exhibitions
As they fill their sketchbooks with both texts and images, architects capture initial reactions to sites; record impressions and make drawings as they travel; organise work to be done; articulate design concepts and pose solutions; draft essays, lectures, and letters; write research notes; and copy inspirational passages from their readings. The Architect’s Sketchbook:(...)
Hall cases
26 February 1992 to 24 May 1992
The Architect's Sketchbook: Current Practice
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As they fill their sketchbooks with both texts and images, architects capture initial reactions to sites; record impressions and make drawings as they travel; organise work to be done; articulate design concepts and pose solutions; draft essays, lectures, and letters; write research notes; and copy inspirational passages from their readings. The Architect’s Sketchbook:(...)
exhibitions
26 February 1992 to
24 May 1992
Hall cases
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
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Reading Landscapes
Reading Landscapes
Laura Aparicio Llorente, Leonie Hartung, and Viveca Pattison Robichaud reflect on how the concept of landscape is developed through books
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The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)
10 May 2016 to 20 November 2016
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book
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The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)
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George Rohault de Fleury
CI001.S3
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The CCA's Rohault de Fleury collection includes two of Georges' historical and archeological studies of medieval Italian architecture: 'Les Monuments de Pise au Moyen', 1866 (DR1974:028:001:066) and 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres sur L' Architecture Civile et Militaire en 1400' 2 vols.,1874 (DR1974:0002:039 and DR1974:0002:040). 'Monuments de Pise au Moyen Age' is an atlas consisting solely of 66 prints of Pisan architecture, sculpture, and painting. The section on architecture is the largest, and is divided into three sections for the Lombard, Roman, and Gothic periods. The accompanying text, and an identical atlas of prints, is located in the CCA library. 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres...' is a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400. The text is in the form of a fictitious correspondence between Raimond du Temple, a famous architect of the Louvre under Charles V, and his son Charles who is traveling through Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, and a few of built structures. The CCA library has two sets of a related publication entitled 'La Toscane au Moyen Age architecture civile et militaire' 2 vols. These earlier and larger publications are probably the source for some of the text and plates of 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres...'. The introductory remarks, to 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres..' and to the text (CCA library) of the 'Monuments de Pise au Moyen Age' are particularly informative as they provide an insight into Georges Rohault de Fleury's interpretation of historical periods of artistic renewal, decline, and decadence, and their didactic relationship to contemporary architectural and religious concerns.
1866, 1874
George Rohault de Fleury
CI001.S3
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The CCA's Rohault de Fleury collection includes two of Georges' historical and archeological studies of medieval Italian architecture: 'Les Monuments de Pise au Moyen', 1866 (DR1974:028:001:066) and 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres sur L' Architecture Civile et Militaire en 1400' 2 vols.,1874 (DR1974:0002:039 and DR1974:0002:040). 'Monuments de Pise au Moyen Age' is an atlas consisting solely of 66 prints of Pisan architecture, sculpture, and painting. The section on architecture is the largest, and is divided into three sections for the Lombard, Roman, and Gothic periods. The accompanying text, and an identical atlas of prints, is located in the CCA library. 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres...' is a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400. The text is in the form of a fictitious correspondence between Raimond du Temple, a famous architect of the Louvre under Charles V, and his son Charles who is traveling through Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, and a few of built structures. The CCA library has two sets of a related publication entitled 'La Toscane au Moyen Age architecture civile et militaire' 2 vols. These earlier and larger publications are probably the source for some of the text and plates of 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres...'. The introductory remarks, to 'La Toscane au Moyen Age Lettres..' and to the text (CCA library) of the 'Monuments de Pise au Moyen Age' are particularly informative as they provide an insight into Georges Rohault de Fleury's interpretation of historical periods of artistic renewal, decline, and decadence, and their didactic relationship to contemporary architectural and religious concerns.
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1866, 1874
articles
Jonas Henderson, Emma Martin, DEW Line, radar, colonial, Distant Early Warning Line, Inuit, indigenous, Stephen Bulger
4 December 2022
Colonial Gazing, Part 1: Pictures to Places
Jonas Henderson and Emma Martin study the DEW Line photographs within the CCA’s collection
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AP133.S2
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This series documents Pierre du Prey's research and writing on the Ockham Park album held in the collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. The album consists of nineteen folios of drawings and manuscripts devoted to proposed alterations to the Jacobean house, Ockham Park, in Surrey, England. The house, built circa 1638, was altered by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1729 and 1730. Du Prey originally began this research in 1979-early 1980s for a publication project. He returned to this research in 2016 on the occasion of Phyllis Lambert's 90th birthday. Pierre du Prey produced a book from this research which he gave to Lambert for her birthday. The series contains materials from Pierre du Prey's early research on the album from 1979 to 1985, as well as the additional research and writing he produced in 2016. Also included are photographic reproductions of drawings and manuscripts in the Ockham Park album, correspondence, notes and manuscript for du Prey's catalogue.
1979-2017
Research on the Ockham Park album, 1983-2016
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AP133.S2
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This series documents Pierre du Prey's research and writing on the Ockham Park album held in the collection of the Canadian Centre for Architecture. The album consists of nineteen folios of drawings and manuscripts devoted to proposed alterations to the Jacobean house, Ockham Park, in Surrey, England. The house, built circa 1638, was altered by architect Nicholas Hawksmoor between 1729 and 1730. Du Prey originally began this research in 1979-early 1980s for a publication project. He returned to this research in 2016 on the occasion of Phyllis Lambert's 90th birthday. Pierre du Prey produced a book from this research which he gave to Lambert for her birthday. The series contains materials from Pierre du Prey's early research on the album from 1979 to 1985, as well as the additional research and writing he produced in 2016. Also included are photographic reproductions of drawings and manuscripts in the Ockham Park album, correspondence, notes and manuscript for du Prey's catalogue.
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1979-2017
articles
Caption This
Critical Cataloguing, Photography Collection, China, Peking, Beijing, Lebanon, Beirut, Captions, Social Media
27 November 2023
Caption This
Shukri Sultan and Endriana Audisho, Julia Ramos, and Jacqueline Tran on the stories constructed by the collection, documentation, cataloguing, and sharing of photography
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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.
articles
Jonas Henderson, Emma Martin, DEW Line, radar, colonial, Distant Early Warning Line, Inuit, indigenous, Nunangat, Yukon
10 December 2022
Colonial Gazing, Part 2: The Silent Attack on Inuit Nunangat
Emma Martin and Jonas Henderson study the DEW Line photographs within the CCA’s collection
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10 December 2022