Cardinal's Folly Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By DandL on 25-Jun-02. Waypoint GC68E2

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA

Today we visited the [url=http://www.pequotmuseum.org/]Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center[/url] and associated administrative center in Mashantucket, Connecticut. We were amazed that no other New England cachers had yet logged this building, as it is the only New England building listed in the portfolio of [url=http://www.djcarchitect.com/]Douglas Cardinal's web site[/url]. Douglas Cardinal was one of the conceptual design architects for the administrative center; the final construction was architected by Polshek and Partners, Architects, New York, N.Y.

The facility is a state-of-the-art, tribally owned-and-operated complex, and brings to life the story of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. It serves as a major resource on the history of the Tribe, the histories and cultures of other tribes, and the region's natural history.

The facility is a great example of how a greenroof can be integrated into natural surroundings, resulting in an aesthetically pleasing and ecologically sensitive design. This particular greenroof application is not lightweight, as it is several inches deep and provides a depth suitable for the various shrub plantings.

We were very glad to have visited this building in order to see the result of Douglas Cardinal's conceptual design.

Thanks for the extremely interesting locationless cache!

Happy New Year to all and to all a good night...

We found it in Wülfrath, Germany.
It is renowned and it´s called "Hundertwasser". This builings are a nursery school and a residential estate.

Neanderwolf und die Meute

We didn't think we'd ever claim this one, because the one Douglas Cardinal project near us - the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC - was already claimed. During a week in Quebec City on business, we tried to find something close enough to get to, but his few pieces of work in the Quebec City area are also claimed, and we just did not have time to drive the 3 to 4 hours or more to any of the unclaimed Quebec projects we could find. But, while reading his company brochure, we discovered that he did the design for Te Papa Tongarewa - The National Museum of New Zealand. We happened to have taken pictures at Te Papa last July. We didn't realize he was the designer at that time, but were hoping to claim the Lansdale Has A Kugel Ball Locationless Cache (GC537A). Unfortunately, the kugel ball at Te Papa was already claimed, but serendipity overcomes all, and we can now use those pictures for this cache. But that's enough about us - let us tell you about Te papa.

Te Papa Tongarewa is located on Cable Street on the south side of Lambton Harbor in Wellington, New Zealand. It opened in 1998, and has an area of about 25,000 square meters or nearly 250,000 square feet. Apparently there was some controversy over the idea of locating some of the most best art and most valuable historical artifacts in the country at sea level and in an active earthquake zone. So far - all has gone smoothly.

The museum was designed by Douglas Cardinal, Jim Kulkoskey, Satish Rao, Mansoor Suteir, Time O'Hara, Michael Phanoulas, Garry Brown, and Leonid Margulis. The company brochure says the goal was to develop a design reflective of the native and European influences of the country, both historic and contemporary. The overall form of the building is intended to represent a landmass that rises from the ocean and is sculpted by the waves pounding its shore. It reflects the seagoing cultures that inhabit New Zealand and the unity that the different cultures in New Zealand have found through their love of the land and the sea. We think it is a fitting design.

Our picture of the exterior does not do the design justice, but it was after all not taken with this specifically in mind. We strongly recommend that you visit the Douglas Cardinal company's Web site at http://www.djcarchitect.com/Portfolio/portfolio.html and download their 43-page brochure. The details of Te Papa are on page 35. The first of his projects we visited (again not knowing the architect) was the outstanding Canadian Museum of Civilization, described on pages 15-16. In addition, visit the museum's Web site http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/TePapa/English/ for much more detail on the collection.

We found this Cardinal´s Folly in NRW , Germany

TFTC

Greetings from Germany
Team Goldregen

Diamond Jenness High School, in Hay River, Northwest Territories, has always been known as the purple school. There is a portrait of Douglas Cardinal in the foyer. I have been told that there are no corners on the building.

I found it on a trip to Austrailia. Many thanks for this locationless.

Gruß Snowdream

From what I could see on Douglas Cardinal's webpage the Xa:ytem Longhouse and Cultural Interpretive Centre is the only example of his work in the Vancouver area. It's located at 35087 Lougheed Highway in the town of Mission, British Columbia. I couldn't get a great GPS picture but to prove I was there I placed the GPS right on the sign.

Newmarket Ontario Canada. Douglas Cadinal designed the York Regional Administration Centre, which is located on Yonge Street in Newmarket. The centre also houses the York Region Police Services. It was built between 1992-94. The whole building is designed in various curves, and built in a combination of sculptured block and glass. The main entrance, where the sign is, is behind the building, off the parking lot. The "back" that can be seen from Yonge Street makes a very impressive display.

Note only as it has already been posted.

Great recent building in Winnnipeg. Did not know it was designed by Cardinal until I did a search for his work in Winnipeg.Thanks for the cache.

St. Teressa Elementary School, in Edmonton, Alberta, was designed by Douglas Cardinal in 1981. Here is a link to a list of buildings he designed which includes this school.

http://www.djcarchitect.com/Portfolio/PDF/Project_List.pdf

And here is a list of Douglas Cardinal projects that identifies St. Teressa Elementary School as project number "CAR 7907".

http://caa.ucalgary.ca/cardinalprojects.html

Trouvé à Oujé Bougoumou dans la région de la Baie-James (Québec, Canada). Population de 650 habitants. C'est le plus récent village Cri former en 1992. La conception originale du village a été réalisé par l'architecte Douglas Cardinal qui s'est vue décerner un prix par l'ONU.

Pour plus d'info.: http://www.ouje.ca/

This Douglas Cardinal work is the Alberta Government Services Building in Ponoka. The building has the distinct signature design found in Cardinal's work. You can find more information on this project at the following site.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/CAA/cardinal.html

[This entry was edited by ve6dave on Monday, June 27, 2005 at 10:48:42 AM.]

This building was built in 1975. It is the Bonnyville Indian-Metis Rehabilitation Center. It is on the shores of Moose Lake several miles from Bonnyville.
TFTC
happy caching,

I believe this to be the elusive "Cardinal Studio, Stony Plain". Of course, its not actually in Stony, but at the posted coordinates, which is just a stone's throw from my home. Rather than "Cardinal's Folly", how about "Bricklayer's Nightmare"?. Sorry about the poor image quality, guess its time to upgrade some hardware.

This house was for sale at the time we were looking at other houses in the area, right across the road matter of fact in 1990. The house is situated on an acreage just outside of Edmonton (Just east of the Devon Botanic Gardens). Our real estate agent at the time tried to persuade us to purchase the property on the grounds that it was designed by a now famous Canadian architect. I queried my wife as to whether or not she remembered that particular house, and if she did, did she remember any details? "That white house designed by Cardinal?" was her response. Looking at the pictures, one can see his signature in its design. As to the age of the house, my guess is mid 1980's. I will have to inquire with a real estate acquaintance as to the finer details.