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
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
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This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
Although it has hosted concerts in the past, the Paul-Desmarais Theatre is better known for holding conferences and film screenings. Concerts traditionally held in the historic Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur will temporarily take place at the CCA and music will be reintroduced in the theatre, initiating new perceptions of sound, and of this space. Mindful of the(...)
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CCA, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, concerts, chamber music, classical music, up-and-coming musicians.
31 January 2024 to 17 May 2024
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur Concerts
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Although it has hosted concerts in the past, the Paul-Desmarais Theatre is better known for holding conferences and film screenings. Concerts traditionally held in the historic Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur will temporarily take place at the CCA and music will be reintroduced in the theatre, initiating new perceptions of sound, and of this space. Mindful of the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
CCA, Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, concerts, chamber music, classical music, up-and-coming musicians.
Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
31 March 1993 to 25 July 1993
Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, 1850-1880
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Centring on Eadweard Muybridge’s panoramas, this exhibition examines the representations of San Francisco from 1850 to 1880, a period of phenomenal growth and development for the city. Contextualizing Muybridge’s work, the exhibition includes multi-panel daguerreotype panoramas, photographic panoramas (including sets of stereocards), photographic-view books and albums,(...)
Main galleries
What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
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Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
10 May 2017 to 15 October 2017
Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen
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What role can history play in contemporary architecture practice? Rather than adopting a postmodern attitude or evoking past discussions and historical architectural forms, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, and David Van Severen address contemporary issues in their work while remaining in dialogue with history. Even with distinct pasts and contexts, affinities emerge in shared(...)
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Besides, History, Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Office, KGDVS, Bas Princen
Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
13 July 2023, 2pm to 4pm (EST)
Modes and Bounds of Collaboration
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Since 2006, the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative has engaged in numerous shared projects from collected volumes and joint authorship to peer review workshopping and website publishing, alongside conferences, symposia, and public presentations. Operated as a self-funded, non-profit corporation, Aggregate continues to evolve its means and outputs of production(...)
Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
22 October 2009 , 7pm
Geoff Manaugh: Cities of the CDC
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Geoff Manaugh examines urban design in the context of epidemiology, pandemics and quarantine, including measures taken by the United States’ government agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC. Geoff Manaugh is the author of BLDGBLOG and The BLDGBLOG Book, and a contributing editor at Wired UK. His fall 2009 design studio Landscapes of Quarantine examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR01.442
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This file includes a context map issued by the Ville de Montréal.
1983-1989
Context maps, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR01.442
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This file includes a context map issued by the Ville de Montréal.
drawings
1983-1989
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR02.028
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This file includes context maps showing the Old Port and Old Montréal.
1983-1992
Context maps, Old Port of Montreal Master Plan, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR02.028
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This file includes context maps showing the Old Port and Old Montréal.
drawings
1983-1992
drawings
AP046.S1.1983.PR02.001
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This file includes a context map of the Old Port, basins and surrounding city.
1983-1992
Context map, Old Port of Montreal Master Plan, Montréal, Québec
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AP046.S1.1983.PR02.001
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This file includes a context map of the Old Port, basins and surrounding city.
drawings
1983-1992