Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
10 May 1995 to 15 October 1995
Four Photographers Visit Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding, Kawamata
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Inspired by the theme of travel, this exhibition presents the personal vision of four photographers—Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding, and Tadashi Kawamata—who visited Québec between the 1920s and today. The artists from elsewhere turn their attention to architecture and its environment, offering a view of Québec society from the perspective of their own(...)
Octagonal gallery
Rotor Deconstruction
Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
4 February 2016
Rotor Deconstruction
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Maarten Gielen presents the work of Rotor, a group of architects, designers and other professionals interested in material flows in industry and construction, particularly in relation to resources, waste, use and reuse. Rotor disseminates creative strategies for salvage and waste reduction through workshops, publications, and exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with(...)
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Still the Housing Question
27 July 2026
Still the Housing Question
Joaquim Moreno reviews one of the episodes of the Open University’s course A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890–1939
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Philip Ursprung, guest curator of the 2002 CCA exhibition Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind, discusses the Swiss architects’ collaborative relationship with artists. The lecture is part a series exploring the boundary between art and architecture, presented in conjunction with the exhibition. Philip Ursprung is Professor of the History of Modern and Contemporary(...)
17 October 2002
Philip Ursprung: Close Encounters: Herzog & de Meuron en collaboration avec des artistes
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Philip Ursprung, guest curator of the 2002 CCA exhibition Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind, discusses the Swiss architects’ collaborative relationship with artists. The lecture is part a series exploring the boundary between art and architecture, presented in conjunction with the exhibition. Philip Ursprung is Professor of the History of Modern and Contemporary(...)
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Ernest Cormier fonds
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
1857-1980
Ernest Cormier fonds
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Le Fonds Ernest Cormier documente la vie personnelle, artistique et professionnelle d'Ernest Cormier. Le fonds compte près de 30 000 dessins et reproductions ainsi que les dossier administratif relatifs à plus de 110 projets architecturaux réalisés par Cormier entre 1919 et 1964, environ 14 000 documents photographiques, incluant les photographies par Ernest Cormier, sa correspondance et documents personnels, ses oeuvres d'arts, et de nombreux outils et objets utilisés par Cormier pour ses projets artistiques et architecturaux.
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1857-1980
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"Le Pavillon des Jeunesses Musicales à l'Expo '67 / Vue du pavillon des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. L'édifice permanent de $250,000 est commandité par la Portland Cement Association en collaboration avec les J.M.C. A la fin de l'Exposition, le pavillon sera démonté et transporté au village des J.M.C. au Mont Orford, dans les Cantons de L'Est, où il sera reconstruit. / Jeunesses Musicales Pavilion at Expo '67 / This concrete paneled pavilion in Cité du Havre contains exhibits on music in Canada from 1610 and on systems for the musical education of the young. An opportunity to listen to Canadian works and a studio where leading musicians direct practice sessions for students also form part of the display. The world congress of the Jeuneses Musicales International Federation will be held here in mid-summer."--Description.
1967
View of the Pavilion of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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"Le Pavillon des Jeunesses Musicales à l'Expo '67 / Vue du pavillon des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. L'édifice permanent de $250,000 est commandité par la Portland Cement Association en collaboration avec les J.M.C. A la fin de l'Exposition, le pavillon sera démonté et transporté au village des J.M.C. au Mont Orford, dans les Cantons de L'Est, où il sera reconstruit. / Jeunesses Musicales Pavilion at Expo '67 / This concrete paneled pavilion in Cité du Havre contains exhibits on music in Canada from 1610 and on systems for the musical education of the young. An opportunity to listen to Canadian works and a studio where leading musicians direct practice sessions for students also form part of the display. The world congress of the Jeuneses Musicales International Federation will be held here in mid-summer."--Description.
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"Le pavillon thématique illustrant 'L'Homme à l'oeuvre' dans l'Ile Notre-Dame brille vraiment de tous ces feux, à la tombée du jour. Cet ensemble de pavillons comme d'ailleurs celui qui illustre 'L'Homme interroge l'Univers', dans l'Ile Sainte-Hélène acquiert de plus en plus une réputation d'excellence, à cause de ses éléments d'exposition. / The theme pavilion devoted to Man the Producer occupies a site facing the Expo Express station on Ile Notre-Dame. Its sections are designed in the shape of truncated tetrahedrons. The pavilion has four levels. The main exhibits entitled 'Resources for Man', 'Progress' and 'Man in Control' are confined to the second and fourth levels. The ground floor contains restaurants and other services, while the third level constitutes a plaza leading to all exhibits."--Description.
1967?
Night view of the Man the Producer Pavilion, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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"Le pavillon thématique illustrant 'L'Homme à l'oeuvre' dans l'Ile Notre-Dame brille vraiment de tous ces feux, à la tombée du jour. Cet ensemble de pavillons comme d'ailleurs celui qui illustre 'L'Homme interroge l'Univers', dans l'Ile Sainte-Hélène acquiert de plus en plus une réputation d'excellence, à cause de ses éléments d'exposition. / The theme pavilion devoted to Man the Producer occupies a site facing the Expo Express station on Ile Notre-Dame. Its sections are designed in the shape of truncated tetrahedrons. The pavilion has four levels. The main exhibits entitled 'Resources for Man', 'Progress' and 'Man in Control' are confined to the second and fourth levels. The ground floor contains restaurants and other services, while the third level constitutes a plaza leading to all exhibits."--Description.
Toys that Teach
The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery
16 December 1992 to 25 April 1993
Toys that Teach
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The architectural toy typically looks to the world of “real” buildings, reproducing columns, arches, and windows in miniature form. Toys That Teach, however, presents a range of construction toys based on the elementary forms of geometry found in nature: cubes and spheres, cones and cylinders, rods and prisms. The toys serve not only for building but also for mathematical(...)
Octagonal gallery
Gilles Clément
French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 October 2006
Gilles Clément
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French horticultural engineer and landscape architect Gilles Clément presents his projects and theories in the context of the CCA exhibition Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow (2006). The exhibition proposes a shift in perspective that takes the environment, and not human demands on the environment, as the starting point for reflection. Clément has designed numerous(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries
19 September 1989 to 19 November 1989
Le Panthéon: Symbol of Revolution
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The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries