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Take Note
Take Note presents selected pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship between writing and architecture. This exhibition is the fifth in a series of CCA exhibitions developed in collaboration with universities. Curated by Sylvia Lavin, University of California, Los Angeles.
Octagonal gallery
4 February 2010 to 30 May 2010
Take Note
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Take Note presents selected pivotal moments in the ongoing relationship between writing and architecture. This exhibition is the fifth in a series of CCA exhibitions developed in collaboration with universities. Curated by Sylvia Lavin, University of California, Los Angeles.
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The Emerging Curator Residency Program offers the opportunity to propose and curate a project at the CCA related to contemporary debates in architecture, urban issues, landscape design, and cultural and social dynamics while doing a residency at the CCA.
Emerging Curator Residency Program
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The Emerging Curator Residency Program offers the opportunity to propose and curate a project at the CCA related to contemporary debates in architecture, urban issues, landscape design, and cultural and social dynamics while doing a residency at the CCA.
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Canadian Megaform
The documents in this hall case display refer to seven Canadian projects as a way to exemplify the concept of megaform through the work of Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Harold Ship, Ray Affleck, and Victor Prus, among others. Curated by Maristella Casciato, CCA. {: .info }
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10 September 2014 to 6 April 2015
Canadian Megaform
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The documents in this hall case display refer to seven Canadian projects as a way to exemplify the concept of megaform through the work of Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Harold Ship, Ray Affleck, and Victor Prus, among others. Curated by Maristella Casciato, CCA. {: .info }
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Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
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7 May 1989 to 15 August 1989
Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal
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Hochelaga Depicta: Documenting Montréal traces the urban and architectural development of Montreal since its founding in 1642. Engravings of different scenes of Montreal, guide books, postcards, and other documents from the CCA collection present this history. Curated by Joshua Wolfe, Héritage Montréal, and Helen Malkin, CCA.
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
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25 January 1995 to 4 June 1995
Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839-1870
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
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Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson presents recent work by the documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano on the villas conceived by Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) in the Veneto region and the buildings designed by the American president and architect Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). Curated by Guido Beltramini, Palladio Museum. Co-organized with the(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 October 2014 to 15 February 2015
Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson
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Found in Translation: Palladio – Jefferson presents recent work by the documentary and architecture photographer Filippo Romano on the villas conceived by Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) in the Veneto region and the buildings designed by the American president and architect Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). Curated by Guido Beltramini, Palladio Museum. Co-organized with the(...)
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The Mound of Vendôme
The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 June 2014 to 28 September 2014
The Mound of Vendôme
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The mound of Vendôme is a seemingly simple yet provocative artifact: an earthwork that became a central part of a radical attempt to transform urban iconography during the two-month rule of the Paris Commune in 1871. This exhibition and research project recalls this lost structure and calls for its contemporary reconstruction and historicization. Curated by David Gissen,(...)
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Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780), architect of the Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, later named Le Panthéon, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Neo-Classical movement in architecture. The exhibition presents a selection of original drawings and rare books, which illustrates some of the major movements in French art and architecture that occurred during(...)
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11 October 1989 to 31 December 1989
French Architecture in the Age of Jacques-Germain Soufflot
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Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780), architect of the Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, later named Le Panthéon, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Neo-Classical movement in architecture. The exhibition presents a selection of original drawings and rare books, which illustrates some of the major movements in French art and architecture that occurred during(...)
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First, the Forests
*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
Octagonal gallery
4 October 2012 to 6 January 2013
First, the Forests
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*First, the Forests* examines some unexplored relationships between forestry, planning, and design. Reframing forestry as an activity that creates highly designed environments with unprecedented scale, ambition and precision, the exhibition proposes an expanded understanding of the connections between natural resources, production processes, and designed form. Curated(...)
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