Every first Sunday of the month, from 11am to 12pm, we invite you and your children to dive into the world of construction games—Kapla, Mega Bloks, Lego, and many more. Together, discover how spaces are designed, transformed, and inhabited, while drawing inspiration from the objects, models, and drawings in our Collection.
2 August 2026, 11am to 12pm
Architecture Playshop
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Every first Sunday of the month, from 11am to 12pm, we invite you and your children to dive into the world of construction games—Kapla, Mega Bloks, Lego, and many more. Together, discover how spaces are designed, transformed, and inhabited, while drawing inspiration from the objects, models, and drawings in our Collection.
PH1981:0499
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- This photograph shows the Lagoon under construction in the right foreground.
architecture
1892
View of the east entrance to the Transportation Building showing the undulating arches around the entranceway, 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
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PH1981:0499
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- This photograph shows the Lagoon under construction in the right foreground.
architecture
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.
Hall cases
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.
Hall cases
drawings
DR1987:0337
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An elevation for the construction, "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke".
1976
Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke
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DR1987:0337
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An elevation for the construction, "Les maisons de la rue Sherbrooke".
drawings
1976
ARCH285390
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Consists of 6 photos and texts mounted together on construction paper.
between 1985 and 1999
Photograph(s), Drawings and other graphic material
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ARCH285390
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Consists of 6 photos and texts mounted together on construction paper.
photographs
Ring binder with photographic materials related to the project Polideportivo los Zumacales, Simancas
ARCH269372
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Contains plans, aerial, interior and exterior views, sketches and construction.
1990
Ring binder with photographic materials related to the project Polideportivo los Zumacales, Simancas
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ARCH269372
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Contains plans, aerial, interior and exterior views, sketches and construction.
photographs
1990
photographs
ARCH266240
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View, while under construction, of the Grantley Adams International Airport.
View of the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados
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ARCH266240
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View, while under construction, of the Grantley Adams International Airport.
photographs
textual records
AP178.S1.1991.PR05.SS1.060
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Original file title: Construction du Centre Dramatique National de Montreuil
2003
Documentation for the Theater, Plano Centre Ville de Montreuil, Montreuil
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AP178.S1.1991.PR05.SS1.060
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Original file title: Construction du Centre Dramatique National de Montreuil
textual records
2003
Project
AP142.S1.D144
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File documents an executed (?) project for the construction of low cost housing in Garbagnate Milanese, Italy. The proposal called for the renovation of existing structures as well as new construction. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1991. File contains presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including an architect's report, a quantity survey, a contract document, specifications, a proposal, sketches and drawings.
1989-1991
Ristrutturazione della "Corte del Chiodo"
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AP142.S1.D144
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File documents an executed (?) project for the construction of low cost housing in Garbagnate Milanese, Italy. The proposal called for the renovation of existing structures as well as new construction. Material in this file was produced between 1989 and 1991. File contains presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including an architect's report, a quantity survey, a contract document, specifications, a proposal, sketches and drawings.
File 144
1989-1991
photographs
AP197.S1.SS1.009
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This file includes photographs of the construction of Maison de Verre
1965
Photographs of Maison de Verre
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AP197.S1.SS1.009
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This file includes photographs of the construction of Maison de Verre
photographs
1965