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AP058.S2.SS2
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
1977-1990
Other conferences and lectures
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AP058.S2.SS2
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This subseries documents Blanche Lemco van Ginkel’s involvement, participation, and attendance in various conferences and lectures, like the XIII World Congress of International Union of Architects in Mexico City, Mexico (1978), the National Endowment for the Arts, an urban design educators retreat in San Juan, Porto Rico (1981), the Colloquy on Rural Development and Design, in Washington, D.C. (1987), and the Construct Canada Conference, in Toronto, Ontario (1988). The subseries contains correspondence, brochures, agendas, reports, lists of participants, papers, programmes and scheduled activities, and notes, dating from 1977 to 1990. Among the papers, there are draughts and final versions of text entitled ‘An Education in architecture’ and ‘To Critical Risk-Quality Care’.
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1977-1990
books
Carnet de notes : Chantier Feric, réunions de chantiers et notes diverses relatives au projet
ARCH159641
entre le 21 septembre 1993 et le 11 février 1994
books
entre le 21 septembre 1993 et le 11 février 1994
textual records
textual records
1983
archives
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CD047
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The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
1963-1967
May Cutler collection on Expo 67
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CD047
Synopsis:
The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
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1963-1967
Super City
This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery
9 June 2005 to 20 November 2005
Super City
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This installation by Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland (Generation X) investigates the creative impact of the 1960s explosion of toy building kits, offering a reflection on the profound effect toys can have-not only on how children learn to perceive the world, but also in terms of the kinds of things they produce as adults. Named after Super City, a kit(...)
Octagonal gallery
drawings
ARCH256641
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2 files - "Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches" - identified and unidentified drawings mostly photocopies and some originals; Mont Royal Tower (diazotype plan and elevation), Russel House (plan), Roy Thompson Hall (plans, elevation), Canadian Chancery (plans, section, elevation), Abu Nuwas University (plan, elevations), 60 Wall Street (perspcetive sketches and photo of model), Trump Tower, Kamokogamara project (plans, area calculations), unidentified hotel, Napp Laboratories (perspectives and plans), California Plaza office tower (base perspectives, plans), correspondence and note from Barbara Shapiro; curatorial proposal and C.V. from Diana Archambald
"Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches"
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ARCH256641
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2 files - "Personal hand sketches" and "Arthur's sketches" - identified and unidentified drawings mostly photocopies and some originals; Mont Royal Tower (diazotype plan and elevation), Russel House (plan), Roy Thompson Hall (plans, elevation), Canadian Chancery (plans, section, elevation), Abu Nuwas University (plan, elevations), 60 Wall Street (perspcetive sketches and photo of model), Trump Tower, Kamokogamara project (plans, area calculations), unidentified hotel, Napp Laboratories (perspectives and plans), California Plaza office tower (base perspectives, plans), correspondence and note from Barbara Shapiro; curatorial proposal and C.V. from Diana Archambald
drawings
textual records
Correspondance
ARCH283579
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Parmi les sujets et les correspondants: Dominion Bridge Company, 1921; Examen de « Résistance des matériaux », 1921; Cie C.H. Catelli Limitée, 1921; William Lyall, 1922; Athanase David, 1922; Méderic Martin, 1922; Rosario Genest, 1922; Canadian Engineering Standards association, 1922; Paul A. Béique, 1922; Palais de Justice de Montréal, 1922; J.O. Marchand, 1922; Formulaire, Contrat pour ouvrage à exécuter, 1922 ou 1023; PQAA, Examen, Résistance des matériaux, janvier 1923; PQAA, Examen de science, Géométrie descriptive, juillet 1923; Succession Généreux, 1923; Montréal Reform Club, 1923; PQAA, Examen, Résistance des matériaux, 1924.
1921-1924
Correspondance
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ARCH283579
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Parmi les sujets et les correspondants: Dominion Bridge Company, 1921; Examen de « Résistance des matériaux », 1921; Cie C.H. Catelli Limitée, 1921; William Lyall, 1922; Athanase David, 1922; Méderic Martin, 1922; Rosario Genest, 1922; Canadian Engineering Standards association, 1922; Paul A. Béique, 1922; Palais de Justice de Montréal, 1922; J.O. Marchand, 1922; Formulaire, Contrat pour ouvrage à exécuter, 1922 ou 1023; PQAA, Examen, Résistance des matériaux, janvier 1923; PQAA, Examen de science, Géométrie descriptive, juillet 1923; Succession Généreux, 1923; Montréal Reform Club, 1923; PQAA, Examen, Résistance des matériaux, 1924.
textual records
1921-1924
articles
Nature reorganized
Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
North façade
11 September 2009 to 19 October 2009
Robert Burley: Photographic Proof
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Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
North façade
PH2018:0005:031
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:059, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of floor plan for Office Baroque, blue pen on graph paper by Gordon Matta-Clark, 1977
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PH2018:0005:031
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Gordon Matta-Clark, floor plan for Office Baroque, 1977, blue ballpoint pen on graph paper, 42 x 59.5 cm, PHCON2002:0016:059, Gordon Matta-Clark collection, Canadian Centre of Architecture, Gift of Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, © Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.