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37, 39 & 41 Heath Street West, Toronto

Exterior views of Victorian row houses originally built in the 1880s, altered in 1981. The house was first owned by Alfred Hoskin, a barrister, and is referred to in the Canadian Architect magazine issue for October 1985 as "Hoskin House".

Devonsleigh Place

Exterior view of a brick mansion with dormer windows and portico, renovated into a restaurant located at 4125 Steeles Avenue in Toronto. The restaurant Casa-Imperial serves Chinese cuisine.

ChumCity building

Interior and exterior views of the City TV building at the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto, with interior views of the main floor and production areas. One illustration of the building dated November 1986. Details of the stonework on the original Gothic Revival office building are visible.

Charles O. Bick College, Toronto Police Service

Exterior view of the college which houses the Training and Education unit of the Toronto Police Service. The building houses classrooms, labs, a range, pool and gymnasium. A piece of paper taped to the back of the image gives the architects as: Wilson, Newton, Roberts, Duncan.

Central Technical School

Interior and exterior views of a high school campus. Several interior views of the school's Art Centre, which was profiled in Canadian Architect magazine in the July 1963 and 1964 issues.

Panda Associates Photography and Art Services

Head office, Bank of Toronto

Exterior views of the 1862 head office of the Bank of Toronto at Wellington and Church Streets, demolished to make way for the construction of the Toronto-Dominion Bank tower.

Canada Malting Company silos

Archive photograph of the Canada Malting Company silos on Toronto's harbourfront. The image was published in a December 1994 article in Canadian Architect magazine about their re-use in a new project.

CityPlace

Photograph of a scale model of the 80 acre CityPlace development inserted into an aerial photo of Toronto's skyline. Developed by CN Real Estate, CityPlace is bounded by Front Street, Lakeshore Blvd., Bathurst Street and CN Tower Lands and includes Toronto's new Domed Stadium (Rogers Centre/ SkyDome). (Text taken from sticker on verso of photograph.)

Myers residence, 19 Berryman street, Toronto

Two story residence designed by Barton Myers for his own use in Toronto's Yorkville area. The house fills a narrow urban lot, approximately 25 x 188 feet. There is a central courtyard with greenhouse roof. An article on the house was published in the April 1972 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Alexandra Park housing cooperative

Two photographs of the exterior of a low-rise public housing development. Built between 1964-68 by the Ontario Housing Corporation. The housing complex is located in the city block bounded by Dundas Street, Spadina Avenue, Queen Street West and Bathurst Street. A stamp on the back of the photograph gives the photographer as Roger Jowett.

Jowett, Roger

Avoca Apartments

Building located at 10 Avoca Ave in Summerhill neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. File contains 3 photographs and 1 typed note describing the apartment development: 2 exterior views of the two residential towers and 1 interior view. Stamped by the photographer: Panda photography, and one of the prints is also stamped with the Canadian Housing Design Council logo.

Panda/Croydon Associates

Pantages Theatre

Two archival photographs of the hall and auditorium, taken of the Pantages ca. 1920 and detail photographs of the theatre's restoration in 1989, including plaster mouldings and frescos. The cover image from the October 1989 issue (also of the Pantages Theatre ceiling) is not present in the file.

Spalding-Smith, Fiona

Posluns house

Single-family dwelling. Exterior views of brick and wood home in landscaped property; interior views of living room.

Jowett, Henry Roger

Don Mills, Southill Village

Interior and exterior views of a townhouse complex. Exteriors of the two and three storey buildings are pictured, as well as interiors. The housing plan was devised by Roy P. Rogers Enterprises Ltd. and based on the success of Chatham Village in Pittsburgh, USA, a planned community established in 1932 as a "social and economic demonstration." In Southill Village, the first unit type was two storey with a split-level entrance, the second was similar but the entrances are emphasized through two floors as a contrast. The third unit type had a flat roof and the last type was a split-level building which appears to be a one-storey building from the street.

Fleet, Max

Toronto, St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church

Parish church located at 701 Bloor Street West in Toronto. Exterior view of solid brick construction with interlocking brick corner detailing and bell tower. A piece of paper adhered to vero lists the details of the building's submission ot the OMRC Annual Design Awards in 1967. Name of Building: St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church. Location: Corner Bloor St. W and Indian Grove Rd., Toronto. Date of Completion: April, 1967. Architect: William Saccoccio. Consulting Structural Engineer: E .J. Beauchamp & Associates. General Contractor: Smid Construction Ltd. Masonry Contractor: Smid Construction Ltd. Source of Structural Clay Products: Domtar Construction Materials Ltd.

Geerling, Hans

Independent Order of Foresters building / Temple building : Toronto

Exterior photograph of one of the first skyscrapers in Toronto, built in 1896 at the corner of Richmond and Bay Streets, and briefly the tallest building in the city. It was designed with a cast-iron frame and had a red-brick and Credit Valley stone façade designed to complement the Romanesque revival design of nearby buildings: Old City Hall and the Confederation Life building. It was demolished in 1970, and the property was re-developed by Y and R Properties into a new office complex at 390 Bay Street.

Toronto, Toronto Ballet Opera House

Photographs of the winning design for the 1987 competition to design a combined opera and ballet performance space for the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Opera Company. A plot of land at the corner of Bay and Wellesley Streets in Toronto was donated by Ontario Premier Bill Davis and the buildings were demolished. In 1992, the new Premier Bob Rae cancelled the project due to excessive cost. The land was sold to commerical developers. The 'Opera Place' condominiums now occupy the location. In 2002 a new competition was launched with substantial funding from the Four Seasons hotel chain, and the house opened with a more modest design based on European opera houses in 2006 at the corner of Queen Street and University Avenue.

Rosenthal, Steve

Toronto, Hilton Hotel

Architect's model for a hotel tower on the South side of Queen Street, situated across from Nathan Phillips Square and Toronto City Hall. Published in an article in Canadian Architect magazine indicating this was the winning design. The location is now home to the Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel.

Jowett, Roger

Toronto, Cityscape

View of the city skyline from one of the Toronto Island docks. A sailboat and harbourplane are visible in the picture.This image was featured in an article discussing outdoor spaces in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.

Legg Brothers Ltd.

Toronto Stock Exchange building

Photograph of a model design proposed for the redevelopment of the old stock exchange building. The design included a tower with 13 storeys of office space and 11 storeys of condominiums. The design was never implemented, and instead the Ernst & Yonge Tower was constructed on the site.

Trolley restaurant

Photographs of the exterior of a trolley streetcar built into a glass enclosure on the side of a building, operated as a restaurant. A TTC streetar can be seen exiting the station adjacent to the restaurant in one of the photographs. An article on the interior decoration was published in the May 1980 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Applied Photography Ltd.

United Rubber Workers of America building

Photograph of the exterior of a low-rise office building at night. Office has a large decorative concrete mural above the main entrance designed by Don Wallace, Primavera Design Group, and the related article in Canadian Architect magazine discusses the creation, shipment and installation of this piece.

Panda Associates Photography

Clintwood co-operative

Photograph of a low-rise residential co-operative housing complex located at 1974 Victoira Park Avenue in Toronto. A piece of paper adhered to the verso of the photograph gives deails of the 1962 CHDC National Award competition for Multiple housing.

Newton, Neil

Eastern section, Gardiner Expressway, concept drawings

Illustrations showing an idealized reconstruction of the section of the Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Boulevard, crossing the Don Valley Parkway and extending to the waterfront. Drawings include mixed-use infills under the Gardiner (with the existing Lakeshore roadway relocated south toward the water), and the creation of a Garden Boulevard to the east with commercial uses on either side. Ponds, lakes and fountains are inserted along the shoreline. The designs were commissioned as part of an OAA Charrette, and the images were published in the July 1987 issue of Canadian Architect magazine.

Folder 2 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people associated with and featured in Canadian Architect Magazine between 1971 and 1982. Architects in this series include Richard Meier, British architect James Stirling, and Dr. Anne Schrecker, Chairman of the Architectural Science & Landscape Architecture Department at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1981. This folder also contains numerous photographs related to the judging of Canadian Architect Magazine contest submissions. Many photographs do not contain dates or inscriptions.

Canadian Architect

Folder 12 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between the mid-1950's and 1980. It includes portraits, candid and group photographs. The majority of the photographs are not dated, but appear to have been taken during the early 1950's to 1980. Architects pictured include Eberhard H. Zeidler, Senior partner of Zeidler Roberts Partnership, as well as Bruno Zevi, Boris Zerafa, and Young & Might. The file also contains biographical information on Eberhard H. Zeidler.

Canadian Architect

Folder 19 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people and places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between 1960-1990. The file includes portraits, candid, group, and architectural photographs. Photos include pictures of architects Arthur Erickson, Charles Eames, Glenn Edwards, and Ralph Erskine, as well as architectural photographs of interiors and exteriors of the Bayles Residence and Roy Thompson Hall, both designed by Arthur Erickson. The poster in the file is a sketch of Erickson outside his Bayles Residence. Textual records in the file consist of a statement on Wolf Foundation Prize for Architecture winner, Ralph Erskine, and a note on the Charles Eames Furniture exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1973.

Canadian Architect

Folder 23 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people and places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between 1970-1994. The file includes portraits, candid, group, and architectural photographs. Photos include pictures of architects Douglas Cardinal, Peter Cardew, Ruth Cawker, Philip Carter, Andrew Clarke, Jennifer Corson, Melvin Charney, Bill Cluff, Jim Crang, George Boake, Julius Olson, Alfred CHatwin, Eric Pelletier, Marie-Chantal Croft, and Fred Collins. File also contains one negative of Douglas Cardinal. Textual records in the file consist of the C.V.'s of Phillip H. Carter, E. H. Cavanagh, and Douglas Cardinal.

Canadian Architect

Folder 30 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people and places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between 1964-1997. The file includes portrait, candid, and architectural photographs. Photos include pictures of architects Susan Speigel, Gilles Saucier, Andre Perrott, Donald Schmitt, David Scott, Jeremy Sturgess, Wilf Salter, Jim Strasman, Moshe Safdie, Brian Shawcroft, Jim Sterling, Ernest J. Smith, Dennis H. Carter, Jim Orzechowski, and Matthew Stankiewicz. Architectural photographs include an interior shot of Massey Cabin designed by Erickson & Massey, an exterior shot of the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City, an exterior show of lecture building at the University of Waterloo designed by Shore & Moffat, an exterior shot of the entrance to the Manitoba telephone System, an exterior shot of the Neve Stallsgalerie, the exterior of Laneway House designed by Shim & Sutcliffe, seven exterior and two interior shots of Habitat designed by Moshe Safdie, An exterior shot of the Grand Bend Treatment Plant, and four exterior shots of buildings designed by Page & Steele. FIle also includes five photographs of a model and one photograph of a rendering of Ottawa City Hall designed by Moshe Safdie. File also contains photographic slides of photographs taken by Michel Brunelle, as well as shots of GIlles Saucier, and architectural renderings. Textual records include the C.V's of Moshe Safdie, Norbert Schoenauer, and James Clolin Strasman, as well as biographical notes on John Shnier, Donald Schmitt, and James Stirling.

Canadian Architect

Folder 32 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people and places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between 1955-1997. The file includes portrait, candid, and architectural photographs. Photos include pictures of architects Jerome Markson, Robert Mansfield, Adolf Meyer, James Murray, Alison Mackenzie, Michael McMordie, Donald McKay, Henry Moore, Charles Moore, Jerome Markson, Michael McMordie, V. Milic, Andrew St. Mathers, John Robinson Myles, Barton Myers, Norman H. McMurrich, D. Menzies, Raymond Moriyama, Thomas K. Moore, Timothy McMurray, Ed Zeidler, Joohn MacLennon, Peter Manning, Frank Helyar, and William M. [illeg]. Group shots include ones of Barton Myers & Associates. Negative is of Brian Mackay-Lyons. Architectural photographs include two photographs of illustrations of the Toronto Reference Library done by Raymond Moriyama - Architects & Planners, one internal photograph pf the Civic Garden Centre designed by Raymond Moriyama, one external photograph of Vaile Cottage designed by Jerome Markson, and one external photograph of the Beacon Residence in West Vancouver. File also contains an illustrated poster of Raymond Moriyama. Textual records include a printed copy of an article written by J.A. Murray for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Journal, correspondence from Henry Fleiss in regard to James Murray's acquisition of the Order of Da Vinci Medal, biographical information about the members of Murray Marshall and Cresswell Architects ad Planning Consultants, Brian Mackay-Lyons' C.V. and business card, Michael McMordie's C.V., Biographical notes on Eville Gorham and Raymond Moriyama, and a tribute written by The Aga Khan Trust for Culture about Charles Moore.

Canadian Architect

Folder 33 People Series

This folder contains photographic prints of people and places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine in 2000. This file contains photos and negatives of various unnamed participants in the 2000 Festival of Architecture.

Canadian Architect

Folder 36 People Series

This folder contains photographic slides of places associated with or featured in Canadian Architect magazine between 1998. The file contains correspondence from Vivian Manasc to Marco Polo, the Managing Editor of Canadian Architect, in regard to First Nations schools and other projects completed by Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd, being Saddle Lake Junior/Senior High School, Pequis K4-12 School, Peigan Health Facility, Hobbema Wellness Centre, Driftpile K4-Grade 12 School, Four Chiefs Complex, O'Chiese K4-12 School, and Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre & Keepinghouse. The slides in the file contain interior and exterior shots of the buildings mentioned.

Canadian Architect

Vancouver, John Grinnell residence

Folder contains 3 b&w photographs of the John Grinnell Residence of Vancouver, B.C. The residence was the 1964 Massey award.The architecture firm responsible for the project was Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, Architects, Engineers, Planners.

Pullan, Selwyn

Kelowna, Lakeshore drive residence

Folder contains 1 b&w photograph of the National design award 1964 winner from the Canadian Housing Design Council. Caption on verso: "A splendid plan which takes advantage of a fine site. Circulation within the house is very good and the outside areas are practically and attractively handled." The architects were Hartley Barnes & Arajs of Kelowna, B.C. The builder as M. Ulansky of Kelowna, B.C.

Century 21 Photographers Ltd.

Vancouver, The Qube (1333 West Georgia Street)

Recipient of the 1970-71 Design in Steel Award from the American Iron and Steel Institute.
This building was portrayed as the "Phoenix Foundation" in the TV series, MacGyver.
Fully renovated in 1990.
This building was built from the top down. The core was built first then steel was hung from cables at the top and floors were added all the way down. The first floor starts at the fourth level. Over the years the cables have stretched so that today a pencil might roll off your desk if you're not paying attention.
Converting to 180 condominiums by mid-2005.
Known as the Westcoast Transmission Building from 1969-2000 and Duke Energy Building from 2000-2004.
Address was changed from 1333 to 1383 West Georgia in 2005 following conversion to condos.

Fulker, John

Vancouver, Nelson Towers (1230-1260 Nelson Street)

Two perspectives of the exterior of Nelson Towers in Vancouver, British Columbia. Winner of Award for Residential Design 1971 from the Canadian Housing Design Council. Designer was Erickson/Massey Architects of Vancouver, B.C. Developer of project was Sam & Paul Heller of Vancouver, B.C.

Roaf, John

1949 Residential desk

Photograph of a slim, mid-century metal and wood desk (designer unknown), donated to the Royal Ontario Museum by Herman Miller of Canada, Limited (furniture distributer located in Toronto, Canada).

Architecture, Miniatures

Photograph of an architect's model showing an interior living room space with sofa and coffee table. Caption on paper adhered to verso: "Museum quality, fully furnished miniatures are being used by Cadillac Fairview to market 500 condominium homes. For more information call Cadillac Fairview's Living Centre, 110 Yorkville Avenue, 964-2010."

Cadillac Fairview Corporation

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