Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
Main galleries
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme Parks
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Disneyland, with its far-flung colonies in Florida, Japan, and France, is a key symbol of contemporary American culture that has been both celebrated and attacked as the ultimate embodiment of consumer society, of simulation and pastiche, of the blurring of distinctions between reality and mass-media imagery. The Architecture of Reassurance: Designing the Disney Theme(...)
Main galleries
born digital
ARCH279609
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Labelled: "Bus Stop Model Construction Drawings for JCDecaux USA". Annotations on the original physical media: "AutoCAD IZ DWGS; BSSTP1; BSSTP2; BSSTP3; BSSTP4; BSSTP5 [AD PANEL]; BSSTP6 [AD PANEL]". File formats: AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII). A paper order form is included in the envelope. The disk image file is infected with a virus.
1997
JCDecaux bus shelter drawings, 3.5" floppy disk, 1.44MB
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ARCH279609
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Labelled: "Bus Stop Model Construction Drawings for JCDecaux USA". Annotations on the original physical media: "AutoCAD IZ DWGS; BSSTP1; BSSTP2; BSSTP3; BSSTP4; BSSTP5 [AD PANEL]; BSSTP6 [AD PANEL]". File formats: AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII). A paper order form is included in the envelope. The disk image file is infected with a virus.
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1997
born digital
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114 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2001.D1.008
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Contains PDFs containing presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format, Adobe InDesign Document, DS_store file (MAC), Plain Text File
2014
Final renderings and drawings in InDesign
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.008
Description:
Contains PDFs containing presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format, Adobe InDesign Document, DS_store file (MAC), Plain Text File
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114 digital file(s)
2014
When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 September 2016, 6pm
Nicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
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When Gordon Matta-Clark assembled the titles to and documentation of a dozen-odd small, vacant parcels of New York property between 1974 and 1977 (later assembled and exhibited as Reality Properties: Fake Estates in 1992), it was with no well-formed agenda—other than his view that the availability of vacant and underutilized parcels [was] a direct reminder of the fallacy(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
born digital
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314 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2006.D2.004
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Contains PDF files including presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, DS_store file (MAC), Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe InDesign Document, Plain Text File
2014
Final renderings and drawings in InDesign
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AP174.S1.2006.D2.004
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Contains PDF files including presentation materials and final drawings from 2014 as well as the corresponding InDesign working folders containing media such as images and fonts. Original directory name: "INDESIGN WITH LINKS (DRAWINGS, RENDERS, PHOTOS)". Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, DS_store file (MAC), Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Adobe InDesign Document, Plain Text File
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314 digital file(s)
2014
articles
Parallel Construction
15 October 2024
Parallel Construction
Stéphane Aleixandre considers the murkiness of copyright on social media and its impact on construction images
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Column Tower / Tower Column
DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
1979-1980
Column Tower / Tower Column
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DR2007:0017
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Original sketch for "Lyons Tower" drawing; mixed media on lined paper, 6" x 8". The large final "Lyons Tower" drawing is in the CCA Collections. The realized Lyons Tower project, near Halifax, was published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (pp. 30-31) and in Domus no. 620, Septembre 1981, p.34. "Lyons Tower" was also exhibited in the 1981 Okanada exhibition in Berlin.
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AP225
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The Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records describe Robbie's collaboration with his architectural partners at the Toronto-based firm Ashworth Robbie Vaughan and Williams to create Katimavik, an entry for the competition for the design of the Canadian Government’s pavilion at Expo 67. The records in this fonds relate to the project's design process, the reception of the completed structure in Canadian and international architectural discourse, reporting on the project to the Canadian government, and Expo 67 memerobilia.
1966-2017
Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records
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AP225
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The Roderick Robbie Katimavik project records describe Robbie's collaboration with his architectural partners at the Toronto-based firm Ashworth Robbie Vaughan and Williams to create Katimavik, an entry for the competition for the design of the Canadian Government’s pavilion at Expo 67. The records in this fonds relate to the project's design process, the reception of the completed structure in Canadian and international architectural discourse, reporting on the project to the Canadian government, and Expo 67 memerobilia.
archives
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1966-2017
Learning from... Copenhagen
Deane Simpson presents the Atlas of the Copenhagens, a book project addressing an urban territory that has been posited in the media and celebrated by the municipality of Copenhagen as the world’s most sustainable and liveable city. Such claims suggest that Copenhagen is a fitting site to study and engage in a debate on sustainability and liveability. The Atlas operates(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 May 2015 , 6pm
Learning from... Copenhagen
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Deane Simpson presents the Atlas of the Copenhagens, a book project addressing an urban territory that has been posited in the media and celebrated by the municipality of Copenhagen as the world’s most sustainable and liveable city. Such claims suggest that Copenhagen is a fitting site to study and engage in a debate on sustainability and liveability. The Atlas operates(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
born digital
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357 digital file(s)
AP174.S1.2001.D1.003
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Contains press reviews and pictures documenting Carbon Tower's inclusion in the Extreme Textiles exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, 2005) in the form of captured HTML pages and associated folders containing media and code. Original directory name: "_ref_PRESS". Most common file formats: Graphics Interchange Format, JavaScript file, JPEG File Interchange Format, Cascading Style Sheet, Hypertext Markup Language
2004-2007
Extreme Textiles exhibit press
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AP174.S1.2001.D1.003
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Contains press reviews and pictures documenting Carbon Tower's inclusion in the Extreme Textiles exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, 2005) in the form of captured HTML pages and associated folders containing media and code. Original directory name: "_ref_PRESS". Most common file formats: Graphics Interchange Format, JavaScript file, JPEG File Interchange Format, Cascading Style Sheet, Hypertext Markup Language
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Quantity:
357 digital file(s)
2004-2007