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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Québec, Québec, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2005-2008 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBeauregard, Eliseen_US
dc.date2005-2008en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-16T17:51:14Z
dc.date.available2014-12-16T17:51:14Z
dc.date.issued2005-2008en_US
dc.identifier250542en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2976en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/166175
dc.descriptionCorner of interpretive center closest to the pier and shore, glass curtain wall with pedestrian walkway at roof top; The firms credited with the project are Gagnon Letellier Cyr Mathieu Ricard, Architects and DAA Daniel Arbour & Associates Landscape Architects and Urban Design. From 1990-2010 Beauregard was a senior partner at IBI-DAA (Daniel Arbour & Associates) group; since 2011 she has an independent practice (Elise Beauregard architecte paysagiste LEED et Collaborateurs Inc.) focused on landscape architecture, urban design and urban ecology. Located along the boulevard Champlain, near the Notre-Dame de la Garde Park, Brown Basin is the place where General Wolfe and his men landed at Quebec in 1759 before the famous Battle of the Plains of Abraham. The park opened as part of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, in 2008. The park features a rebuilt quay, fishing pier, shoreline restoration, an interpretive center, pedestrian and bike paths, ice rink, and a promenade linking it to the Plains of Abraham (park to the north). Source: Ville de Québec [city website]; http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/ (accessed 6/30/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumwood; steel; paving material; plant materialen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectparks (recreation areas)en_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleBrown Basin Park, Quebec Cityen_US
dc.title.alternativeLe parc du Bassin Brown, Ville de Québecen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BEAE-LPBB-B10en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), gardeningen_US
vra.worktypeparks (recreation areas)en_US
vra.worktypevisitors' centeren_US
dc.contributor.displayElise Beauregard (Canadian landscape architect, born ca. 1961)en_US


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