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AP180.S1.1987.PR03
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This project series documents the Casa Longhini, which appears to be an apartment or a one-storey private residence, in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project in 1987. According to the drawings, the project consisted mostly of interior remodeling by in adding furniture designed by Riva, and changing two doors. The project series solely consists of a floor plan and furnishing details for the interior redesign of the residence.
1987
Casa Longhini [Longhini house], Milan, Italy (1987)
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AP180.S1.1987.PR03
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This project series documents the Casa Longhini, which appears to be an apartment or a one-storey private residence, in Milan, Italy. This project was realized. Riva worked on this project in 1987. According to the drawings, the project consisted mostly of interior remodeling by in adding furniture designed by Riva, and changing two doors. The project series solely consists of a floor plan and furnishing details for the interior redesign of the residence.
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1987
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AP180.S1.2007.PR01
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for the Casa Fedele, three-storey private residence with a roof terrace in Lecce, Italy. The project consisted of a built addition to the existing house on via F. D'Aragona. Riva worked on this project from 2004-2012. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including floor plans, exterior elevations, sections, and furnishing details.
2003-2005
Casa Fedele [Fedele house], Lecce, Italy (2007 and 2012)
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AP180.S1.2007.PR01
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for the Casa Fedele, three-storey private residence with a roof terrace in Lecce, Italy. The project consisted of a built addition to the existing house on via F. D'Aragona. Riva worked on this project from 2004-2012. The project is recorded through design development drawings, including floor plans, exterior elevations, sections, and furnishing details.
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2003-2005
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AP180.S1.1995.PR01
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This project series documents the restructuring of the atrium, conference room, and bookshop of the Palazzo dell'Arte for the Milan Triennale in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project from 1995-1996. This project was realized. The project series contains studies and sketches for interior elevations, floor plans, and furnishings. It also includes design development drawings, including interior elevations, floor plans, sections, and furnishing details.
1995
Allestimento spazi interni, Palazzo dell'Arte [Interior design, Palazzo dell'Arte], Milan, Italy (1995)
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AP180.S1.1995.PR01
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This project series documents the restructuring of the atrium, conference room, and bookshop of the Palazzo dell'Arte for the Milan Triennale in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project from 1995-1996. This project was realized. The project series contains studies and sketches for interior elevations, floor plans, and furnishings. It also includes design development drawings, including interior elevations, floor plans, sections, and furnishing details.
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1995
Richard Pare – Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light explores the relationship between the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando, one of the major protagonists of a new sense of poetry in the architecture of our time, and the work of British photographer Richard Pare, pioneer in the study of the place of photography in the representation of architecture. Rather than to(...)
Octagonal gallery
26 March 1997 to 1 June 1997
Richard Pare – Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light
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Richard Pare – Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light explores the relationship between the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando, one of the major protagonists of a new sense of poetry in the architecture of our time, and the work of British photographer Richard Pare, pioneer in the study of the place of photography in the representation of architecture. Rather than to(...)
Octagonal gallery
Tangent - Alain Paiement
The first in a series of exhibitions that invites artists to create new work in response to a corpus of photographs selected from the CCA’s collection. In a provocative installation, Québec artist Alain Paiement juxtaposes a wide range of photographic subjects from the collection – buildings under construction, models of student work, architectural abstractions, different(...)
23 April 2003 to 23 November 2003
Tangent - Alain Paiement
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The first in a series of exhibitions that invites artists to create new work in response to a corpus of photographs selected from the CCA’s collection. In a provocative installation, Québec artist Alain Paiement juxtaposes a wide range of photographic subjects from the collection – buildings under construction, models of student work, architectural abstractions, different(...)
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Lucretia, a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca.1535-40
PH2018:0005:001
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucretia, c. 1535-40 oil on wood, 79 x 64 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel, purchased 1934, inv. 1628 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 Lucretia, a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, ca.1535-40
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PH2018:0005:001
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucretia, c. 1535-40 oil on wood, 79 x 64 cm, Kunstmuseum Basel, purchased 1934, inv. 1628 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.
archives
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John Bird fonds
AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
1942 - 1992
John Bird fonds
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AP108
Synopsis:
The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
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1942 - 1992
drawings
AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.028
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File AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.028 contains detail drawings including sections and details of stairs, elevator cab and entrance details, mailbox and chute details, details for fire passage, granite curbs and steel gratings for Con Edison transformer vault, exterior bronze roof doors (5th and 11th floors), garage ramp and loading dock section and details, 1st floor lobby entrance and exterior bronze details, revolving door details, ramp entrances, bronze skin and rolling doors, additional work required for roof over [fire?] passage, display and utility alphabets, details of garage control facilities, range hood flue, door and frame details, typical wall sections and bases, toilet elevations and details, first floor lobbys and canopy details, and granite exterior wall.
1955-1957
Copies of drawings for the Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. (details)
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AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.028
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File AP154.S1.1973.PR01.SS2.028 contains detail drawings including sections and details of stairs, elevator cab and entrance details, mailbox and chute details, details for fire passage, granite curbs and steel gratings for Con Edison transformer vault, exterior bronze roof doors (5th and 11th floors), garage ramp and loading dock section and details, 1st floor lobby entrance and exterior bronze details, revolving door details, ramp entrances, bronze skin and rolling doors, additional work required for roof over [fire?] passage, display and utility alphabets, details of garage control facilities, range hood flue, door and frame details, typical wall sections and bases, toilet elevations and details, first floor lobbys and canopy details, and granite exterior wall.
drawings
1955-1957
textual records
DDR [Miscellaneous, 1981]
ARCH153880
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Announcement from Rizzoli: publication of The Making of an Architect; Nov. 25, 1981. Two b&w prints of Peter Eisenman Program of the AIA National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 17-21, 1981. Letter from Milan about the exhibition "Oggetto banale", 15 June 1981. Bill of a carpet sent to P. Eisenman's home and paid by Jacquelin Robertson, March 11, 1981. Letter from the Daily News answering a request for funding the retrospective of Raymond Hood's work, August 4, 1981. Telephone bill of Peter Eisenman's home, 12-16 August 1981. Three pages of information about Middle School. Page 5 of an article by Joan Copjec. Notes by P. Eisenman: "Colin when did you come"
1981
DDR [Miscellaneous, 1981]
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ARCH153880
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Announcement from Rizzoli: publication of The Making of an Architect; Nov. 25, 1981. Two b&w prints of Peter Eisenman Program of the AIA National Convention, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 17-21, 1981. Letter from Milan about the exhibition "Oggetto banale", 15 June 1981. Bill of a carpet sent to P. Eisenman's home and paid by Jacquelin Robertson, March 11, 1981. Letter from the Daily News answering a request for funding the retrospective of Raymond Hood's work, August 4, 1981. Telephone bill of Peter Eisenman's home, 12-16 August 1981. Three pages of information about Middle School. Page 5 of an article by Joan Copjec. Notes by P. Eisenman: "Colin when did you come"
textual records
1981
Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
Main galleries
22 October 1997 to 15 February 1998
Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954-1997
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
Main galleries