Collection search - Maxwell M. Kalman fonds [architectural drawings]

Record information – Brief
1
Maxwell M. Kalman fonds [architectural drawings]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1859-1984.

Reference:

R12537-0-2-E

Former BAN no.:

122-040480-2, 117-040375-0

Type of material:

Architectural and technical drawings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3822153

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

Maxwell M. Kalman fonds
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details
Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)

Date(s):

1859-1984.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6 models Parliament buildings
[ca. 430] architectural drawings
[ca. 18] photographs

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

The fonds consist of models of the parliament buildings, related photographs, drawings and correspondence collected and created by Maxwell M. Kalman.

Provenance:

Show detail Hide detail

Kalman, Maxwell M
Additional name(s):

Show detail Hide detail

Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ont.)

Édifices du Parlement (Ottawa, Ont.)
Biography/Administrative history:

Show detail Hide detail

Kalman, Maxwell M : Born in Montreal in 1906, Maxwell M. Kalman studied architecture at Columbia University and McGill University. He received his degree of Bachlor of Architecture from the latter after a four-summer apprenticeship to the renowned Montreal architectural firm of Ross and MacDonald. Kalman maintained a successful general architectural practice in Montreal from the 1930s until the 1950s. He designed numerous domestic, commercial and public buildings in that city and elsewhere. He was an innovator in apartment design and development and shopping-centre design. His Norgate development at St. Laurent, Quebec, begun in 1948, was a 1300-home low-rental apartment complex and shopping centre; it was C.M.H.C.'s R.I.P. project No. 1 and the first shopping centre in Canada. 'The 4300' in Westmount, Quebec, which he developed in 1959 upon retiring from practice, was the first of the new generation of luxury high-rise apartments in Montreal. He also built the pioneering new town of Lorraine, north of Montreal.

Mr. Kalman moved to Ottawa in 1977 and immediately fell in love with the Parliament Buildings. He constructed a paper model of the East Block, which assisted the reconstruction and renovation of that building by Public Works Canada. He was then asked to reproduce the original Centre Block. His research revealed that the known plans and extant photos of this historic building differ, and led him to write a paper on 'The Unrecorded Changes in the Original Centre Block.' He also produced a model of the Library of Parliament.

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

Cartographic math data:

Various scales.
Subject heading:

Show detail Hide detail

Public buildings Canada

Bâtiments publics Canada
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

Show detail Hide detail

945015 CA
890376 CA
84503/41 CA
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Terms of use:

Show detail Hide detail

There are no restrictions on access.

Researchers are responsible to adhere to the provisions of the Canadian Copyright Act concerning all of the documents in the fonds.

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.