
Reference number:
AP076
Synopsis:
The Douglas C. Simpson fonds documents Simpson's 1938 graduation thesis project, residential projects from early in his career in Ottawa, furniture projects, and residential and commercial projects in British Columbia including those by the firm Semmens, Simpson. The fonds is composed primarily of drawings and photographs dating from 1938-1992, with the bulk of the documents ranging from ca. 1940 to ca. 1960.
AP076
Synopsis:
The Douglas C. Simpson fonds documents Simpson's 1938 graduation thesis project, residential projects from early in his career in Ottawa, furniture projects, and residential and commercial projects in British Columbia including those by the firm Semmens, Simpson. The fonds is composed primarily of drawings and photographs dating from 1938-1992, with the bulk of the documents ranging from ca. 1940 to ca. 1960.
People:
Date:
1938-1992, [predominant ca. 1940-ca. 1960]
1938-1992, [predominant ca. 1940-ca. 1960]
Title:
Douglas C. Simpson fonds
Actions:
AP076
Synopsis:
The Douglas C. Simpson fonds documents Simpson's 1938 graduation thesis project, residential projects from early in his career in Ottawa, furniture projects, and residential and commercial projects in British Columbia including those by the firm Semmens, Simpson. The fonds is composed primarily of drawings and photographs dating from 1938-1992, with the bulk of the documents ranging from ca. 1940 to ca. 1960.
Douglas C. Simpson fonds
Actions:
AP076
Synopsis:
The Douglas C. Simpson fonds documents Simpson's 1938 graduation thesis project, residential projects from early in his career in Ottawa, furniture projects, and residential and commercial projects in British Columbia including those by the firm Semmens, Simpson. The fonds is composed primarily of drawings and photographs dating from 1938-1992, with the bulk of the documents ranging from ca. 1940 to ca. 1960.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1938-1992, [predominant ca. 1940-ca. 1960]
1938-1992, [predominant ca. 1940-ca. 1960]
People:
Form:
textual records
textual records
Reference number:
AP075.S3.SS2.149
Description:
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.
AP075.S3.SS2.149
Description:
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.
People:
Date:
1958-1993
1958-1993
Title:
Professional correspondence from 1958-1993
Actions:
AP075.S3.SS2.149
Description:
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.
Professional correspondence from 1958-1993
Actions:
AP075.S3.SS2.149
Description:
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.
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1958-1993
1958-1993
People:
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Actions:
Reference number:
AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
People:
Date:
1973-1984
1973-1984
Title:
Residence of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Billes, Toronto (1973-1975)
Actions:
AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
Residence of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Billes, Toronto (1973-1975)
Actions:
AP018.S1.1973.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the residence of A.W. Billes and his family at 30 High Point Road in North York, Toronto from 1973-1975. The office identified the project number as 7302. This project consisted of a ten bedroom home for Toronto businessman Alfred W. Billes, who was part of the Canadian Tire founding family and part owner at this time. The extravagant home included tennis courts, a pool, an indoor atrium with gardens, staff quarters, a library, and a piano room, among others. Built in the Bridle Path neighbourhood, the home was designed in the modernist style with two terraced balconies facing the street. Following the completion of the project, A.W. Billes sued the firm of Parkin Partnership Architects Planners over dissatisfaction with the construction, a case that was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. Parkin lost the case in 1984 and had to pay A.W. Billes approximately $125,000. The project is recorded through drawings, photographs, slides, a project painting, and textual records dating from 1973-1984. The drawings are a mix of original sketches and construction drawings. The photographs and slides show the completed project. The textual records include construction documentation, design notes, interoffice memos, correspondence, meeting and site reports, extensive lawsuit documentation, contract data, a project manual for the homeowners and consultancy records. Some of the drawings and textual records are labelled Part 7', but it is unclear from the documentation what this refers to. There are a large number of construction drawings, some sketches, and detail drawings arranged within the textual materials.
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Date:
1973-1984
1973-1984
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Title:
Myron Goldsmith fonds
Myron Goldsmith fonds
Reference number:
AP032
Synopsis:
The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
AP032
Synopsis:
The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
People:
Date:
1933-1996
1933-1996
Title:
Myron Goldsmith fonds
Actions:
AP032
Synopsis:
The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
Myron Goldsmith fonds
Actions:
AP032
Synopsis:
The Myron Goldsmith fonds consists primarily of 30.4 metres of textual documents, including notebooks, research and reading notes, travel journals, documentation files, correspondence, sketchbooks and personal and office papers. There are also 2,800 original drawings and prints, 10,000 photographs and slides, and 5 architectural models. The material ranges in date from c.1933 to 1996. In shedding light on Goldsmith's student years and working career, the fonds' rich collection of documents also provides material on activities in the architectural profession, architectural education, and architectural and engineering theory and building techniques through the 1940s to the 1990s.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1933-1996
1933-1996
People:
