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Report for project located in Newboro, ON.

Consists of drawings for project located at Beloeil

Consists of drawings for project located at Port-Cartier, QC.

The Maxwell archive spans the full history of one of Canada's largest and most influential architectural firms. Drawings, photographs, professional and personal correspondence and other papers recording the activities of Montreal architects Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) and William Sutherland Maxwell (1874-1952, see CAC 2.02), and their associates. Others papers include office records, daily journal, measurement books, scrap-books, a preliminary index to the Maxwell archive and biographical material.

Le fonds Maxwell témoigne des activités de l'un des plus grands et des plus prestigieux cabinets d'architectes du Canada. Des dessins, des photographies, de la correspondance professionnelle et personnelle et divers autres documents témoignent des activités des architectes montréalais Edward Maxwell (1867-1923) et William Sutherland Maxwell (1874-1952, voir CAC 2.02) et de leurs associés. Au nombre des autres documents, signalons des dossiers de bureau, un journal personnel, des cahiers de relevés, des cahiers de coupures, un index préliminaire du fonds Maxwell et du matériel biographique.

Moshe Safdie developed a three-dimensional master plan for the newly proposed residential community of Coldspring. The master plan included a town center with retail and office space, two neighbourhood centers, three schools, over 3,000 dwelling units, three lakes, and an ecology center. Due to the topography of the site, three types of housing were designed: high rises, hillside clusters, and deck houses. The underlying concept of the deck house was to stack the community and residential spaces above the parking, enabling a higher building density to be achieved and therefore devoting more land to private or communal outdoor uses.

Contains: proposal, information about Cowansville, notes, correspondence, article about housing in cities