Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.
27 April 2008
Cardboard Houses: Exploration of Do-It-Yourself
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Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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White U, URBOT, House in Koganei
Makoto Ueda, Koji Ichikawa, Maki Onishi, and Yuki Hyakuda look back at Toyo Ito's early projects
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A Social Reset
Giovanna Borasi, Catching Up With Life, Societal transformations, Solitude, Cuddling, Love, Age
1 March 2021
Cuddling Rooms, Body Banks, and Collab House
Giovanna Borasi on new needs for architecture
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A Social Reset
Diamond House A
DR1998:0060:007
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presentation model for Diamond House A, comprising the first, second, third and fourth floors, the base, and the roof
Diamond House A
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DR1998:0060:007
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presentation model for Diamond House A, comprising the first, second, third and fourth floors, the base, and the roof
models
Diamond House A
DR1998:0060:007-007
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presentation model for Diamond House A, comprising the first, second, third and fourth floors, the base, and the roof
Diamond House A
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DR1998:0060:007-007
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presentation model for Diamond House A, comprising the first, second, third and fourth floors, the base, and the roof
models
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Click, Cut, Paste
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Sub-series
Diamond House A
AP145.S2.D15.SD1
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Sub-file documents an unexecuted project for a house. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1967, reprographic copies of presentation drawings were created, probably for an exhibition, between 1963 and 1985. Sub-file contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, and presentation models.
[1963-1985, predominant 1963-1967]
Diamond House A
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AP145.S2.D15.SD1
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Sub-file documents an unexecuted project for a house. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1967, reprographic copies of presentation drawings were created, probably for an exhibition, between 1963 and 1985. Sub-file contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings, presentation drawings, presentation panels, and presentation models.
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[1963-1985, predominant 1963-1967]
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House for a Dentist
AP022.S1.2001.PR07
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File documents a house and landscaping, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings.
circa 2002
House for a Dentist
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AP022.S1.2001.PR07
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File documents a house and landscaping, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings.
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circa 2002
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Scheme for a House
AP077.S2.D1
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File documents a scheme for a house for an unknown location. The perspective drawing shows Ronald Thom under the influence of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Material in the file was produced ca. 1958. File contains one sketch.
[ca. 1958]
Scheme for a House
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AP077.S2.D1
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File documents a scheme for a house for an unknown location. The perspective drawing shows Ronald Thom under the influence of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Material in the file was produced ca. 1958. File contains one sketch.
File 1
[ca. 1958]