Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
Hall cases
17 January 1990 to 22 April 1990
Process as Interpretation: Photographs from the CCA
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Process as Interpretation seeks to sharpen the viewer’s awareness through consideration of nearly identical but subtly different images. The exhibition presents seven pairs of images from the CCA collection. Although these pairs are printed from the same negative, careful comparison of the subtleties of cropping, scale, tonal gradations, and medium reveal the printing and(...)
Hall cases
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Marcel Parizeau fonds
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
1917-1955
Marcel Parizeau fonds
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
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1917-1955
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
23 October 2008 to 15 February 2009
Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960
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Toplight: Roof Transparencies from 1760 to 1960 traces the evolution of skylights from their origins at the end of the eighteenth century, when this type of fenestration was first explored in Paris’s new Halle au blé (1763–1782), to James Stirling’s History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge (1963–1968). The exhibition is organized around a series of case studies(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Connecting Collectivity
2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
Shaughnessy House
4 August 2016, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Olumuyiwa Adegun
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2016 Visiting Scholar Olumuyiwa Adegun presents his research: European cities of the nineteenth century, like African cities today, experienced severe housing problems. Shanty towns marked Berlin and Paris in ways that are similar to how Nairobi and Johannesburg have been characterized by informal settlements in the last few decades. This lecture explores the history of(...)
Shaughnessy House
textual records
Dossier de présentation
ARCH168735
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12 feuilelts: Dossier de présentation photocopies annotées, jusqu'à 28 x 43 cm 22 feuillets: Réponses aux questions des concurrents et demande de modfication du règlement de concours 21,5 x 28 cm 18 feuillets: Schéma d'aménagement de l'École des Hautes Études Commerciales par Peter Jacobs et als avril 1991 46 feuillets: Ébauche du texte de présentation, lettre d'invitation à participer au concours et notes manuscrites 21,5 x 28 cm 6 feuillets: Enquête par Jacques Rousseau auprès de l'Université de Montréal concernant le projet de réaménagement de la Faculté de l'Aménagement 21 feuillets: Télécopie contenant une copie de l'article de Luc Noppen et Lucie K. Morisset intitulé: "Édifier une mémoire des lieux en recyclant l'histoire..." 21,5 x 28 cm 10 feuillets: Résumé des composantes générales et critères d'aménagement du projet format légal 1 dépliant du jardin botanique de Montréal
mars-novembre 1994
Dossier de présentation
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12 feuilelts: Dossier de présentation photocopies annotées, jusqu'à 28 x 43 cm 22 feuillets: Réponses aux questions des concurrents et demande de modfication du règlement de concours 21,5 x 28 cm 18 feuillets: Schéma d'aménagement de l'École des Hautes Études Commerciales par Peter Jacobs et als avril 1991 46 feuillets: Ébauche du texte de présentation, lettre d'invitation à participer au concours et notes manuscrites 21,5 x 28 cm 6 feuillets: Enquête par Jacques Rousseau auprès de l'Université de Montréal concernant le projet de réaménagement de la Faculté de l'Aménagement 21 feuillets: Télécopie contenant une copie de l'article de Luc Noppen et Lucie K. Morisset intitulé: "Édifier une mémoire des lieux en recyclant l'histoire..." 21,5 x 28 cm 10 feuillets: Résumé des composantes générales et critères d'aménagement du projet format légal 1 dépliant du jardin botanique de Montréal
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mars-novembre 1994
The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries
19 September 1989 to 19 November 1989
Le Panthéon: Symbol of Revolution
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The exhibition examines the important role the Pantheon played in French artistic and political life from its foundation in 1744 well into the twentieth century. Coinciding with the international celebrations of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, the exhibition focuses on one of the central architectural episodes of the Revolution—the transformation of Saint(...)
Main galleries
The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery
5 September 2013 to 12 January 2014
H-BLOCK: Prison Housing – Donovan Wylie
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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery
Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
14 May 2000 to 15 October 2000
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe, 1890–1937
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Shaping the Great City explores the role of city-building throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire, both before and after its dissolution, and expands architectural history by bringing to the fore a rich variety of modernisms. In the years surrounding World War I, these strains of modernism both reflected and shaped the many national and multinational identities of the(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
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14 December 2017
Eve Blau, Richard Pare, and Phyllis Lambert on Photographic Evidence
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