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ARCH258770
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Publié par Éditions Albert Morancé à Paris. Un extrait de l'Encyclopédie de l'Architecture de dessins et photographies avec renseignements sur théâtres et cinémas construit à Paris.
ca. 1930
Livre "Encyclopédie de l'Architecture: Théâtres et Cinémas"
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ARCH258770
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Publié par Éditions Albert Morancé à Paris. Un extrait de l'Encyclopédie de l'Architecture de dessins et photographies avec renseignements sur théâtres et cinémas construit à Paris.
books
ca. 1930
photographs
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4 File
Photographs dating from 1950
ARCH273132
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Includes photographs of Gordon Webber, Arthur's early mentor and professor at McGill School of Architecture. Also includes 2 photographs of Arthur Erickson.
1950
Photographs dating from 1950
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ARCH273132
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Includes photographs of Gordon Webber, Arthur's early mentor and professor at McGill School of Architecture. Also includes 2 photographs of Arthur Erickson.
photographs
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4 File
1950
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
photographs
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95 photograph(s)
ARCH274367
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Group consists of predominantly photographs (81 photographs) and some negatives (14 negatives) of Chandigarh, India, before the construction, including photographs of inhabitants, rustic houses, landscape and architecture.
1950-1952
Photographs of Chandigarh, India, before the construction
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ARCH274367
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Group consists of predominantly photographs (81 photographs) and some negatives (14 negatives) of Chandigarh, India, before the construction, including photographs of inhabitants, rustic houses, landscape and architecture.
photographs
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95 photograph(s)
1950-1952
Tokyo/Mori Building, Japan
PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. From the CCA photographic commission "Scales". Les photographies de la série "Scales" font partie d'une commande accordée par le Centre Canadien d'Architecture.
2003
Tokyo/Mori Building, Japan
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PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. From the CCA photographic commission "Scales". Les photographies de la série "Scales" font partie d'une commande accordée par le Centre Canadien d'Architecture.
2003
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CD034
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
1974-1979
The SAAL Process exhibition collection
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CD034
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
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1974-1979
Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
9 October 2008
Rebecca Solnit: The Ruins of Hope, Hope in the Ruins
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Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
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Fonds
Aditya Prakash fonds
AP206
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1947-2008
Aditya Prakash fonds
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AP206
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
archives
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Fonds
1947-2008
archives
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Fonds
AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
1995-2013
ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records
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AP167
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The ONL [Oosterhuis_Lénárd] NSA Muscle project records, 1995-2013, contain approximately 5,000 digital working files for the NSA Muscle, a built prototype commissioned for the Non-Standard Architecture exhibition at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 2003. The NSA Muscle is a programmable structure that changes its shape and content in real time. The records are entirely digital, and include administrative files, CAD files, Virtools files, publicity materials and photographs. They document the planning, design development, construction and exhibition of the NSA Muscle and related projects.
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Fonds
1995-2013
PH2007:0014:001-009
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Series shows a model of New York City, New York, at Window of the World, Shenzhen, China. Series is one of an edition of ten. From the CCA photographic commission "Scales". Les photographies de la série "Scales" font partie d'une commande accordée par le Centre Canadien d'Architecture.
2006
New York / Window of the World, 2006
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PH2007:0014:001-009
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Series shows a model of New York City, New York, at Window of the World, Shenzhen, China. Series is one of an edition of ten. From the CCA photographic commission "Scales". Les photographies de la série "Scales" font partie d'une commande accordée par le Centre Canadien d'Architecture.
2006