Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
13 May 2010 , 7pm
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
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Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
In 1973, following the strikes that beset the British construction industry during the early 1970s, Alistair McAlpine commissioned a design program for his construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine Sons, that aimed to increase production efficiency and improve labour relations. Cedric Price’s proposal took the format of a two-volume report and a Portable Enclosures(...)
9 February 2017 to 14 May 2017
What About Happiness on the Building Site?
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In 1973, following the strikes that beset the British construction industry during the early 1970s, Alistair McAlpine commissioned a design program for his construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine Sons, that aimed to increase production efficiency and improve labour relations. Cedric Price’s proposal took the format of a two-volume report and a Portable Enclosures(...)
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks
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Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
Octagonal gallery
This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)
15 November 2017 to 1 April 2018
The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture
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This exhibition will explore the third-year undergraduate arts course, “A305: History of Architecture and Design, 1890–1939,” offered by the Open University via television and radio broadcasts that aired from 1975 to 1982. Beyond its many innovations in new forms of higher education, the Open University—founded in 1969 with headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK—was a key(...)
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
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The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation
4 February 2017, 3pm
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
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In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
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The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation
PH1979:0605
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This 98-page book illustrated with 73 photogravures, shows a pictorial record of San Diego's built and natural environment including beaches (like La Jolla) and back country scenes, after photographs by Herve Friend. Title page: Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes by Douglas Gunn. San Diego, California, July 1, 1887. Chicago: Knight & Leonard Co., Printers 1887. Photogravures: .001 Old Palm Trees, foot of Presidio Hill Frontispiece .002 Point Lonea, and Entrance to San Diego harbor - from Coronado Beach .003 Ruins of the Old Mission, San Diego .004 Old Mission of San Diego, from the Olive Grove .005 Scene of the Battle of San Pasqual, December 6th, 1846 .006 Mission San Luis Rey .007 Bell Tower, Pala Mission .008 San Diego, looking West - Point Loma in Right Distance .009 San Diego, looking Southwest - Coronado Beach opposite .010 San Diego, looking Southeast .011 City Water Front - Babcock & Story Wharves .012 City Water Front - Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s Wharves .013 Country Court House, San Diego .014 Interior Consolidated National Bank, San Diego .015 The "Russ" Public School, San Diego .016 Morse-Pierce Building, corner Sixth and F streets, San Diego .017 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, San Diego .018 Residence of A.E. Horton .019 First National Bank, corner Fifth and E streets .020 Woolwine, Spring & Nerney's Abstract and Real Estate Office, cor. Fourth and D streets .021 The Dells, Chollas Valley - Suburbs of San Diego .022 Initial Monument, marking Mexican Boundary .023 Tia Juana - American side .024 Tia Juana - Mexican side .025 "Point of Rocks" - 1 .026 "Point of Rocks" - 2 .027 "Point of Rocks" - 3 .028 Hotel Del Coronado Beach, San Diego .029 The Caves, La Jolla .030 La Jolla Beach .031 Cathedral Rocks, La Jolla .032 "Ocean Beach" .033 Seaside View at Del Mar .034 Escondido - Old Ranch House and Orange Orchard .035 View on Linda Lake, El Cajon Valley, 15 miles from San Diego .036 The Hotel at Murietta .037 Temecula Canon - 1. "The Big Curve", C.S.R.R. .038 Temecula Canon - 2. .039 Temecula Canon - 3. .040 Santa Margarita Ranch House, from the Vineyard .041 Courtyard, Couts' Estate, Guajome .042 View near Entrance to Bear Valley .043 View in San Pasqual Valley - Bernardo River .044 "Eagle's Nest" - Agua Caliente Mountains .045 Santa Rosa Mountains, near Elsinore .046 View from "The Glen" - Agua Tibia and Pala in Distance .047 San Jacinto Mountain .048 The Cajon Mountain, from the Northeast .049 Public School (Banner District) near mouth of San Felipe Canon .050 Home and Orchard of John Mitchell, Fall Brook .051 Agua Tibia - The Pond .052 Orchard and Home of James Madison, Julian .053 View at Elsinore Lake, West Side .054 Home and Orchard of Chester Gunn, Julian .055 West in Poway Valley .056 San Diego River, North of El Cajon .057 Cuyamaca Lake - Storage Water of San Diego Flume Co. .058 Diverting Dam, San Diego River - San Diego Flume Co. .059 Upper Valley of the San Diego River - "Capitan Grande" .060 Falls (146 ft.) East Branch of San Diego River .061 Santa Isabel Creek .062 Falls of Pauma Creek .063 View near Farm of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Spring Valley .064 Water Works of San Diego Town and Land Company .065 Gedney's Orchard, Mesa Grande .066 Public School, Spencer Valley, near Julian .067 Orchard and Farm of B.S. Scheckler, Cottonwood .069 Campo .070 Entrance to Colorado Desert, mouth of Mountain Springs Canon .071 Mountain Scenery, Agua Caliente - Overlooking Warner's Ranch .072 Indian Village. Agua Caliente .073 Indian Village and Church at Pauma, Upper San Luis Rey Valley
architecture
1887
Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes
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PH1979:0605
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This 98-page book illustrated with 73 photogravures, shows a pictorial record of San Diego's built and natural environment including beaches (like La Jolla) and back country scenes, after photographs by Herve Friend. Title page: Picturesque San Diego with Historical and Descriptive Notes by Douglas Gunn. San Diego, California, July 1, 1887. Chicago: Knight & Leonard Co., Printers 1887. Photogravures: .001 Old Palm Trees, foot of Presidio Hill Frontispiece .002 Point Lonea, and Entrance to San Diego harbor - from Coronado Beach .003 Ruins of the Old Mission, San Diego .004 Old Mission of San Diego, from the Olive Grove .005 Scene of the Battle of San Pasqual, December 6th, 1846 .006 Mission San Luis Rey .007 Bell Tower, Pala Mission .008 San Diego, looking West - Point Loma in Right Distance .009 San Diego, looking Southwest - Coronado Beach opposite .010 San Diego, looking Southeast .011 City Water Front - Babcock & Story Wharves .012 City Water Front - Pacific Coast Steamship Co.'s Wharves .013 Country Court House, San Diego .014 Interior Consolidated National Bank, San Diego .015 The "Russ" Public School, San Diego .016 Morse-Pierce Building, corner Sixth and F streets, San Diego .017 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, San Diego .018 Residence of A.E. Horton .019 First National Bank, corner Fifth and E streets .020 Woolwine, Spring & Nerney's Abstract and Real Estate Office, cor. Fourth and D streets .021 The Dells, Chollas Valley - Suburbs of San Diego .022 Initial Monument, marking Mexican Boundary .023 Tia Juana - American side .024 Tia Juana - Mexican side .025 "Point of Rocks" - 1 .026 "Point of Rocks" - 2 .027 "Point of Rocks" - 3 .028 Hotel Del Coronado Beach, San Diego .029 The Caves, La Jolla .030 La Jolla Beach .031 Cathedral Rocks, La Jolla .032 "Ocean Beach" .033 Seaside View at Del Mar .034 Escondido - Old Ranch House and Orange Orchard .035 View on Linda Lake, El Cajon Valley, 15 miles from San Diego .036 The Hotel at Murietta .037 Temecula Canon - 1. "The Big Curve", C.S.R.R. .038 Temecula Canon - 2. .039 Temecula Canon - 3. .040 Santa Margarita Ranch House, from the Vineyard .041 Courtyard, Couts' Estate, Guajome .042 View near Entrance to Bear Valley .043 View in San Pasqual Valley - Bernardo River .044 "Eagle's Nest" - Agua Caliente Mountains .045 Santa Rosa Mountains, near Elsinore .046 View from "The Glen" - Agua Tibia and Pala in Distance .047 San Jacinto Mountain .048 The Cajon Mountain, from the Northeast .049 Public School (Banner District) near mouth of San Felipe Canon .050 Home and Orchard of John Mitchell, Fall Brook .051 Agua Tibia - The Pond .052 Orchard and Home of James Madison, Julian .053 View at Elsinore Lake, West Side .054 Home and Orchard of Chester Gunn, Julian .055 West in Poway Valley .056 San Diego River, North of El Cajon .057 Cuyamaca Lake - Storage Water of San Diego Flume Co. .058 Diverting Dam, San Diego River - San Diego Flume Co. .059 Upper Valley of the San Diego River - "Capitan Grande" .060 Falls (146 ft.) East Branch of San Diego River .061 Santa Isabel Creek .062 Falls of Pauma Creek .063 View near Farm of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Spring Valley .064 Water Works of San Diego Town and Land Company .065 Gedney's Orchard, Mesa Grande .066 Public School, Spencer Valley, near Julian .067 Orchard and Farm of B.S. Scheckler, Cottonwood .069 Campo .070 Entrance to Colorado Desert, mouth of Mountain Springs Canon .071 Mountain Scenery, Agua Caliente - Overlooking Warner's Ranch .072 Indian Village. Agua Caliente .073 Indian Village and Church at Pauma, Upper San Luis Rey Valley
1887
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023
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Built environment.
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volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
London : Kogan Page Ltd., ©1978-, Oxon : Alexandrine Press
journals and magazines
London : Kogan Page Ltd., ©1978-, Oxon : Alexandrine Press
journals and magazines
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volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
London : Human Settlements Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, 1989-, Los Angeles, CA : Sage Publications
Environment and urbanization.
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volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
journals and magazines
London : Human Settlements Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, 1989-, Los Angeles, CA : Sage Publications
journals and magazines
Environment and history.
Cambridge, UK : White Horse Press, 1995-
journals and magazines
Cambridge, UK : White Horse Press, 1995-