1228 Results
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Title:
Mies in America
Mies in America
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Description:
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
17 October 2001 to 20 January 2002
Title:
Mies in America
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Description:
A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Mies in America
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A profound thinker, painstaking artist, and one of the greatest architects in history, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1938, when he was already in his fifties and one of the recognized masters of his profession. Transplanted from the Bauhaus (of which he was the last director) to a technical institute in Chicago, from the European(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
17 October 2001 to
20 January 2002
17 October 2001 to
20 January 2002
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Location:
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Date:
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
Title:
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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Description:
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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Description:
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
16 June 1998 to
8 November 1998
Location:
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
Form:
textual records
textual records
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Reference number:
ARCH186504
Description:
“Residence Tait (Province de Québec)": p. 135-137, is by John Bird.
ARCH186504
Description:
“Residence Tait (Province de Québec)": p. 135-137, is by John Bird.
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Date:
1957
1957
Title:
Petites maisons en Amérique du Nord
Actions:
ARCH186504
Description:
“Residence Tait (Province de Québec)": p. 135-137, is by John Bird.
Petites maisons en Amérique du Nord
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ARCH186504
Description:
“Residence Tait (Province de Québec)": p. 135-137, is by John Bird.
Form:
textual records
textual records
Date:
1957
1957
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Form:
photographs
photographs
Reference number:
PH1980:1015:274
PH1980:1015:274
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1920s
1920s
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1920s
1920s
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
photographs
photographs
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Reference number:
PH1980:1015:354
PH1980:1015:354
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1920s
1920s
Title:
Détail d'un gratte-ciel à New York. Amérique. Buchman et Kahn, architectes à New York
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PH1980:1015:354
Détail d'un gratte-ciel à New York. Amérique. Buchman et Kahn, architectes à New York
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PH1980:1015:354
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1920s
1920s
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
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Description:
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
14 June 1995 to 14 September 1995
Title:
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Description:
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960
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Description:
Americanism, the pattern of idealization, imitation and criticisms with which European architects greeted American urban models and building practices, is the subject of Scenes of the World to Come: European Architecture and the American Challenge, 1893–1960. The skyscrapers, massive industrial plants, and new sense of mobility and efficiency of North America became a(...)
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
14 June 1995 to
14 September 1995
14 June 1995 to
14 September 1995
Location:
Main galleries
Main galleries
Form:
works of art, photographs
works of art, photographs
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Reference number:
PH1982:0789.01:003
PH1982:0789.01:003
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Date:
published 1841
published 1841
Title:
Amerique Du Nord: Niagara: Chute du Fer a Cheval, from Excursions daguerriennes
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PH1982:0789.01:003
Amerique Du Nord: Niagara: Chute du Fer a Cheval, from Excursions daguerriennes
Actions:
PH1982:0789.01:003
Form:
works of art, photographs
works of art, photographs
Date:
published 1841
published 1841
People:
Form:
events
events
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Location:
Study Room, CCA
Study Room, CCA
Date:
10 July 2025, 6pm
10 July 2025, 6pm
Form:
events
events
Date:
10 July 2025
6pm
10 July 2025
6pm
Location:
Study Room, CCA
Study Room, CCA
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection
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Reference number:
AP161
Synopsis:
- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
AP161
Synopsis:
- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
People:
Date:
1995-2006
1995-2006
Title:
Gilles Clément’s Manifesto for the “Environment” exhibition collection
Actions:
AP161
Synopsis:
- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
Gilles Clément’s Manifesto for the “Environment” exhibition collection
Actions:
AP161
Synopsis:
- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection 161
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection 161
Date:
1995-2006
1995-2006
People:
Form:
events
events
Form:
events
events
Date:
24 May 2012
24 May 2012
