Fonds consists of landscape drawings for the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 35 mm slides of 5 roof concept drawings for Library Square, Vancouver, BC (1992-1994 and undated). Includes:

Landscape drawings for the National Gallery of Canada:
Planting Plan of Plaza, (framed)
1:200; 29 August 1984, black-line base plan with colour pencil rendering
28 x 46 inches

Overall Conceptual Plan, (matted)
1:1000; 29 August 1984; black-line base plan with colour pencil rendering
30 x 38 inches (plan includes landscape design for Major's Hill Park)

War Museum Courtyard with Poplars, (matted)
1:200; August 1984; axonometric; pencil on vellum with colour pencil rendering1
8 x 30 inches

Master Landscape Plan, (unframed)
1:1000; 13 November 1984; black-line base plan with colour pencil rendering
33 x 47 and 1/2 inches

Concept sketches of the development of the planted roof at Library Square:
Library Square 'A',
1:200; 17 December 1992; marker on trace
14 x 23 inches

Library Square 'D',
17 December 1992; marker with colour pencil rendering on trace
14 x 23 inches

Library Square, Proposed Roof-Scape,
1:200; 18 January 1993; ink on trace
13 x 20 inches

Drawn by Elisabeth Whitelaw
Final Concept, Library Roof,
1:100; 30 May 1994; ink, coloured pencil, watercolour on trace
14 x 26 1/2 inches

Drawn by Elisabeth Whitelaw
Library Square, Roof Concept,
1:200; undated; marker, pencil, coloured pencil on trace
14 x 25 1/2 inches

Drawn by Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Moshe Safdie
Three 35 mm slides of the roof (copies; originals by Elizabeth Whitelaw):
[Growing medium being taken to roof in bucket by crane]
[Blue and green fescues on roof, looking toward Federal Tower]
[View of Library showing planted roof]

Fond consists of 17 architectural drawings for Argyle School, Westmount, for the Protestant School Commission of the City of Westmount, 1934.

The fonds contains drawings for six projects (18 originals and 1 copy) dating from 1835-1850, including the Manchester Atheneum (1836-1839), the Italianate Trentham Hall in Staffordshire (1934-1949), the Houses of Parliament (1836) in London at Westminster (elevations, perspective and details) and the Reform Club in London (1837-1841).

Le fonds contient les dessins de six projets (18 originaux et 1 copie), notamment le Manchester Atheneum (1836-1839), le Italianate Trentham Hall de Staffordshire (1834-1849), le Parlement de Londres (1836) à Westminster (élévations, perspectives et détails) et le Reform Club de Londres (1837-1841).

The fonds contains architectural drawings and textual records documenting Montreal projects by the architect John Smith Archibald as well as the various firms with which he was associated, including Saxe & Archibald, Archibald & Illsley, and Archibald, Illsley & Templeton. The architectural projects documented in the fonds include hotels, clubs, office and commercial buildings, homes, railway stations, churches, and schools.

Fonds contains 24 architectural drawings, 1921, including plans, elevations, sections and details document the various elements of the design of the Royal Montreal Golf Club.

Le fonds contient 24 dessins architecturaux, 1921, notamment des plans, des élévations, des coupes et des détails documentent les divers éléments du plan du club house du Royal Montreal Golf Club.

Fonds consists of architectural drawings, textual records, and bound volumes. Architectural drawings and paper files are related to a proposal by Descon / Concordia in joint venture with Philip David Bobrow for "Operation Breakthrough" a program developed through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. in 1970. "Operation Breakthrough" was a broad residential development program designed to resolve a multitude of problems in order to make available quality housing in large quantities by utilizing modern design and technology, and contemporary approaches to financing, marketing, land use and management. Other architectural drawings and a model of the Belec Residence, 1 Grove Park, Westmount QC, 1997-1998, are included. The fonds also contains 12 bound volumes of studies, programs, reports related to the Institution à sécurité maximale 2, Mirabel, QC, 1977,1979.

Consists of 2 architectural drawings on paper of Canada Cement Company Building, 606 Cathcart Street, Montreal, Quebec, 1921 (1955 copies). Includes front elevation, details of cols. pilons etc., 2nd and 3rd floors).

Fonds consists of architectural drawings (1961) and 2 photographs forming part of a project prepared for the United Nations for low-cost asbestos roof-tiling. A four-page application (1967) for low-cost roofing is also included. Ortega's personal library (713 cm) also comprises part of the fonds. These books and periodicals relate mainly to Ortega's professional interests such as low cost housing, building materials, water and sanitation, the environment and energy. 287 slides relate to Ortega's on-going concerns on lost-cost housing, building materials, construction methods and alternative sources of energy.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1961, 46 dessins." Les dessins faisaient partie d'un projet réalisé pour les Nations unies et portant sur des tuiles de toit en amiante à faible coût. Ce matériel n'a pas été décrit.
"Photographies, 1961, 2 photos." Ces photos se rapportent au projet mentionné ci-dessus. Ce matériel n'a pas été décrit.
"Activités architecturales, 1967, 2 cm." Le dossier contient un formulaire de quatre pages de demande de toit à coût modique. Il n'a pas encore été décrit.
"Bibliothèque personnelle, s. d., 7,13 m." Ces livres et Périodiques se rapportent avant tout aux intérêts professionels d'Ortega tels l'habitation à coût modique, les matériaux de construction, l'eau et la salubrité, l'environnement et l'énergie. Matériel en cours de traitement.
"Diapositives, s.d., 287 diapositives." Celles-ci illustrent les projets de recherche d'Ortega sur l'habitation à coût modique, les matériaux et les méthodes de construction et les sources alternatives d'énergie. Ce matériel n'a pas encore été traité.

Ninety-four projects are documented by 2206 architectural drawings. Projects range in date from Durnford's student drawings to alterations to the St. George Parish House in Richmond Square, Montreal in the early 1970s. The majority of the projects are for urban and rural domestic architecture in Montreal, primarily in Westmount and the surrounding regions. The Zeta Psi Fraternity Chapter House on University Street in Montreal is one of the few public commissions that is documented in the archive in great detail. Fonds also includes 102 photographs (1926-1969), primarily designs, additions, and alterations to houses in Westmount and Montreal, as well as country houses in Grand Metis, Ste. Agathe and other Quebec sites are documented in photographs. Twenty-seven of Durnford's projects are documented by photographs. Correspondence, specifications, notes and clippings relating to seventy-four of Durnford's projects are also found in the fonds. The majority of the papers (1922-1972) concern additions and alterations to residential dwellings in Westmount and Montreal and country houses in the surrounding regions.

"Dessins architecturaux, 1916-1972, 2206 dessins." Quatre-vingt-quatorze projets sont documentés par des dessins architecturaux, allant des dessins d'étudiant de Durnford aux modifications apportées à l'église paroissiale St. Georges de Richmond Square, à Montréal, au début des années 70. La plupart des projets sont des résidences urbaines ou rurales construites à Montréal, surtout à Westmount et dans les régions environnantes. La maison de la Fraternité Zeta Psi, rue University, à Montréal, fait partie des rares immeubles publics représentés en détail dans le fonds.
"Photographies, 1926-1969, 102 photos." Il s'agit surtout de plans, d'annexes et de modifications à des maisons de Westmount et de Montréal de même quà des résidences d'été à Grand-Métis, Sainte-Agathe et ailleurs au Québec. Vingt-sept des projets de Durnford sont documentés par des photos.
"Documents, 1922-1972, 78 cm." De la correspondance, des cahiers des charges, des notes et des coupures de presse se rapportant à soixante-quatorze des projets de Durnford. La plupart de ces documents ont trait à des annexes et modifications à des résidences de Westmount et de Montréal ainsi qu'à des résidences d'été dans les régions environnantes.

Fonds consists of two undated architectural drawings and one photograph of Drummond Street houses, taken approximately 1890. Architectural drawings are elevations of two houses located on Drummond Street in Montreal, designed for Mr. Lighthall.