drawings
DR2012:0015:023:002-002
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
1980-1995
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his middle and later works
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DR2012:0015:023:002-002
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - A museum construction; - Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; - New York piece; - Tryptich; - Toronto construction; - Kassel piece; - Forgotten city series; - Table and chair; - CCA garden; - Settlers square, Calgary; - In flight ...; - Square Berri; - All the riches in the world; - Canadian tribute to human rights; - Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal]; - Hampstead; - Jerusalem; - Lenin's tomb; - Engineer's golems.
drawings
1980-1995
textual records
Reference materials and grand application papers for the Canadian Council Exploration program
DR2012:0015:022:002
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a grant application to the Canada Council Exploration program for funding, notes, a photocopy of a drawn map of Montreal, newspaper clippings, reference materials, and the following photographs: - La maison de Rivière-des-Prairies, Fragments 1 (1 gelatin silver print); - Musée du Québec, exterior view, June 1970 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified house (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MONTREAL DOCUMENTATION: CARTIER
1964-1978, 1987
Reference materials and grand application papers for the Canadian Council Exploration program
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DR2012:0015:022:002
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File containing documents in English (predominant) and French, including a grant application to the Canada Council Exploration program for funding, notes, a photocopy of a drawn map of Montreal, newspaper clippings, reference materials, and the following photographs: - La maison de Rivière-des-Prairies, Fragments 1 (1 gelatin silver print); - Musée du Québec, exterior view, June 1970 (1 gelatin silver print); - Unidentified house (1 gelatin silver print). Original folder inscribed in graphite: MONTREAL DOCUMENTATION: CARTIER
textual records
1964-1978, 1987
textual records
ARCH158261
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Cette chemise contient de la correspondance relative au matériel de l'exposition tenue à Montréal en décembre 1958, telle une lettre du Montreal Construction Centre relative à la participation de Roger D'Astous à Exhibit of 1958 Planned Homes, des documents relatifs à d'autres expositions sur Frank Lloyd Wright qui se tinrent au Musée des Arts décoratifs de Montréal ainsi qu'un exemplaire du catalogue du Tribute to the United Nations - International Festival of Art, October 24 to November 23, 1958.
1958-1995
Correspondance relative au matériel de l'exposition
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ARCH158261
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Cette chemise contient de la correspondance relative au matériel de l'exposition tenue à Montréal en décembre 1958, telle une lettre du Montreal Construction Centre relative à la participation de Roger D'Astous à Exhibit of 1958 Planned Homes, des documents relatifs à d'autres expositions sur Frank Lloyd Wright qui se tinrent au Musée des Arts décoratifs de Montréal ainsi qu'un exemplaire du catalogue du Tribute to the United Nations - International Festival of Art, October 24 to November 23, 1958.
textual records
1958-1995
articles
5 May 2025
The Transformative Power of Film
Andrea Lissoni and Akram Zaatari on films, institutions, and their metamorphic characters
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Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
Main galleries
10 June 1992 to 2 August 1992
Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925
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Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
Main galleries
photographs
ARCH286983
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Comprend une carte postale de Notre-Dame de Paris, l'Hôtel de ville de Louvain, l'Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, de l'intérieur du Musée d'Archéologie dans l'Abbaye de la Sainte-Vierge à Gand. Ces quatre cartes postales ont été reçues par la poste avec un message adressé à Ernest Cormier. Le groupe comprend aussi une carte postale de Central Park à New York City, du Brooklyn Bridge à New York City, deux cartes postales du Rockefeller Centre à New York City, et une carte postale de l'usine Wengers, ltd, à Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent.
circa 1950
Collection de cartes postales
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ARCH286983
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Comprend une carte postale de Notre-Dame de Paris, l'Hôtel de ville de Louvain, l'Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, de l'intérieur du Musée d'Archéologie dans l'Abbaye de la Sainte-Vierge à Gand. Ces quatre cartes postales ont été reçues par la poste avec un message adressé à Ernest Cormier. Le groupe comprend aussi une carte postale de Central Park à New York City, du Brooklyn Bridge à New York City, deux cartes postales du Rockefeller Centre à New York City, et une carte postale de l'usine Wengers, ltd, à Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent.
photographs
circa 1950
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Click, Cut, Paste
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Get Out of Your House!
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
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AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
1945-1975
Chandigarh, Inde = Chandigarh, India
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AP156.S3.SS3
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La sous-série documente les projets d'architecture et d'urbanisme de Pierre Jeanneret, de Le Corbusier et d'autres architectes à Chandigarh, Inde. La sous-série comprend des documents sur des projets comme les résidences gouvernementaux ou privées, certains des bâtiments du Capitol et de l'Université du Punjab. Le matériel dans ce dossier a probablement été produit entre 1945 et 1972. Le sous-série contient des dessins et des reprographies d'études, de dessin conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessin d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. Il y a aussi 2 albums de plans, l'un contenant des divers plans signés par Pierre Jeanneret de logements et l'autres contenant des plans pour la Musée de la Connaissance de Le Corbusier. La sous-série comprend aussi des documents textuels et quelques photographies reliées à des projets. Sub-series documents architectural and urban planning projects of Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier and other architects in Chandigarh, India. The sub-series contains documents on projects like government or private residences, some of the Capitol's or Punjab University's buildings. Material in this sub-series was produced between 1945 and 1972. The sub-series contains drawings and reprographic copies of studies, conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. There is also 2 albums of plans, one containing various plans signed by Pierre Jeanneret of various dwellings and the other containing plans for the Museum of Knowledge by Le Corbusier. The sub-series contains also textual records and some photographs related to projects.
Sous-série 3
1945-1975
In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)
15 September 1982 to 16 October 1982
Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939
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In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)