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W. Randle Iredale fonds
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W. Randle Iredale fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1654
  • Fonds
  • 1958-2000 (predominant 1960-1970)

The fonds consists of records reflective of W. Randle Iredale’s career as a professional architect, spanning approximately 1955 to 2000, predominant between 1960-1970. Specific projects that are reflected in the records include: the Portage Mountain Development Project, Hydro Tourist Lookout, Downtown Stadium Centennial, Westcoast Transmission Building, UBC Sedgewick Undergraduate Library, Vancouver Downtown Stadium, Vancouver’s Park Site 19 Project and St. Francis Construction Project.

A large portion of the material is reflective of the Portage Mountain Development Project, a large hydro-electric project at Portage Mountain in north-east British Columbia. The following projects, which were all part of the Portage Mountain Development Project, are reflected in the fonds: the Portage Mountain Lookout Building, Portage Mountain Control Building, Portage Mountain Power House, Hudson’s Hope Housing and George W. Pearkes Elementary School.
Records are arranged generally according to project, keeping the original filing system of the creator.

The majority of the fonds consists of photographs, negatives, slides and architectural drawings pertaining to project sites, spanning primarily from the 1960s to the 1990s. Textual records in the fonds primarily consist of correspondence, publicity material and publications pertaining to the projects completed by Rhone & Iredale Architect and the Iredale Partnership.

The fonds is arranged into the following series: Portage Mountain Lookout Building; Hydro Tourist Lookout; Downtown Stadium Centennial; Westcoast Transmission Building; UBC Sedgewick Undergraduate Library; Vancouver Downtown stadium; Vancouver’s Park Site 19 Project; Hudson’s Hope Housing and School; and architectural drawings.

Iredale, W. Randle, 1929-2000

Vancouver’s Park Site 19 project.

Series consists of records pertaining to the Park Site 19 Project, which primarily includes business reports and correspondence with the Board of Parks, Recreation Department and Vancouver City Council, Park Site 19: Heritage Park Concept Plan publications, design guidelines and newspaper clippings. In addition, records pertain to Barclay Heritage Square 8573 and St. Francis Construction. A few business records are related to the Downtown Stadium.

Hudson’s Hope housing and school

Series consists of records pertaining to the Hudson’s Hope Housing project, George W. Pearkes Elementary School, and the Tecton Factory Built School, dated circa 1965 to 1967.

Vancouver Downtown stadium.

Series consists of copies of Vancouver Downtown stadium proposal and supplementary materials, created by the Iredale Partnership, B.C., dated 1979, which primarily includes photographs, circulars, slides, and publications related to awards in the architectural field. W. Randle Iredale was professional advisor of the <i>Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1986 Awards Program</i>. Series is arranged into its original order.

Downtown Stadium Centennial.

Series consists of records pertaining to the Downtown Stadium Centennial, dated circa 1978-2005, which primarily includes business correspondence and newspaper clippings in recognition of R. Iredale’s contributions to the Expo’ 86 and celebration of 1986 Vancouver Centennial. Miscellaneous records pertaining to 1986 Vancouver Centennial Study are also included.

Westcoast Transmission Building.

Series consists of records pertaining to the development of the
Westcoast Transmission Building, completed by the Rhone & Iredale Architects, dated predominantly 1968 – 1971. Included are publications, newspaper clippings,circulars, slides and negatives.

UBC Sedgewick Undergraduate Library.

Series consists of publications, photographs, correspondence, overhead projector transparencies and miscellaneous records pertaining to the UBC Sedgewick Undergraduate Library, a project completed by the Rhone & Iredale, Architects.

Hydro Tourist Lookout.

Series consists of records pertaining to the Hydro Tourist Lookout, a project completed by the Rhone & Iredale, Architects, dated circa 1963-1967, which primarily includes portfolios, project area signs, circulars, posters and photographs of the site.

Portage Mountain Lookout Building.

Series consists of records pertaining to the Tourist Development, Portage Mountain Development Project, B.C., completed by the Rhone & Iredale, Architects, dated circa 1963-1967, which primarily includes project plans, photographs, slides and negatives.

Portage Mountain Development.

Series contains records, which were used primarily for publicity, that are related to the Portage Mountain Development Project as a whole. Various buildings within project are represented in this series.

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