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AP207.S1.2014.PR05
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The project series documents the installation "Architecture Ondoyante", designed by Pettena and presented at the FRAC Lorraine in Metz, in 2014. The installation consists of hanging long strips of white plastic on the facades of the FRAC building "to confuse the well-defined and somewhat austere space of the building that hosts the FRAC, wrapping it in light and movement would have overturned the grain of static, centuries-old architecture." [1] A similar installation, "Forgiving Architecture" was realized in 2009 at the Athens Biennale. Another edition of the installation was presented in the exhibition "Gianni Pettena. About non conscious architecture" at the Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan, in 2017. The project series contains three sketches, a drawing, and photographs and videos of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-ondoyante-2014-1/ (last accessed 28 January 2020)
2013-2015
Architecture Ondoyante (2014)
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AP207.S1.2014.PR05
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The project series documents the installation "Architecture Ondoyante", designed by Pettena and presented at the FRAC Lorraine in Metz, in 2014. The installation consists of hanging long strips of white plastic on the facades of the FRAC building "to confuse the well-defined and somewhat austere space of the building that hosts the FRAC, wrapping it in light and movement would have overturned the grain of static, centuries-old architecture." [1] A similar installation, "Forgiving Architecture" was realized in 2009 at the Athens Biennale. Another edition of the installation was presented in the exhibition "Gianni Pettena. About non conscious architecture" at the Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan, in 2017. The project series contains three sketches, a drawing, and photographs and videos of the installation. Source: [1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-ondoyante-2014-1/ (last accessed 28 January 2020)
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2013-2015
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CI005.S1.1949.PR1
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Vredenburg Square – originally designed by H.P. Berlage in 1919 – had become problematic for traffic congestion; the problem was compounded by the erection of the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Complex. Utrecht city council commissioned Oud to design a square with architect C. Wegener Sleeswijk. Oud modified Sleeswijk's original expansion plan to create a design for a twelve-storey tower block that would take up less space and open up the southeast side of the square. In addition to the Jaarbeurs tower, Oud suggested placing more emphasis on the square's entrance. Oud also modified the traffic routes and created a semi-circular facade across from a secretariat. Although the city council approved Oud's plan in 1951, his design was unrealized as the council ultimately commissioned another architectural firm's design (Taverne et al. 2001, 472-473). Project series includes plans for the Vredenburg development.
1949-1961
Urban Design, Vredenburg Mixed-Use Development, Utrecht, Netherlands (1949-1961)
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CI005.S1.1949.PR1
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Vredenburg Square – originally designed by H.P. Berlage in 1919 – had become problematic for traffic congestion; the problem was compounded by the erection of the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Complex. Utrecht city council commissioned Oud to design a square with architect C. Wegener Sleeswijk. Oud modified Sleeswijk's original expansion plan to create a design for a twelve-storey tower block that would take up less space and open up the southeast side of the square. In addition to the Jaarbeurs tower, Oud suggested placing more emphasis on the square's entrance. Oud also modified the traffic routes and created a semi-circular facade across from a secretariat. Although the city council approved Oud's plan in 1951, his design was unrealized as the council ultimately commissioned another architectural firm's design (Taverne et al. 2001, 472-473). Project series includes plans for the Vredenburg development.
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1949-1961
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CD042.S1.001
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Box contains a spiral bound volume of texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, various slides of bank buildings in Canada and in the United States, research materials on Canadian bank building, including photocopies of publications, press clippings, and publications. Also contains a first spiral bound volume of press clippings on American bank buildings.
1980-1990
Research material on Canadian bank buildings
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CD042.S1.001
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Box contains a spiral bound volume of texts for the exhibition "Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture" by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, various slides of bank buildings in Canada and in the United States, research materials on Canadian bank building, including photocopies of publications, press clippings, and publications. Also contains a first spiral bound volume of press clippings on American bank buildings.
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1980-1990
Curated by Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project is the first of a trilogy of research and exhibition projects produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the medium of photography—between work of art, research tool, and document—as a means to investigate the built environment.
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Stefano Graziani, Bas Princen, Hester Keijser, photography, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
3 May 2023 to 7 April 2024
The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
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Curated by Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project is the first of a trilogy of research and exhibition projects produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture on the medium of photography—between work of art, research tool, and document—as a means to investigate the built environment.
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Stefano Graziani, Bas Princen, Hester Keijser, photography, The Lives of Documents—Photography as Project
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AP206.S2.045
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.046 and AP206.S2.047. This file includes the following papers: "Purpose of Architecture," 1977 Poem in Urdu "Is Architecture Responsible?" 1981 Speech given at inauguration of an exhibition of art, 1980 Untitled papers, 1979-1980 "To be Protected," 1979 "Destiny and Discretion," 1979 "Leadership" "Your Circle," 1979 "Deliverance" "Urbanisation and Environmental Problems: Hill Ecosystem"
1977-1998
Published and unpublished papers (folder 1 of 3)
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AP206.S2.045
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.046 and AP206.S2.047. This file includes the following papers: "Purpose of Architecture," 1977 Poem in Urdu "Is Architecture Responsible?" 1981 Speech given at inauguration of an exhibition of art, 1980 Untitled papers, 1979-1980 "To be Protected," 1979 "Destiny and Discretion," 1979 "Leadership" "Your Circle," 1979 "Deliverance" "Urbanisation and Environmental Problems: Hill Ecosystem"
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1977-1998
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Auditorium, Claverton Bath
AP144.S2.D41
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File documents an unexecuted project for a domed auditorium at Claverton in Bath, England, for the American Museum in Britain. Adapted from Buckmister Fuller's design for the Radome it was to serve as a multipurpose auditorium and exhibition space. The 250-seat auditorium was enclosed by a double dome construction which could be raised and lowered by hydraulic jacks. Design development sketches and perspective studies show various layouts for seating, and diagrams contain directions for erecting the stage and positioning the dome. A section shows the major components: the dome, both lowered and raised; the location of the hydraulic jacks, screens, and baffles; and the seating layout. Two interior perspectives show the dome both raised and lowered. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. Some perspective diagrams in the file are attributed to M. Haxworth. File contains design development drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1962-1964
Auditorium, Claverton Bath
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AP144.S2.D41
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File documents an unexecuted project for a domed auditorium at Claverton in Bath, England, for the American Museum in Britain. Adapted from Buckmister Fuller's design for the Radome it was to serve as a multipurpose auditorium and exhibition space. The 250-seat auditorium was enclosed by a double dome construction which could be raised and lowered by hydraulic jacks. Design development sketches and perspective studies show various layouts for seating, and diagrams contain directions for erecting the stage and positioning the dome. A section shows the major components: the dome, both lowered and raised; the location of the hydraulic jacks, screens, and baffles; and the seating layout. Two interior perspectives show the dome both raised and lowered. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. Some perspective diagrams in the file are attributed to M. Haxworth. File contains design development drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
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1962-1964
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Audiocassette
DR2004:1370
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Includes 8 audio recordings: Cedric Price; Archigram (2min) - (120 min audiocassette); Unknown - (90 min audiocassette) ; Seven Dams Egypt 'Nasser's Pyramid', 1994 - (90 min audiocassette) ; 'Dear John', BBC 1998 - (60 min audiocassette); The Architecture Foundation, Cedric Price Gallery Talk, 1997 - (90 min); RIBA Exhibition 'Portable Architecture' 1997, BBC Kaleidoscope - (120 min); BBC 3 Eye, Talk with Paul Barker, 1991 - (60 min); Unknown (60 min);
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DR2004:1370
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Includes 8 audio recordings: Cedric Price; Archigram (2min) - (120 min audiocassette); Unknown - (90 min audiocassette) ; Seven Dams Egypt 'Nasser's Pyramid', 1994 - (90 min audiocassette) ; 'Dear John', BBC 1998 - (60 min audiocassette); The Architecture Foundation, Cedric Price Gallery Talk, 1997 - (90 min); RIBA Exhibition 'Portable Architecture' 1997, BBC Kaleidoscope - (120 min); BBC 3 Eye, Talk with Paul Barker, 1991 - (60 min); Unknown (60 min);
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8 Audio recording(s)
The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries
25 August 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Guided tour for Friends of the CCA
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The exhibition The fortune of the city is that it has never been perfect explores the challenges of urban development through Álvaro Siza’s experiential approach to the city, characterized by respect for and an understanding of a place, its shape, its embodied history, and its life.
Main Galleries
Into the Island
Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.
2024
Into the Island
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Into the Island follows Xu Tiantian of DnA in her discovery of essential elements, pressure points, and issues on the destabilizing terrain that is the ocean and its delicate ecosystem of Meizhou Island. It is the first chapter in a three part film and exhibition series, Groundwork.