Inclus dans:

• Collection: Collection Eva Hollo Vecsei, 1959-2019
•    Série(s): Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architect (1959-1971), 1959-2017

Personnes et institutions:

• Eva Hollo Vecsei (archive creator)
• Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise (architectural firm)
• Eva Hollo Vecsei (architect)

Titre:

Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architect (1959-1971)

Date:

1959-2017

Niveau de description archivistique:
Series

Collation:

• 23 photographic materials
  12 digital files (1.47 GB)
  6 drawings
  0.04 linear meters of textual records

Présentation du contenu:
This series documents eight projects that Eva Hollo Vecsei worked on while at the firm Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architect (Arcop). Vecsei worked for the firm from 1959 to 1971 and was made an associate in 1964. She was the designer in charge of several Massey Award winning projects such as: Saint Gerard Magella Church, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec (1960-1963); Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec (circa 1963-1969); Student Union building, McGill University, Montréal, Québec (1965); and the Life science building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1971).

This series includes documents related to the following projects: Tifereth Jerusalem Synagogue, Côte-Saint-Luc, Québec (circa 1959-1971); Saint Gerard Magella Church, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec (1960-1963); Centre civique Chomedey, Chomedey [now Laval], Québec (1962-1965); Place des Arts, Montréal, Québec (1963); Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec (circa 1963-1969); Student Union building, McGill University, Montréal, Québec (1965); and the Life science building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1971).

Collection material in this series was produced between 1959 and 2017. Documenting the series are photographs, presentation drawings, slides, publications, clippings, correspondence, and digital material (mainly photographs and versions of a filmed interview).

Records are predominantly related to Place Bonaventure, a large multi-functional complex comprised of exhibition and convention halls, an international trade centre, shopping concourses, offices, and a 400-room hotel with rooftop gardens. Mostly constructed of concrete, the building is connected to an underground pedestrian network and the Place Bonaventure metro station.

Numéro de référence:

CD041.S1

Langue et écriture des documents:

• English
• French

Contient:

• CD041.S1.001, Correspondence between the City of Montréal and Eva Hollo Vecsei about a documentary on Place Ville-Marie, Gare centrale, and Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, 3 July 2014
• CD041.S1.002, Film entitled "The Spirit of it… tout était possible !" about Ville-Marie, Gare Centrale, and Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, 2017
• CD041.S1.003, Slides, photographs, publications, and clippings related to Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, circa 1967-1968
• CD041.S1.004, Interview of Eva Hollo Vecsei about Place Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, 2014
• CD041.S1.005, Photographs and presentation drawings from various projects by the firm Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architect, circa 1959-1971
• CD041.S1.006, Presentation drawings and clippings from various projects by the firm Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architect, circa 1959-1971