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events
events
Title:
Learning from... Calgary
Learning from... Calgary
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Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Location:
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Date:
17 March 2011 , 7pm
17 March 2011 , 7pm
Title:
Learning from... Calgary
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Description:
Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
Learning from... Calgary
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Description:
Andrew Nikiforuk presents a talk entitled The political architecture of extreme oil, on the rapid development of bitumen in northern Alberta and its effects on the character of the region, and the country. Although the problems of oil exporting countries are well studied, Canada has yet to consider them or prepare for future oil price shocks. A journalist, Andrew(...)
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events
events
Date:
17 March 2011
7pm
17 March 2011
7pm
Location:
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
Théâtre Paul-Desmarais
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photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH2009:0005:016
PH2009:0005:016
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1968
1968
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1968
1968
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
photographs
photographs
Reference number:
PH2009:0005:014
PH2009:0005:014
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1953
1953
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1953
1953
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH2009:0005:015
PH2009:0005:015
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1960
1960
Title:
One of Canada's first shopping malls. It is on 16th Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alberta
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PH2009:0005:015
One of Canada's first shopping malls. It is on 16th Ave. N.W., Calgary, Alberta
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PH2009:0005:015
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1960
1960
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
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articles
articles
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Issue:
Ideas of living
Ideas of living
Keyword(s):
British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, Colombie-Britannique, landscape, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Ottawa, Québec, Saskatchewan, urban landscape, Winnipeg, Yukon
British Columbia, Calgary, Canada, Colombie-Britannique, landscape, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Ottawa, Québec, Saskatchewan, urban landscape, Winnipeg, Yukon
Published:
18 May 2010
18 May 2010
Issue:
Ideas of living
Ideas of living
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research
research
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Description:
Theme: Urban Agriculture in Canada Recipients: Olive Bailey, University of Calgary Kate Patterson, University of Toronto Julia Tischer, McGill University
Theme: Urban Agriculture in Canada Recipients: Olive Bailey, University of Calgary Kate Patterson, University of Toronto Julia Tischer, McGill University
Date:
June 2007 to August 2007
June 2007 to August 2007
Title:
Master’s Students Program: Urban Agriculture
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Description:
Theme: Urban Agriculture in Canada Recipients: Olive Bailey, University of Calgary Kate Patterson, University of Toronto Julia Tischer, McGill University
Master’s Students Program: Urban Agriculture
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Description:
Theme: Urban Agriculture in Canada Recipients: Olive Bailey, University of Calgary Kate Patterson, University of Toronto Julia Tischer, McGill University
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research
research
Date:
June 2007 to
August 2007
June 2007 to
August 2007
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research
research
Description:
Peter Sealy, McGill University Topic: Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Architectural Unconscious Christopher C. Clarke, University of Calgary Topic: Influences of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Architects on Aboriginal Communities and Architecture
Peter Sealy, McGill University Topic: Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Architectural Unconscious Christopher C. Clarke, University of Calgary Topic: Influences of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Architects on Aboriginal Communities and Architecture
Date:
January 2005 to September 2005
January 2005 to September 2005
Title:
Master’s Students Program 2005
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Description:
Peter Sealy, McGill University Topic: Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Architectural Unconscious Christopher C. Clarke, University of Calgary Topic: Influences of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Architects on Aboriginal Communities and Architecture
Master’s Students Program 2005
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Description:
Peter Sealy, McGill University Topic: Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Architectural Unconscious Christopher C. Clarke, University of Calgary Topic: Influences of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Architects on Aboriginal Communities and Architecture
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research
research
Date:
January 2005 to
September 2005
January 2005 to
September 2005
Form:
research
research
Title:
Visiting Scholars 2009
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Date:
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
23 March 2009 to 30 October 2009
Title:
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Description:
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
Visiting Scholars 2009
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Description:
Esra Akcan, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Modernity in Translation: Geopolitical Interactions in Residential Culture Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States Topic: Julien-David LeRoy and the Making of Architectural History Christina Cogdell, College of Santa Fe, Gainesville, United States Topic: Emergent(...)
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research
research
Date:
23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
23 March 2009 to
30 October 2009
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Project
Project
Title:
Calgary Development
Calgary Development
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Reference number:
AP027.S1.D20
Description:
Evaluation of a proposal by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Calgary Planning Department regarding the redevelopment of the central area of Calgary. The Canadian Pacific Railway proposed a re-routing of its main line to make an additional 100 acres of land available for development in the downtown core. The report includes amendments and further proposals to the original proposal.
AP027.S1.D20
Description:
Evaluation of a proposal by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Calgary Planning Department regarding the redevelopment of the central area of Calgary. The Canadian Pacific Railway proposed a re-routing of its main line to make an additional 100 acres of land available for development in the downtown core. The report includes amendments and further proposals to the original proposal.
People:
Subject:
urban planning
urban planning
Date:
1962-1964
1962-1964
Title:
Calgary Development
Actions:
AP027.S1.D20
Description:
Evaluation of a proposal by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Calgary Planning Department regarding the redevelopment of the central area of Calgary. The Canadian Pacific Railway proposed a re-routing of its main line to make an additional 100 acres of land available for development in the downtown core. The report includes amendments and further proposals to the original proposal.
Calgary Development
Actions:
AP027.S1.D20
Description:
Evaluation of a proposal by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the City of Calgary Planning Department regarding the redevelopment of the central area of Calgary. The Canadian Pacific Railway proposed a re-routing of its main line to make an additional 100 acres of land available for development in the downtown core. The report includes amendments and further proposals to the original proposal.
Level of archival description:
File 20
File 20
Date:
1962-1964
1962-1964
People:
Subject:
urban planning
urban planning
Level of archival description:
Project
Project
Reference number:
AP075.S1.2003.PR06
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design proposal for the Calgary Law Courts, located on the city block between 6th and the 7th Avenue, in Calgary, Alberta. This project was part of a design competition in 2004. Oberlander concept for the landscape consisted in depicting Albert's natural landscape of the Rockies, the foothills, and the prairie. The Rockies were to be recreated with excavation material from the site and would include a water feature spilling in a elongated water basins in the foothills, transforming into the prairie represented by tall grasses. Large lawn and bosque of Aspen trees would represente the City and provides shade and seating areas. The planting plan included the use of low maintenance and indigenous plants. The project also included a green roof on top of the Council Chamber and was planned to allow the reuse of storm water. The project was not realized. The project series contains perspective drawings and site plans showing planters concept, and a complete set of building plans used as reference. The project is also documented throught correspondence, including correspondence with architects, consultants and clients, competition information, competition proposal, including landscape concept proposal by Oberlander, financial documents and photographs of the site.
AP075.S1.2003.PR06
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design proposal for the Calgary Law Courts, located on the city block between 6th and the 7th Avenue, in Calgary, Alberta. This project was part of a design competition in 2004. Oberlander concept for the landscape consisted in depicting Albert's natural landscape of the Rockies, the foothills, and the prairie. The Rockies were to be recreated with excavation material from the site and would include a water feature spilling in a elongated water basins in the foothills, transforming into the prairie represented by tall grasses. Large lawn and bosque of Aspen trees would represente the City and provides shade and seating areas. The planting plan included the use of low maintenance and indigenous plants. The project also included a green roof on top of the Council Chamber and was planned to allow the reuse of storm water. The project was not realized. The project series contains perspective drawings and site plans showing planters concept, and a complete set of building plans used as reference. The project is also documented throught correspondence, including correspondence with architects, consultants and clients, competition information, competition proposal, including landscape concept proposal by Oberlander, financial documents and photographs of the site.
People:
Date:
2003-2004
2003-2004
Title:
Calgary Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta (2003-2004)
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AP075.S1.2003.PR06
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design proposal for the Calgary Law Courts, located on the city block between 6th and the 7th Avenue, in Calgary, Alberta. This project was part of a design competition in 2004. Oberlander concept for the landscape consisted in depicting Albert's natural landscape of the Rockies, the foothills, and the prairie. The Rockies were to be recreated with excavation material from the site and would include a water feature spilling in a elongated water basins in the foothills, transforming into the prairie represented by tall grasses. Large lawn and bosque of Aspen trees would represente the City and provides shade and seating areas. The planting plan included the use of low maintenance and indigenous plants. The project also included a green roof on top of the Council Chamber and was planned to allow the reuse of storm water. The project was not realized. The project series contains perspective drawings and site plans showing planters concept, and a complete set of building plans used as reference. The project is also documented throught correspondence, including correspondence with architects, consultants and clients, competition information, competition proposal, including landscape concept proposal by Oberlander, financial documents and photographs of the site.
Calgary Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta (2003-2004)
Actions:
AP075.S1.2003.PR06
Description:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape design proposal for the Calgary Law Courts, located on the city block between 6th and the 7th Avenue, in Calgary, Alberta. This project was part of a design competition in 2004. Oberlander concept for the landscape consisted in depicting Albert's natural landscape of the Rockies, the foothills, and the prairie. The Rockies were to be recreated with excavation material from the site and would include a water feature spilling in a elongated water basins in the foothills, transforming into the prairie represented by tall grasses. Large lawn and bosque of Aspen trees would represente the City and provides shade and seating areas. The planting plan included the use of low maintenance and indigenous plants. The project also included a green roof on top of the Council Chamber and was planned to allow the reuse of storm water. The project was not realized. The project series contains perspective drawings and site plans showing planters concept, and a complete set of building plans used as reference. The project is also documented throught correspondence, including correspondence with architects, consultants and clients, competition information, competition proposal, including landscape concept proposal by Oberlander, financial documents and photographs of the site.
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Project
Project
Date:
2003-2004
2003-2004
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