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Fonds
AP099
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The Fonds de la Fabrique de Notre-Dame de Montréal [architectural and technical drawings], on deposit at the CCA, documents over 400 architectural and technical drawings from the Fabrique de Notre-Dame de Montréal. The majority of the materials in the fonds relate to the construction, additions and renovations of Notre-Dame de Montréal, however, there are additionally materials relating to other Montréal projects including St. Patrick's Church, the Orphelinat Catholique, a residence at 1098 Rue St-Denis, and four cemeteries.
circa 1823 - 1981
Fabrique de la Paroisse de Notre-Dame de Montréal fonds
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AP099
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The Fonds de la Fabrique de Notre-Dame de Montréal [architectural and technical drawings], on deposit at the CCA, documents over 400 architectural and technical drawings from the Fabrique de Notre-Dame de Montréal. The majority of the materials in the fonds relate to the construction, additions and renovations of Notre-Dame de Montréal, however, there are additionally materials relating to other Montréal projects including St. Patrick's Church, the Orphelinat Catholique, a residence at 1098 Rue St-Denis, and four cemeteries.
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circa 1823 - 1981
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machine learning, machine learning tool, architectural drawings, trees, AI, artificial intelligence, architectural history, protocols, toolkit, research methods
10 July 2023
Learning from Machine Learning
Sylvia Lavin on designer trees and architectural historiographies of the digital
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books
Tapisseries Le Corbusier
ARCH268226
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Catalogue published in conjunction with the 1975 exhibition "Les tapisseries de Le Corbusier" at the Musée Rath in Geneva, Switzerland ("Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève"). This exhibition was prepared by the Musée Rath and the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris. Includes texts by Le Corbusier and Jean Petit.
1975
Tapisseries Le Corbusier
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ARCH268226
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Catalogue published in conjunction with the 1975 exhibition "Les tapisseries de Le Corbusier" at the Musée Rath in Geneva, Switzerland ("Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève"). This exhibition was prepared by the Musée Rath and the Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris. Includes texts by Le Corbusier and Jean Petit.
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1975
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14 December 2017
Eve Blau, Richard Pare, and Phyllis Lambert on Photographic Evidence
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
7 July 2016, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
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
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
articles
Material Witness
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Susanne Kriemann, conversation, oral history, radioactive landscapes
11 March 2024
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New Documentary
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Takashi Homma, conversation, oral history, waves, mushrooms
15 May 2023
The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery
5 September 2013 to 12 January 2014
H-BLOCK: Prison Housing – Donovan Wylie
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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery