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[Architectural drawings pertaining to the Toronto City Hall Competition] [multiple media]

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Accession

Date:

1957-1958.

Reference:

R13111-0-6-E, 87803/26 CA

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3932376

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Date(s):

1957-1958.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

architectural drawings
photographs
textual material

Language of material:

English

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This accession consists of 513 submissions made by architects from 42 countries for the design of the Toronto City Hall in 1957-58. The accession is comprised of contact prints and negatives of models or presentation drawings for the design of the Toronto City Hall as well as two reports Conditions of Competition: City Hall and Square, Toronto, Canada, and A Synopsis of the City Hall & Square Competition for Toronto. Canada; Answers to questions about the competition (33 pp.)

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architectural (Paper) Numerical list of competitors by entry number (11 pp.); List of negative numbers of 299 photos of models taken by the Metropolitan Toronto Central Library (Baldwin Room) and two photographs of the jury and the judging. A preliminary list is available in the acquisition file (99: Closed pending processing)

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General note:

This body of records was the first major acquisition of the newly established National Architectural Archives. A presentation ceremony and press releases marked this event. The following lines are an excerpt from the 11 December 1970 press release marking the event.

"On Friday, December 11th, Dr. W.I. Smith, Acting Dominion Archivist will accept the first installment of the National Architectural Archives which will become part of the holdings of the Public Archives of Canada. [...]

The presentation to be made on Friday by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada consists of 513 submissions made by architects from 42 counbtries for the design of the Toronto City Hall. Eighty-one of these entries were Canadian. These submissions were the result of an international competition won eventually by Finnish architect, Viljo Rewell. [...]

Custodial history:

The donation was formally accepted by Dr. W.I. Smith, Acting Dominion Archivist on December 11, 1970 from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

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Private

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87803/26 CA
R13111-0-6-E

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87803/26 CA
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Architectural: technical drawings

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