PLACE BONAVENTURE

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Title	PLACE BONAVENTURE
View	View of the hotel entry
Notes	commercial ;indoor meeting place ;hotel
Work Type	mixed-use hotel conference center retail
Style/Period	Modern Brutalism
Creator Name	Affleck, Raymond Tait
Creator Nationality	Canadian
Date.Creator Birth	1922
Date.Creator Death	1989
Major Design Aspects	solid modular futuristic
Elements & Spatial Types	roof pool roof garden exhibition hall
Climate Type	cold temperate
Country	Canada
City	Montreal (Montréal)
State/Province	Quebec
Location.Notes	903 de la Gauchetire Ouest
Architectural Material	concrete
Structural System	pre-cast concrete
Dates	1964-1967
Century	20C
Designation/Awards/Inscriptions	landmark
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	8/31/1989
Subject Information	This is considered the seminal work of architect Raymond T. Affleck and in many ways the ideal expression of a large, urban, mixed-use Brutalist project. As the partner in charge of the project, Affleck was able to apply many of his theoretical ideas about methods in architectural production. Research by Scott Gilchrist, B. Arch., M. Arch, for Archivision
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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