Commissioned by the CCA, for three years, French photographer Serge Hambourg recorded over four hundred historic mills and factories throughout New England. By capturing their surroundings as well as by focusing on the stark beauty of their interiors and exteriors, the images trace the evolution of this building type. The photographs included in the exhibition range from(...)
Octagonal gallery ante-room
6 December 1989 to 11 February 1990
Mills and Factories of New England: Photographs by Serge Hambourg
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Commissioned by the CCA, for three years, French photographer Serge Hambourg recorded over four hundred historic mills and factories throughout New England. By capturing their surroundings as well as by focusing on the stark beauty of their interiors and exteriors, the images trace the evolution of this building type. The photographs included in the exhibition range from(...)
Octagonal gallery ante-room
Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
Hall cases
17 January 1990 to 22 April 1990
Process as Interpretation: Photographs from the CCA
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Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
Hall cases
PH1990:0146
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- Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
1990
CCA Garden: Partial view of the Orchard and cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines with the Arcade and the Obelisk-Chimney Allegorical Column in the background, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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PH1990:0146
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- Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
PH1990:0151
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- Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
1990
View of a man sitting on one of the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines, CCA garden, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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PH1990:0151
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- Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
PH1990:0153
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Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
1990
View of one of the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines through an opening in the arcade, CCA garden, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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PH1990:0153
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Photographs PH1990:0146, PH1990:0151, and PH1990:0153 show the cadastral walls which represent rural "rangs" or property lines (CCA: Building and Gardens, p. 94).
architecture, landscape architecture, sculpture
Project
AP142.S1.D18
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File documents a partially executed project for a public piazza bordering the city hall of Segrate, Italy. The design emphasizes the play of shadows and the use of primary forms. The fountain represents a monument to the partisans of World War II. Material in this file was produced in approximately 1965. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings.
[ca. 1965]
Piazza del municipio e fontana monumentale a Segrate
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AP142.S1.D18
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File documents a partially executed project for a public piazza bordering the city hall of Segrate, Italy. The design emphasizes the play of shadows and the use of primary forms. The fountain represents a monument to the partisans of World War II. Material in this file was produced in approximately 1965. File contains design development drawings and presentation drawings.
File 18
[ca. 1965]
Various awards and honours
ARCH277083
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File contains awards and honours in recognition of Arthur Erickson or his firms Erickson/Massey Architects, Arthur Erickson Architects or Arthur Erickson Corporation. Includes: National Design Award from the Canadian Housing Design Council for 5185 Keith Road, W. Vancouver and 3281 W. 35 Avenue, Vancouver (1964), Associate Member of the American Hospital Association (1975), Qualification to practice architecture in the state of New York (1979), Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects (1978), Charter Member of the American Planning Association (1978), Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Manitoba (1978), Festival of Architecture Honor Awards for Eppich House, Robson Square/The Law Courts, Habitat Pavilion, Sikh Temple and Museum of Anthropology (1980), Governor General's Medal for Architecture for the Yorkdale Rapit Transit Station, Certification of Practice firn the California State Boad of Architectural Examiners (1981), Second Prize in the Concours Europeen Cembureau for Napp Laboratories (1985), President's Award for Excellence from The American Society of Landscape Architects for Robson Square - first phase, Citation confered upon Cornelia Oberlander from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for the landscape architecture of the Canadian Chancery (1991), Award for Excellence in the graphic representation of architecture for the Hotel and Convention Centre and Malaysiana (1993), Honorary Member Diploma from La Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos (1993), architectural licence from the National Council of Architecturall Registration Boards (1994).
1964-1994
Various awards and honours
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ARCH277083
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File contains awards and honours in recognition of Arthur Erickson or his firms Erickson/Massey Architects, Arthur Erickson Architects or Arthur Erickson Corporation. Includes: National Design Award from the Canadian Housing Design Council for 5185 Keith Road, W. Vancouver and 3281 W. 35 Avenue, Vancouver (1964), Associate Member of the American Hospital Association (1975), Qualification to practice architecture in the state of New York (1979), Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects (1978), Charter Member of the American Planning Association (1978), Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Manitoba (1978), Festival of Architecture Honor Awards for Eppich House, Robson Square/The Law Courts, Habitat Pavilion, Sikh Temple and Museum of Anthropology (1980), Governor General's Medal for Architecture for the Yorkdale Rapit Transit Station, Certification of Practice firn the California State Boad of Architectural Examiners (1981), Second Prize in the Concours Europeen Cembureau for Napp Laboratories (1985), President's Award for Excellence from The American Society of Landscape Architects for Robson Square - first phase, Citation confered upon Cornelia Oberlander from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for the landscape architecture of the Canadian Chancery (1991), Award for Excellence in the graphic representation of architecture for the Hotel and Convention Centre and Malaysiana (1993), Honorary Member Diploma from La Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos (1993), architectural licence from the National Council of Architecturall Registration Boards (1994).
1964-1994
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
DR1988:0437:023
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a triumphal arch, flanked on either side by representations of the smoking volcanoes Etna and Vesuvius.
temporary architecture
printed 1756
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1756
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DR1988:0437:023
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a triumphal arch, flanked on either side by representations of the smoking volcanoes Etna and Vesuvius.
temporary architecture
Project
AP207.S1.1979.PR02
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The project series documents "Un’idea di Bellazza" a project by Pettena, realized in 1979. The aim of the project was to choose a building to represent an idea of beauty. Pettena selected a Medici era pyramid, used as an ice house, in the Cascine di Firenze, in Florence. The project series contains project descriptions in Italian and in English, and photographs of the choosen pyramid.
2013-2017
Un’idea di Bellazza [An idea of Beauty] (1979)
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AP207.S1.1979.PR02
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The project series documents "Un’idea di Bellazza" a project by Pettena, realized in 1979. The aim of the project was to choose a building to represent an idea of beauty. Pettena selected a Medici era pyramid, used as an ice house, in the Cascine di Firenze, in Florence. The project series contains project descriptions in Italian and in English, and photographs of the choosen pyramid.
Project
2013-2017