Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
7 May 1989 to 7 August 1989
Architecture and Its Image
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Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
Mirrors / Miroirs
Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
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22 June 2017 to 14 January 2018
Mirrors / Miroirs
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Mirrors/ Miroirs is conceived through an indirect dialogue with the exhibition Besides, History: Go Hasegawa, Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, a project rooted in the shared references and resonances between the work of two contemporary practices in the presence of history. If Besides, History is premised on impressions of one office’s work registered through(...)
Hall cases
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ARCH203944
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Contient : - Soulie, Jean-Paul. "La vie noctune de Montréal trouvera un nouveau cadre dans le complexe Desjardins" (La Presse, 24 mars 1973) ; - "Dévoilement de la maquette de l'hôtel Méridien-Montréal" ([vers 1974]); - "Un hôtel à saveur québécoise" ([vers 1974]) ; - "A search for perfection - in project big..." (The Montreal Star, 17 août 1974) ; - Marsan, Jean-Claude. "Le Complexe Desjardins -2 : La première véritable place" (Le Devoir, 20 mars 1976) ; - "Pour fêter l'ouverture du Complexe" (La Presse, 25 mars 1976) : présentation du programme des activités socioculturelles marquant l'ouverture du Complexe, 3 au 18 avril 1976) ; - Nadeau, Michel. "Le Complexe Desjardins aura coûté deux fois plus que prévu : $206 millions" (Le Devoir, 2 avril 1976) ; - "Alfred Rouleau : Briser la frontière entre l'est et l'ouest" (La Presse, 5 avril 1976) ; - Ryan, Claude. "Le complexe Desjardins, et après" (Le Devoir, 5 avril 1976) ; - Ensemble! Journal d'information coopérative, 22 avril 1976 (numéro entièrement consacré au Complexe Desjardins peu après son inauguration) ; - "Le Complexe Desjardins", supplément, (Le Devoir, 14 mai 1976) ; - London, Mark. "Lessons to learn in giant Complexe" (The Montreal Star, 12 mars 1977) ; - Pomerantz, Richard. "Not all city plazas meet expectations" (The Montreal Star, 18 août 1979) ; - "Début des travaux au Palais des congrès" (Le Devoir, 19 octobre 1979) [Photographie avec le Complexe Desjardins en arrière-plan] ; - Beaudry, Pierre. "Le plus beau miracle du frère André" (Le Devoir, 13 novembre 1985) ; - Bonhomme, Jean-Pierre. "Après dix années, le Complexe Desjardins se porte très bien" (La Presse, 12 avril 1986) ; - Turcotte, Claude. "La coopération au milieu de la tourmente" (Le Devoir, 9-10 mars 1996) ; - Turcotte, Claude. "Tout commence à Lévis" (Le Devoir, 18-19 mars 2000) ; - Beaudry, Pierre. "Lettre ouverte au maire de Montréal (II)" (Le Devoir. n.d.) ; - Ouellet, Jean. "Le complexe de la place" (Source non identifiée, n.d.).
1973-2000
Coupures de journaux et cahiers spéciaux, Complexe Desjardins, Montréal, Québec
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Contient : - Soulie, Jean-Paul. "La vie noctune de Montréal trouvera un nouveau cadre dans le complexe Desjardins" (La Presse, 24 mars 1973) ; - "Dévoilement de la maquette de l'hôtel Méridien-Montréal" ([vers 1974]); - "Un hôtel à saveur québécoise" ([vers 1974]) ; - "A search for perfection - in project big..." (The Montreal Star, 17 août 1974) ; - Marsan, Jean-Claude. "Le Complexe Desjardins -2 : La première véritable place" (Le Devoir, 20 mars 1976) ; - "Pour fêter l'ouverture du Complexe" (La Presse, 25 mars 1976) : présentation du programme des activités socioculturelles marquant l'ouverture du Complexe, 3 au 18 avril 1976) ; - Nadeau, Michel. "Le Complexe Desjardins aura coûté deux fois plus que prévu : $206 millions" (Le Devoir, 2 avril 1976) ; - "Alfred Rouleau : Briser la frontière entre l'est et l'ouest" (La Presse, 5 avril 1976) ; - Ryan, Claude. "Le complexe Desjardins, et après" (Le Devoir, 5 avril 1976) ; - Ensemble! Journal d'information coopérative, 22 avril 1976 (numéro entièrement consacré au Complexe Desjardins peu après son inauguration) ; - "Le Complexe Desjardins", supplément, (Le Devoir, 14 mai 1976) ; - London, Mark. "Lessons to learn in giant Complexe" (The Montreal Star, 12 mars 1977) ; - Pomerantz, Richard. "Not all city plazas meet expectations" (The Montreal Star, 18 août 1979) ; - "Début des travaux au Palais des congrès" (Le Devoir, 19 octobre 1979) [Photographie avec le Complexe Desjardins en arrière-plan] ; - Beaudry, Pierre. "Le plus beau miracle du frère André" (Le Devoir, 13 novembre 1985) ; - Bonhomme, Jean-Pierre. "Après dix années, le Complexe Desjardins se porte très bien" (La Presse, 12 avril 1986) ; - Turcotte, Claude. "La coopération au milieu de la tourmente" (Le Devoir, 9-10 mars 1996) ; - Turcotte, Claude. "Tout commence à Lévis" (Le Devoir, 18-19 mars 2000) ; - Beaudry, Pierre. "Lettre ouverte au maire de Montréal (II)" (Le Devoir. n.d.) ; - Ouellet, Jean. "Le complexe de la place" (Source non identifiée, n.d.).
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1973-2000
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(...)
For the third and last installment in this series, Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen of Pezo von Ellrichshausen explore domestic monumentality in Williamss work. The exhibition presents technical drawings of monumental elements incorporated in two key projects—Casa Sobre el Arroyo [House on the river] and Casa Demarás [Desmarás house]—alongside an array of(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Amancio Williams, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Buenos Aires, Out of the box, Argentina, Casa sobre el arroyo, Casa Desmarás, bridge house
22 February 2024 to 19 May 2024
Domestic Monument: Amancio Williams selected by Pezo von Ellrichshausen
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For the third and last installment in this series, Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen of Pezo von Ellrichshausen explore domestic monumentality in Williamss work. The exhibition presents technical drawings of monumental elements incorporated in two key projects—Casa Sobre el Arroyo [House on the river] and Casa Demarás [Desmarás house]—alongside an array of(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
Amancio Williams, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Buenos Aires, Out of the box, Argentina, Casa sobre el arroyo, Casa Desmarás, bridge house
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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Hal Ingberg fonds
AP120
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Le fonds documente les activités professionnels de l'architecte Hal Ingberg (b. 1960). Il contient des dessins, des photographies, des esquisses, des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des documents textuels qui comprend une sélection de projets développés ou réalisés entre 1991 et 2002.
1991-2002
Hal Ingberg fonds
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Le fonds documente les activités professionnels de l'architecte Hal Ingberg (b. 1960). Il contient des dessins, des photographies, des esquisses, des panneaux de présentation, ainsi que des documents textuels qui comprend une sélection de projets développés ou réalisés entre 1991 et 2002.
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1991-2002
Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
7 December 2023, 6:30pm
Documents of Displacement III
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Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
Learning from... Hong Kong
Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
3 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Hong Kong
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Self-built settlements on the roofs of high-rise buildings have been an integral part of Hong Kong’s history for over half a century. Rooftop structures range from basic shelters for the disadvantaged to intricate multi-storey constructions equipped with the amenities of modern life. Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham use the tools of an architect and a photographer to document(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases