Montreal City Map
Design:
Client: Supertest
Date: 1967
Add comment November 9th, 2011
Expo 67
Expo 67 L’Alfa Romeo a Montreal
Design:
Client: L’Alfa Romeo a Montreal
Date: 1967
Add comment July 2nd, 2011
Expo 67
Design: Georges Huel
Client: Expo 67
Date: 1967
The world at your fingertips.
1 comment May 17th, 2011
Burton Kramer / Expo 67
Design: Burton Kramer (Paul Arthur & Associates Ltd)
Client: Expo 67
Date: 1966
The task of designing the complete way-finding signage system for Expo 67 in Montreal was entrusted by the Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition to Paul Arthur & Associates Ltd. It was the first time that an entire graphic programme of official and commercial signage on such an immense scale – for the equivalent of a thousand-acre city – had ever been planned in advance as a modular system and integrated into a master planning concept.
Pictograms of animals in black silhouette were used to identify the various areas of the two mammoth parking lots, each of which accommodated about 12,000 cars.
- Burton Kramer
Add comment May 10th, 2011
Faites Connaissance: le Cinema Sovietique
Design:
Client: Expo67
Date: 1967
Add comment May 1st, 2011
Habitat 67 – Montréal Quebec
Design: Moshe Safdie
Client: Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corp.
Date: 1967
“354 cubes of a magnificent grey-beige build up one on the other to form 148 residences nestled between sky and earth, between city and river, between greenery and light,” Habitat 67 was designed as part of the successful Expo 67. Housing was one of the themes of the expo, and the blocky complex was one of the thematic pavilion for visitors. The building/pavilion would demonstrate how future housing would “integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building”. During the event the most dramatic spaces with the best views, were reserved for dignitaries coming to Montreal.
The buildings obviously pioneered how to design and construct modular, and use interlocking forms to create useful and pleasant spaces. The building was designed to be moderately priced entry level housing, but value grew from its fame and architectural cachet, creating an ongoing demand. “What started as a student project more than four decades ago has now been designated a heritage site by the Quebec government”.
2 comments April 25th, 2011
Passport for World exhibition
Design: Soaz
Client: City of Montréal – Office of Cultural Affairs
Date: 2007
Photo: www.soaz.ca
Add comment March 1st, 2011
Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry Pavillion
Design:
Client: Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry
Date: 1967
Imagine a roof made up of numerous stylized evergreen trees in different shades of green that resembles a cartoon forest. This is the perfect place to learn about the history of the manufacturing and use of paper, and the importance of this industry in Canada. The forest, which has fascinated human beings since the beginning of time, has inspired many stories and legends in all cultures; a sampling of these stories and legends is presented here.
Via our friends at Collections Canada.
2 comments February 28th, 2011
Canadian Centennial Series 1867-1967
Design:
Client: Royal Doulton, England (English Translucent China)
Date: 1967
Centennial Map of Canada
5 comments February 7th, 2011
