Showing 28 results

Archival description
Print preview View:

3 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Interim Headquarters

File consists of 23 drawings (1 site plan, 13 plans, 2 sections, 1 elevation, 3 exterior perspectives, 1 detail: furniture, equipment; 2 combination drawings: 1 plan I section, 1 section I elevation I detail) and 1 slide photograph of exterior. The Interim Headquarters was designed to increase the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs space (12,000 m2) in Jeddah, prior to the Ministry's relocation to the capital, Riyadh. The concept for the Interim Headquarters was developed in the context of a programming and master plan study for the Ministry's Jeddah site as a whole, and on a long-range organization and management study for the Ministry. The Jeddah master plan study recommended the refurbishing of the existing headquarters, to preserve its historical and cultural value, and the continued use of the site to serve as the Jeddah Branch of the Ministry after the planned move to Riyadh. In order to complete the facility in the shortest possible time, the building was designed as a simple rectangular volume with a very regular structural grid. The building 'skin' received special design attention, to achieve the objective of a high quality 'background' building, which would not detract from the historic old Headquarters building in the centre of the site. The Interim Headquarters consists of a two-storey office block sitting on a solid base, which emerges out of the sloping site. The upper part of the glazed 'box' is surrounded with wood lattice screens, which simultaneously provide solar shading, hide unsightly mechanical equipment, and establish a visual relationship to the residential buildings of old Jeddah. Subsequent to the completion of the Ministry's new headquarters complex in Riyadh, the Interim Headquarters has continued to serve as the Ministry's Jeddah Branch, as planned.

Hamma Government Complex (Assemblée Populaire Nationale, Palais des Congrès, Bibliothèque nationale)

File consists of 17 drawings (1 site plan, 6 plans, 2 sections, 3 elevations, 3 exterior perspectives, 1 aerial view of site; 1 combination drawing: 1 plan I section) and 19 photographs (2 prints of model and 17 slides of model). The Hamma Government Complex was a colonial vision for Algiers following the spirit of Haussmann's Paris. The project included new buildings for the Assemblée Populaire, the Palais des Congrès, an imposing square, the National Library, and a hotel. The Hamma site sits in a privileged location due to its accessibility to transportation arteries, railroads, and future subways. The monumental group of government buildings terminate the capital's axis on a 10 hectare site. It is entered through a 12 storey triumphal arch building housing the Assemblée and the Congrès. Leading into the main square, the hotel and the library are connected to a botanical garden beyond.

Saudi Arabian Embassy & Ambassador's Residence

Includes 9 drawings: 4 plans, 1 exterior perspective, 2 details: model; 2 combination drawings: 2 section I elevation. The site for the new Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to occupy a prominent triangular corner in Canada's National Capital at Sussex Drive and Boteler St., with views over the Ottawa River and the distant Laurentians. The program called for three diplomatic functions: the Chancery, the Consulate and the Official Residence. Security of the functions was to be of the highest order, but also invisible, allowing the project to speak only of its graceful stately intent. The project developed the concept of perpendicular axes, one parallel to Sussex and the other at right angles to it leading into the complex. The first axis divides the major rooms of both the Chancery and the Residence. They are three storey masses with a two storey residential wing, along the ceremonial Sussex façade. The second axis assembles the entrance, the Ambassador's offices, and the Consulate building, terminating with splendid views over the Ottawa River. Along the Sussex Drive façade, a grand lawn with accompanying gardens is screened from the street by an open yet highly secure screen. The architectural vocabulary sought to create a language reflective both of the Islamic nature of Saudi Arabia and its presence in Canada's Capital. Hence the project was carefully proportioned in the Islamic genre, as well as developed with the mansard roof theme that is prevalent in Ottawa. Utilizing both stone walls and decorative screens, the project was to create harmony between the two nations in symbolic form.

Proposed Second World War Naval Memorial

File consists of architectural drawings for memorial monument in stone, including 1 survey drawing (site plan), 4 development drawings (plans, elevations of project A and B), and 3 working drawings (block plan, plans, elevations, section of project A and B). Also includes 1 folder of correspondence.

War Memorial Park

Memorial park and monument; stone.
2 survey drawings: site plan, landscape
1 working drawing: plan, section

Proposal of Palais des Nations

File consists of 17 presentation drawings for government parliament building (stone). Drawings include: site plan, Grandes Salles des Assemblées, Salles du Conseil et Dépendances (floor plans), Grande Salle des Assemblées, Salle du Conseil and des Dépendances (floor plans), Secretariat General (floor plans, west elevation, court elevation, park elevation, section), lake elevation, Salle des Assemblées (court elevation), Grande Salle (sections), exterior perspective from courtyard, bird's-eye view perspective.

Results 1 to 10 of 28