articles
The planet is the client
DR1984:0408
architecture
1957-1958
architecture
Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
15 August 2024 to 17 August 2024, 6pm
Tillitarniit at CCA – home, body, land
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Over three evenings on 15-17 August, join us for free outdoor Inuit games, stories, food, and films, in parc Baile as part of the 4th edition of the Tillitarniit festival. Organized by Inuit visual artist and filmmaker asinnajaq, this year’s festival titled home, body, land will bring together Inuit artists and filmmakers who are shaping todays world with stories from(...)
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AP178.S1.1989.PR04
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This project series documents the Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica in Barcelona, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 65/80. The office assigned the date 1989-1992 for this project. The project was located on the Paseo Maritimo in the center of the Olympic village of Barcelona. It was built for the meteorologists for the Olympic games. It was also used by the reporters of the Barcelona summer Olympic games of 1992. The six-story building was 33 metres in diameter and 4,000 square meters. The building had a cylindrical shape made of reinforced concrete. The project was built and was a collaboration with Joan Falgueras. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, working drawings, structural drawings, and photographs. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and technical specifications. Photographic materials document the models, aerial views and construction progress.
1983-2012
Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica [Olympic Village Meteorological Centre and MOPU delegation headquarters], Barcelona, Spain (1989-1992)
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AP178.S1.1989.PR04
Description:
This project series documents the Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica in Barcelona, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 65/80. The office assigned the date 1989-1992 for this project. The project was located on the Paseo Maritimo in the center of the Olympic village of Barcelona. It was built for the meteorologists for the Olympic games. It was also used by the reporters of the Barcelona summer Olympic games of 1992. The six-story building was 33 metres in diameter and 4,000 square meters. The building had a cylindrical shape made of reinforced concrete. The project was built and was a collaboration with Joan Falgueras. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, working drawings, structural drawings, and photographs. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and technical specifications. Photographic materials document the models, aerial views and construction progress.
Project
1983-2012
Project
AP066.S3.D6
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
1987-1988
National Competition for the Calgary Olympic Arches
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AP066.S3.D6
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours sur invitation tenu en hiver 1987 pour des arches des "Olympic Winter Games" de 1988, à Calgary, Alberta. Le dossier contient des dessins, des documents textuels, des photographies, une maquette et une reprographie. Objectifs du concours: "Twenty Canadian architects have been commissioned to submit designs for a ceremonial Olympic arch that will capture the spirit of the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. The models and accompanying drawings will be exhibited during the Olympic Arts Festival, next Jan. 23 to Feb. 28." The Globe and Mail, 27 février 1987. Description du projet: "It explores the theme of "Boundary" as space. It delineates the outside and the outside, skin and structure, tension and pressure. It assembles the given and the withheld, the synthesis and the enigma." Jacques Rousseau, extrait du texte faisant partie de la soumission du projet (25-03-1987)
Dossier 6
1987-1988
textual records
AP018.S2.009
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This box contains research, including newspaper clippings, articles, and lectures by various people on the topic of planning. Also included is a file of clippings on the 1976 Olympic games.
1957-1976
Office files on topic of planning
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AP018.S2.009
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This box contains research, including newspaper clippings, articles, and lectures by various people on the topic of planning. Also included is a file of clippings on the 1976 Olympic games.
textual records
1957-1976
Project
AP075.S1.1950.PR01
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for a neighbourhood playground for the Lutheran Settlement House on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oberlander worked on this project from 1950-1954 while working for the Citizen's Council on City Planning (CCCP) as community planner. The playground includes a basketball, badminton and handball field, an area for games on earth surface, a quiet area, and a paved area for small children. The project series consists solely of a general landscape plan of the playground.
1950-1954
Neighbourhood playground for Lutheran Settlement House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1950-1954)
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AP075.S1.1950.PR01
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This project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's design for a neighbourhood playground for the Lutheran Settlement House on Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oberlander worked on this project from 1950-1954 while working for the Citizen's Council on City Planning (CCCP) as community planner. The playground includes a basketball, badminton and handball field, an area for games on earth surface, a quiet area, and a paved area for small children. The project series consists solely of a general landscape plan of the playground.
Project
1950-1954
This summer, we offer day camps providing children from ages 7 to 10 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
18 August 2025 to 22 August 2025
Summer Camp 2025
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This summer, we offer day camps providing children from ages 7 to 10 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
This summer, we are offering a week-long day camp providing children from ages 7 to 11 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
August 2024
Summer Camp 2024
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This summer, we are offering a week-long day camp providing children from ages 7 to 11 a wide range of activities that engage with architecture, the built environment, and design. Join us for this opportunity to discover the CCA through visits, workshops, and games that will engage and extend children’s creativity.
summer camp
textual records
ARCH270231
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Presentation copy to Chuck Hoberman from Melinda Christensen. Includes a letter to Chuck Hoberman from Russell Johnson, Director of Procurement, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, regarding the sale of the Hoberman Arch.
2002
Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Legacy Projects : Olympic Cauldron Park at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake 2002 Legacy Plaza at Gallivan Center
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ARCH270231
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Presentation copy to Chuck Hoberman from Melinda Christensen. Includes a letter to Chuck Hoberman from Russell Johnson, Director of Procurement, Salt Lake Organizing Committee, regarding the sale of the Hoberman Arch.
textual records
2002