The three recipients of this years Power Corporation of Canada Award, Lisa Chow (McGill University), Michèle Curtis (Carleton University), and Geneviève Depelteau (University of British Columbia), present the findings of their three-month research residency at the CCA, during which they studied the rise of an environmental consciousness in architecture and landscape(...)
Shaughnessy House
1 September 2016, 6pm
Is the Problem... Still the Environment?
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The three recipients of this years Power Corporation of Canada Award, Lisa Chow (McGill University), Michèle Curtis (Carleton University), and Geneviève Depelteau (University of British Columbia), present the findings of their three-month research residency at the CCA, during which they studied the rise of an environmental consciousness in architecture and landscape(...)
Shaughnessy House
On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
16 March 2017
Here It Is Toxic, There It Is Not
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On New Year’s Eve 1987, the people of Gonaïves, an impoverished port town on Haiti’s west coast, awoke to 4,000 tons of toxic ash. Amidst political turmoil in Haiti, officials had approved the import of toxic waste from the United States classified as “fertilizer.” In this case, the ash came from Philadelphia, which was facing a waste management crisis brought on by the(...)
Canada, environment, Jodoin, Müller, It's all happening so fast, toxic, Haiti, voluntary exchange, garbage imperialism, Gonaives
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Sub-series
McGill University
AP109.S1.SS1
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The McGill University subseries, circa 1948 – 1958, consists of material created by Desbarats while studying at the McGill School of Architecture as well as records related to a later project for McGill’s Committee of Physical Planning and an alumni event at the university. The sub-series includes student sketches and portraiture, architectural drawings, Desbarats’ Bachelor of Architecture diploma, a project report, and a class reunion brochure.
circa 1948 - 1958
McGill University
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AP109.S1.SS1
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The McGill University subseries, circa 1948 – 1958, consists of material created by Desbarats while studying at the McGill School of Architecture as well as records related to a later project for McGill’s Committee of Physical Planning and an alumni event at the university. The sub-series includes student sketches and portraiture, architectural drawings, Desbarats’ Bachelor of Architecture diploma, a project report, and a class reunion brochure.
Sub-series 1
circa 1948 - 1958
Project
McGill University Centre
AP137.D10
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File documents a student union building comprised of 6 levels (2 basements, 4 stories), with a concrete frame, exterior of pre-cast concrete panels and metal siding, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, and presentation panels.
1962-1966
McGill University Centre
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AP137.D10
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File documents a student union building comprised of 6 levels (2 basements, 4 stories), with a concrete frame, exterior of pre-cast concrete panels and metal siding, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, working drawings, and presentation panels.
File 10
1962-1966
Project
AP137.D15
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File documents a reconstruction proposal for Peterson Hall, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings.
1962
Peterson Hall Reconstruction, McGill University
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AP137.D15
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File documents a reconstruction proposal for Peterson Hall, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings.
File 15
1962
Project
AP137.D13
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File documents alterations to the Arts Building, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings, working drawings, shop drawings and reference drawings.
1963-1965
McGill University Arts Building, Alterations
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AP137.D13
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File documents alterations to the Arts Building, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design development drawings, working drawings, shop drawings and reference drawings.
File 13
1963-1965
Project
AP137.D21
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File documents furniture design and furniture layouts for the Student Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design drawings and layout plans.
1963-1965
McGill University Student Centre Furnishings
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AP137.D21
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File documents furniture design and furniture layouts for the Student Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. File contains design drawings and layout plans.
File 21
1963-1965
textual records
textual records
1979
textual records
textual records
1962