Canadian Architecture Collection

Canadian Architecture Collection

Tour of the Canadian Architecture Collection, 2017
Established	1974
Location	McLennan Library, Montreal, Canada
Coordinates
Type	Architecture archives
Collection size	More than 100 archival fonds
Founder	John Bland
Website	archivalcollections…

The Canadian Architecture Collection is a unit of McGill University Library, specialized in the conservation and curation of Canadian architecture. Its mandate is to document the past and present work of architects who studied or taught at the McGill University School of Architecture and Urban Planning

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The Collection is created by John Bland, then director of McGill School of Architecture, in 1974. To date, it contains more than 100 archival fonds documenting renowned Canadian architects such as Edward Maxwell, Moshe Safdie or Harold Lea Fetherstonhaugh through their correspondence, architectural drawings, plans and photographs concerning their realizations.

Architecture historian France Gagnon-Pratte uses the collection when redacting her 1987 book Country Houses for Montrealers, 1892-1924 : the architecture of E. and W.S. Maxwell, which leads her to donate the working notes and photographs she used to create her book.