Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
15 November 2024 to 30 March 2025
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
This seminar focuses on the photographic album titled Le Mellah (taudis juif) à Casablanca en 1947.
the Study Room
9 July 2026, 6pm to 7:30pm
Elias Suraqui’s Le Mellah: Architecture, Philanthropy, and Photography in Casablanca
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This seminar focuses on the photographic album titled Le Mellah (taudis juif) à Casablanca en 1947.
the Study Room
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
11 October 1995 to 4 February 1996
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction
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Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
How did the colonial photographic gaze shape the ways Indian architecture and cultural heritage were documented, understood, and preserved?
the Study Room
25 September 2026, 2pm to 4pm
Photography, Cultural Heritage, and Conservation in Colonial India with Sarah Carter
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How did the colonial photographic gaze shape the ways Indian architecture and cultural heritage were documented, understood, and preserved?
the Study Room
Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 March 2000 to 7 May 2000
Visions and Views: The Architecture of Borromini in the Photographs of Edward Burtynsky
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Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
articles
Photography as Project
Stefano Graziani; Bas Princen; The Lives of Documents, CCA collection, architecture photography, photography as a project
24 April 2023
articles
On the Edge
Keep Safe
5 February 2024
Keep Safe
textual records
ARCH273814
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File contains photography invoices for Arthur Erickson's book, The Architecture of Arthur Erickson, published by Thames and Hudson (1988).
Invoices for "The Architecture of Arthur Erickson" by Erickson
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File contains photography invoices for Arthur Erickson's book, The Architecture of Arthur Erickson, published by Thames and Hudson (1988).
textual records
AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
architecture
1988
A vision of Britain : a personal view of architecture
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3.P10.5
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An episode of the British television series Omnibus in which Prince Charles presents a critique of modern British architecture. [London] : BBC, c1988. Written & narrated by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales ; researcher, Cassie Braban ; rostrum cameraman, Malcolm Kipling ; dubbing mixer, Rob James ; dubbing editor, Debbie Pragnell ; film recordists, Michael Spencer, Tim Humphries ; photography, John Daly, Colin Munn, Chris Sadler, Martin Patmore ; filmeditor, Jeff Shaw ; director, Nicholas Rossiter ; producer, Christopher Martin ; Omnibus editor, Andrew Snell.
1988
architecture
ARCH285480
1967
Parkin recieving Massey Foundation Award in Architecture from Paul Martin Sr.
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