In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
29 November 2007
Witold Rybczynski: Green Before Green
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, Canadian architect and author Witold Rybczynski discusses the roots of Ecol House, a prototype for an autonomous dwelling for use in developing countries. The project was created in Montréal in 1972 by Ecol Operation, a group of architects and students of which he was a member that became an international point of reference for(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH256807
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16 files - offer of services, analysis and traffic planning, research, client/architect agreement, interoffice memos, soil investigations, survey and site services, joint venture agreement, fee accounts, project memos; correspondence with Imperial Oil, James A. Murray (architect), mechanical and structural engineers.
1971-1972
Offer of services, analysis and traffic planning, research, client/architect agreement, interoffice memos
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ARCH256807
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16 files - offer of services, analysis and traffic planning, research, client/architect agreement, interoffice memos, soil investigations, survey and site services, joint venture agreement, fee accounts, project memos; correspondence with Imperial Oil, James A. Murray (architect), mechanical and structural engineers.
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1971-1972
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ARCH267414
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Lettre from Pierre Jeanneret to the Superintendent of Police of Ambala, India, concerning the extension of the architects' Indian visa. Note presumably from the Superintendent of Police of Ambala, India, to the architect concerning the renewal of his Indian visa.
août 1958
Request for the extension of Piere Jeanneret's Indian visa
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ARCH267414
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Lettre from Pierre Jeanneret to the Superintendent of Police of Ambala, India, concerning the extension of the architects' Indian visa. Note presumably from the Superintendent of Police of Ambala, India, to the architect concerning the renewal of his Indian visa.
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août 1958
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AP197.S2.040
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The box consists of essays, articles, publications and clippings writtin by others that relate to architecture and various architects. Architects and subjects explored include: Vittorio Gregotti; August Perret; James Stirling; Alison and Peter Smithson; Soviet architecture; Louis Kahn; and David Chipperfield.
circa 1965-2010
Unsorted essays, articles, publications, images and clippings about architecure, various architects and related subjects
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AP197.S2.040
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The box consists of essays, articles, publications and clippings writtin by others that relate to architecture and various architects. Architects and subjects explored include: Vittorio Gregotti; August Perret; James Stirling; Alison and Peter Smithson; Soviet architecture; Louis Kahn; and David Chipperfield.
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circa 1965-2010
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2 File
ARCH41854
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10P-01: b/w (18,0 x 24,3 cm); North American Cyanamid Building, exterior view showing main facade. Photographer; Architecte-Photos, Montreal 10P-02: b/w (17,9 x 24,3 cm); North American Cyanamid Building, interior view of corridor. Photographer; Architecte-Photos, Montreal
North American Cyanamid Building
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10P-01: b/w (18,0 x 24,3 cm); North American Cyanamid Building, exterior view showing main facade. Photographer; Architecte-Photos, Montreal 10P-02: b/w (17,9 x 24,3 cm); North American Cyanamid Building, interior view of corridor. Photographer; Architecte-Photos, Montreal
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2 File
Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
3 July 2025, 6pm to 7:30pm
Common Threads: The Craft of a Woman’s Archive
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Writing women into the history of architecture requires rethinking both archival practices and historiographical approaches. In this seminar Olga Touloumi will depart from her experience collecting and cataloguing the works of architect and crocheter Christine Benglia-Bevington (1936–2020) to discuss feminist praxis in the archive. Using weaving as a historical method,(...)
Study Room, CCA
articles
Making Groundwork
Forces of Friction
6 October 2025
Forces of Friction
DR1984:1341
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- Lot numbers and the names of the architects and clients are inscribed on this site plan for Baba Villa Colony, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (see object file DR1984:1338 - 1366 for a table by J. Viloria listing lot numbers and the names of the architects and clients).
architecture, urban planning
printed March 1930
Site plan for Baba Villa Colony, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
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DR1984:1341
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- Lot numbers and the names of the architects and clients are inscribed on this site plan for Baba Villa Colony, Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (see object file DR1984:1338 - 1366 for a table by J. Viloria listing lot numbers and the names of the architects and clients).
architecture, urban planning
photographs
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27 photographie(s)
ARCH262288
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Photographies noir et blanc des panneaux de présentation des lauréats et photographies couleurs des oeuvres de Patkau Architects présentés à la Biennale de Venise (série incomplète)
Photographies noir et blanc des panneaux de présentation et photographies couleurs des oeuvres de Patkau Architects
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ARCH262288
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Photographies noir et blanc des panneaux de présentation des lauréats et photographies couleurs des oeuvres de Patkau Architects présentés à la Biennale de Venise (série incomplète)
photographs
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27 photographie(s)
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Architectural projects index
AP206.S3.050
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This index includes projects from the firm Arcon Architects and lists drawings made for each project.
circa 1980s-1990s
Architectural projects index
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AP206.S3.050
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This index includes projects from the firm Arcon Architects and lists drawings made for each project.
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circa 1980s-1990s