Fonds consists of architectural drawings, correspondence, photographs, presentation boards, minutes, reports, specifications, and other records documenting the architectural work of Arthur Erickson from 1948 to 1975. The majority of the fonds consists of project records, including drawings, textual files, presentation boards, and photographs, spanning 1953 to 1975. The administration of the Erickson/Massey office is documented in correspondence relating to projects, promotions, awards, and personnel. The fonds includes lecture notes, assignments, and correspondence that documents Erickson’s period teaching at the Vancouver School of Art and the University of British Columbia in the mid-1950s and 1960s. The fonds holds several early artworks by Erickson, likely from the 1940s to 1950s, as well as several artworks gifted to him by others. There are several files that document Erickson’s travels in Japan in 1961 on a Canada Council grant to study Japanese architecture. The bulk of the fonds documents over 200 of Erickson’s projects, largely in Vancouver, but also elsewhere in Canada and the United States, including many of Erickson’s most important works. Among the influential projects documented in the fonds are Filberg Residence, Dyde Residence, Boultbee Residence, Massey College, Danto Residence, Graham Residence, Baldwin Residence, Smith Residence, Expo 67 Canadian Pavilion, Simon Fraser University, MacMillan Bloedel Building, Hauer Residence, Shannon Mews, Expo 70 Canadian Pavilion, University of Victoria Biological Sciences Complex and Humanities Complex, Simons Residence, University of Lethbridge, Bank of Canada Head Office, Village Lake Louise, Robson Square, UBC Museum of Anthropology, and many others. There are six series in the fonds: 1. Personal records; 2. Professional records; 3. Faculty records; 4. Office records; 5. Project records; and 6. Additional donations.

Fonds consists of architectural drawings, photographs, and project files documenting the architectural work of Arthur Müdry between 1957 and 1999. The majority of the fonds consists of project records, including architectural drawings, notes, correspondence, contracts, and photographs. There is a small volume of personal records relating to Mudry’s education as well as a file of teaching records from Mudry’s brief period as an instructor at the University of Manitoba. Mudry’s work is largely located on the west coast of British Columbia where he was a pioneer of West Coast Modern design in the 1960s. He also built several projects in Calgary where he was raised and Winnipeg where he took his bachelor of architecture. Notable projects documented in the fonds include the Beaton Residence, MacArthur Residence, Richmond Residence, Patterson Residence, Harrison Residence, Tupper Residence, West Vancouver Baptist Church, St. David’s United Church, St. Stephen’s United Church, as well as the Teck Building and the IBM Building [606 Fourth] in Calgary. The fonds has been divided into four series: 1. Personal records; 2. Professional records; 3. Office records; and 4. Project records.

Fonds consists of records created and maintained by Barry Downs over the course of five decades documenting his architectural career. Records include photographs, architectural drawings, correspondence, writings, publicity, clippings, copies of reference materials, and copies of Downs’s 36 volume memoir entitled Notes from a Life in Architecture Planning and Design: A Collaboration in 36 Volumes 1950-2016. Downs created the 36 volumes of his memoir over twelve years from 2008 to 2019 as an illustrated commentary on his work, education, collaborations, friends, and colleagues. Each volume is about fifty pages in length and includes text written by Downs as well as copies of photographs, drawings, articles, and publicity relating to the period or project documented in the volume.

The files in this fonds consist of copies of the volumes as well as the records that were used in the creation of the volumes, such as original photographs, clippings, and articles, along with additional materials that were not used in the memoir. The files document many of Downs’s projects, including his two residences, as well as his work at Thompson Berwick Pratt, his work in partnership with Fred Hollingsworth (1963-1967), and his work while principal at Downs Archambault Architects (1969-2000?).

The files have been arranged by Downs and Adrian Archambault, Richard Archambault’s son, according to each volume in the memoir. In 2021, Downs and Adrian Archambault arranged the files to correspond to the index or table of contents of the 36 volumes. The file folders align chronologically with the 36 volumes and include all the items listed in each volume’s index. Prior to 2021, the files were arranged alphabetically.

The fonds does not contain the original architectural drawings for Downs’s work. According to Adrian Archambault, the design drawings, renderings, and presentation boards for Downs’s work were in a large format and were not in Downs’s possession. There are numerous photographs however in the fonds that document Downs’s work. Again, according to Adrian Archambault, Downs was “quite meticulous in photographing materials from each project as a record, for promotion, or making proposals for new work, so there are many original photographs in his files.”

Collection consists of records documenting the freelance architectural career of architect Oliver Botar Sr. There are 129 architectural drawings documenting his freelance projects, including two condominium projects in Edmonton, his design of the Supercrane 8000, the Grassland Community Library, and the Danny Gaudet Residence. Also included are the project drawings for several works for the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, including the school, administrative building, and home for seniors. There are also seven photographs of his air traffic control towers and a file documenting his work for the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation. Also included is a biography of Oliver Botar Sr. written by Oliver Botar Jr. and Gabor Botar. The archival materials have been divided into three series: 1. Drawings; 2. Files; 3. Photographs.

The Calgary Civic Trust fonds spans the years 1999 to 2003. The bulk of the fonds consists of an inventory and around 850 photographs of modern Calgary buildings and landmarks likely taken between 1999 and 2002. The photographs feature apartments, overpasses, offices, businesses, schools, churches, shopping centres, banks, hotels, hospitals, and post offices in and around Calgary from the modern period of architecture, roughly the 1945 to the 1970s. The other records in the fonds are largely subject files and meeting minutes that document the administration of the organization.

Consists of five photo albums and several brochures that document the construction of numerous Zimmcor curtain wall projects between 1974 and 1987. The photo albums were created and maintained by Ewald Caspar who started working for Zimmcor in the 1960s and went on to become Vice President of the company before leaving in 1987. The photographs provide views of numerous important curtain wall buildings, largely from the early to mid-1980s. Among the project documented in the albums are the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, designed by Moshe Safdie, the Peoria Civic Centre in Peoria, Illinois, designed by Philip Johnson, the Imperial Tobacco Headquarters Building in Bristol, England, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and the Bank of Canada Expansion Building in Ottawa, designed by Arthur Erickson. Several brochures for a selection of the projects are also included in the collection.

Fonds consists of records documenting the architectural career of architect Fred Valentine. The records consist of project files created and maintained by Valentine that contain photographs, publicity, correspondence, architectural drawings, and project reports. The files are arranged alphabetically by Valentine with several general files at the end. Also included are six video recordings and one cassette that feature interviews with Valentine. The majority of Valentine’s architectural drawings were transferred to Stantec Architecture, accordingly they are not part of his fonds at the CAA.