This workshop allows youth, aged 15–18 years-old, to further develop their interest in design, architecture, and art. By connecting youth with professional mentors and resources, participants will develop a collective research project with the support and knowledge of the CCA team.
the CCA
20 July to 21 September
The Urban Unknown—CCA Youth Collective
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This workshop allows youth, aged 15–18 years-old, to further develop their interest in design, architecture, and art. By connecting youth with professional mentors and resources, participants will develop a collective research project with the support and knowledge of the CCA team.
the CCA
By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
30 January 2014 to 25 May 2014
Photographing the Arab City in the Nineteenth Century
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By the latter half of the nineteenth century, several pioneer photographers had travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe and North America images that captured the idea of the exotic. Whether in search of Nile temples, the Holy Land or Berber costumes; whether amateurs or pilgrims; whether part of scientific missions or commercial ventures,(...)
Octagonal gallery
The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Main galleries
9 December 1998 to 25 April 1999
Photography and Transformations of the Contemporary City: Venezia – Marghera
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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Main galleries
Please join us for the launch of The Urban Unknown, a collective zine project developed by the participants of the CCA Youth Collective. Over the past months, participants aged 15 to 18 have taken part in research, editing, and publishing workshops led by the Public Programs team, with contributions from CCA Publications, Matthias Kreutzer of Our Polite Society, and(...)
27 November 2025, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Zine Launch: The Urban Unknown / CCA Youth Collective
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Please join us for the launch of The Urban Unknown, a collective zine project developed by the participants of the CCA Youth Collective. Over the past months, participants aged 15 to 18 have taken part in research, editing, and publishing workshops led by the Public Programs team, with contributions from CCA Publications, Matthias Kreutzer of Our Polite Society, and(...)
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Centre-Ville Interface
AP066.S2.D75
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Le dossier document le projet Centre-Ville Interface, une étude d'aménagement urbain. Le dossier contient des dessins.
1986
Centre-Ville Interface
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AP066.S2.D75
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Le dossier document le projet Centre-Ville Interface, une étude d'aménagement urbain. Le dossier contient des dessins.
Projet
1986
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
exhibitions
The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
Hall cases
12 October 1994 to 15 January 1995
From Society to Solitude: Public and Private Space in Seventeenth-Century France
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The terms contemplation, solitude, exile, leisure, rest, retreat, reverse, and solitude—and their antonyms action, court, world, worldliness and society—constitute a recurring chain of ideas in seventeenth-century fictional and biographical literature. From Society to Solitude combines history, literature, and architecture, focusing on the theme of the retreat and its(...)
exhibitions
12 October 1994 to
15 January 1995
Hall cases
Project
AP066.S2.D36
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Le dossier documente le projet de la Coop d'habitation Ville-Marie, une construction d'habitation coopérative de 22 logements situé sur la rue Ontario, à Montréal, Québec. Le dossier contient des documents textuels et des dessins. L'architecte décrit le projet comme: "An efficient and inventive planning approach to a tough urban site, one that will foster a system of mini-communities through each courtyard entry." Sturgess, "La Coopérative d'Habitation Ville-Marie", Canadian Architect, décembre 1993, p. 20.
1993-1994
Coop d'habitation Ville-Marie
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AP066.S2.D36
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Le dossier documente le projet de la Coop d'habitation Ville-Marie, une construction d'habitation coopérative de 22 logements situé sur la rue Ontario, à Montréal, Québec. Le dossier contient des documents textuels et des dessins. L'architecte décrit le projet comme: "An efficient and inventive planning approach to a tough urban site, one that will foster a system of mini-communities through each courtyard entry." Sturgess, "La Coopérative d'Habitation Ville-Marie", Canadian Architect, décembre 1993, p. 20.
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1993-1994
Project
Place Ville Marie
AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
1958-1964
Place Ville Marie
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AP137.D2
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File documents Place Ville Marie, Montréal, Québec, a large urban development project consisting of an open plaza, a 43-storey cruciform-shaped aluminum-clad office tower (Royal Bank of Canada Building), an underground pedestrian walkway with shopping promenades and cinemas, and two smaller commercial / office buildings that bordered the plaza - a 3-storey building on Cathcart St. and a 13-storey building fronting Mansfield St. File contains design development, working, and shop drawings, and a presentation panel produced between 1958-64. The design development drawings include drawings from the I.M. Pei office in New York (indicated by N.Y. after the drawing number), and the office of the Montreal architects (indicated by an M after the drawing number).
File 2
1958-1964
Project
AP060.S3.D115
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Le dossier documente la candidature de D'Astous & Durand pour le concours de l'Hôtel de ville de Pierrefonds, au Québec. Il contient des dessins et une reprographie produits en 1974.
1974
Hôtel de ville de Pierrefonds
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AP060.S3.D115
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Le dossier documente la candidature de D'Astous & Durand pour le concours de l'Hôtel de ville de Pierrefonds, au Québec. Il contient des dessins et une reprographie produits en 1974.
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1974