Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
Hall cases
7 May 1989 to 15 August 1989
Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal
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Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
Hall cases
Soon after the opening of The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture, Tim Benton presents another reading of the new exhibition through a counter-tour. Rather than a tour through the galleries that gives voice to the curator’s ideas, counter-tours propose critical, subversive, corrective, or alternative versions of a given project through encounters(...)
16 November 2017
Counter-tour: Tim Benton’s Cut
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Soon after the opening of The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture, Tim Benton presents another reading of the new exhibition through a counter-tour. Rather than a tour through the galleries that gives voice to the curator’s ideas, counter-tours propose critical, subversive, corrective, or alternative versions of a given project through encounters(...)
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
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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
This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
August 2014
Misleading Innocence (tracing what a bridge can do)
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This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
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(...)
Mirrors / Miroirs
Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
Hall cases
22 June 2017 to 14 January 2018
Mirrors / Miroirs
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Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
Hall cases
Dissections brings together several works by Vancouver-based artist Geoffrey Smedley and reflects on many disciplines such as the history of science, geometry, philosophy, and architecture. The exhibition takes the form of a cabinet theatre in the mode of the absurd, staging the mythic figure of Descartes’ Clown, a neurotic and insecure robot that dissects himself with(...)
Octagonal gallery
6 June 2013 to 11 August 2013
Dissections: Geoffrey Smedley
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Dissections brings together several works by Vancouver-based artist Geoffrey Smedley and reflects on many disciplines such as the history of science, geometry, philosophy, and architecture. The exhibition takes the form of a cabinet theatre in the mode of the absurd, staging the mythic figure of Descartes’ Clown, a neurotic and insecure robot that dissects himself with(...)
Octagonal gallery
Reading Landscapes
Reading Landscapes is a small selection of books from the CCA Collection that reflect on the ever-changing concept of landscape. The books on display bring together various landscape readings and highlight singular publishing techniques and formats, recognizing the gaps intrinsic to the history of publishing that are present in our library’s collection.
14 March 2024 to 2 March 2025
Reading Landscapes
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Reading Landscapes is a small selection of books from the CCA Collection that reflect on the ever-changing concept of landscape. The books on display bring together various landscape readings and highlight singular publishing techniques and formats, recognizing the gaps intrinsic to the history of publishing that are present in our library’s collection.
John Soane 1753-1837
Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
Main galleries
16 May 2001 to 3 September 2001
John Soane 1753-1837
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Described by Henry James as “one of the most curious things in London,” Sir John Soane’s Museum was built as the picturesque and enigmatic home, office, collector’s trove, and personal showplace of one of history’s most innovative architects. This exhibition is a major re-evaluation of Soane’s career, as well as a reconsideration of his importance to the history of modern(...)
Main galleries
3 August 2023, 6pm to 7:30pm