photographs
ARCH275857
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4 binders- documentation for projects filed under, "Planning and Urban Design." Includes: West Seattle Freeway, Snauq Harbor, Vancouver Study, Toronto Transit Study, Inner Harbor Development, Yordale Station, Eglinton West Station, Simon Fraser University Village, British Columbia Place, East Boston Harborfront. Includes project information sheets, photographic materials and press clippings.
1990
Project informations, photographic documentation and press clippings for various planning and urban design projects
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ARCH275857
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4 binders- documentation for projects filed under, "Planning and Urban Design." Includes: West Seattle Freeway, Snauq Harbor, Vancouver Study, Toronto Transit Study, Inner Harbor Development, Yordale Station, Eglinton West Station, Simon Fraser University Village, British Columbia Place, East Boston Harborfront. Includes project information sheets, photographic materials and press clippings.
photographs
1990
textual records
Entre Deux Rues
ARCH253956
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promotional material
1971
textual records
1971
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)
10 May 2016 to 20 November 2016
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book
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The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)
ARCH286670
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This item contains harmful materials including violent and racist imagery. The drawing illustrates an installation involving a crane on which a net filled with mannequins is suspended; the mannequins are painted black, in the words of the designers, to represent the impacts of oil spills on the global population. This image, however, suggests violence beyond environmental disasters.
circa 1999-2000
Drawing for an installation for the exhibition on James Wines at the Venice Biennale
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ARCH286670
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This item contains harmful materials including violent and racist imagery. The drawing illustrates an installation involving a crane on which a net filled with mannequins is suspended; the mannequins are painted black, in the words of the designers, to represent the impacts of oil spills on the global population. This image, however, suggests violence beyond environmental disasters.
textual records
Research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by others (A-R)
AP197.S2.001
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These research materials are organized alphabetically, by the authors last names, from A-R. The writings from the following authors are included in this box : Mario Botta; Charles Correa; Alan Colquhoun; Marco Frascari; Jürgen Habermas; and Mary McCleod. Subjects explored in these texts consist of the international style, meaning in architecture and the modern movement.
circa 1966-1994
Research files on various subjects that relate to 20th century criticism written by others (A-R)
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AP197.S2.001
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These research materials are organized alphabetically, by the authors last names, from A-R. The writings from the following authors are included in this box : Mario Botta; Charles Correa; Alan Colquhoun; Marco Frascari; Jürgen Habermas; and Mary McCleod. Subjects explored in these texts consist of the international style, meaning in architecture and the modern movement.
textual records
circa 1966-1994
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
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This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
drawings, textual records, born digital
AP181.S1.008
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Original directory name: "07_Projektdata". The few records in this file contain general technical information about the building in relation to the planning of the construction: size of the building, weight of materials, etc. It includes an overview map of the construction site. Most common file formats: Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format
2003-2004
Technical documentation for construction planning, BMW Welt, Munich
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AP181.S1.008
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Original directory name: "07_Projektdata". The few records in this file contain general technical information about the building in relation to the planning of the construction: size of the building, weight of materials, etc. It includes an overview map of the construction site. Most common file formats: Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format
drawings, textual records, born digital
2003-2004
photographs
DR2012:0012:095:037
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File containing photographic materials of the following artworks: - Better if they think they are going to a farm... no. 3; - Fragments of the forgotten city... nos. 6, 10, and 12; - The other city... visions of the temples, nos. 2 and 4. Original folder inscribed in graphite: "THE FORGOTTEN CITY" "THE ETERNAL CITY" "VISIONS OF THE TEMPLE" 1983+
1984-1987
Photographic reproduction of artworks, The German series
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DR2012:0012:095:037
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File containing photographic materials of the following artworks: - Better if they think they are going to a farm... no. 3; - Fragments of the forgotten city... nos. 6, 10, and 12; - The other city... visions of the temples, nos. 2 and 4. Original folder inscribed in graphite: "THE FORGOTTEN CITY" "THE ETERNAL CITY" "VISIONS OF THE TEMPLE" 1983+
photographs
1984-1987
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
Synopsis:
This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023