The exhibition presents the work of a generation of Japanese architects that reached architectural maturity at a time of unprecedented wealth in Japan. The six young architects included—Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama/AMORPHE; Norihiko Dan; Hiroyuki Wakabayashi; WORKSHOP; Hisashi Hara; and Atsushi Kitagawara—freely incorporate Western and Japanese architectural traditions. For this(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 April 1991 to 30 June 1991
Emerging Japanese Architects of the 1990s
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The exhibition presents the work of a generation of Japanese architects that reached architectural maturity at a time of unprecedented wealth in Japan. The six young architects included—Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama/AMORPHE; Norihiko Dan; Hiroyuki Wakabayashi; WORKSHOP; Hisashi Hara; and Atsushi Kitagawara—freely incorporate Western and Japanese architectural traditions. For this(...)
Octagonal gallery
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
articles
Fictions of Fictions
Fictions of Fictions
Piper Bernbaum on the material facts and urban fictions of the Eruv wars in Jerusalem
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Figuring Territory
articles
New Documentary
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Takashi Homma, conversation, oral history, waves, mushrooms
15 May 2023
The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
2 May 1990 to 21 October 1990
Ernest Cormier and the Université de Montréal
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The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
25 November 2009 to 28 February 2010
Intermission: Films From a Heroic Future
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The CCA galleries are transformed into cinematic screening rooms to present a range of artistic, scientific, and experimental films on speed and space. Selected by curators from the archives of NASA, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), and UbuWeb, the films explore the impact of velocity and technology on our(...)
Main galleries
photographs
PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
engineering, topographic
between 1876-1883
Les Travaux Publics de la France. Tome 1. Routes et Ponts
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PH1978:0040.01
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First of a series of five illustrated volumes, this album contains mounted plates, engravings and maps, and depicts bridges, viaducts, railways and roads mainly in France (one in Corsica), and two in Constantine, Algeria. Album (Tome I) is titled as follows: Les Travaux Publics de la France. Route et Ponts - Chemins de fer - Rivières et canaux/ Ports de mer - Phares et balises/ par/ MM. F. Lucas et V. Fournié - Ed. Collignon - H. de Lagrené/ Voisin Bey - E. Allard/ ouvrage publié sous les auspices/ du Ministère des Travaux Publics et sous la direction de/ M. Léonce Reynaud/ Inspecteur général des Ponts et Chaussées/ Tome Premier: Routes et Ponts/ par/ Félix Lucas et Victor Fournié/ Ingénieurs en Chef des Ponts et Chaussées/ avec 50 planches phototypées, 100 gravures et une carte en chromolithographie/ Paris/ J. Rothschild, Éditeur 13 rue des Saints-Pères, 13 M DCCC LXXXIII and the album is divided as follows: Préface, dated 'novembre 1879' - Léonce Reynaud (biographical note on Léonce Reynaud) with lithograph glued and signed by Jules Lefebre and Léon Gaucherel - Routes et Ponts. Introduction - Chapitre Premier. Époque Gallo-Romaine - Chapitre II. Le Moyen Age et les Temps Modernes - Chapitre III. Époque contemporaine - Chapitre IV. Statistique - Explications des planches - Table des matières - Table alphabétique des matières, des figures et des 50 planches. The 50 plates are listed as follows: I Défilé de la CLue de Saint-André, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) II Gorges de La Loue (Doubs) III Route Nationale no 20, dans les Pyrénées (Ariège) IV Souterrain de Duranus (Alpes-Maritimes) V Défil de Lantosque (Alpes-Maritimes) VI Grotte du Mas-d'Azil ou de l'Arize (Ariège) VII Chemin de la Corniche à Marseille VIII Route de la Grande Chartreuse (Isère) IX Détroit du Cieix (Savoie) XI Route dans la Vallée du Tech (Pyrénées-Orientales) XII Pont de Valentré, sur le Lot, à Cahors XIII Pont-neuf, sur la Seine, à Paris XIV Pont de Bétharram (Basses-Pyrénées) XV Pont du Gouedic (Côtes-du-Nord) XVI Ponte Nuovo (Corse) XVII Pont de Lavaur (Tarn) XVIII Pont Saint-Louis XIX Pont de Bordeaux XX Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Haute-Loire) XXI Viaduc de Dinan (Côtes-du-Nord) XXII Pont des Invalides, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIII Pont de l'Alma, sur la Seine, à Paris XXIV Viaduc sur le Torrent de Saint-Ferréol (Alpes-Maritimes) XXV Pont de Mascas, sur la Vésubie (Alpes-Maritimes) XXVI Pont de Saint-Sauveur (Hautes-Pyrénées) XXVII Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour, à Paris XXVIII Pont-neuf à Albi (Tarn) XXIX Pont de Chaabet-El-Akhra (Constantine) XXX Viaduc du Duzon (Ardèche) XXXI Pont de Pau (Pont de Jurançon) XXXII Ponts de Claix (Isère) XXXIII Pont de la Trinité XXXIV Pont des Saints-Pères, à Paris XXXV Pont d'Arcole, à Paris XXXVI Pont Saint-Esprit, sur le Rhone (Gard) XXXVII Pont de Solferino, à Paris XXXVIII Pont de la Grande-Jatte (Seine) XXXIX Pont Saint-Louis, à Paris XL Pont du Var, près de Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) XLI Pont d'El Kantara, à Constantine XLII Pont de Vichy, sur l'Allier (Allier) XLIII Pont Garibaldi, sur le Paillon, à Nice XLIV Pont de Clichy-La-Garenne (Seine) XLV Pont de Grenelle, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVI Pont Sully, sur la Seine, à Paris XLVII Pont de La Roche-Bernard (Morbihan) XLVIII Pont de Saint-Christophe sur le Scorff (Morbihan) XLIX Pont de La Mescla, sur le Var (Alpes-Maritimes) L Pont tournant des bassins de Radoub de Marseille
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between 1876-1883
engineering, topographic
The Unschool
What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
30 July 2012 to 3 August 2012
The Unschool
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What could a school be? For a week over summer 2012, students of The Unschool explored the spaces in and around schools and pushed the limits of the camera as a social instrument with guest curator Monica Nouwens. Participants compared how people live in schools and cities, and how design can encourage and limit behaviours, relationships, and activities. “Could(...)
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
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Super City
This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery
9 June 2005 to 20 November 2005
Super City
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This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery