In response to the economic turbulence of the 1970s, British architects employed primarily by the welfare state became increasingly autonomous.
the Study Room Keyword(s):
1970s, welfare state, autonomous, postwar, flexibility, British architects
6 August 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
An Architecture of Flexibility
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In response to the economic turbulence of the 1970s, British architects employed primarily by the welfare state became increasingly autonomous.
the Study Room Keyword(s):
1970s, welfare state, autonomous, postwar, flexibility, British architects
The 2026 Toolkit for Today, organized in collaboration with the CCA’s Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Irene Chin, seeks to open questions and methodological explorations on the border between narrative filmmaking and architectural history.
the CCA
13 July 2026 to 17 July 2026
Toolkit for Today: The World as Film
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The 2026 Toolkit for Today, organized in collaboration with the CCA’s Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Irene Chin, seeks to open questions and methodological explorations on the border between narrative filmmaking and architectural history.
the CCA
The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
16 July 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Toolkit for Today: Unmaking Filmmaking
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The conversation will move between cinematography, research for film, and film as research—tracing how the stories told through the medium of film both rely on and exceed everyday architectures.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries
25 August 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Guided tour for Friends of the CCA
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The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries
Main Galleries and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Siza, Giovanna Borasi, The fortune of the city, adamo-faiden
21 May 2026, 5pm to 9pm
Main Galleries and Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Álvaro Siza, Siza, Giovanna Borasi, The fortune of the city, adamo-faiden
online
5 January 2026 to 10 January 2027
online
A public presentation of site-specific artistic projects developed in collaboration with Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts
CCA
20 June 2026, 2pm to 5pm
Site-Specific Engagements With the City
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A public presentation of site-specific artistic projects developed in collaboration with Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts
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Culture Lab was a multidisciplinary symposium series initiated and directed by Brian Boigon that ran from 1991 to 1994. The exhibition provides new clues about the many forms and channels through which architectural discourses are shaped and circulated.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
Culture Lab, digital, entertainment, Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Sanford Kwinter
26 February 2026 to 30 August 2026
Interactive Entertainment Architecture: Culture Lab, Toronto 1991–1994
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Culture Lab was a multidisciplinary symposium series initiated and directed by Brian Boigon that ran from 1991 to 1994. The exhibition provides new clues about the many forms and channels through which architectural discourses are shaped and circulated.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
Culture Lab, digital, entertainment, Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Sanford Kwinter
Maurice Cox and Mio Tsuneyama draw on diverse experiences and concrete realities of vacancy across borders and urban contexts.
What places get to define vacancy?
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Maurice Cox and Mio Tsuneyama draw on diverse experiences and concrete realities of vacancy across borders and urban contexts.