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DR2012:0012:098:014
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File containing two complete copies, clippings, and photocopies of Parachute magazine, issue 13 (winter 1978), in which a French-language interview with Melvin Charney appears. Includes references to the following projects: - Memo series; - Un dictionnaire...; - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire]; - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke; - Fragments; - Streetwork. Original folder inscribed in graphite: PARACHUTE, no. 13, Hiver 1978.
1978
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney and his projects
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DR2012:0012:098:014
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File containing two complete copies, clippings, and photocopies of Parachute magazine, issue 13 (winter 1978), in which a French-language interview with Melvin Charney appears. Includes references to the following projects: - Memo series; - Un dictionnaire...; - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire]; - Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke; - Fragments; - Streetwork. Original folder inscribed in graphite: PARACHUTE, no. 13, Hiver 1978.
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1978
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Outline and documentation for a book project on Chandigarh titled "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville"
ARCH270063
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Group consists of various versions of an outline and documentation for a book project on Chandigarh titled "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville" by Jacqueline Jeanneret. The documentation includes the transcription of a quote by Pierre Jeanneret, an history of the project for Chandigarh, a text on the CIAM (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne) chart, and texts on the Museum of Knowledge, including one by Le Corbusier.
1982-1986
Outline and documentation for a book project on Chandigarh titled "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville"
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Group consists of various versions of an outline and documentation for a book project on Chandigarh titled "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville" by Jacqueline Jeanneret. The documentation includes the transcription of a quote by Pierre Jeanneret, an history of the project for Chandigarh, a text on the CIAM (Congrès internationaux d'architecture moderne) chart, and texts on the Museum of Knowledge, including one by Le Corbusier.
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1982-1986
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Correspondence and related documents about the book project "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville"
ARCH270064
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Group consists predominantly of correspondence and related documents about the book project "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville", including correspondence with the Office du livre at Fribourg in Switzerland and a letter about the abandoning of the project by Jean Hirschen of the Office du livre de Fribourg. The group also includes various versions of the manuscript, including texts by Jeet Malhotra, and book outlines.
1984-1986
Correspondence and related documents about the book project "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville"
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Group consists predominantly of correspondence and related documents about the book project "Chandigarh: Histoire d'une ville", including correspondence with the Office du livre at Fribourg in Switzerland and a letter about the abandoning of the project by Jean Hirschen of the Office du livre de Fribourg. The group also includes various versions of the manuscript, including texts by Jeet Malhotra, and book outlines.
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1984-1986
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DR2012:0012:098:012
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File containing magazine clippings (and multiple photocopies) from an article appearing in the July-August 1976 issue of Artscanada, which makes references to the following projects: - Corridart (predominant); - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire...]; - Montréal... plus ou moins?; - Canadian pavillion for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTS CANADA / JULY-AUGUST 1976 (CORRIDART /2)
1976
Press clippings related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0012:098:012
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File containing magazine clippings (and multiple photocopies) from an article appearing in the July-August 1976 issue of Artscanada, which makes references to the following projects: - Corridart (predominant); - Le trésor de Trois-Rivières [part of Une histoire...]; - Montréal... plus ou moins?; - Canadian pavillion for Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Original folder inscribed in graphite: ARTS CANADA / JULY-AUGUST 1976 (CORRIDART /2)
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1976
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
18 November 2010 , 6PM
Maristella Casciato: Introducing Pierre Jeanneret—architect, designer, educator—in Chandigarh
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On 18 November, Maristella Casciato, CCA Senior Mellon Fellow and Professor of Architectural History, School of Architecture “Aldo Rossi” at Cesena, University of Bologna, speaks on the pivotal contribution of Pierre Jeanneret to the construction of Chandigarh, India. The lesser-known cousin of the famous Le Corbusier, this seminar presents “another” view of Pierre Jeanneret.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Presented in English Keyword(s):
Maristella Casciato, Pierre Jeanneret
Amid education reform in American schools of architecture in the 1970s, Kenneth Frampton was integral in transforming the curriculum of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning. In particular, he designed and taught what became three core courses: the theory seminar “Comparative Critical Analysis,” the history lectures “Thresholds of Modern(...)
31 May 2017 to 24 September 2017
Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton
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Amid education reform in American schools of architecture in the 1970s, Kenneth Frampton was integral in transforming the curriculum of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning. In particular, he designed and taught what became three core courses: the theory seminar “Comparative Critical Analysis,” the history lectures “Thresholds of Modern(...)
Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
3 July 2025, 6pm to 7:30pm
Common Threads: The Craft of a Woman’s Archive
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Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
Philip Ursprung, guest curator of the 2002 CCA exhibition Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind, discusses the Swiss architects’ collaborative relationship with artists. The lecture is part a series exploring the boundary between art and architecture, presented in conjunction with the exhibition. Philip Ursprung is Professor of the History of Modern and Contemporary(...)
17 October 2002
Philip Ursprung: Close Encounters: Herzog & de Meuron en collaboration avec des artistes
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Philip Ursprung, guest curator of the 2002 CCA exhibition Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind, discusses the Swiss architects’ collaborative relationship with artists. The lecture is part a series exploring the boundary between art and architecture, presented in conjunction with the exhibition. Philip Ursprung is Professor of the History of Modern and Contemporary(...)
AP197.S4.001
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This box includes various medals and awards that Kenneth Frampton has won during his professional career. Medals and awards include: the Javier Carvajal International Architecture Award (2012); Jean Tschumi Prize, XXIV UIA Congress (2011); Doctoris Honoris Causa, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru (2012); Docteur Honoris Causa, l`Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (2014); an Architectural Association pin; and the Medal of l`histoire de làrt, Academie d'architecture (1997).
circa 1990-2014
Kenneth Frampton awards and medals
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AP197.S4.001
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This box includes various medals and awards that Kenneth Frampton has won during his professional career. Medals and awards include: the Javier Carvajal International Architecture Award (2012); Jean Tschumi Prize, XXIV UIA Congress (2011); Doctoris Honoris Causa, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru (2012); Docteur Honoris Causa, l`Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (2014); an Architectural Association pin; and the Medal of l`histoire de làrt, Academie d'architecture (1997).
circa 1990-2014
Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House
27 July 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Irene Sunwoo
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Visiting Scholar Irene Sunwoo presents her research: During the 1970s and 1980s, the Architectural Association (AA) in London tested a “marketplace” model of architectural education that supported an array of theoretical investigations. Exploring issues including politics, phenomenology, semiotics, sustainability, literature, and third-world housing, the school became a(...)
Shaughnessy House