LouisbourgArchitecture
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Researching the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of
Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du
Canada
Yvon LeBlanc Site
Contributions: Louisbourg Institute and Yvon LeBlanc
Yvon LeBlanc's Reconstruction Site
Contributions: Yvon LeBlanc
BIOGRAPHY
July 25 1918: birth in Moncton N.B.
1932-1938: Cours classique "à la française" (Bacc.I)
1940-1945: Royal Canadian Air Force, radar technician.
Service overseas: 2 years attached to R.A.F.; 1 year RCAF Sq. 425 ("Alouette"); 1944: Leave Course, Oxford (Balliol)
1951: B. Arch. (McGill). Travel in Europe
1951-1954: Employment: CNR Montreal, National Research Council (Building division) Ottawa
1954-1965: Private practice, Moncton: Partnerships: LeBlanc & Gaudet and LeBlanc, Gaudet, Roy & Siemers
1960-61: Canada Council grant: Theatre Architecture in Europe, Founding member of International Association of Theatre Technicians
1962: Consulting Com. Confederation Center for Performing Arts (Ottawa)
1965-1966: Sabbatical in Europe. Marriage to Denise Penot, Bourron-Marlotte Course in Archaeological Techniques (Prof. Courbin), Ecole Spéciale des Hautes Etudes, Paris
1966: Design of Lady Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie University, Halifax
1966-1967: Regional Architect, Parks Canada, Halifax
1967-1971: Planning Architect, Université de Moncton; occasional lecturer in History of Art and Introduction to Town Planning
1971-1972: Design Architect, Public Works, Halifax
1972-1983: Resident Architect, Fortress of Louisbourg
1983: Retirement in France
Principal retirement activities:
Occasional research and consulting for Louisbourg
Principal project: a birdseye isometric view of LOUISBOURG illustrating its architecture during all of its existence from foundation to partial reconstruction
Colloquium presentations:
Bouctouche 1992 Architecture Acadienne
Poitiers 1994 Acadie, mythes et réalités
Talks: Paris (2), Nantes (2), Fontainebleau, Bourron-Marlotte
Writings (unpublished): Louisbourg "d'un coup d'oeil / at a glance"
Ce presque mythique LOUISBOURG ... pour une architecture de la maison acadienne
Exhibition on Louisbourg at Châtellerault, April-May 2002
Projects at various stages:
Neptunia Article
Scale model of LOUISBOURG for Châtellerault
Preliminary design: "reconstitution" of a Fanum (small gallo-roman temple) as exhibition. building for the archaeological site of Châteaubleau
Contemplated: Virtual Reality of Louisbourg Project, with possible EDF (Electricité de France) sponsorship
2001: Doctorat, honoris causa, Université de Moncton, on LOUISBOURG RECOMMENDATION
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