Starting From... Windows
A window can be a void, an aperture, or a glass surface. Existing at the boundary between interior and exterior, windows admit light and air and frame views. The idea of the window, combined with advances in glass as a building material, became central to architectural experimentation during the modern period. This selection from the CCA collection presents a range of(...)
Hall cases
17 June 2010 to 27 September 2010
Starting From... Windows
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A window can be a void, an aperture, or a glass surface. Existing at the boundary between interior and exterior, windows admit light and air and frame views. The idea of the window, combined with advances in glass as a building material, became central to architectural experimentation during the modern period. This selection from the CCA collection presents a range of(...)
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ARCH275247
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Détails des panneaux de contrôle des lumières, des panneaux frontaux, des commutateurs, des lumières d'urgence et d'une charte des degrés-jours.
1935 - 1938
Détails des panneaux de contrôle des lumières, des panneaux frontaux
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Détails des panneaux de contrôle des lumières, des panneaux frontaux, des commutateurs, des lumières d'urgence et d'une charte des degrés-jours.
drawings
1935 - 1938
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow presents a Mellon Lecture on his concept of Architectural Behavior, which investigates the physical responses to natural elements such as light, air, heat, wind, water, human behavior related to custom, and the way in which buildings relate to the city and their surroundings.
7 March 2013
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto: Architecture Behaviorology
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Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelier Bow-Wow presents a Mellon Lecture on his concept of Architectural Behavior, which investigates the physical responses to natural elements such as light, air, heat, wind, water, human behavior related to custom, and the way in which buildings relate to the city and their surroundings.
On the occasion of Phyllis Lambert’s ninetieth birthday, this exhibition offers an autobiographical glimpse into the evolution of the CCA founder’s ideas and her work as an architect, activist, editor, and curator. Highlighting her deep commitment to the city and to intellectual research, this display of archival material from the CCA’s collection, institutional archives,(...)
Hall cases
18 January 2017 to 11 June 2017
Phyllis Lambert: 75 Years At Work
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On the occasion of Phyllis Lambert’s ninetieth birthday, this exhibition offers an autobiographical glimpse into the evolution of the CCA founder’s ideas and her work as an architect, activist, editor, and curator. Highlighting her deep commitment to the city and to intellectual research, this display of archival material from the CCA’s collection, institutional archives,(...)
Hall cases
During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
Hall cases
13 April 2011 to 18 September 2011
A Paper War: Pictures and words, 1939-1945
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During the Second World War, exhibitions and publications played a critical role in the war effort. They were organized internationally as moments of reflection and propaganda, productions of a disciplinary approach to architecture and urban design. This display springs from Jean-Louis Cohen’s research for Architecture in Uniform: Designing and Building for the Second(...)
Hall cases
drawings
ARCH274298
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Schéma de l'électricité et de la tuyauterie. Détails du panneau de contrôle du câblage et de l'arrangement pour les lumières 120 volts.
1955
Schéma de l'électricité et de la tuyauterie
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Schéma de l'électricité et de la tuyauterie. Détails du panneau de contrôle du câblage et de l'arrangement pour les lumières 120 volts.
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1955
drawings
ARCH274395
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Dessins préliminaires des circuits électriques des lumières. Plans, élévations et coupes pour le bâtiment principal et la chaufferie.
1948 - 1949
Dessins préliminaires des circuits électriques des lumières
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Dessins préliminaires des circuits électriques des lumières. Plans, élévations et coupes pour le bâtiment principal et la chaufferie.
drawings
1948 - 1949
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
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Détails de la grande chapelle : coupes, élévations, vitraux et arcades. Détails des échelles intérieures pour accéder aux lumières de balisage.
circa 1940
Détails de la grande chapelle
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Détails de la grande chapelle : coupes, élévations, vitraux et arcades. Détails des échelles intérieures pour accéder aux lumières de balisage.
drawings
circa 1940
This exhibition features Italian photographer Guido Guidis photographs of the Brion family mausoleum in Italy, considered to be architect Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece. The artist’s 54 colour photographs reveal the beauty of the funerary complex, its clean architectural lines, and the poetic nature of Scarpa’s work. By concentrating on particular architectural features,(...)
Octagonal gallery
11 September 2009 to 10 January 2010
Carlo Scarpa's Tomba Brion: Photographs by Guido Guidi, 1997-2007
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This exhibition features Italian photographer Guido Guidis photographs of the Brion family mausoleum in Italy, considered to be architect Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece. The artist’s 54 colour photographs reveal the beauty of the funerary complex, its clean architectural lines, and the poetic nature of Scarpa’s work. By concentrating on particular architectural features,(...)
Octagonal gallery