Join architect Umberto Riva for tea and conversation about his work and the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva.
5 November 2014 , 5:30pm
Rooms in Milan: a discussion with Umberto Riva
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Join architect Umberto Riva for tea and conversation about his work and the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva.
Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 1990 to 28 October 1990
Sighting the Université de Montréal: Photographs by Gabor Szilasi
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Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
Empire
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
PH1979:0601
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This 398 page album comprises a preface, index, 24 photographs and 1 lithographed map. It shows exterior and interior views of buildings and monuments of Bristol, England. Title page reads: A Book about Bristol; Historical, ecclesiastical, and biographical, from original research by John Taylor, Librarian of the Bristol Museum and Library. Author of "A Guide to Clifton," "Tintern Abbey and its Founders", etc. London : Houlston and Sons, Paternoster Row, Bristol: Thomas Kerslake & Co., Queen's Road; William George, 26 Park Street, 1872.
architecture
1872
A Book about Bristol; Historical, ecclesiastical, and biographical, from original research
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PH1979:0601
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This 398 page album comprises a preface, index, 24 photographs and 1 lithographed map. It shows exterior and interior views of buildings and monuments of Bristol, England. Title page reads: A Book about Bristol; Historical, ecclesiastical, and biographical, from original research by John Taylor, Librarian of the Bristol Museum and Library. Author of "A Guide to Clifton," "Tintern Abbey and its Founders", etc. London : Houlston and Sons, Paternoster Row, Bristol: Thomas Kerslake & Co., Queen's Road; William George, 26 Park Street, 1872.
1872
architecture
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Fonds
Kaiman Lee fonds
AP222
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The Kaiman Lee fonds, circa 1965 – 2006, documents the professional and academic career of Dr. Kaiman Lee. The material in the fonds also represents the publishing activities of the Environmental Design and Research Center, and the Center for Environmental Research, both based in Boston. The fonds also covers Lee’s academic pursuits as a student and lecturer. The fonds also contains computer parts related to the ARK Two computer-aided design system which Lee worked on during his time at the Boston-based firm Perry, Dean and Stewart Architects. The records within the fonds largely consists of photographic materials, publications, and artefacts.
circa 1965 - 2006
Kaiman Lee fonds
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Synopsis:
The Kaiman Lee fonds, circa 1965 – 2006, documents the professional and academic career of Dr. Kaiman Lee. The material in the fonds also represents the publishing activities of the Environmental Design and Research Center, and the Center for Environmental Research, both based in Boston. The fonds also covers Lee’s academic pursuits as a student and lecturer. The fonds also contains computer parts related to the ARK Two computer-aided design system which Lee worked on during his time at the Boston-based firm Perry, Dean and Stewart Architects. The records within the fonds largely consists of photographic materials, publications, and artefacts.
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Fonds
circa 1965 - 2006
books, photographs
PH1989:0262.02:001-045
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This album contains 45 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission in four volumes. VOL. II. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes V to XVI. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
architecture, engineering
published 1852
Album of the Great Exhibition, London, England
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PH1989:0262.02:001-045
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This album contains 45 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission in four volumes. VOL. II. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes V to XVI. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
books, photographs
published 1852
architecture, engineering
books, photographs
PH1989:0262.03:001-044
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This album contains 44 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission in four volumes. VOL. III. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes XVII to XXVIII. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
architecture, interior design, sculpture
published 1852
Album of the Great Exhibition, London, England
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PH1989:0262.03:001-044
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This album contains 44 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission in four volumes. VOL. III. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes XVII to XXVIII. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
books, photographs
published 1852
architecture, interior design, sculpture
books, photographs
PH1989:0262.01:001-005
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This album contains 5 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commision in four volumes. VOL. I. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes I to IV. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
architecture
published 1852
Album of the Great Exhibition, London, England
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PH1989:0262.01:001-005
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This album contains 5 photographs and has a presentation page : Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B. and a title page : Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commision in four volumes. VOL. I. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes I to IV. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.
books, photographs
published 1852
architecture
CCA Mellon Scholar Rahul Mehrotra speaks about his work in Mumbai and describes how he came to make several critical choices in his work in order to express the vivid pluralism of India.
5 December 2013
Rahul Mehrotra: Working in Mumbai
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CCA Mellon Scholar Rahul Mehrotra speaks about his work in Mumbai and describes how he came to make several critical choices in his work in order to express the vivid pluralism of India.
articles
Unintended Memories
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Naoya Hatakeyama, conversation, oral history
11 September 2023
Unintended Memories
Naoya Hatakeyama in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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