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Huda Tayob, Centring Africa, La Noire de…, Ousmane Sembène, Frantz Fanon, Dakar, Antibes
22 March 2021
Reading Architecture through La Noire de...
Huda Tayob presents film as an embodied archive and critique of the modernizing city
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications(...)
10 March 2022, 7:30pm to 8:30pm
A Section of Now, book launch with Giovanna Borasi
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Conceived as part of the one-year investigation Catching Up with Life, A Section of Now aims to re-establish a dialogue between architecture and society that would allow for architecture to begin to contend with and address our changed and changing social norms. The publication serves as a meditation on new behaviours, rituals, and values and their spatial implications(...)
Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
14 July 2016, 6pm
Antoni Folkers: Modern Architecture in Africa
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Antoni Folkers discusses a collection related to modern architecture in Africa that was recently acquired by the CCA. His account traces the activity of three travellers involved in building the collection: Georg Lippsmeier in the 1950s, Coen Beeker in the 1960s, and Kiran Mukerji in the 1970s. An architect and urban designer, Folkers is the author of Modern Architecture(...)
Shaughnessy House
Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
11 April 2019, 6:30pm
My Invisible Friend: Michiel van Iersel on "Failed Architecture" and a DJ
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Architects are traditionally uncomfortable with acknowledging their dependence on other actors, so My Invisible Friend invites them to present projects made with non-architects and to reveal the invisible friends without whom their work would be impossible.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
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The exhibition Industrial Architecture: ÁbalosHerreros selected by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen presents a precise reading of the industrial approach to architecture in the work of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Diverse objects are presented: CAD drawings, photographs of archival material taken by Stefano Graziani, a replica(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, OFFICE, KGVDS, Ábalos, Herreros, Ábalos&Herreros, out of the box
12 March 2015 to 17 May 2015
Industrial Architecture: Ábalos&Herreros selected by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen
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The exhibition Industrial Architecture: ÁbalosHerreros selected by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen presents a precise reading of the industrial approach to architecture in the work of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Diverse objects are presented: CAD drawings, photographs of archival material taken by Stefano Graziani, a replica(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, OFFICE, KGVDS, Ábalos, Herreros, Ábalos&Herreros, out of the box
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
7 March 2009 to 8 March 2009
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II
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Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
13 November 2021 to 1 May 2022
Robert Burley, CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University, speaks on “The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence.” The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
16 September 2010, 6pm
Robert Burley: The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence
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Robert Burley, CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University, speaks on “The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence.” The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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,(...)