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Block 38 Housing

  • CA CAC 58-1-10002
  • Subseries
  • between 1972 and 1983
  • Part of Moshe Safdie

Block 38 is one of several parcels located in the once destroyed Jewish quarter, overlooking the Western Wall precinct, forming the outer edge of Jerusalem's Old City. Moshe Safdie was retained to plan the restoration and reconstruction of 7 buildings to be made suitable for 37 modern apartments totaling 6,144 square metres. Characteristic architectural details included large arched windows, terraced enclosures and roof gardens covered by convertible domes. The domes were partially opaque, partially transparent, and rotated on a track which slid open to form roofless terraces, or closed to form greenhouse solariums.

Safdie Architects

Brading Trophy

File consists of 1 detail drawing of trophy. Also includes file folder of correspondence, notes, and clippings, 1951 and 1954.

Nobbs, Percy E. (Percy Erskine), 1875-1964

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Headquarters

  • CA CAC 58-1-557
  • Subseries
  • 1980 - 2015
  • Part of Moshe Safdie

The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives building serves as the national headquarters for a government agency with the highest security requirements. Located at the intersection of New York and Florida avenues, this building has been a catalyst for urban renewal and rejuvenation in the surrounding district. The program called for general office space, extensive training facilities, an auditorium, and auxiliary services.

Notwithstanding security setback requirements, the complex engages and animates the surrounding street edges. The entrance is positioned across from the new Metro station on the southeast corner; retail facilities line 2nd Street (to the east); and a trellised garden wall defines N Street (to the south). In addition a three-story planted, arcaded crescent contains the site to the north and west, enclosing a 48,500-square-foot internal garden and inconspicuously serving as a security barrier.

Auxiliary elements such as loading docks and an inspection booth are integrated into the overall fabric of buildings and garden walls. The provision of a technical subfloor for the distribution of data and mechanical services allows for maximum flexibility. The office space consists of relatively narrow floor plates surrounding a large atrium, thus affording daylight for all workspaces.

Safdie Architects

Callahan Residence

  • CA CAC 58-1-258
  • Subseries
  • between 1978 and 1981
  • Part of Moshe Safdie

Alston and Elivor Callahan owned a piece of property atop Red Mountain overlooking Birmingham, Alabama. The Callahans requested a house that would give them the sense of living in a control tower, similar to the one at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC, to overlook the city. Safdie's proposal comprised of a series of intersected cubes rotated at 45 degrees with the horizontal. The unique geometry with an elongated rectangular plan suited this unusual site. The design approach resulted in an extroverted yet transparent building that commands its surroundings.

Safdie Architects

Cambridge Center Mixed Use Master Plan

  • CA CAC 58-1-279
  • Subseries
  • between 1980 and 1981
  • Part of Moshe Safdie

Located on a triangular parcel, Cambridge Center was designed as a mixed-use development project in a area known as Kendall Square. Safdie's master plan called for several mid- and high-rise office and research buildings, a 25-storey hotel, and a street-level retail centre. The hotel encloses Cambridge Plaza and is the primary public focal point of the complex. The plaza paving and features were designed by world-renowned artist Karl Schlamminger of Germany.

Safdie Architects

Carillon Barracks Museum

File consists of architectural drawings for museum. Also includes a file folder of specifications. Drawings include:
29 measured drawings: site plan, floor plans, roof plan, sections, architraves, eaves, dormers, chimney, seating, fireplace, windows, ceiling, handrail, gallery and stair foundations, doors
10 detail drawings: site plan, floor plans, tea gallery, finishes, flue, woodwork (trim)
7 Record drawings: floor plans, elevations, section, doorway, trim, old barracks

Centennial Housing

  • CA CAC 58-1-354
  • Subseries
  • between 1982 and 1986
  • Part of Moshe Safdie

This project consists of 267 units of housing designed to be occupied by moderate income, permanent residents who are employed in the Aspen area. The three-story structures utilize prefabricated modular wooden units, completed off-site, to reduce on-site construction time which is limited due to weather conditions. The buildings are clustered around open spaces and have glass enclosed terraces which overlook panoramic views of the resort community of Aspen and Aspen Mountain. The units are entered from parking areas at the rear of the complex. The project was realized during the 1984 construction season.

Safdie Architects

Chalmers Residence

File consists of 68 drawings, including 29 working drawings, 8 mechanical, electrical and structural, 17 schematic drawings, 1 exterior perspective sketch, 12 preliminary design drawings, 1 interior perspective.

Children's World, Petit Monde, Le Monde des Enfants

File consists of 195 drawings:
Folder 1 includes 6 programmatic phase (4 pencil on vellum, 2 prints)
Folder 2 includes 11 design development drawing ( 8 marker on trace, 1 marker on vellum, 2 prints), 3 working drawings, 22 concept drawings, 3 design development drawings, 11 shop drawings, 1 site plan, 1 planting plan, 1 perspective rendering (13 prints, 1 pencil on sepia, 1 colour pencil on vellum, 2 pencil on vellum, 1 ink on vellum, 15 marker on trace, 7 pencil on trace, 1 ink on trace, 1 marker on vellum)
Folder 3 includes 20 design development drawings
Folder 4 includes 36 working drawings
Folder 5 includes 40 working drawings
Folder 6 includes 39 mechanical, electrical and structural drawings, 1 working drawing, 1 print of S. and C. Dolesch, graphic art concrete wall design.

File also consists of 1 project box with 29 project files (specifications, correspondence, progress reports, estimates, minutes of meetings, 10 photographs).

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