The architectural model offers a means by which architectural ideas can be shared among architects, builders, and interested laymen. The Use of Models: Nineteenth-Century Church Architecture in Québec demonstrates a certain variety in functions ascribed to wooden architectural models around 1850. Witness to an era that saw architectural practice developing a heightened(...)
Octagonal gallery
18 May 1994 to 11 September 1994
The Use of Models: Nineteenth-Century Church Architecture in Québec
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The architectural model offers a means by which architectural ideas can be shared among architects, builders, and interested laymen. The Use of Models: Nineteenth-Century Church Architecture in Québec demonstrates a certain variety in functions ascribed to wooden architectural models around 1850. Witness to an era that saw architectural practice developing a heightened(...)
Octagonal gallery
New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
6 March 1996 to 26 May 1996
Power and Planning: Industrial Towns in Québec, 1890-1950
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New towns created by private enterprise in the early years of the twentieth century bear witness to the confluence of economic, social, and political forces at work in shaping urban forms. Built quickly and expensively, these towns thoroughly planned to sustain industrial profits, relying on social control to ensure the hegemony of the ruling class. This exhibition traces(...)
Main galleries
Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
10 May 1995 to 15 October 1995
Four Photographers Visit Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding, Kawamata
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Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Power and Planning
Nature reorganized
Arvida, cités-jardins, Ernest Isbell Barott, Garden City, industrial, industriel, Ludger Lemieux, Québec, Ross and Macdonald, Shawinigan, Témiscaming, Thomas Adams
23 July 2009
Nature reorganized
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Projecting the Landscape
Figuring Territory
3 January 2023
Projecting the Landscape
Alec White Reflects on the Role of Belvederes in the Conception of Territory
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Figuring Territory
PH1975:0042
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The image shows the French Methodist Church on the left (now demolished), the Trinity Church (now demolished) to the right of that, and part of the Dominion Theatre (now demolished) on rue Gosford on the right side of the image.
between 1871 and 1875?
View of rifle inspection of (probably) the 3rd Battalion of the Victoria Rifles of Canada at the Champ de Mars, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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PH1975:0042
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The image shows the French Methodist Church on the left (now demolished), the Trinity Church (now demolished) to the right of that, and part of the Dominion Theatre (now demolished) on rue Gosford on the right side of the image.
PH2009:0005:071
architecture
1952
To south-west of Montreal, strip farming extending from small village, Quebec
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PH2009:0005:071
architecture
Quebec City, Quebec
PH2009:0005:068
architecture
1951
architecture
ARCH252654
1940-1972
ARCH256565
1967