photographs
Interior view of the building systems control room on level 3, Shaughnessy House, Montréal, Québec
PH1989:0103
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- 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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PH1989:0103
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- 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
drawings
DR2012:0015:023:001-001
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches (109 drawings) referring to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Sable-Castelli exhibition, Toronto; - Cities on the move; - American city: Venice; - Assemblée nationale du Québec [National Assembly of Quebec]; - CCA garden; - Kansas City, Missouri; - One size fits all; - The parade of the engineers; - Stepping out; - Longueuil, Quebec; - Bodyworks.
1997-2010
Notes and sketches by Melvin Charney on his later works
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DR2012:0015:023:001-001
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Ring binder containing notes and sketches (109 drawings) referring to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Sable-Castelli exhibition, Toronto; - Cities on the move; - American city: Venice; - Assemblée nationale du Québec [National Assembly of Quebec]; - CCA garden; - Kansas City, Missouri; - One size fits all; - The parade of the engineers; - Stepping out; - Longueuil, Quebec; - Bodyworks.
drawings
1997-2010
Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
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research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
6 July, 6 p.m.
Research Fellow Seminar: Andrea Bagnato
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Luca Danese was an architect and hydraulic engineer active in northeastern Italy in the first half of the 17th century. His career, while rooted in the peculiar geography of the Po River Delta, interacted with and was shaped by the broader hydropolitics of the papal government that was busy transforming Rome’s water infrastructure. Further, it was the period when, with(...)
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research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Andrea Bagnato, Luca Danese, Italy, 17th century, hydropolitics, water
textual records
DR2012:0012:086:006
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Assorted documents in English, including three copies of the spring 1991 issue of Canadian art, along with multiple clippings and reprographic copies therefrom, with references to the Canadian Centre for Architecture garden.
1991
Press coverage related to projects
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DR2012:0012:086:006
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Assorted documents in English, including three copies of the spring 1991 issue of Canadian art, along with multiple clippings and reprographic copies therefrom, with references to the Canadian Centre for Architecture garden.
textual records
1991
PH2018:0005:016
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Model Room, Sir John Soane's Museum, London 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.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Model Room at Sir John Soane's Museum, 2017
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PH2018:0005:016
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Model Room, Sir John Soane's Museum, London 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.
PH2018:0005:020
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Viaggio de Karnak to the island of Philae 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.
2012
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of column capital at Karnak in Philae
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PH2018:0005:020
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Viaggio de Karnak to the island of Philae 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.
PH2018:0005:029
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, London 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.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, 2017
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PH2018:0005:029
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Painting Cabinet, Sir John Soane's Museum, London 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.
articles
Making Groundwork
Forces of Friction
6 October 2025
Forces of Friction
books, works of art, photographs
PH1982:0789.01:001-030
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Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. A second 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 1841
Excursions daguerriennes: Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe
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PH1982:0789.01:001-030
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Volume conists of 30 aquatints made after daguerreotype models. A second 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 1841
PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003
Tokyo/Mori Building, Japan, from the series "Scales"
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PH2007:0012:001-005
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Series shows a scale model of Tokyo at the Mori Building in Tokyo, Japan. Series is one of an edition of six. Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Tangent," 2002-2006.
2003