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AP189
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
2000-2008
Philippe Rahm "Interior Weather" installation records
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AP189
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
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2000-2008
Nuit Blanche 2025: 38%
It is time for a systemic change in the way we design and value the built environment. The way we build is not ecologically sustainable. The building industry is responsible for 38% of the worlds annual production of greenhouse gases. During the Nuit Blanche at the CCA, we invite you to come and discuss, reflect and be inspired by the actions of the German architecture(...)
Nuit Blanche 2025
1 March 2025 to 2 March 2025, 7pm to 1am
Nuit Blanche 2025: 38%
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It is time for a systemic change in the way we design and value the built environment. The way we build is not ecologically sustainable. The building industry is responsible for 38% of the worlds annual production of greenhouse gases. During the Nuit Blanche at the CCA, we invite you to come and discuss, reflect and be inspired by the actions of the German architecture(...)
Nuit Blanche 2025
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DR2012:0012:096:024
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File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Christian Thomsen regarding Melvin Charney's inclusion in the book Experimental Architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CHRISTIAN THOMSEN
1985-1991
Correspondence of Melvin Charney with Christian Thomsen
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DR2012:0012:096:024
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File containing documents in English, including notes, and professional correspondence between Melvin Charney and Christian Thomsen regarding Melvin Charney's inclusion in the book Experimental Architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CHRISTIAN THOMSEN
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1985-1991
Kazuo Shinohara was a deeply influential figure in postwar architecture in Japan best known for his individual houses, but he remains little studied today, especially outside Japan. Shinohara connected traditional forms and an investigation of modernist tenets with the high-tech and information technology moments yet to come. What was his attitude toward history, and how(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
David B. Stewart, Kazuo Shinohara, What is/was history for…
21 September 2017, 6:30pm
David B. Stewart, what was history for Kazuo Shinohara?
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Kazuo Shinohara was a deeply influential figure in postwar architecture in Japan best known for his individual houses, but he remains little studied today, especially outside Japan. Shinohara connected traditional forms and an investigation of modernist tenets with the high-tech and information technology moments yet to come. What was his attitude toward history, and how(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
David B. Stewart, Kazuo Shinohara, What is/was history for…
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DR2012:0012:131:014
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to a cancelled book project by Melvin Charney, tentatively titled A way out: on the liberation of architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON
1970-1982
Correspondence related to Melvin Charney's writings
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DR2012:0012:131:014
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to a cancelled book project by Melvin Charney, tentatively titled A way out: on the liberation of architecture. Original folder inscribed in graphite: HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON
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1970-1982
Starting From... Travel
Interpreting the subject of travel to distant places, the exhibition charts an expanded notion of travel that spans imaginary journeys, strange sites, vanishing points, floating and portable houses, endless caves, swirling diamond domes, tombs, crypts and catacombs, tunnel adventures, formal studies, technical innovation, cultural imagination, and experimental(...)
Hall cases
3 December 2008 to 1 May 2009
Starting From... Travel
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Interpreting the subject of travel to distant places, the exhibition charts an expanded notion of travel that spans imaginary journeys, strange sites, vanishing points, floating and portable houses, endless caves, swirling diamond domes, tombs, crypts and catacombs, tunnel adventures, formal studies, technical innovation, cultural imagination, and experimental(...)
Hall cases
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AP197.S1.SS9.015
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The box contains drafts, final copies, correspondence and notes for various articles, book projects, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from I-K. The largest portion of this box consists of: drafts and transcripts of interviews with Kenneth Frampton; drafts, articles, correspondence and research materials for an unpublished book project on Japanese Building Practices/Japanese Contemporary Architecture; correspondence and drafts for the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and correspondence and notes for a Panos Koulermos book project. Other subjects and architects explored in these texts include Arata Isozaki, Kritsin Jaramund, Michael Kagan, Louis Kahn, Rem Koolhaas, Kengo Kuma, and Kisho Kurakawa.
1985-2016
Kenneth Frampton writings (I-K)
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AP197.S1.SS9.015
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The box contains drafts, final copies, correspondence and notes for various articles, book projects, interviews, keynote addresses, and lectures by Kenneth Frampton. The materials are organized in alphabetical order, from I-K. The largest portion of this box consists of: drafts and transcripts of interviews with Kenneth Frampton; drafts, articles, correspondence and research materials for an unpublished book project on Japanese Building Practices/Japanese Contemporary Architecture; correspondence and drafts for the Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture; and correspondence and notes for a Panos Koulermos book project. Other subjects and architects explored in these texts include Arata Isozaki, Kritsin Jaramund, Michael Kagan, Louis Kahn, Rem Koolhaas, Kengo Kuma, and Kisho Kurakawa.
textual records
1985-2016
textual records
Portfolio of projects
ARCH270977
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The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
circa 2006
Portfolio of projects
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ARCH270977
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The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
textual records
circa 2006
Project
AP178.S1.2000.PR10
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This project series document the Biblioteca da Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 11/00. The office assigned the dates 2000-2008 to this project. The project site is located between the Alameda 5 de Outubro and the Lima river. The library was part of the waterfront development plan, directed by Fernando Távora. The development plan included a multiuse pavilion designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, two office buildings, and an auditorium designed by Tàvora. The architects, with the help of José Bernardo Tavora and Adalberto Dias chose together location. The orthogonal two-story library respects the recommendations of the Portuguese Institute of Book and Libraries (IPLB). This project was realized and won the National Contemporary Architecture Award. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, working drawings, technical drawings, and details. Textual material includes correspondence and project documentation. Photographic material documents construction work and models.
2000-2008
Biblioteca da Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo [Viana do Castelo Public Library], Viana do Castelo, Portugal (2000-2008)
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AP178.S1.2000.PR10
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This project series document the Biblioteca da Câmara Municipal de Viana do Castelo in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 11/00. The office assigned the dates 2000-2008 to this project. The project site is located between the Alameda 5 de Outubro and the Lima river. The library was part of the waterfront development plan, directed by Fernando Távora. The development plan included a multiuse pavilion designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, two office buildings, and an auditorium designed by Tàvora. The architects, with the help of José Bernardo Tavora and Adalberto Dias chose together location. The orthogonal two-story library respects the recommendations of the Portuguese Institute of Book and Libraries (IPLB). This project was realized and won the National Contemporary Architecture Award. Documenting this project are sketches, studies, plans, working drawings, technical drawings, and details. Textual material includes correspondence and project documentation. Photographic material documents construction work and models.
Project
2000-2008
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ARCH273522
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File contains correspondence relating to various professional activities of Arthur Erickson, including the Oral History Project at the Dominion Modern, Museum of Modern Architecture and Design, a book project and a speaker series at Kwantlen University College.
2005
Correspondence relating to various professional activities
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ARCH273522
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File contains correspondence relating to various professional activities of Arthur Erickson, including the Oral History Project at the Dominion Modern, Museum of Modern Architecture and Design, a book project and a speaker series at Kwantlen University College.
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2005