The drawings presented in this exhibition are annotated to show the Italian Renaissance master architect Andrea Palladio as a draughtsman considering a blank sheet of paper. Palladio at Work considers a life sustained by drawing, the process by which Palladio’s design was developed, argued, and communicated. Curated by Guido Beltramini and Charles Hind. Co-organized with(...)
Octagonal gallery
3 March 2011 to 22 May 2011
Palladio at Work: An annotated exhibition
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The drawings presented in this exhibition are annotated to show the Italian Renaissance master architect Andrea Palladio as a draughtsman considering a blank sheet of paper. Palladio at Work considers a life sustained by drawing, the process by which Palladio’s design was developed, argued, and communicated. Curated by Guido Beltramini and Charles Hind. Co-organized with(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Ring binder containing photographic materials from eleven projects by Abalos & Herreros mainly
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Contains materials from the following projects: - Sala municipal y plaza en Colmenarejo, AP164.S1.1997.D11 (74 photographs: area, construction and exterior); - Centro universitario en Mérida, AP164.S1.1999.D4 (17 photographs: model, construction, interior/exterior); - El mirador: torre mixta en la bahía de Algeciras, AP164.S1.1999.D10 (49 photographs: model); - School in Tenerife: teaching materials, AP164.S2.SS2.D1 (33 photographs: model); - Jardines Valdemingómez, AP164.S1.2000.D4 (13 photographs: landscape and area); - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (36 negatives, 35 photographs: model); - Estudio Gordillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, AP164.S1.1999.D6 (5 photographs: construction); - Centro de enseñanza secundaria obligatoria en Calamonte, Spain, AP164.S1.2000.D8.SD2 (36 photographs, 25 negatifs: model); - Casa Varzavsky, Cape Formentor, AP164.S1.1999.D7 (18 negatifs, 3 photographs: model and portraits); - Southbank Londres, AP164.S1.2001.D4 (25 negatifs: area); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, AP164.S1.2001.D7 (39 photographs: area); - Casa Mute or Maute? (1 photograph: exterior); - Torre de los vientos (24 photographs: views of the tower); - Planta de biometanización y compostaje de residuos urbanos, Pinto, AP164.S1.2000.D6 (9 photographs: construction and area).
between 1999 and 2001
Ring binder containing photographic materials from eleven projects by Abalos & Herreros mainly
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Contains materials from the following projects: - Sala municipal y plaza en Colmenarejo, AP164.S1.1997.D11 (74 photographs: area, construction and exterior); - Centro universitario en Mérida, AP164.S1.1999.D4 (17 photographs: model, construction, interior/exterior); - El mirador: torre mixta en la bahía de Algeciras, AP164.S1.1999.D10 (49 photographs: model); - School in Tenerife: teaching materials, AP164.S2.SS2.D1 (33 photographs: model); - Jardines Valdemingómez, AP164.S1.2000.D4 (13 photographs: landscape and area); - Palencia Parque Europa, AP164.S1.1991.D2 (36 negatives, 35 photographs: model); - Estudio Gordillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, AP164.S1.1999.D6 (5 photographs: construction); - Centro de enseñanza secundaria obligatoria en Calamonte, Spain, AP164.S1.2000.D8.SD2 (36 photographs, 25 negatifs: model); - Casa Varzavsky, Cape Formentor, AP164.S1.1999.D7 (18 negatifs, 3 photographs: model and portraits); - Southbank Londres, AP164.S1.2001.D4 (25 negatifs: area); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, AP164.S1.2001.D7 (39 photographs: area); - Casa Mute or Maute? (1 photograph: exterior); - Torre de los vientos (24 photographs: views of the tower); - Planta de biometanización y compostaje de residuos urbanos, Pinto, AP164.S1.2000.D6 (9 photographs: construction and area).
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between 1999 and 2001
British architect Stephen Taylor speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 May 2008
Stephen Taylor: Some Ideas on Living
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British architect Stephen Taylor speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
Main galleries
19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
Main galleries
Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 January 2016
Assemble: Collective Practice
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Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
12 April 2007 to 9 September 2007
Clip/Stamp/Fold 2: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines 196X - 197X
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Coined in the early twentieth century to designate progressive literary journals, the term “little magazine” was remobilized during the 1960s to grapple with the contemporary proliferation of independent architectural periodicals that appeared in response to the political, social, and artistic changes of the period. Clip/Stamp/Fold 2 investigates how a diverse group of(...)
Octagonal gallery and library rotunda
Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
14 May 2008
Ryue Nishizawa: Some Ideas on Living
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Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa (2008). The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
24 April 2014 , 6pm
Artist’s Talk: Amie Siegel, Provenance
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American artist Amie Siegel’s moving image work Provenance (2013) follows the global trade of furniture from Chandigarh in reverse: from the homes of collectors in Europe and North America to sale at auction, restoration, through overseas transport and finally back to India. Originally designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Chandigarh furniture now sells(...)
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AP189
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
2000-2008
Philippe Rahm "Interior Weather" installation records
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L’installation Météorologie d’intérieur fut présentée au Centre Canadien d’Architecture (CCA) lors de l’exposition Environ(ne)ment (18 octobre 2006-10 juin 2007) et à Rovereto en Italie lors de l’exposition Manifesta 7 (19 juillet-2 novembre 2008). Les documents d’archives de l’installation comprennent le logiciel développé pour l’installation et une sélection des objets installés dans les deux espaces d’exposition. *** The installation Interior Weather was presented at the Candian Centre for Architecture (CCA) as part of the exhibition Environ(ne)ment (October 18, 2006-June 10, 2007) and in Rovereto, Italy as part of Manifesta 7 (July 19-November 2, 2008). The records of the installation Interior Weather include the software developed for the installation and a selection of objects installed in the exhibition spaces.
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2000-2008
From 1966 to 1968, Shadrach Woods and Cedric Price, two architects and educators in Paris and London, found themselves caught up in a vortex of change in education. Like architecture, the field was searching for new models; thinkers sought to reformulate the basic problems of education, rather than simply seeking new solutions to old questions. In this seminar 2014(...)
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Shadrach Woods, Cedric Price, Visiting Scholar, Federica Doglio
24 July 2014, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Federica Doglio
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From 1966 to 1968, Shadrach Woods and Cedric Price, two architects and educators in Paris and London, found themselves caught up in a vortex of change in education. Like architecture, the field was searching for new models; thinkers sought to reformulate the basic problems of education, rather than simply seeking new solutions to old questions. In this seminar 2014(...)
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Shadrach Woods, Cedric Price, Visiting Scholar, Federica Doglio