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
Legislating Architecture explores how architecture is shaped by law and other societal regulatory systems. The film, directed by Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth, presents excerpts from conversations conducted with architects including Luigi Snozzi, Adam Caruso, Tom Emerson, and Christian Kerez. It is a point of departure for an issue of ARCH+ also entitled(...)
27 October 2016, 6pm
Legislating Architecture: Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth
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Legislating Architecture explores how architecture is shaped by law and other societal regulatory systems. The film, directed by Arno Brandlhuber and Christopher Roth, presents excerpts from conversations conducted with architects including Luigi Snozzi, Adam Caruso, Tom Emerson, and Christian Kerez. It is a point of departure for an issue of ARCH+ also entitled(...)
L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
29 January 2015 , 6pm
L’OEUF, Joe Lobko, and Florence Portes want to speak with you
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L’OEUF (Daniel Pearl, Bernard Olivier, and Sudhir Suri) is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded in 1992. Toronto architect Joe Lobko and Florence Portes, chef des services aux femmes at the Mission Old Brewery in Montreal, will join L’OEUF in a conversation on their book Community Inspired Housing in Canada. Co-edited with Daniel Wentz and published by the(...)
Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
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
T pour Typographie
Feed is an independent graphic design studio founded in 1999 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin that specializes in branding, publishing and typeface design. In conjunction with the graphic design they created for the exhibition ABC: MTL, the studio invites university students to a typography drawing workshop. Each student will be assigned a letter of the alphabet and(...)
Shaughnessy House
21 February 2013, 3pm - 5pm
T pour Typographie
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Feed is an independent graphic design studio founded in 1999 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin that specializes in branding, publishing and typeface design. In conjunction with the graphic design they created for the exhibition ABC: MTL, the studio invites university students to a typography drawing workshop. Each student will be assigned a letter of the alphabet and(...)
Shaughnessy House
The CCA hosts an afternoon of discussion in Lisbon around the work of Cedric Price on the occasion of the exhibition Obra / Building Site, which features Price’s McAppy project as part of the fourth Lisbon Triennale, The Form of Form, and of the publication of Cedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded Retrospective. A launch of the book will follow at 6pm. This event(...)
Travessa do Cabo, 10-12. Lisbon
22 October 2016
An Afternoon with Cedric Price no. 1
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The CCA hosts an afternoon of discussion in Lisbon around the work of Cedric Price on the occasion of the exhibition Obra / Building Site, which features Price’s McAppy project as part of the fourth Lisbon Triennale, The Form of Form, and of the publication of Cedric Price Works 1952–2003: A Forward-Minded Retrospective. A launch of the book will follow at 6pm. This event(...)
Travessa do Cabo, 10-12. Lisbon
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008
1973: Sorry, Out of Gas
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1973: Sorry, Out of Gas captures the architectural innovation spurred by the 1973 oil crisis, when the value of oil increased exponentially and triggered economic, political, and social upheaval across the world. Featuring over 350 objects including architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artefacts, it maps the(...)
Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
23 February 2017, 6pm
Making Canada a Roadside Attraction
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Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre