PH1988:0400
architecture
19 March 1988
architecture
Interior view of the building systems control room on level 3, Shaughnessy House, Montréal, Québec
PH1989:0087
Description:
- Photographs PH1989:0087, PH1989:0095 and PH1989:0103 were taken through plastic film which was possibly used as a temporary curtain prior to the installation of the building systems control room door.
architecture
1989
Interior view of the building systems control room on level 3, Shaughnessy House, Montréal, Québec
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PH1989:0087
Description:
- Photographs PH1989:0087, PH1989:0095 and PH1989:0103 were taken through plastic film which was possibly used as a temporary curtain prior to the installation of the building systems control room door.
architecture
textual records
DR2012:0015:025:025
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including notes and correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), related to copyright and reproduction requests for the following projects: - Une célébration... de l'eau à la lumiere; - Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau, rues, ruissances,... une construction; - CCA garden; - Site/interlude. Original folder inscribed in graphite: COPYRIGHT REQUESTS 2008-11
2009-2011
Correspondence related to Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0015:025:025
Description:
File containing documents in English and French, including notes and correspondence (primarily printouts of emails), related to copyright and reproduction requests for the following projects: - Une célébration... de l'eau à la lumiere; - Gratte-ciel, cascades d'eau, rues, ruissances,... une construction; - CCA garden; - Site/interlude. Original folder inscribed in graphite: COPYRIGHT REQUESTS 2008-11
textual records
2009-2011
Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
5 February 2026, 6pm
Film and conversation: Where Will We Grow Older?
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Description:
Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
archives
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Fonds
Luc Laporte fonds
AP068
Synopsis:
Le Fond Luc Laporte documente les propositions et les réalisations issus de l'atelier de Luc Laporte pour le secteur est du Vieux-Port de Montréal.
1991-1993
Luc Laporte fonds
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AP068
Synopsis:
Le Fond Luc Laporte documente les propositions et les réalisations issus de l'atelier de Luc Laporte pour le secteur est du Vieux-Port de Montréal.
archives
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Fonds
1991-1993
textual records
ARCH270072
Description:
Letter of acknowledgment from Mrs. P. Chinubhai, in India, about photographs of Le Corbusier designed house-model sent by Sophie Lafrance of the Centre Canadien d'Architecture in Montréal, Canada.
December 1999
Letter adressed to Sophie Lafrance from Mrs P. Chinubhai Sleth in India
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ARCH270072
Description:
Letter of acknowledgment from Mrs. P. Chinubhai, in India, about photographs of Le Corbusier designed house-model sent by Sophie Lafrance of the Centre Canadien d'Architecture in Montréal, Canada.
textual records
December 1999
PH2018:0005:022
Description:
Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Pantheon, Rome Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2016
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Pantheon, detail of facade, Rome
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PH2018:0005:022
Description:
Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Pantheon, Rome Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
books, works of art, photographs
PH1982:0789.02:001-030
Description:
Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. Another volume in the CCA's collection contains an additional 30 aquatints. These 60 prints are more typically found bound togther in a single volume. Further Excursions daguerriennes prints not held by the CCA, including additional aquatints as well as lithographs and Fizeau-process photogravures, are typically bound into a second volume. The CCA's first volume includes a plate list of all 60 plates held across our first and second volumes.
published 1842
Excursions daguerriennes: Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe
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PH1982:0789.02:001-030
Description:
Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. Another volume in the CCA's collection contains an additional 30 aquatints. These 60 prints are more typically found bound togther in a single volume. Further Excursions daguerriennes prints not held by the CCA, including additional aquatints as well as lithographs and Fizeau-process photogravures, are typically bound into a second volume. The CCA's first volume includes a plate list of all 60 plates held across our first and second volumes.
books, works of art, photographs
published 1842
DR2007:0016
Description:
Cover studies and two mock-ups for a proposed book, Networks in Canadian Architecture, eventually published as Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (Tech-Press, Halifax, 1980); colour marker on paper. The CCA has three projects in its collections that were published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980: Post Cards, The Halifax People's Network, and Lyons Tower.
1977-1980
Studies for Networks in Canadian Architecture (later, Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980)
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DR2007:0016
Description:
Cover studies and two mock-ups for a proposed book, Networks in Canadian Architecture, eventually published as Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980 (Tech-Press, Halifax, 1980); colour marker on paper. The CCA has three projects in its collections that were published in Larry Richards Works, 1977-1980: Post Cards, The Halifax People's Network, and Lyons Tower.
photographs
Interior view of the building systems control room on level 3, Shaughnessy House, Montréal, Québec
PH1989:0095
Description:
- Photographs PH1989:0087, PH1989:0095 and PH1989:0103 were taken through plastic film which was possibly used as a temporary curtain prior to the installation of the building systems control room door.
architecture
1989
Interior view of the building systems control room on level 3, Shaughnessy House, Montréal, Québec
Actions:
PH1989:0095
Description:
- Photographs PH1989:0087, PH1989:0095 and PH1989:0103 were taken through plastic film which was possibly used as a temporary curtain prior to the installation of the building systems control room door.
photographs
1989
architecture