Exterior view photograph. Canadian Pacific-Cominco Pavilion exterior (lot C-478). The Coninco-Pacific Pavilion featured two separated buildings connected by bridge. The first building housed a 545 seat multiscreened movie amphitheatre and VIP factilities. Films included a segment showing the roles of the sponsoring companies in Canadian life. The second housed the exhibition area themed "Five Plus One" which featured exhibits about the five senses. An expansive landscaped area boasted lagoons and fountains intermingled with outdoor exhibition space. 12-sided circular structure and rectangular structure connected by covered bridge. Structural steel. Baked enamel gavanized steel, sandwich panels and exposed bush hammered concrete. (S: 100' diameter (theatre), 40' x 180' (exhibition building) --- A: 16,700 sq. ft. --- H: 40' (theatre), 25' (exhibition building))
Exterior view photograph. Chatelaine House (lot C-449) exterior. The Chatelaine House was an exhition themed "Man in the Home". It was the winnning submission in a Canada wide competition sponsored by the Canadian Lumber association. It's ground floor was for recreational and work areas while the second floor was composed of living areas and a kitchen. Bedrooms and bathrooms could be found on the third floor. Visitors had the opportunity to actually win the house and its contents. A separate one storey exhibition pavilion featured an adjoining swimming pool. Rectangular volumes. Wood studs, vertical wood siding (S: 41' x 27' (house), 20' x 25' (pavilion) --- A: 1,930 sq. ft. (house), 1,000 sq. ft. (pavilion) --- H: 25' (house), 11' (pavilion))
Interior view photograph. Cornelius Kreighoff's painting "The Habitant's Home". This 69.56 x 92.8 cm, oil on canvas painting can be found in the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
Exterior view photograph. Canada Pavilion (lot C-406) roof scape towered by an inverted pyramid structure (the "Katimavik"). The Canadian Pavilion was the largest complex at Expo. Dominated by an inverted pyramidal structure named the Katimavik (Eskimo word for "gathering place"), designers paid particular attention to the use of Canadian materials. The Katimavik boasted some of the most beautiful views of Expo as it was spanned on each of its 192 foot long sides by a promenade. Underneath the Katimavik was a revolving theatre containing five separate cinemas. At the centre of the theatre was a large stairway that brought visitors up to an outdoor terrace at the base of the Katimavik. On three sides of the Katimavik were 90,00 sq. ft exhibition areas and 14 pyramidal roofs. Themes were "The Land of Canada", "The People of Canada", The Growth of Canada", "The Challenges to Canadians" and "Canada and the World". On the fourth side stood the People Tree, a 66' high sculpture clad in hundreds of color photographs depicting Canadians in everyday life. From afar, these photographs were meant to resemble orange, yellow and red maple leaves! Other major elements were the Arts Centre, which included a gallery, library, theatre and two restaurants and a Children's Creative Center for youth ages 6 to 11. Nine hip-roofed buildings with a giant inverted pyramid and large circular tree. Structural steel and B.C. Fir Laminated wood. (S: 9 structures of varying size over 11.5 acres. --- A: 270,000 sq. ft. (building spaces) --- H: 100' (Katimavik))
Exterior view photograph. Aerial photograph of Brewers Pavilion (lot B-327) exterior. The one storey Brewers Pavilion and its circular plan elevation was reminiscent of a field of barrells - barrells of beer that is! The pavilion's exhibition space sat inside a rotunda and detailed the history of beer and beer making. A circular puppet theatre took children on a humour filled tour of Canada. In the largest rotunda "La Brasserie" restaurant served dishes made with beer instead of wine. Visitors enjoyed a terraced "beer garden" featuring 67 beer varieties. Interlocking cylinders. Concrete blocks and steel with cedar battens. Curved plexiglass windows (only in select places). (S: 100' x 75' --- A: 6000 sq. ft. --- H: 24')
