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Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Serial No 364, Vol. 32, No 12 EDITORIAL Earle c. Morgan 450 ARTICLES Massey Medals for Architecture, 1955 Address of His Excellency the Governor-General 451 Report of the Jury 452 Thirty-five Years of Practice, A. S. Mathers 462 Cutting Construction Costs with New Techniques, W. Sefton 470 ILLUSTRATIONS Kiwanis Village, Victoria, B.C., Architects, Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt and Charles E. Craig 455 House .of Mr Gordon Smith, West Vancouver, B.C. , Architects, Erickson & Massey 456 Hamilton House, Peterborough, Ont., Architects, Blackwell, Craig and Zeidler 456 Seaway Hotel, Toronto, Ont., Associated Architects, A . Elken & R. W. Becksted 457 Simpsons-Sears Industrial Development, Etobicoke, On!. Architects, John B. Parkin Associates 458 Convenience Centre, Don Mills, Ont., Architects, John B. Parkin Associates 458 St. Anthony's Church, Agassiz, B.C. Architects, Gardiner, Thornton, Gathe & Associates 459 Tor.onto Teachers' College, Toronto, Ont., Architects, Page & Steele 460 B.C. Sugar Refinery, Limited, Vancouver, B.C., Architects, Semmens and Simpson 461 Ontario Association .of Architects, Toronto, Ont. Architects, John B. Parkin Associates 461 Canadian Construction Association, Ottawa, Ont. Architects and Engineers, Abra and Balharrie; Associate Architects, Burgess and McLean, Haze/grove & Lithwick 465 VIEWPOINT 476 NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE 477 CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS ISSUE 479 INDEX TO VOLUME 32 480 COVER Canadian Construction Association, Ottawa, Ont. Architects and Engineers, Abra and Balharrie; Associate Architects, Burgess and McLean, Haze/grove & Lithwick Photograph by Malak The Institute does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA EDITORIAL BOARD EARLE C. MORGAN, CHAIRMAN ERIC R. ARTHUR (F), EDITOR F. -
Representing Canadian Justice: Legal Iconography and Symbolism at the Supreme Court of Canada
International Journal of Law in Context, 14,1 pp. 132–156 (2018) © Cambridge University Press 2017 doi:10.1017/S1744552317000180 Representing Canadian justice: legal iconography and symbolism at the Supreme Court of Canada David DesBaillets* Abstract This paper examines the intersection between a distinctly Canadian legal culture and the legal architecture, symbolism and iconography of its Supreme Court building in Ottawa. I begin from the premise originally put forward in Resnik and Curtis’s study of legal architecture. I proceed with an analysis of the Court’s history, aesthetic and decorative elements, geography and design, artistic and legal vision of the architect, and the social, political and historical contexts in which it was created, as well as key legal and constitutional concepts embodied by the Court’s legal architecture and a comparative analysis with another courthouse in Montreal (the Édifice Ernest Cormier). The paper demonstrates that the challenges of creating a courthouse that reflects the legal traditions and evolving social norms as well as the aspirations of a dynamic, democratic and pluralistic society are almost impossible. It remains a problematic question whether the image of justice that the Court evokes to the observer is the most ‘eloquent three dimensional representation of the role the Supreme Court has assumed in the life of the nation’ (Canada and Supreme Court, 2000, p. 207). ‘Art Deco is like a diamond...its lines are precise perfect.’ (Supreme Court Justice Antonio Lamer) I. Introduction In her innovative work on the subject of legal architecture, British legal scholar Linda Mulcahy examines the question of architecture in the context of British history and contemporary legal institutions, and speculates that the lawyers’ obsession with the written word accounts for their lack of analysis of their physical surroundings. -
It Pleases the Court. the Ernest Cormier Building Rededicated a Hall of Justice Shaun Finn Et Mathieu Beauregard
Document généré le 25 sept. 2021 00:39 Revue générale de droit It Pleases the Court. The Ernest Cormier Building Rededicated a Hall of Justice Shaun Finn et Mathieu Beauregard Volume 35, numéro 3, 2005 URI : https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1027263ar DOI : https://doi.org/10.7202/1027263ar Aller au sommaire du numéro Éditeur(s) Éditions Wilson & Lafleur, inc. ISSN 0035-3086 (imprimé) 2292-2512 (numérique) Découvrir la revue Citer cet article Finn, S. & Beauregard, M. (2005). It Pleases the Court. The Ernest Cormier Building Rededicated a Hall of Justice. Revue générale de droit, 35(3), 441–449. https://doi.org/10.7202/1027263ar Droits d'auteur © Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil, Université d'Ottawa, Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d’auteur. L’utilisation des 2005 services d’Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d’utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit. Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l’Université de Montréal, l’Université Laval et l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. https://www.erudit.org/fr/ OPINION It Pleases the Court The Ernest Cormier Building Rededieated A Hall of Justice SHAUN FINN1 McCarthy Tétrault, Montréal MATHIEU BEAUREGARD Member of the Québec Bar, Attorney Law is the art of the good and the just - Roman proverb Tall, tapered columns, massive copper doors, and Latin words — strange and sonorous — chiselled skilfully into the stone of the cornice :2 give it but one glance and the Ernest- Cormier Building proclaims itself an institution. -
The Modern Landscape Architecture of the Université De Montréal Campus Final
© Nicole Valois, 2015 The Modern Landscape Architecture of the Université de Montréal Campus Nicole Valois The original French version of this article was published in Cahiers de géographie du Québec, Volume 56, No. 158, September 2012. Translation by Nancy Dunton. Introduction The landscape of the Université de Montréal campus, because of the way it is sited on the north flank of Mount Royal, is unique. The tower of the main building, situated on the mountain’s summit and surrounded by greenery, is one of the iconographic images of Montreal, imprinted on the minds of Montrealers and visitors alike. Undoubtedly because of the prestige that it evokes, the institution regularly uses this image for promotional purposes, as a way of signalling its status as one of the great research universities of Canada.1 Representing the university by promoting the main pavilion and its presence on Mount Royal does, however, push other components of the campus to the background. Buildings and landscape elements built at other times, because of their architectural quality and their ability to represent the evolution of architecture and landscape architecture in Quebec, have themselves a great deal of value (Cameron et al. 2008 and 2010). Therefore, from all the projects that have left their mark on the campus, certain ones deserve particular attention, most notably the open spaces that date from the 1960s. There have been several publications about the architecture and the history of the campus, including Bizier (1993) and Gournay (1990), but until now no study has looked exclusively at the composition of exterior spaces - and this despite the fact that these spaces were the object of particular attention in the 1960s as the major components of the campus expansion. -
Entretien Avec Ernest Cormier / an Interview with Ernest Cormier
Document généré le 28 sept. 2021 06:05 Vie des arts Entretien avec Ernest Cormier An Interview with Ernest Cormier Willie Chevalier Volume 20, numéro 81, hiver 1975–1976 URI : https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/55038ac Aller au sommaire du numéro Éditeur(s) La Société La Vie des Arts ISSN 0042-5435 (imprimé) 1923-3183 (numérique) Découvrir la revue Citer cet article Chevalier, W. (1975). Entretien avec Ernest Cormier / An Interview with Ernest Cormier. Vie des arts, 20(81), 14–89. Tous droits réservés © La Société La Vie des Arts, 1975 Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d’auteur. L’utilisation des services d’Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d’utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit. Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l’Université de Montréal, l’Université Laval et l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. https://www.erudit.org/fr/ Entretien avec Ernest Cormier Willie Chevalier V3 Si le pire nous arrive, comme on nous le pré dit en s'appuyant sur des faits troublants, du moins nous aurons eu un concitoyen, un Cana dien français qui, sans comparaison boiteuse, odieuse, ridicule, aura fait évoquer à son pro pos de très grands noms comme ceux de Léo nard de Vinci et de Paul Valéry. Ingénieur et architecte de réputation inter nationale, aquarelliste de grand talent, sculp teur, graveur, relieur, céramiste, M. -
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Serial No. 375, Vol. 33, No. 11 EDITORIAL 408 FOREWORD The Mayor of Montreal 409 ARTICLES La Modeste mais Admirable Fondation d'une Metropole, Victor Morin 410 Effect of Nineteenth Century Manners on Montreal, John Bland 414 Architecture in the Province of Quebec during the Early Years of the Twentieth Century, Percy E. Nobbs 418 Montreal au xxe Siecle, Andre Blouin 420 English Translation 451 Montreal of the Future, George E. Shortt 430 The Industrial Upsurge of the Montreal Area, Yo/more Gratton 433 L'Universite de Montreal, Mgr Olivier Maurault 434 English Translation 450 Peintres et Sculpteurs de Montreal, Guy Viau 439 Handicrafts - More Particularly In and Around Montreal, A. T. Galt Durnford 443 An Invitation to Montreal, Paul G. Brassard 446 ILLUSTRATIONS Notre Dame de Ia Solette, Architect, Paul G. Goyer 424 Canadian General Electric Building Architects, Durnford, So/ton, Chadwick & Ellwood 426 Anglican House, Architects, Durnford, Bolton, Chadwick & Ellwood 426 Hydro·Quebec Service Center Architects, Meadowcroft & MacKay 427 Summerlee School, Architects, Meadowcroft & MacKay 427 Meadowbrook School, Architects, Meadowcroft & MacKay 427 Pavilion des Phi losophes, College de St. Laurent Architects, Larose & larose 428 Hinde & Dauch Paper Company, Architect, Philip Goodfellow 429 VIEWPOINT 447 NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTE 447 CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE 449 The Institute does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by contributors. ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA EDITORIAL BOARD EARLE C. MORGAN (F), CHAIRMAN ERIC R. ARTHUR (F), EDITOR Toronto F. Bruce Brown (F), Howard D. Chapman, P. A. R. Dickinson, Arthur H. Eadie (F), Ants Elken, Robert C. Fairfield, Henry Fliess, Wm. S. -
Research Methods for Architects (Pdf)
RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHITECTS ARCH 627 (4 credits) Fall 2012 Prof. Annmarie Adams Mon and Thurs 12:30 to 2:30 Room 206 Office: 205 Macdonald-Harrington Building Phone: 514 398 3492 Email: [email protected] Course description: This graduate seminar is an intensive course in research methods for students with professional training in architecture. Our focus in Fall 2012 is the social analysis of the built environment. What are our most useful interpretive tools for understanding the social impact of architecture? How do we gather architectural information? The course invites you to analyze a Montreal building from nuanced social perspectives, inspired by classic readings since 1980. These readings provide models for the presentations and focus on the cultural landscapes of home. Students are responsible for finding copies of the readings; the suggested texts are on reserve at the library. It is highly recommended students take ARCH 679 in Winter 2013, Writing in Architecture, whose content complements this course. The following books will be useful in this course: Arnold, Dana. Reading Architectural History, NA190 A76 2002 Crossley, Nick. Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory, HM511 C77 2005 Eggener, Keith L. American Architectural History, NA705 A483 2004 Forty, Adrian. Words and Buildings, NA2543 L34 F67 2000 Groth, Paul and Bressi, Todd W. eds., Understanding Ordinary Landscapes, GF90 U53 1997 Hubbard, Phil et al, Key Thinkers on Space and Place, GF90 U53 1997 Leach, Neil. Rethinking Architecture, NA2500 L47 1997 Upton, Dell and Vlach, John Michael eds., Common Places, NA705 C58 1986 Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture [series], NA705 E86 1997 1 Evaluation: Each week 1-2 students will lead the discussion of readings and present information on the contributions of a major author (see list). -
Architect & Engineer
flho ws Emest Comtier~ anyLJaY? British School of Rome. He then re turned to Paris to design fortifica Ernest Cormier, Architect and Engineer tions and other military installations (as he always styled himself), was the for France during the last two years first Canadian modern architect. Of of the Great War. He returned to t.lont the two or three great architects this real in 1919, spent a year as Instruc country has produced, he may have been tor in Architecture at McGill Univer the greatest; he was certainly the most sity, and then devoted his energies to honoured. the practice of Architecture. He was born in Montreal in 1885, the That he succeeded may be judged by the son of a doctor. He studied engineer honours accorded him. Cormier was made ing at L' Ecole Polytechnique, and spent a Fellow of the RIBA in 1929, and of two years working as an engineer at the RAIC in 1930. He was elected RA in Dominion Bridge. In 1908, he was ad 1932. He received medals from the RAIC , mitted to L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in the PQAA, the American Newspaper Guild, Paris, and studied there for six years. L'Association Canadienne -- Fran~ais e In 1914, he won the RIBA Prix de Rome, pour l'avancement de Sc i ence s, McGill and spent the next two years at the University and la Societe des Archi- ARCHITECT & ENGINEER Peter lanken - Architect 1980 Un vers1te de Montreal Ste. Marguente- Mane The Fifth Column Page 23 tectes diplomes par le Gouvernement limited list of references compared to Fran~ais . -
The Newsleter
The Newsleer Fall 2017 Volume 27, No. 2 www.mcgill.ca/mcll A NEW CANADIAN FAMILY Carolina is an industrial engineer and now works for an NGO that provides help for women in distress. Edwin As this is Canada’s 150th anniversary, we thought you’d has finished his English Certificate at McGill and is be interested in this story about a new Canadian family doing a certificate in Marketing mainly to learn English who is also part of our McGill family. I first met Edwin terms and expressions. He has asked permission to do a when he was enrolled in the IELC* program, at which certificate in Internet Business Technology at the same time he requested a SPEAK* conversation partner. time. So, at the moment, he is a full-time student but he Edwin has now finished that program, although he and wants to find a job for about two hours a day that would his partner, John Lauder, have become friends and still help in his field. (Can anyone help?) Although Edwin meet every Friday. Edwin also continues as the had studied English in Bath (England) and at the YMCA volunteer leader for the Brainy Bar*. in Montreal, he is confident Edwin Loaiza grew up in Manizales, that the McGill program is the Columbia, from where, he wants you best. Not only are the teachers to know, comes the best coffee in the excellent, but the SPEAK pro- world. After completing his BA in gram puts it over the top. Marketing and a certificate in Interna- Edwin told me that he and tional Business, he moved to Bogota Carolina feel that moving to and worked in the sales department Canada was the best decision of Johnson and Johnson for 11 years, they have ever made. -
The Canadian Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Development of Modernism in Canada
The Canadian Pavilion At The 1939 New York World's Fair And The Development Of Modernism In Canada The 1939 New York World's Fair is best remembered as a major display of Streamlined Moderne design. Yet interspersed among the oversized machine-like forms of the Streamlined Moderne buildings were mature examples of the Modern Movement. Amid this architectural spectacle, Canada's contribution to the fair passed unnoticed by all but the most diligent visitor. The Canadian Pavilion (figure 1) was neither a monument to the faltering Moderne, like Norman Bel Geddes' General Motors Building (figure 2), nor a prelude to the dominance of the International Style in North America, like Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa's Brazilian Pavilion (figure 3) . A number of influences were manifested in the design of the Canadian Pavilion; while the uncomplicated massing tentatively aspired to Modernism, the symmetrical front facade and cross-axial plan reflected more traditional design ideologies, and the cylindrical elements flanking the front entrance recalled the Moderne style. Although the Canadian Pavilion was not a highlight of the fair, it was representative of contemporary architectural directions in Canada. By ELSPETH COWELL 19:1 SSAC BULLETIN SEAC 13 Figure 1 (previous page). The Canadian Government he design for the Canadian Pavilion was selected by a national architectural competi Pavilion, New York World's Fair, 1939; W.F. Williams, tion in 1938.1 The competition itself characterized the ideological shift in Canadian ar architect. (Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute T: of Canada [JRAIC]16, no. 8 [August 1939): 191) chitecture from a concern for nationalism to an attempt to strike a balance between tradition and Modernism. -
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LE STATUT PARTICULIER D'ernest CORMIER Un Premier Bilan
Document généré le 27 sept. 2021 16:36 Vie des arts Le statut particulier d’Ernest Cormier Un premier bilan Louis-Alain Ferron Volume 35, numéro 140, septembre–automne 1990 URI : https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/53752ac Aller au sommaire du numéro Éditeur(s) La Société La Vie des Arts ISSN 0042-5435 (imprimé) 1923-3183 (numérique) Découvrir la revue Citer cet article Ferron, L.-A. (1990). Le statut particulier d’Ernest Cormier : un premier bilan. Vie des arts, 35(140), 50–55. Tous droits réservés © La Société La Vie des Arts, 1990 Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d’auteur. L’utilisation des services d’Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d’utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit. Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l’Université de Montréal, l’Université Laval et l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a pour mission la promotion et la valorisation de la recherche. https://www.erudit.org/fr/ LE STATUT PARTICULIER D'ERNEST CORMIER Un premier bilan Gabor Szilasi Vue plongeante d'un escalier circulaire à l'angle de la cour d'honneur, Université de Montréal, 1989. Épreuve par procédé chromogène; 26,2x33,1 cm. Coll. Centre canadien d'architecture. Louis-Alain Ferron rnest Cormier (1885-1980) a tou Szilasi, regroupe 22 photographiuea s Ejours occupé une place un peu spé couleur réalisées spécifiquement popout r ciale dans le champ de l'architecture accompagner l'exposition principale.