textual records
ARCH256778
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23 files - waterproofing concerning sealants, roofing, doors, windows, elevator, garbage compactor, computer museum, security systems, architectural and structural specifications
1984-1987
Sealants, roofing, doors, windows, elevator
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ARCH256778
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23 files - waterproofing concerning sealants, roofing, doors, windows, elevator, garbage compactor, computer museum, security systems, architectural and structural specifications
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1984-1987
PH2018:0005:003
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: James Stirling, diagram of interior environment controls for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, between 1963 -1967, ink on paper, 25.8 x 33.8 cm, AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P2.2, James Stirling / Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of diagram of interior environment controls for the History Faculty Building by James Stirling, 1963-1967
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PH2018:0005:003
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: James Stirling, diagram of interior environment controls for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, between 1963 -1967, ink on paper, 25.8 x 33.8 cm, AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P2.2, James Stirling / Michael Wilford fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
PH2018:0005:031
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:059, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of floor plan for Office Baroque, blue pen on graph paper by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1977
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PH2018:0005:031
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:059, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
PH2018:0005:033
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:058, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of floor plan for office Baroque, blue pen on graph paper by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1977
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PH2018:0005:033
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:058, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
drawings
AP178.S2.2000.002
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Pousada, Fort Peniche, the Júlio Pomar Museum and workshop in Lisbon, the Headquarters of the National Bank of Cabo Verde, and of furniture for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal. It also contains sketches of Huesca, man on a horse, and people.
April 2000
Sketchbook 479: Mobiliario Serralves - Pomar I
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AP178.S2.2000.002
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the Pousada, Fort Peniche, the Júlio Pomar Museum and workshop in Lisbon, the Headquarters of the National Bank of Cabo Verde, and of furniture for the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Serralves Foundation in Porto, Portugal. It also contains sketches of Huesca, man on a horse, and people.
drawings
April 2000
drawings
AP140.S2.SS1.D52.P31
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plans, sections, interior elevations and details, including several for museum shop, restaurant, library, projection booth, window seats, built-in furniture
Plans, sections, interior elevations and details
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AP140.S2.SS1.D52.P31
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plans, sections, interior elevations and details, including several for museum shop, restaurant, library, projection booth, window seats, built-in furniture
drawings
books
DR2012:0012:085:024
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A program from the exhibition, Displacements: the work of Melvin Charney, at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Item is in English and Hebrew.
1996
Program of exhibition "Displacements: the work of Melvin Charney"
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DR2012:0012:085:024
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A program from the exhibition, Displacements: the work of Melvin Charney, at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Item is in English and Hebrew.
books
1996
textual records
PHCON2002:0016:006:043
18 April 1978
textual records
18 April 1978
In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)
15 September 1982 to 16 October 1982
Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939
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In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)
Siza Speaks
Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theater
26 April 2012 , 7pm
Siza Speaks
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Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theater