PH1984:0287:027
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- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Exterior view of type A housing units with the Director of Holzmann A.G., Mr. Rosenberg [?], and a foreman [?], Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:027
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
PH1984:0287:028
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Exterior view of the Director of Holzman A.G., Mr. Rosenberg [?], and a worker at the Hellerhof Housing Estate construction site, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:028
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
Exterior view of a worker painting mailboxes, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
PH1984:0287:029
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
1930
Exterior view of a worker painting mailboxes, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:029
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture
PH1984:0287:030
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture, interior design
1930
Interior view of stairwell and chain link partition, Hellerhof Housing Estate, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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PH1984:0287:030
Description:
- The housing unit types appearing in the photographs of the album of Hellerhof housing development, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (PH1984:0287:001-030) have been identified as type A (DR1984:1114), type B (DR1984:1112), type C (DR1984:1110), type D (DR1984:1108) and type E (DR1984:1104) based on drawings by Stam in the CCA Prints and Drawings collection and on Blijstra (1970, pp. 16-17). - The photograph numbers are indicated at the lower right corner of the album pages and are not in numerical order.
architecture, interior design
Naoya Hatakeyama: Scales
The work of Japanese artist Naoya Hatakeyama is concerned largely with the relationship between nature and cities. Comissioned by the CCA, the three series of photographs comprising Scales capture existing architectural models of New York City and Tokyo in a way that challenges notions of scale and the perception of reality. Naoya Hatakeyama: Scales is the fourth and(...)
Octagonal gallery
27 September 2007 to 3 February 2008
Naoya Hatakeyama: Scales
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The work of Japanese artist Naoya Hatakeyama is concerned largely with the relationship between nature and cities. Comissioned by the CCA, the three series of photographs comprising Scales capture existing architectural models of New York City and Tokyo in a way that challenges notions of scale and the perception of reality. Naoya Hatakeyama: Scales is the fourth and(...)
Octagonal gallery
PH2018:0005:026
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, tree study, 1970-1971, blue pencil on paper, 35.6 x 43.2 cm, PHCON2002:0016:060, Gordon Matta-Clark Collection, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Tree study, blue pencil on paper by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1970-1971
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PH2018:0005:026
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, tree study, 1970-1971, blue pencil on paper, 35.6 x 43.2 cm, PHCON2002:0016:060, Gordon Matta-Clark Collection, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
14 July 2016, 6pm
Antoni Folkers: Modern Architecture in Africa
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Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
Starting From... Pink
Architectural engagement with colour involves its physical materiality as well as its atmospheric and psychological aspects. This hall-case display features photographs, renderings, and colour tools from the CCA collection that represent, communicate, and imagine colour for architecture—with a particular emphasis on the hue of pink. Pink is a chromatic anomaly. As a(...)
Hall cases
11 September 2009 to 17 January 2010
Starting From... Pink
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Architectural engagement with colour involves its physical materiality as well as its atmospheric and psychological aspects. This hall-case display features photographs, renderings, and colour tools from the CCA collection that represent, communicate, and imagine colour for architecture—with a particular emphasis on the hue of pink. Pink is a chromatic anomaly. As a(...)
Hall cases
research
TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Negin Djavaherian (McGill University); Izabel Amaral (Université de Montréal); Geoffrey Carr (University of British Columbia); Jason Crow (McGill University); Claudette Lauzon (McGill University); Elena Napolitano (University of Toronto); Victoria Sheridan (University of Toronto); Gyewon Kim (McGill(...)
April 2008 to September 2008
Doctoral Students Program 2008
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grant Recipients: Negin Djavaherian (McGill University); Izabel Amaral (Université de Montréal); Geoffrey Carr (University of British Columbia); Jason Crow (McGill University); Claudette Lauzon (McGill University); Elena Napolitano (University of Toronto); Victoria Sheridan (University of Toronto); Gyewon Kim (McGill(...)
research
April 2008 to
September 2008
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Take a Closer Look
The CCA’s collection of prints and drawings reveal ideas of architecture, the thinking process of architects, and the context they worked in.
Take a Closer Look
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The CCA’s collection of prints and drawings reveal ideas of architecture, the thinking process of architects, and the context they worked in.
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