Echosystems
This public workshop aims to identify and document the distinct politics of the neighbourhood around the Canadian Centre for Architecture through an alternative methodology. Moderated by Léopold Lambert of Archipelago, this day of intensive reflection and polyphonic creation will address issues of the city through sound recordings. In response to distinct modes of(...)
5 March 2016
Echosystems
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This public workshop aims to identify and document the distinct politics of the neighbourhood around the Canadian Centre for Architecture through an alternative methodology. Moderated by Léopold Lambert of Archipelago, this day of intensive reflection and polyphonic creation will address issues of the city through sound recordings. In response to distinct modes of(...)
Learning from... Bahrain
Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
6 October 2011 , 7pm
Learning from... Bahrain
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Noura al Sayeh presents the third lecture in the Learning From… the Middle East series. The presentation will survey the photographic documentation of the Bahrain coast by photographer Camille Zakharia. The urban transformations in the last 30 years have redrawn the Bahraini landscape and triggered the development of a contemporary vernacular culture. The presentation(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
Mel Ziegler: Growing Concern
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The front garden is a sign, a place both public and private, conveying the convictions and values of the households they frame. Growing Concern, a grass relief in Baile Park by American artist Mel Ziegler (b.1956), represents the North American obsession with the lawn. The artist considers the cultural obsession with the growth of our lawns to be symbolic of the taming(...)
Baile Park
Laboratories examines how architecture can respond to an uncertain post-September 11 world and construct a new stage for thought. Six young Montreal architecture firms present environments or installations that investigate the fundamental language of architecture and that affirm the civilizing power of the imagination. The contributing firms are Atelier Big City, Atelier(...)
Main galleries
18 April 2002 to 15 September 2002
Laboratories: Six Young Architectural Firms in the CCA Galleries
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Laboratories examines how architecture can respond to an uncertain post-September 11 world and construct a new stage for thought. Six young Montreal architecture firms present environments or installations that investigate the fundamental language of architecture and that affirm the civilizing power of the imagination. The contributing firms are Atelier Big City, Atelier(...)
Main galleries
archives
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Hazen Sise fonds
AP112
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
1933-1959
Hazen Sise fonds
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AP112
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
archives
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1933-1959
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
Speed Reading
An afternoon reading marathon in which 20-25 people walk, jog, or run on a treadmill while reading aloud a text addressing the notion of speed. Reader-runners will share their preferred fast or slow manifesto, philosophical treatise, timetable, literary excerpt, slow-food recipe, biological notation, or space-time continuum in readings of 1 second to 4 minutes. Speed(...)
CCA Bookstore and galleries
20 September 2009
Speed Reading
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An afternoon reading marathon in which 20-25 people walk, jog, or run on a treadmill while reading aloud a text addressing the notion of speed. Reader-runners will share their preferred fast or slow manifesto, philosophical treatise, timetable, literary excerpt, slow-food recipe, biological notation, or space-time continuum in readings of 1 second to 4 minutes. Speed(...)
CCA Bookstore and galleries
articles
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Zainab Marvi on how superstitions regulate women's urban experience in Karachi
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Keep Safe
As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
Main galleries
14 May 2008 to 26 October 2008
Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa
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As part of the CCA’s ongoing exploration of key issues in contemporary architecture with a specific focus on urban, social, and environmental concerns, Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa features recent architectural projects that propose new solutions to the challenges of building homes in dense urban environments. London and(...)
Main galleries
textual records, photographs
Documentation et intentions
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Documentation et intentions 4 feuillets: "Projet de l'esplanade du Faubourg Québec" texte de Jacques Rousseau 1 feuillet: Lettre de Pierre-Luc Dumas (SHDM), 24 août 1994 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites d'une réunion avec Pierre-Luc Dumas 9 feuillets: Documentation préparatoire pour un document intitulé: "Possibilités ouvertes par le plan; Aménagement du front maritime" 4 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 34 pages: Rapport préparé pour la SHDM intitulé: "Le paysage du Faubourg Québec, Énoncé du projet d'espace public: secteur ouest" par Ph. Poullaouec-Gonidec & als. mars 1994 1 enveloppe scellée avec notes manuscrites à l'endos
août 1994 - mars 1995
Documentation et intentions
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ARCH167188
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Documentation et intentions 4 feuillets: "Projet de l'esplanade du Faubourg Québec" texte de Jacques Rousseau 1 feuillet: Lettre de Pierre-Luc Dumas (SHDM), 24 août 1994 1 feuillet: Notes manuscrites d'une réunion avec Pierre-Luc Dumas 9 feuillets: Documentation préparatoire pour un document intitulé: "Possibilités ouvertes par le plan; Aménagement du front maritime" 4 photographies couleurs: Vues de la maquette, 10 x 15 cm 34 pages: Rapport préparé pour la SHDM intitulé: "Le paysage du Faubourg Québec, Énoncé du projet d'espace public: secteur ouest" par Ph. Poullaouec-Gonidec & als. mars 1994 1 enveloppe scellée avec notes manuscrites à l'endos
textual records, photographs
août 1994 - mars 1995