An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
Kenneth Frampton, Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton, Jacqueline Meyer
August 2017 to September 2017
“Dear Ken”: Reading the Archive Out Loud
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An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. The Kenneth Frampton archive recently arrived at the CCA and it emerges in the exhibition Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton. The exhibition includes a few letters from over sixty years of correspondence, but there could have been many more—in the archive, there’s(...)
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
ARCH264464
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Le tapuscrit traite du développement de Chandigarh. Il contient, entre autres, de l'information sur la circulation, les logements, les espaces verts et la ceinture verte qui entoure la ville. Le texte a été écrit en français, puis a été traduit en anglais. This typescript is about the urban planning in Chandigarh. It deals, among other things, with information on road traffic, housing, green spaces, and the city green belt. The text was originally written in French and was translated into English.
between 1951 and 1967
Text entitled "Concerning town planning"
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Le tapuscrit traite du développement de Chandigarh. Il contient, entre autres, de l'information sur la circulation, les logements, les espaces verts et la ceinture verte qui entoure la ville. Le texte a été écrit en français, puis a été traduit en anglais. This typescript is about the urban planning in Chandigarh. It deals, among other things, with information on road traffic, housing, green spaces, and the city green belt. The text was originally written in French and was translated into English.
Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
16 May 2012 to 14 October 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
textual records
ARCH174253
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Contient des photographies de la maquette (10 décembre 1991), une estimation ordre de grandeur. Travaux d'architecture (9 décembre 1991), une ébauche de plan d'escalier circulaire 8.24” x 10”, 2 photocopies de plan 8.5” x 11”, un devis préliminaire du casse-croûte (2 pages 8.5” x 14”), photocopie de la coupe longitudinale (8.5” x 14”), correspondance entre l'atelier de Luc Laporte et des intervenants à Tecsult, Lumitech, Gidev, Cardinal & Hardy, S.V.P.M. et autres, factures diverses et détails de mat.
circa 1991
Correspondance avec ingénieurs, architectes et client, documents financiers, devis, plans, détails et coupes du pavillon, Pavillon du Bassin Bonsecours, Montréal, Québec
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Contient des photographies de la maquette (10 décembre 1991), une estimation ordre de grandeur. Travaux d'architecture (9 décembre 1991), une ébauche de plan d'escalier circulaire 8.24” x 10”, 2 photocopies de plan 8.5” x 11”, un devis préliminaire du casse-croûte (2 pages 8.5” x 14”), photocopie de la coupe longitudinale (8.5” x 14”), correspondance entre l'atelier de Luc Laporte et des intervenants à Tecsult, Lumitech, Gidev, Cardinal & Hardy, S.V.P.M. et autres, factures diverses et détails de mat.
textual records
circa 1991
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
7 December 2017
Come and Forget the Internet, with Evgeny Morozov
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Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Craig Hodgetts
29 March 2018
Come and Forget the Grid, with Craig Hodgetts
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Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Craig Hodgetts
The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery
5 September 2013 to 12 January 2014
H-BLOCK: Prison Housing – Donovan Wylie
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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
Octagonal gallery
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AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
1951-1966
Photographies pour une exposition au musée des Beaux-arts à Besançon, 1971 = Photographs for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, 1971
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AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
Sous-série 1
1951-1966
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Luc Durand fonds
AP121
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Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
1945-2000
Luc Durand fonds
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AP121
Synopsis:
Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
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1945-2000