A conversation between Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton Vassal architects, Paris, France, and Giancarlo Mazzanti of Mazzanti Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia, moderated by CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. The 2011 edition considers the role of architectural interventions that address social issues through projects of various scales and typologies. Urgency series(...)
17 November 2011
Urgency 2011: Jean-Philippe Vassal and Giancarlo Mazzanti
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A conversation between Jean-Philippe Vassal of Lacaton Vassal architects, Paris, France, and Giancarlo Mazzanti of Mazzanti Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia, moderated by CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini. The 2011 edition considers the role of architectural interventions that address social issues through projects of various scales and typologies. Urgency series(...)
drawings
DR1987:0063
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- This travel sketch by Charles Wirgman shows the interior of the Palais de L'Industrie, Paris, most likely during the unpacking of objects for the 1855 Universal Exposition.
architecture, engineering
1855
Interior of the Palais de l'Industrie, looking west
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DR1987:0063
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- This travel sketch by Charles Wirgman shows the interior of the Palais de L'Industrie, Paris, most likely during the unpacking of objects for the 1855 Universal Exposition.
drawings
1855
architecture, engineering
PHCON2002:0016:002:029
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Discusses John Sebastian Matta's arrival (in Paris?) and money he is sending to contribute toward the purchase of lofts for Gordon and John with money for Anne Alpert.
1971
Letter from Roberto Matta to Gordon Matta-Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:029
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Discusses John Sebastian Matta's arrival (in Paris?) and money he is sending to contribute toward the purchase of lofts for Gordon and John with money for Anne Alpert.
1971
textual records
Travel / Working Expenses
PHCON2002:0016:069:002:002
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File includes receipts related to Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 projects including: Jacob's Ladder; Descending Steps for Batan; Underground Paris; and Office Baroque. File contains textual records.
1977
Travel / Working Expenses
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PHCON2002:0016:069:002:002
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File includes receipts related to Gordon Matta-Clark's 1977 projects including: Jacob's Ladder; Descending Steps for Batan; Underground Paris; and Office Baroque. File contains textual records.
textual records
1977
textual records
PHCON2002:0016:069:002:003
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File includes receipts for Gordon Matta-Clark's meals and hotels in connection with travel to Paris, France; Antwerp, Belgium; Kassel, Germany; and Colorado. File contains textual records.
1977
Travel / Meals and Hotels (Living Expenses)
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PHCON2002:0016:069:002:003
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File includes receipts for Gordon Matta-Clark's meals and hotels in connection with travel to Paris, France; Antwerp, Belgium; Kassel, Germany; and Colorado. File contains textual records.
textual records
1977
textual records, photographs
DR2012:0012:085:014
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File containing documents in English and French, including colour slides, correspondence, notes, and waybills, related to the group exhibition "Ex situ: différents projets de différentes natures" at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. The exhibition included the following artworks: - Canada Memorial, Green Park, London ... Study No. 7; - Canada Memorial, Green Park, London ... Study No. 9. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE/PARIS 1993
1993-1994
Photographs, correspondence, notes, and waybills, related to the group exhibition "Ex situ: différents projets de différentes natures"
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DR2012:0012:085:014
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File containing documents in English and French, including colour slides, correspondence, notes, and waybills, related to the group exhibition "Ex situ: différents projets de différentes natures" at the Canadian Embassy in Paris. The exhibition included the following artworks: - Canada Memorial, Green Park, London ... Study No. 7; - Canada Memorial, Green Park, London ... Study No. 9. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE/PARIS 1993
textual records, photographs
1993-1994
ARCH282038
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Photographie d'un dessin d'Émile Bénard (voir Espouy, Hector d'. Fragments d'architecture du moyen âge et de la renaissance. Paris : C. Massin, [1897?]-c1925, volume 1, figures 25-30).
entre 1871 et 1907?
Perspective pour la restauration et l'achèvement de la Villa Madama, Rome, Italie
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ARCH282038
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Photographie d'un dessin d'Émile Bénard (voir Espouy, Hector d'. Fragments d'architecture du moyen âge et de la renaissance. Paris : C. Massin, [1897?]-c1925, volume 1, figures 25-30).
ARCH282039
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Reproduction d'un dessin d'Émile Bénard (voir Espouy, Hector d'. Fragments d'architecture du moyen âge et de la renaissance. Paris : C. Massin, [1897?]-c1925, volume 1, figures 25-30).
circa 1914
Élévation du côté de la Grande Loge pour la restauration de la Villa Madama, Rome, Italie
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ARCH282039
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Reproduction d'un dessin d'Émile Bénard (voir Espouy, Hector d'. Fragments d'architecture du moyen âge et de la renaissance. Paris : C. Massin, [1897?]-c1925, volume 1, figures 25-30).
Hubert Damisch, 2003-2004 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, examines Blur – the cloud building created by New York architects Diller + Scofidio on lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, which is the most recent and radical expression of the desire for fluidity and evanescence in architecture – and the consequences that it might have on the future of structural thought. Damisch examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2003
Hubert Damisch: “Effacer l’architecture?”
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Hubert Damisch, 2003-2004 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, examines Blur – the cloud building created by New York architects Diller + Scofidio on lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, which is the most recent and radical expression of the desire for fluidity and evanescence in architecture – and the consequences that it might have on the future of structural thought. Damisch examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
photographs
PH1987:1193.04:001-049
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Volume four of twelve; contains primarily views of monuments, terraces, restaurants, and thematic pavilions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Galerie des Machines, Paris World Exposition of 1889.
1889
Exposition universelle de 1889: Terrasses, [part] 1
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PH1987:1193.04:001-049
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Volume four of twelve; contains primarily views of monuments, terraces, restaurants, and thematic pavilions, including the Eiffel Tower and the Galerie des Machines, Paris World Exposition of 1889.
photographs
1889