The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
2 May 1990 to 21 October 1990
Ernest Cormier and the Université de Montréal
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The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 1990 to 28 October 1990
Sighting the Université de Montréal: Photographs by Gabor Szilasi
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Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 March 2009 to 23 August 2009
Total Environment: Montréal, 1965-1975
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“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
Octagonal gallery
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AP129.S1.D7
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Cette série projet documente trois sous-projets entrepris par Jean Ouellet et la firme Ouellet, Reeves, Alain, architectes pour l'Université de Montréal: le Garage Louis-Colin dans les années 1970s, le Garage de l'est en en 1991 et le plan directeur pour le campus de l'Université en 1995. La série de projet contient des documents photographiques et textuels, ainsi que des dessins.
1944-1998
Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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AP129.S1.D7
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Cette série projet documente trois sous-projets entrepris par Jean Ouellet et la firme Ouellet, Reeves, Alain, architectes pour l'Université de Montréal: le Garage Louis-Colin dans les années 1970s, le Garage de l'est en en 1991 et le plan directeur pour le campus de l'Université en 1995. La série de projet contient des documents photographiques et textuels, ainsi que des dessins.
Dossier 7
1944-1998
PH1990:0002
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
1989
Solarium, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0002
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
photographs
PH1990:0360
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
1989
Solarium, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0360
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographs
1989
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AP130.D4
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Le dossier documente un projet de rénovation et d'agrandissement de l'ancienne Faculté de l'aménagement de Université de Montréal, située au 2940, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, à Montréal, Québec. Le projet était le gagnant du concours lancé en 1994 et était lauréat du "Art of CAD First Prize" et du "Canadian Architect Award of Excellence" en 1995. Le dossier contient des dessins, des panneaux de présentation, des photographie, des documents textuels, des maquettes et un carnet de croquis.
1995-1998
Faculté de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal
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AP130.D4
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Le dossier documente un projet de rénovation et d'agrandissement de l'ancienne Faculté de l'aménagement de Université de Montréal, située au 2940, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, à Montréal, Québec. Le projet était le gagnant du concours lancé en 1994 et était lauréat du "Art of CAD First Prize" et du "Canadian Architect Award of Excellence" en 1995. Le dossier contient des dessins, des panneaux de présentation, des photographie, des documents textuels, des maquettes et un carnet de croquis.
Dossier 4
1995-1998
photographs
PH1990:0048:001-003
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
June 1989
The auditorium, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0048:001-003
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
photographs
June 1989
PH1990:0003
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990
1989
Classroom detail, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0003
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990