Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
Main galleries
22 October 1997 to 15 February 1998
Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954-1997
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Other Soundings: Selected Works by John Hejduk, 1954–1997, the first major retrospective of Hejduk’s work, explores the themes that have always preoccupied him: architecture as a social act, the wall, the house, the church, passage and transformation, the experience of the city. The importance of John Hejduk rests on his teaching and on the originality of his vision of(...)
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Amancio Williams fonds
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
1848-2010s
Amancio Williams fonds
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The Amancio Williams fonds documents Williams' career as an architect and designer from the 1940s to the late 1980s. The fonds documents his work for over 80 architectural, urban planning and furniture design projects, as well as the administration of his architecture practice, and his professional activities through correspondence, photographic material, and promotional materials.
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1848-2010s
Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 March 2000 to 7 May 2000
Visions and Views: The Architecture of Borromini in the Photographs of Edward Burtynsky
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Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
research
Bechtel-CCA Collection Research Grants: Peter Coffman (Queens University); Christina Contandriopoulos (McGill University); Heather Diack (University of Toronto); Brent Epp (University of British Columbia); Jennifer Ferng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Nicolas Gaudreau (Concordia University, Montreal); Lauren Kroiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology);(...)
January 2004 to August 2004
Doctoral Students Program 2004
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Bechtel-CCA Collection Research Grants: Peter Coffman (Queens University); Christina Contandriopoulos (McGill University); Heather Diack (University of Toronto); Brent Epp (University of British Columbia); Jennifer Ferng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Nicolas Gaudreau (Concordia University, Montreal); Lauren Kroiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology);(...)
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January 2004 to
August 2004
photographs
DR2012:0012:112:002
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Ring binder containing transparencies, related to the following projects from 1970 to 1989: - Une histoire, 1974-1977 (4 transparencies); - Fragments, 1975-1978 (1 transparency); - Streetwork, 1978 (3 transparencies); - Edifice, 1979 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Chicago construction, 1981-1983 (4 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Toronto construction, 1982 (1 transparency); - A construction in Venice, 1985-1986 (2 transparencies); - Pliny on my mind, 1983 (1 transparency); - German series 1, 1980-1983 (6 transparencies, including 3 duplicates); - German series 2, 1981-1985 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - German series 3, 1980-1990 (3 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - German series 4, 1983-1987 (3 transparencies); - From Laugier to Popova, 1985 (3 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Lethbridge construction, 1985 (5 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - CCA garden, 1987-1990 (40 transparencies, 1 negative, including 11 duplicates).
1975-1990
Photographs of various artworks from Melvin Charney's projects
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DR2012:0012:112:002
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Ring binder containing transparencies, related to the following projects from 1970 to 1989: - Une histoire, 1974-1977 (4 transparencies); - Fragments, 1975-1978 (1 transparency); - Streetwork, 1978 (3 transparencies); - Edifice, 1979 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Chicago construction, 1981-1983 (4 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Toronto construction, 1982 (1 transparency); - A construction in Venice, 1985-1986 (2 transparencies); - Pliny on my mind, 1983 (1 transparency); - German series 1, 1980-1983 (6 transparencies, including 3 duplicates); - German series 2, 1981-1985 (2 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - German series 3, 1980-1990 (3 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - German series 4, 1983-1987 (3 transparencies); - From Laugier to Popova, 1985 (3 transparencies, including 1 duplicate); - A Lethbridge construction, 1985 (5 transparencies, including 2 duplicates); - CCA garden, 1987-1990 (40 transparencies, 1 negative, including 11 duplicates).
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1975-1990
research
TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants Recipients: Amin Alsaden (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Heather Braiden (McGill University); Christina Crawford (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Ayca Koseoglu (McGill University); Whitten Overby (Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning); Dana Samuel (Concordia(...)
June 2014 to September 2014
Doctoral Students Program 2014
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TD Bank Group-CCA Collection Research Grants Recipients: Amin Alsaden (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Heather Braiden (McGill University); Christina Crawford (Harvard University, Graduate School of Design); Ayca Koseoglu (McGill University); Whitten Overby (Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning); Dana Samuel (Concordia(...)
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June 2014 to
September 2014
Dieter Appelt: The Catastrophe of Things presents images of the attic of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Fascinated by sites charged with history, German artist Dieter Appelt uses his examination of the attic to inquire into the invisible, mysterious, and indefinite forces of decay that lie beyond everyday experience. By concentrating on structural details, and by(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 April 1996 to 4 August 1996
Dieter Appelt: The Catastrophe of Things
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Dieter Appelt: The Catastrophe of Things presents images of the attic of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Fascinated by sites charged with history, German artist Dieter Appelt uses his examination of the attic to inquire into the invisible, mysterious, and indefinite forces of decay that lie beyond everyday experience. By concentrating on structural details, and by(...)
Octagonal gallery
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
Making Seed Bombs
Montréal-based artist Gina Badger shows workshop participants how to make seed-bombs – balls of dirt, clay, water, and seeds that can be used to start gardens in the city. The workshop is presented in collaboration with DARE-DARE (Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal). In conjunction with the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008),(...)
14 March 2009
Making Seed Bombs
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Montréal-based artist Gina Badger shows workshop participants how to make seed-bombs – balls of dirt, clay, water, and seeds that can be used to start gardens in the city. The workshop is presented in collaboration with DARE-DARE (Centre de diffusion d’art multidisciplinaire de Montréal). In conjunction with the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008),(...)
The exhibition Jai Tech: ÁbalosHerreros selected by Juan José Castellón examines the way the tower typology manifests distinct, strategic approaches in the architecture of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Objects presented include site plans, photomontages, models, floor plans, and photographs. The exhibition also features a selection(...)
Octagonal gallery
24 May 2015 to 12 July 2015
Jai Tech: Ábalos&Herreros selected by Juan José Castellón
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The exhibition Jai Tech: ÁbalosHerreros selected by Juan José Castellón examines the way the tower typology manifests distinct, strategic approaches in the architecture of ÁbalosHerreros, a firm that operated in Madrid from 1984 until 2008. Objects presented include site plans, photomontages, models, floor plans, and photographs. The exhibition also features a selection(...)
Octagonal gallery