Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
32 photographs: b&w ; 4” x 4”
368 photographs : b&w ; 21/4” x 31/4”
41 photographs : b&w ; 5”x7” or smaller
186 photographs: b&w ; 8”x10”
14 negatives: b&w ; 4x5 or smaller
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These photographs were taken by Acland during a trip to Europe in 1964 and document the architecture and landscape of various cities. These images would have been used for research and to illustrate several published works including a series of articles entitled “Building and Land:…” in Canadian Architect starting in 1968. Interior photographs of cathedrals and churches would have also formed the basis for his research on vaults, some of which were reproduced in his 1972 book Medieval Structure : The Gothic Vault.
Countries documented in this series include: Central European countries such as Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary; England; France; Greece; the Islamic Middle East such as Turkey, Iran and Egypt; Italy, Portugal, Spain and Yugoslavia. There are also photographs of Nigeria taken by a photographer Grant Wanzel. These are included here because they were originally filed with the European photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open