Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes demonstrates Oberlanders pioneering vision of socially conscious and environmentally sustainable landscape design in Canada. The exhibition presents a selection of projects executed in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Berlin over a period of more than 30 years. Drawings and writings from the CCA’s Oberlander(...)
Octagonal gallery
11 May 2006 to 30 July 2006
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes
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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Ecological Landscapes demonstrates Oberlanders pioneering vision of socially conscious and environmentally sustainable landscape design in Canada. The exhibition presents a selection of projects executed in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife, and Berlin over a period of more than 30 years. Drawings and writings from the CCA’s Oberlander(...)
Octagonal gallery
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The Spirit of Cornelia
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Martien de Vletter, landscape, play, playground, restoration, Robson Square, green roofs, garden, environment
25 May 2021
The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
14 September 2014 , 3pm
Cornelia Oberlander and Susan Herrington want to speak with you
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The first biography of one of the most influential landscape architects of the 20th century, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Making the Modern Landscape draws upon archival research, site analyses, and numerous interviews with Cornelia Oberlander and her collaborators. Author Susan Herrington joins Oberlander in conversation about her works and career. The series They want(...)
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Fonds
AP075
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The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
1936-2021
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds
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AP075
Synopsis:
The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds documents Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect. It contains over 203 projects that span from 1950 to 2018 predominantly in Canada and in the United States, but also in Germany. The fonds is a complete record of Oberlander's work, and comprises her playground projects, roof gardens, and public space landscapes, as well as landscape designs for private residences, as well as administrative records from her practice, her professional engagements, and her research materials. The material in this fonds is dated from 1936 to 2021.
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Fonds
1936-2021
photographs
AP075.S3.SS2.034
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Portraits of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. Includes 12 photographs and 3 slides.
1953-1998
Various photographs of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
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AP075.S3.SS2.034
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Portraits of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. Includes 12 photographs and 3 slides.
photographs
1953-1998
born digital, photographs
AP075.S3.SS2.222
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Exchangeable Image File Format (Uncompressed), Microsoft Word Document, Tagged Image File Format.
2005 - 2011
Portraits of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
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AP075.S3.SS2.222
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Most common file formats: Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Exchangeable Image File Format (Uncompressed), Microsoft Word Document, Tagged Image File Format.
born digital, photographs
2005 - 2011
textual records
AP075.S3.SS3.005
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Contains documents related to: - Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award in 2011 (a certificate congratulating Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from Joyce Murrry, Vancouver M.P. - Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 (certificate signed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, programme for the awards ceremony held 16 Dec. 2002 at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Vancouver, BC.) - Order of Canada in 1991 (photograph of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander accepting her first Order of Canada - from Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn).
1991-2011
Governmental awards received by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
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AP075.S3.SS3.005
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Contains documents related to: - Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award in 2011 (a certificate congratulating Cornelia Hahn Oberlander from Joyce Murrry, Vancouver M.P. - Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 (certificate signed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, programme for the awards ceremony held 16 Dec. 2002 at the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club, Vancouver, BC.) - Order of Canada in 1991 (photograph of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander accepting her first Order of Canada - from Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn).
textual records
1991-2011
textual records
AP075.S4.SS2.063
1995-2015
textual records
1995-2015
textual records
AP075.S3.SS1.204
1951-1956
textual records
1951-1956
textual records
AP075.S3.SS1.205
1964-1969
textual records
1964-1969