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This file contains architectural and design drawings of the Czechoslovakia pavilion which was designed and built for Expo 67. This structure was intended as a temporary foreign government-sponsored structure located in Expo Area: Ile Notre-Dame. The pavilion consisted of two sections linked by an entrance ball. One section contained exhibition spaces while the other section consisted of a restaurant, administrative offices, a gift shop and a theatre. The owner/contracting body was the Czechoslovakian Government. The design architects were Miroslav Repa & S. Pylka, Montreal; The local associate architect was Jean A. Gelinas, Montreal. The building was sold to the Newfoundland Government after Expo 67; it was disassembled and reassembled in Gander and Grand Falls, Newfoundland as the Grand-Falls-Windsor Arts Centre (later renamed the Gordon Pinsett Centre for the Arts) in 1971. Project Type: National and Private Participants = Participants nationaux et privés.

Project No. 4-36 - General = Général.

Some drawings for this structure were microfilmed in 1968 and can be found on microfilm reel M-1554, frames A1--A378.