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Power House and Alteration to McGill University Grounds

File consists of architectural drawings for power house. Includes 3 survey drawings (power station, block plan, plan and profile of city drain),1 presentation drawing (elevation of power house), 4 development drawings (ground roadway, plan of grounds, block plan, site plan of power house, section of drain).

AI Ain University Competition (United Arab Emirates University, University Town Project)

FIle consists of 87 drawings and 20 photographs prepared for Sheik Aid bin Naraya, Minister of Education, United Arab Emirates. The competition design prepared for this proposed University, in the oasis city of AI Ain in the United Arab Emirates, sought to provide a modem interpretation of the historical principles of Islamic design. The project was conceived as an axial plan with crossing axes at the entries to the various faculties, achieving their own specific identity. Particularly important was the need to weave the existing buildings of the University into the plan. An architectural vocabulary was developed as a reinterpretation of "desert" architecture, whereby walls were conceived massively in nature with small punched openings to admit light. Such walls protected the inner spaces from the harsh surrounding environment and these spaces were to be enriched in a variety of ways. Spaces were conceived in a hierarchical manner by means of size and finish material. Courtyards, some internalized and climate controlled, became the focus of the architecture, and were protected from the environment by high walls and overhead trellises. Each courtyard was provided with a decorative water feature and appropriate landscaping. In keeping with most Islamic buildings, particular emphasis was placed on the internal nature of space, doorways, passages, and gates to each space. The major entrance to the project is approached directly by the main axis where an enveloping semicircular administration building accepts visitors and dignitaries. The axial plan is broken only by the various "prayer" spaces, or Mosques, which turn in the direction of Mecca. Particularly important to the project were the series of gates at the axial entry points, giving the project its outward architectural richness.

Proposal of Convocation Hall

University building; stone; composite.
6 sketch drawings; interior and exterior perspectives, section, facade
13 presentation drawings: basement, ground, main circle and gallery plans, elevation to Sherbrooke St., section, front perspectives
8 development drawings: floor plans, elevation, section, exterior perspectives, gallery -
1 detail drawing: circular grid --6 Record drawings: floor plans, elevation, section
10 photographs: 2 models; 4 plans; 3 perspectives; 1 other

Addition and Alterations to Boys' Farm and Training School

Farm and private school.
2 survey drawings: landscape plan, survey map
2 measured drawings: property survey
6 sketch drawings: site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, track field, classrooms
1 presentation drawing: planting scheme
1 development drawing: shingles
8 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections, track field
3 detail drawings: shingles, verandah
2 consultant drawings: floor plans
1 photograph: 1 other

Maisonneuve School

Elementary school (4 floors, 33 classrooms); brick and stone; composite.
14 working drawings: foundation plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections

Drawings of McGill University Buildings

File consists of architectural drawings for McGill University buildings. Includes 22 measured drawings (floor plans and elevations of McGill University Lodge, floor plans, elevations and sections of McGill College Gymnasium, floor plan of Conservatory, floor plan of Physics Building, floor plan of Physics and Mining Building, floor plan of Arts Building, floor plan of Observants House, floor plan of Museum, floor plan of McGill College Library, floor plan of Joseph House) and 1 presentation drawing (perspective).

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