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- 1974-1990 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
376 architectural drawings
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Kenneth (Ken) Victor Nasedkin was born in Fairview, Peace Country, Alberta, on 4 June 1951 to Victor Nasedkin. As a young man, he was inspired by the Moshe Safdie Habitat project in Montreal at Expo 67 and decided to become an architect. Nasedkin obtained his bachelor of architecture from the University of Manitoba and his master of architecture from the University of Calgary (1976). He started his architectural career at Cohos, Evamy & Partners based in Calgary and then joined James McKeller Architect as an associate. Nasedkin eventually opened his own practice in Calgary in 1984. His design work specialized in residential architecture with a focus on reviving downtown neighbourhoods and increasing urban density through infills, townhouses, and condominium projects. In the late-1970s Nasedkin designed one of the first narrow lot infill houses in Calgary. Nasedkin’s practice was renamed Nasedkin McVean Architects in 1988. His notable projects include Hillhurst Sunnyside Apartment, McKellar Residence, Gladstone Row Condominiums, Baker Residence, Oxford Court Hillhurst Townhouses, East Cresent Heights Townhouses, and Nelson/Van Limbeek Residence. Nasedkin garnered a number of design awards including a Governor General’s award for his Rotary Park infill and Glamorgan townhouses. He was also involved in the NAMES quilt project following the loss of his partner to the AIDS epidemic in 1989. Ken Nasedkin died 18 December 1993.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Fonds was donated to the Canadian Architectural Archives by Dale Taylor from the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design in 1994.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of architectural drawings documenting the architectural career of Ken Nasedkin spanning the years 1974 to 1990. The records document 21 projects from his work with the firms Cohos, Evamy & Partners, James McKeller Architect, Nasedkin McKeller McVean Architects, Kenneth V. Nasedkin Architect, and Nasedkin McVean Architects. Among the projects documented in the fonds are McKellar Residence, Gladstone Row Condominiums, Baker Residence, Hal Christie Residence, Nixon/Smith Residence, Oxford Court Hillhurst Townhouses, East Cresent Heights Townhouses, and Nelson/Van Limbeek Residence. The fonds also includes Nasedkin’s University of Calgary master of architecture student project. The fonds is divided into two series: 1. Personal records, and 2. Project records - drawings.
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No further accruals expected.
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Open
Conditions governing reproduction
The University of Calgary fulfills requests for materials in our collections in accordance with Canadian copyright laws. The University of Calgary does not hold the copyright for the Kenneth Nasedkin fonds. The University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources may provide materials for individual study and research purposes under fair dealing and library exceptions in the Canadian Copyright Act. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use the content must be obtained for any works under copyright protection. Patrons are responsible for ensuring they use copyright-protected works in accordance with applicable laws.
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English
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Note
Includes archival material from accession 259A/94.01