Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
16 May 2019, 6:30pm
My Invisible Friend: Laurens Bekemans on “BC architects & studies” and a foreman
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Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
11 April 2019, 6:30pm
My Invisible Friend: Michiel van Iersel on "Failed Architecture" and a DJ
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Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
Series
AP075.S3
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
1949-2019
Professional activities and office records
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AP075.S3
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's professional activities as a landscape architect, such as her involvement in professional activities, such as associations or committees, her attendance to landscape architecture seminars or conferences, conferences and lectures she gave, and articles and publications she wrote. It also documents her office records for consultancy work, her professional correspondence and the planning of the projects and other activities. It documents also awards and horours she received during her career, for specific projects, her work as landscape architect or for her involvement in the community. The series contains predomimantly administrative records, such as professional correspondence, documents related to her consultant work for private or public projects, promotional material, and articles written about her, documents related to interviews she gave and recordings of these interviews. It also comprises documents related to her involvement in associations or committees, such as correspondence and meetings documents, documents from her participation to conferences and seminars, such as proceedings, and event planning documents, and her research or draft texts for her lectures and publications. The series also contains awards and honours she received, and related documents, and a collection of Oberlander's industry catalogues she used in her office to order supplies, plants or seeds for her landscape projects.
Series
1949-2019
Sub-series
AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS3
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This project subseries documents the restoration of the Câmara Chaves building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N 7. The office assigned the date 1991-1996 for this project. The Câmara Chaves building was part of Bloco A and identified as building 7 in Siza's reconstruction plan. Documenting this project subseries are sketches, studies, plans, elevations, working drawings and details. There are photographs, negatives, and slides that show the construction site and the building before, during and after construction. Textual materials include project documentation and details of the mechanical work. It is important to note that documentation about this project can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces work (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1).
1988-2003
Câmara Chaves, Bloco A, Reconstrução do Chiado, Lisbon (1988-1998)
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AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS3
Description:
This project subseries documents the restoration of the Câmara Chaves building in Lisbon, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 58/80 N 7. The office assigned the date 1991-1996 for this project. The Câmara Chaves building was part of Bloco A and identified as building 7 in Siza's reconstruction plan. Documenting this project subseries are sketches, studies, plans, elevations, working drawings and details. There are photographs, negatives, and slides that show the construction site and the building before, during and after construction. Textual materials include project documentation and details of the mechanical work. It is important to note that documentation about this project can also be found in subseries Master plans and exterior spaces work (AP178.S1.1988.PR07.SS1).
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1988-2003
Project
AP148.S1.1974.PR01
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Project series comprises design work for a project entitled "Architecttura di carta" by Poli. Only one document in the series is dated 1977, and Poli dates the project as 1974 in his inventory. The project features designs for an object or building with a circular base and cone-like top. This work may have been prepared for an exhibition. The notes in the Storyboard include terms such as Crete (Greek island), church, representation, and museum. Some of the handwriting is in Greek. The material in this project series includes 3 large presentation type panels, which feature drawings, sketches, texts and calculations. Similar material is included in the project's Storyboard. In addition, there are 6 circular drawings on cardstock. The 4 photographs in the series depict the design object or building.
1974-1979
Architecttura di carta [Paper architecture] (1974)
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AP148.S1.1974.PR01
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Project series comprises design work for a project entitled "Architecttura di carta" by Poli. Only one document in the series is dated 1977, and Poli dates the project as 1974 in his inventory. The project features designs for an object or building with a circular base and cone-like top. This work may have been prepared for an exhibition. The notes in the Storyboard include terms such as Crete (Greek island), church, representation, and museum. Some of the handwriting is in Greek. The material in this project series includes 3 large presentation type panels, which feature drawings, sketches, texts and calculations. Similar material is included in the project's Storyboard. In addition, there are 6 circular drawings on cardstock. The 4 photographs in the series depict the design object or building.
Project
1974-1979
Reading between the books of anyone’s library can reveal process, influences, ways of thinking, and surprises in their work. While historians disentangle archives, CCA invites contemporary architects to select ten books that reflect themselves today.
27 March 2019, 1:30pm
The talking bookshelf: with Konstantinos Pantazis
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Reading between the books of anyone’s library can reveal process, influences, ways of thinking, and surprises in their work. While historians disentangle archives, CCA invites contemporary architects to select ten books that reflect themselves today.
Sub-series
Photographs and Slides
AP032.S5.D2
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Black and white and colour photographs, negatives, colour slides mostly taken in Europe (Holland, Switzerland) and the United States (Cleveland, Kansa City, Detroit). Includes work by SOM and Goldsmith (the Republic Newspaper Plant, Europoint, and the Portland Arena), personal photographs of friends (including T.Y. Lin), and vacation slides.
[ca. 1960s-1970s]
Photographs and Slides
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AP032.S5.D2
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Black and white and colour photographs, negatives, colour slides mostly taken in Europe (Holland, Switzerland) and the United States (Cleveland, Kansa City, Detroit). Includes work by SOM and Goldsmith (the Republic Newspaper Plant, Europoint, and the Portland Arena), personal photographs of friends (including T.Y. Lin), and vacation slides.
File 2
[ca. 1960s-1970s]
Rooted in acts of reciprocity and land-based knowledge teachings, the work of Brooke Rice, Autumn Godwin, Marnie Jacobs, and Amanda Lickers resists erasure by honouring natural cycles and fostering continuity between past, present, and future.
13 November 2025, 6pm to 7:30pm
Placekeeping with Brooke Rice, Autumn Godwin, Marnie Jacobs, and Amanda Lickers
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Rooted in acts of reciprocity and land-based knowledge teachings, the work of Brooke Rice, Autumn Godwin, Marnie Jacobs, and Amanda Lickers resists erasure by honouring natural cycles and fostering continuity between past, present, and future.
photographs
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21 photograph(s)
ARCH269770
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This group is composed of interior and exterior views of the Uchino Community Center for Seniors and Children. Some of the views show interior construction work in progress. All of the photos have a label of Shoei Yoh + Architects affixed to the verso.
1995
Uchino for Seniors and Children 1994 1995 (photographs)
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ARCH269770
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This group is composed of interior and exterior views of the Uchino Community Center for Seniors and Children. Some of the views show interior construction work in progress. All of the photos have a label of Shoei Yoh + Architects affixed to the verso.
photographs
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21 photograph(s)
1995
drawings
Quantity:
5 detail drawing(s)
Detail sketches
AP140.S2.SS1.D23.P7
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detail sketches describing the defects and proposed remedial work to the exterior tiling for the office block, and for the stair and lift cores; includes a full-scale detail section and plan, and an axonometric that relates to water penetration through the louvres
1965
Detail sketches
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AP140.S2.SS1.D23.P7
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detail sketches describing the defects and proposed remedial work to the exterior tiling for the office block, and for the stair and lift cores; includes a full-scale detail section and plan, and an axonometric that relates to water penetration through the louvres
drawings
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5 detail drawing(s)
1965