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The Surface of Things
22 January 2024
The Surface of Things
Annette Kelm on photographic copies and uncovering histories below the surface of images
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Liquidated Architecture
American urban planner and designer Damon Rich examines the links among politics, architecture, and history. His research analyses the evolution of the real estate market – foreclosures, mortgages, construction and zoning. He is also a collaborator of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), an organization based in Brooklyn that studies movements within cities and their(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
26 February 2009
Liquidated Architecture
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American urban planner and designer Damon Rich examines the links among politics, architecture, and history. His research analyses the evolution of the real estate market – foreclosures, mortgages, construction and zoning. He is also a collaborator of the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), an organization based in Brooklyn that studies movements within cities and their(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Peguis First Nation and the Netley-Libau Marsh: Documenting Indigenous Land Use and Occupancy at the Mouth of Lake Winnipeg
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
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DR2012:0012:075:004
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Box containing photographs related to the following projects: - Une histoire... (1 photograph); - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke (8 photographs) - Corridart (3 photographs). Original box inscribed in black ink: CORRIDART PHOTOS ORIG & DOCUMENTAT.
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Photographs of various projects artworks
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DR2012:0012:075:004
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Box containing photographs related to the following projects: - Une histoire... (1 photograph); - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke (8 photographs) - Corridart (3 photographs). Original box inscribed in black ink: CORRIDART PHOTOS ORIG & DOCUMENTAT.
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Blake Fitzpatrick and Robert Del Tredici talk about their investigations of Port Hope in a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs. Port Hope is Canada’s premier atomic town and the nation’s conduit to the nuclear world. In 1932, Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. built a radium refinery a stone’s throw from the town’s Main Street. After shifting to uranium(...)
Main galleries
25 March 2017, 3pm
Port Hope in the Age of Nuclear Waste
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Blake Fitzpatrick and Robert Del Tredici talk about their investigations of Port Hope in a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs. Port Hope is Canada’s premier atomic town and the nation’s conduit to the nuclear world. In 1932, Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. built a radium refinery a stone’s throw from the town’s Main Street. After shifting to uranium(...)
Main galleries
Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
13 July 2023, 2pm to 4pm (EST)
Modes and Bounds of Collaboration
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Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
Architects’ Books
This exhibition presents three phases in the history of the architect’s book: the mid-sixteenth century, when architects first proved themselves in the field; the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries, when architects turned to book design as a serious complement to their professional career; and contemporary times, when architectural firms, in league with their(...)
Octagonal gallery
24 June 2004 to 26 September 2004
Architects’ Books
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This exhibition presents three phases in the history of the architect’s book: the mid-sixteenth century, when architects first proved themselves in the field; the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries, when architects turned to book design as a serious complement to their professional career; and contemporary times, when architectural firms, in league with their(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Temporal Conjunctions
A history of references
7 April 2021
Temporal Conjunctions
Peter Sealy discusses pastoral imagery in contemporary representations
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A history of references
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Puzzles Solved With the Heart
Aldo Rossi’s Polaroids, introduced by Diogo Seixas Lopes
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A history of references