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- March 1963
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Exterior views of a school
Exterior views of the Place Victoria in Montreal
Montreal, Expo 67, Japan Pavilion
Photographs of the pavilion during construction.
Montreal, Expo 67, Man Pavilions
Construction views and one view of a finished interior, showing the 1967 theme pavilions Man the Explorer and Man the Producer. The various other Man-themed pavilions (not represented in the collection) included: Man in the Community, Man the Provider, Man and his Health, and Man the Creator.
Plywood Manufacturers of B.C.
Montreal, Expo 67, Ontario Pavilion
The Ontario pavilion, located between the Canada and Quebec pavilions, features an opaque glass roof made up of several pyramids of different sizes. A group of large granite blocks, symbolizing the Canadian shield, forms an interesting rest area and provides a popular spot for young climbers. Young people are the focus of this pavilion, alongside exhibits about Ontario's past, present and future.
Montreal, Expo 67, Place d'Accueil
La Place d'Accueil is the main gate for Expo 67. A huge plaza of 2½ acres is on a middle level, above a bus station which is also used by taxis and the terminals of the Expo-Express and the Trailer Train which connects to Ci du Havre points.On the middle level, and on a third level, are information booths, travel offices, accommodation bureaux, shops, banks, a liquor store, restaurants, snack bars, lounges and a day hotel. There is a direct footway from the plaza to the International Broadcasting Centre. A striking architectural feature of the place is its roof -- in the shape of a huge umbrella. It is made up of seven plexiglass hexagons.
Montreal, Expo 67, Steel Pavilion
Photograph of the construction of the pavilion.
Montreal, Canadian Centre for Architecture, plans and construction views
Elevations, maps and construction photographs showing the Centre and surrounding area.
Laforest, Alain
North Hatley, Minton Hill House [project folder]
Project binder describing the construction of Minton Hill House, a private residence for a single occupant in Quebec's Eastern Townships. The binder contains information on the architect, client, and consultants as well as a brief description of the landscape and the design influences. Floorplans and elevations are included as well as photographs of the finished residence.
Affleck + de la Riva Architects
Montreal, La Comédie-Canadienne theatre
Photographs of the renovation of the former Radio-City cinema in Montreal. It was purchased by Gratien Gélinas for La Comédie-Canadienne in 1957 and renovated by André Blouin.
La Comédie-Canadienne was active from 1958-1969. The company produced Canadian and Québecois theatre, dance and music productions. The company closed down in 1973 and its theatre became the permanent home of the of Theatre du Noveau Monde (http://www.tnm.qc.ca).
Taillefer, Paul
Montreal, 500 Sherbrooke street west
23 storey office building entirely clad in silver reflective glass. A creascent-shaped colonnade is linked to double entrance to the lower levels.
Delisle, Gilles
Photographs of Place d'Asmes. Photographs from PVN to different directions.
Canadian Pacific, Province of Quebec Film Bureau
Montreal, Banque Canadienne Nationale
View of skyscraper from street level.
Stewart & Jowett Ltd
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Bell Telephone building
Exterior view of a low-rise office building.
Richard Arless Associates
Exterior views of a house. "Harder House" inscribed on all versos. Stamped "JOSEPH BAKER ARCHITECT / 1500 SHERBROOKE STREET WEST - MONTREAL25, QUE."
Montreal, Le Château Champlain - Place du Canada
Photographs of the exterior of the building, as well as interiors of L'Escapade and Caf' Conc' (dining areas). The 38 floor hotel is known today as the Marriott Chateau Champlain Hotel.
The interior of the hotel was designed by David T Williams (New York) and Earle A Morrison (Vancouver).
Canada Pacific
Photographs of the exterior of the building showing the historic facade and renovated courtyard, as well as interior shots of typical rooms in the apartments. Part of a renovation project begun in 1985.
Studio K-3
Montreal, Faubourg Ste. Catherine
Photograph of foundation during construction.
Lachute, St. Andrews East , Long Sault Woodcraft Co.
Item is a photograph of the Long Sault Woodcraft Co., and office building attached to factory production, designed together as one complex. The office building was constructed mainly of wood with the company acting as general contractor and created the mill-work, storage containers, desks and chairs (designed by the architect, Guy Desbarats).
Wright, Bruce
2 photographs of the exterior of the building, and one of the architect's model.
Montreal, Les Lumières de la ville
Photographed illustration of the building.
Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Maison Bryson
Photographs of the house and property, including barns, originally built ca. 1854.
Photograph of an illustration of the building before completion. A piece of paper adhered to the back of the photograph reads "The $50-million Eaton Centre will feature 244 retail outlets, siz movie theatres and underground parking for 525 cars."
Montreal-Dorval International Airport
Photographs of the airport terminal and control tower, showing the runways, parking lots and a parked Trans-Canada Airlines plane. One interior view of the lounge/reading room.
Ed. Bermingham Inc., Commercial Photography
Photograph of a model design for the office tower. From a typewritten description taped to the verso of the photograph: Maquette of the new office complex which will be built by Louis Dreyfus Properties on McGill College Avenue. The first tower, to be located at the corner of Maisonneuve Boulevard and McGill College, will become the BNP tower.
Applied Photography Ltd.
Photographs of building under construction, different views of exterior, terrace, swimming pool. Photographs of architectural model, illustrations of the building. Eight photographs of Concordia Hall including under construction and development views. Aerial view.
Jowett, H.R.
Photographs of the interior and exterior of La Grande Salle (later renamed Salle-Wilifrid Pelletier), including a wall mural designed by Julien Hébert.
Panda Associates Photography
Photographs of the interior, exterior and construction of the building. The complex houses a shopping mall, library, retail and office space.
Dik Nye Photography
Montreal, Port Royal apartments
File contains exterior and interior views of the Port Royal Apartments.
Photographs from different years in the building's history, from the opening in the late 1880s to the renovations carried out in the 1970s. Most photographs were provided by Canadian Pacific Rail. One photograph features the sculpture of an winged angel carrying a soldier, which resides at the south end of the pedestrian concourse.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Gatineau, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Photographs of architect's models, aerial views of the completed building, and views of the Japanese zen garden. Originally called The National Museum of Man.
Blohm, Hans L.
Exterior views of townhouses and a park.
Montreal, Expo 67, Aerial views
erial views of the Exposition grounds during construction. The site after construction of new land. The site of Expo then and ow. One photograph (2009. 00.1303.001) is site just before work began on enlarging in July 1963 and the exhibition grounds after.
Montreal, Expo 67, Africa Place
Photographs of the exterior and construction of the pavilion. Text on the lower margin of one of the photographs reads "The roof system of Expo's African Place is a giant jigsaw puzzle of 999 fir plywood stressed skin panels. Toronto architect John Andrews designed the complex, which features a unique wind scoop ventilation system." A stamp on verso reads "Plywood Manufacturers of B.C. Photograph".
Plywood Manufacturers of B.C.
Montreal, Expo 67, Canadian Pacific Rail - Cominco Pavilion
Photograph of the exterior of the pavilion.
Montreal, Expo 67, Expo Théâtre
Photograph of the construction of the pavilion.
Montreal, Expo 67, International Trade Centre
Photograph of the entrance to the pavilion with pond and fountains.
Photographs of the exhibition installation as well as images of the architectural plans and finished buildings featured in the exhibition. This exhibition focused on Eisnman's drawings and models for four key works: submission to the International Design Seminar in Cannaregio Venice, Italy (1978); the submission to the South Friedrichstadt housing competition of the Intrernationale Bauausstellung, Berlin (1980-81); the project for the University Art Museum for California State University in Long Beach (1986); the submission Choral L. Works for the Parc de La Villette, Paris (1985-86).The exhibition was curated by Jean Francois Bédard and ran from March 2 - June 19, 1994.
Saint Boniface, William Russell school
Photographs of the exterior of the school, concrete in a landscaped lawn, and an interior of an open-concept classroom. Photographer's stamp on the verso of one of the photographs.
Lilje-Gren, Ralf
Exterior view of office buildings within Westmount Square, Montréal. The four buildings, two of which are residential, were designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The complex opened on December 13, 1967. (www.wikipedia)
Jowett, H.R.
Jonquière, Alcan Industrial Complex
From Canadian Architect magazine, July 1985: [the building] features a curved profile at the top in aluminum cladding. Light enters large windows at the building's ends and middle and through translucent panels on the south wall and stairwells. Openings below the floor allow for ventilation and are coupled with a plenum in a heat distribution system.
Photographs of the exterior of the single storey elementary school building. 16 classrooms and offices are grouped around a central auditorium. View of entrance mural above main entrance painted by Adrian Vilandré. The building has a light steel structural frame with brick veneer and tongue-and-groove boards for exterior finishing. All windows are double-glazed, ceilings are perforated fibreboard, flooring is vinyl asbestos tile.
Studio Alain Enrg.
Fulker, John
The house Cormier built for himself (1930-31) in the Golden Square Mile, an elegant Montréal neighbourhood. Cormier experimented with a variety of styles in the house: Art deco on the facade, monumental on one side and more modernist in the back. Cormier created most of the furniture, with remaining pieces acquired at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris
Merrett, Brian
Jonquière, Eglise Saint-Raphaél
Silver Medal winner-Massey Medals for Architecturwe 1961.
Prints featuring images from the construction of Expo '67.
Expo 67 - miscellaneous pavilions
File contains prints featuring images of various pavilions at Expo '67.
Photographs of the interior and exterior of a private residence.
Illustration of the exterior of a building.
Graetz Inc.
Montreal, Les Îlots, Saint-Martin
Photograph of the pedestrian path between residences. This housing project was known for being one of the first experiments in preserving and renovating 19th century workers' residences.
Photograph of the coliseum after renovations in 1982. A sticker on the back of the photograph reads: "Distinction en architecture 1982/ L'agrandissement du Colisée du Québec/ Bégin et Rodrigue/ Photo: Jocelyn Huard"
Huard, Jocelyn
La Banca Commerciale Italiana of Canada
Interior views, at the main reception desk. Views show the area both empty and populated with staff.
Graetz Inc.
Photographs of the interior of the shop and entranceway. Le Drug was a multipurpose building that also functioned as a popular theatre, dance hall, art museum and caffe in Montreal's art scene.
Mont-Joli, Maurice Lamontagne Institute
Image of a model for the building.
Located near Mont Joli, Quebec, MLI has been the world's leading francophone marine sciences centre since it was established in 1987 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). It is primarily involved in providing the federal government with methods of conserving marine resources, protecting the marine environment, safe marine navigation, as well as research, monitoring and assessment of fisheries, marine mammals, oceanography, and habitats of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence and Northern Quebec. The Canadian Hydrographic Service at the MLI is responsible for the nautical charts for the region. Also contained within the MLI are the Laurentian Regional Science Branch and the Regional Oceans Branch of the DFO. The MLI takes part in joint projects with the Groupe interuniversitaire de recherches en océanographie du Québec (GIROQ), the Université du Québec à Rimouski, and the Institut maritime du Québec.
Montreal, Les Floralies de la Montagne
Archictectural illustration of the residential apartment complex.
Photograph of the exterior, side-view, in winter. A sticker adhered to the back of the photograph reads: "Distinction en architecture 1982/ La résidence Martinez-Camps/ Jorge Martinez-Camps"
Views of the exterior of the building and the entrance. Les Terrasses was a shopping mall that operated from 1975-1983. Centre Eaton de Montréal opened on the site in 1991. A stamp on verso gives the project name as "Les Terrasses," the Architectural firm as Webb, Zerafa, Menkès, Housden, and the Proprietors as Rose Quebec Ltd. & First Quebec Corporation, D.W.S. Holdings & Gerald D. Hines & Interests.
Montreal, Christ Memorial Lutheran Church
Interior and exterior views of a church.
Studio Alain Enrg.
Photographs of the Stewart Biology Building and Chancellor Day Hall.
Chris F. Payne Photography
Montreal, Monastère du Bon-Pasteur
Aerial view of the buildings. A sticker adhered to verso reads "The Monastère du Bon-Pasteur/ Montreal, QC/ Grand Prize/ The Montreal Trust - Credit Foncier Award". The monastery, the main building on the site, was built to house the Sisters of the Cornmunauté de Notre-Dame du Bon-Pasteur d'Angers, who came from France in 1844 at the behest of Mgr Bourget. Today the Bon Pasteur siteis a multipurpose complex, combining housing, cultural amenities and services, etc.
Residential complex, Île des Soeurs
Photographs of the neighbourhood of Île des Soeurs, including row houses and apartment high rises designed by various architects. Aerial views are also included in the file.
Henrich-Blessing, Chicago
Photograph of the interior of the house. Owned by Andre Benjamin Papineau. Federal heritage building; art gallery. House was build for Montreal architect Andre Benjamin Papineau is located on a river edge. Materials of the house; fieldstone, red cider. Furniture designed be Papineau, except chairs.
Samulewitz, Hans
Montreal, Place Montreal Trust
Features an exterior image. Label on verso reads: "Prix d'Excellence en architecture 1982/Poste Viger de l'Hydro-Quebec/Longpre et Marchand"
Longpré et Marchand
Montreal, Banque provinciale du Canada
Photograph of the exterior of the building at street level.
File contains interior and exterior views of Saint-Gabriel's parish Catholic Church.
A photograph of a farm house in the winter.
Photogrpahs of street scenes in Montreal and Old Montreal, office buildings, apartments etc.
Montreal, Expo 67, Israel Pavilion
Photograph of the exterior of the pavilion.
Montreal, Expo 67, Scandinavian Pavilion
Photograph of the mechanized ramps designed to move people within the pavilion. Canadian Architect Magazine published this image in the May 1967 issue. The building was designed by architects representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Montreal, Expo 67, United States of America Pavilion
Photographs of the interior, exterior and construction of the building. The dome was constructed with steel pipes and molded acrylic panels.
Herb Nott & Co. Ltd.
Montreal, Expo 67, U.S.S.R. Pavilion
Views of the pavilion during construction and completed.
Montreal, Canadian Centre for Architecture, exterior views
Photographs of the exterior of the museum shortly after construction.
Bryant, Richard
Montreal, Canadian Centre for Architecture, official Centre photographs (interiors)
Photographs of the library, theatre, a study room and court entrance.
Laforest, Alain
Côte Saint Luc, Sports and Recreation Center [project folder]
Project binder describing the construction of the Côte Saint Luc Sports and Recreation Center in Quebec. The binder contains information on the architect, client, and consultants as well as a brief description of the landscape and the design influences, including the architects' incorporation of an existing pool pavilion adjacent to the building site. Floorplans and elevations are included as well as photographs of the finished building.
Affleck + de la Riva Architects
Miscellaneous photographs of various buildings in Montreal, Quebec. Buildings include University of Montreal Science Library, Le Marche Hamel, World Trade Centre, Montreal, Novotel, Place Minto. File also includes Press releas regarding the Asquith Green Art Competition, 1987.
Montreal, Expo 67, Austria Pavilion
Photographs of the construction of the pavilion which has a geometrical motif, designed to suggest mountains, precious stones, a romantic countryside, scientific precision and achievement in the arts.
Montreal, Expo 67, Britain Pavilion
Montreal, Expo 67, Canada Pavilion
Photograph of a model of the pavilion, and an exterior view of the finished pavilion.
Karkutt Photography
Montreal, Expo 67, Canadian National Railway Pavilion
Photograph of the pavilion from an adjacent building.
Montreal, Expo 67, Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry Pavilion
Photograph of the construction of the pavilion. A caption typed in the margin of the photograph reads "Fir plywood 'trees' form the soaring roof system of the Canadian Pulp and Paper pavilion at Expo 67. The roof was finished with four shades of green epoxy paint."
Plywood Manufacturers of B.C.
Montreal, Expo 67, Czechoslovakia Pavilion,
Photograph of the exterior of the pavilion.
Montreal, Expo 67, France Pavilion
Photographs of the exterior of the pavilion.
Blouin, André, 1920
Montreal, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Museum of Archeology and History, Éperon building
The Éperon building was constructed to complement the existing historic architecture of the area, and was built to match the proportions of the Royal Insurance Company building that was previously on the site. The building matches the roof lines of the other structures on the Rue de la Commune, and the tower building (pictured) is an easily identifiable element in the museum complex.
Chen, Roderick
Montreal, 826-48 Charon street
Exterior view from rear elevation of a residential building.
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
Montreal, Church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette
Exterior view of church entrance, with huge ceramic mural executed by Claude Vermette, and interior view of a decorative panel "Blessed Virgin Mary" designed by J. C. Charuet. Additional interior view of round altar in the centre of the church.
Wright, Bruce
Montreal, Complexe Chaussgros-de-lery
Montreal, Concordia University, Webster Library