Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
Main galleries
4 July 2007 to 30 September 2007
Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky
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Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky is the first retrospective to examine the life and work of the controversial architect, designer, and critic whose groundbreaking buildings, exhibitions, and fashion designs challenged the Western world’s perceptions of comfort and culture. The exhibition highlights the diverse contributions of a unique and underappreciated pioneer of(...)
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research
Visiting Scholars 2001–2002
Theme: The Phenomenon of Paradigm Shifts in Architecture since Antiquity: Brigitte Desrochers, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Topic: Au-delà du style. Naissance du classicisme structurel dans les ruines de Pompei Joseph Disponzio, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States Topic: Jean-Marie Morel and the Invention of Landscape(...)
September 2001 to August 2002
Visiting Scholars 2001–2002
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Theme: The Phenomenon of Paradigm Shifts in Architecture since Antiquity: Brigitte Desrochers, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada Topic: Au-delà du style. Naissance du classicisme structurel dans les ruines de Pompei Joseph Disponzio, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States Topic: Jean-Marie Morel and the Invention of Landscape(...)
research
September 2001 to
August 2002
The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
25 November 2009 to 28 February 2010
Intermission: Films From a Heroic Future
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The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
drawings
DR2012:0015:023:002-002
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
1980-1995
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his middle and later works
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DR2012:0015:023:002-002
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
drawings
1980-1995
textual records
Reference materials and grand application papers for the Canadian Council Exploration program
DR2012:0015:022:002
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a grant application to the Canada Council Exploration program for funding, notes, a photocopy of a drawn map of Montreal, newspaper clippings, reference materials, and the following photographs: - La maison de Rivière-des-Prairies, Fragments 1 (1 gelatin silver print); - Musée du Québec, exterior view, June 1970 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified house (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MONTREAL DOCUMENTATION: CARTIER
1964-1978, 1987
Reference materials and grand application papers for the Canadian Council Exploration program
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DR2012:0015:022:002
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a grant application to the Canada Council Exploration program for funding, notes, a photocopy of a drawn map of Montreal, newspaper clippings, reference materials, and the following photographs: - La maison de Rivière-des-Prairies, Fragments 1 (1 gelatin silver print); - Musée du Québec, exterior view, June 1970 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified house (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MONTREAL DOCUMENTATION: CARTIER
textual records
1964-1978, 1987
drawings
DR2012:0012:047:032
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Consists of plans for the layout of an exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. The roll is labelled "MACM - Installation. Expo Charney. 12/2001-01/2002". The roll is wrapped in a seperate piece of paper that is a print-out of plans for an exhibition of Un dictionnaire, 1970-2001. It reads "Series 40: Exclusion and Effacement - Series 40: Italian" and depicts the layout of panels 41-49 for the exhibition.
circa 1970-2001
Plans for the layout of an exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
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DR2012:0012:047:032
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Consists of plans for the layout of an exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. The roll is labelled "MACM - Installation. Expo Charney. 12/2001-01/2002". The roll is wrapped in a seperate piece of paper that is a print-out of plans for an exhibition of Un dictionnaire, 1970-2001. It reads "Series 40: Exclusion and Effacement - Series 40: Italian" and depicts the layout of panels 41-49 for the exhibition.
drawings
circa 1970-2001
Series
AP133.S1
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This series documents the research, writing, publishing and promotion of Pierre du Prey's "The Villas of Pliny: from antiquity to posterity." The focus of the book is Pliny the Younger’s continuous influence on the work of architects. The book was published in 1994 by The University of Chicago Press. Du Prey undertook this research and writing project after curating the Canadian Centre for Architecture's exhibition "The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal" presented at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal in 1983. In the exhibition, du Prey notes the influence of Pliny's work on Montréal architecture, including his influence on the work of architect Ernest Cormier. This theme of the exhibtion later became a chapter of his book. The series contains research material, such as notes by Pierre du Prey, sound recordings of interviews with experts and architectural historians, and correspondence. It also contains manuscripts, drafts and dummies for publication, as well as correspondence, financial documents related to publishing, and press clippings on Pierre du Prey and his book.
1983-2002
The Villas of Pliny : from antiquity to posterity, 1988-1994
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AP133.S1
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This series documents the research, writing, publishing and promotion of Pierre du Prey's "The Villas of Pliny: from antiquity to posterity." The focus of the book is Pliny the Younger’s continuous influence on the work of architects. The book was published in 1994 by The University of Chicago Press. Du Prey undertook this research and writing project after curating the Canadian Centre for Architecture's exhibition "The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal" presented at the Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal in 1983. In the exhibition, du Prey notes the influence of Pliny's work on Montréal architecture, including his influence on the work of architect Ernest Cormier. This theme of the exhibtion later became a chapter of his book. The series contains research material, such as notes by Pierre du Prey, sound recordings of interviews with experts and architectural historians, and correspondence. It also contains manuscripts, drafts and dummies for publication, as well as correspondence, financial documents related to publishing, and press clippings on Pierre du Prey and his book.
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1983-2002
archives
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Fonds
Victor Depocas fonds
AP028
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Victor Depocas fonds is composed of documents and graphic materials produced between 1921 and 1986, predominantly between 1956 and 1984. It records Depocas activities as a member of the Province of Québec Association of Architects (A.A.P.Q.), the Ordre d’Architects du Québec (O.A.P.), and the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec; his activities as a Professor of architectural composition at l’École de Beaux-arts de Montréal (1953-1957); and his work as a professional architect along with general office files of the short-life firms David & Depocas and Deshaies & Depocas (1946-1950). The fonds documents mainly the architectural projects from the Commission that include restorations, renovations and modifications of residential, educational, ecclesiastical, and commercial buildings across Québec. Represented in drawings, textual records and photographs.
1921-1986
Victor Depocas fonds
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AP028
Synopsis:
Victor Depocas fonds is composed of documents and graphic materials produced between 1921 and 1986, predominantly between 1956 and 1984. It records Depocas activities as a member of the Province of Québec Association of Architects (A.A.P.Q.), the Ordre d’Architects du Québec (O.A.P.), and the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec; his activities as a Professor of architectural composition at l’École de Beaux-arts de Montréal (1953-1957); and his work as a professional architect along with general office files of the short-life firms David & Depocas and Deshaies & Depocas (1946-1950). The fonds documents mainly the architectural projects from the Commission that include restorations, renovations and modifications of residential, educational, ecclesiastical, and commercial buildings across Québec. Represented in drawings, textual records and photographs.
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1921-1986
Project
AP041.S1.1969.D2
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The project series documents Melvin Charney's work for the design competition for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial (RCAF) at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. The project was identified by Charney as the MEMO Series. The competition called for the design of a building of “appropriate character” which would commemorate “the birth and growth of Canadian aviation”. The competition program was very specific, requesting a building on a predefined site, with rooms designed for specific activities. MEMO was formally submitted by Charney and consisted of 91 pages of plans, designs, photographs and instructions on 335-5136 metric graph paper. Instead of constituting a true design for a building, MEMO consists of pages of memorandums intended for the organizers of the competition. The memos describe different ideas of how to conceptualize “the birth and growth of Canadian aviation”, as a critical response to what Charney saw as a “narrowness” in the competition’s vision. Charney referred to the idea of erecting a “singular building in an isolated part of the country” and considering it a memorial as being a “restrictive if not repressive act”. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 14-17)
1969-1970
Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Competition, Ottawa, Ontario
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AP041.S1.1969.D2
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The project series documents Melvin Charney's work for the design competition for the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial (RCAF) at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. The project was identified by Charney as the MEMO Series. The competition called for the design of a building of “appropriate character” which would commemorate “the birth and growth of Canadian aviation”. The competition program was very specific, requesting a building on a predefined site, with rooms designed for specific activities. MEMO was formally submitted by Charney and consisted of 91 pages of plans, designs, photographs and instructions on 335-5136 metric graph paper. Instead of constituting a true design for a building, MEMO consists of pages of memorandums intended for the organizers of the competition. The memos describe different ideas of how to conceptualize “the birth and growth of Canadian aviation”, as a critical response to what Charney saw as a “narrowness” in the competition’s vision. Charney referred to the idea of erecting a “singular building in an isolated part of the country” and considering it a memorial as being a “restrictive if not repressive act”. Source: Montréal : Musée d’art contemporain. (1979) Melvin Charney: Oeuvres 1970-1979. (p. 14-17)
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1969-1970
Sub-series
AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
1945-1975
Chandigarh, Inde = Chandigarh, India
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AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
Sous-série 3
1945-1975