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Hazen Sise fonds
AP112
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
1933-1959
Hazen Sise fonds
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AP112
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The Hazen Sise fonds contains negatives, drawings, and other documents dating from 1933 to 1959. The negatives, taken in the early 1930s, mostly depict participants of the conferences CIAM IV and CIRPAC, including Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto and Fernand Léger. The drawings document the design of Beaver Lake Pavilion, built for the City of Montréal between 1955 and 1959 as part of the redevelopment of Mount Royal Park. Le fonds Hazen Sise est composé de négatifs, dessins, et autres documents datés entre 1933 et 1959. Les négatifs, pris au début des années 30s, présentent des participants des congres IVe CIAM et CIRPAC, incluant Le Corbusier, László Moholy-Nagy, Alvar Aalto et Fernand Léger. Les dessins documentent la conception du pavillon du Lac aux Castors, construit pour la Ville de Montréal entre 1955 et 1959 dans le cadre du réaménagement du Parc du Mont-Royal.
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1933-1959
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Marcel Parizeau fonds
AP104
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
1917-1955
Marcel Parizeau fonds
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AP104
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Le Fonds Marcel Parizeau contient des documents relatifs à la formation et à la vie de professionnel de Marcel Parizeau. Il contient aussi des œuvres d'art réalisées par ce dernier. Le fonds est composé de dessins d'architecture et de meubles, de carnets de croquis, de tableaux, de manuscrits, de correspondances, ainsi que quelques autres documents.
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1917-1955
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023
In this conversation, Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University) will discuss approaches to architectural history today with Esra Akcan (Cornell University) and Mark Jarzombek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). What does it mean to write a global history of architecture now? What is the relationship between such a history and urgent contemporary concerns? During a(...)
6 April 2017
A Conversation with Kenneth Frampton: Can There Be a Global Architectural History Today?
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In this conversation, Kenneth Frampton (Columbia University) will discuss approaches to architectural history today with Esra Akcan (Cornell University) and Mark Jarzombek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). What does it mean to write a global history of architecture now? What is the relationship between such a history and urgent contemporary concerns? During a(...)
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AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
1967-1988
Public relations, marketing and collaborations
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AP022.S3.SS3
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Sub-series documents public relations, marketing activities and collaborations of the offices of Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects in Vancouver, British columbia, and Toronto, Ontario. The material was intended for media and press releases, publications, photographs and information requests, presentations, publicity and marketing brochures, and includes project descriptions, photographs and slides, magazine articles and clippings, publication drawings, galley proofs for books and a Life Magazine article on the Graham House, correspondence, and printing plates for a publicity brochure. Sub-series also documents Erickson / Massey and Arthur Erickson Architects collaboration with Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd the company of Francisco Leopoldo Kripacz (b. 8 April, 1942 - d. 3 August, 2000). Kripacz was born in Caracas, Venezuela, educated in Europe, the United States, and studied design in Vancouver and New York. He also went to the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1964. He became a resident Canadian in 1961, and a Canadian citizen in 1973. In 1964 he founded an interior design and furniture import business in Vancouver with Arthur Erickson, and opened a showroom in Montreal (550 Sherbrooke St. West), in 1965. Kripacz designed the exhibition unit in Habitat 67 (by architect Moshe Safdie) for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, and created interiors for a private clientel as well as for many of Arthur Erickson's buildings. The latter included the Helmut Eppich House and Erickson's own residence in Vancouver, the Hilborn Residence in Ontario, the Prime Minister's office and resdence in Ottawa, the UBC Faculty Club, the Macmillan Blodel Bulding, Vancouver, the Bank of Canada Headquarters in Ottawa, the Student Union Building at Queen's University, Kingston, the Provincial Law Courts in Robson Square, Vancouver, Roy Thomson Hall and the Tech Mining offices in Toronto, the Canadian Chancery in Washington, D.C., amongst others. Material related to Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd Sub-series also contains professional correspondence with Arthur Erickson Architect, financial documents of Francisco Imported Furniture Ltd, furniture design proposals, photographs and personal correspondance files of Francisco Kripacz.
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1967-1988
T pour Typographie
Feed is an independent graphic design studio founded in 1999 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin that specializes in branding, publishing and typeface design. In conjunction with the graphic design they created for the exhibition ABC: MTL, the studio invites university students to a typography drawing workshop. Each student will be assigned a letter of the alphabet and(...)
Shaughnessy House
21 February 2013, 3pm - 5pm
T pour Typographie
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Feed is an independent graphic design studio founded in 1999 by Anouk Pennel and Raphaël Daudelin that specializes in branding, publishing and typeface design. In conjunction with the graphic design they created for the exhibition ABC: MTL, the studio invites university students to a typography drawing workshop. Each student will be assigned a letter of the alphabet and(...)
Shaughnessy House
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Pierre Dionne fonds
AP006
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The Pierre Dionne fonds, 1948-1976, documents the professional career of architect Pierre Dionne. The fonds documents 467of Dionne’s architectural works: 11 student projects (ca. 1948-1952), 437 professional projects (1951-1976) and 19 miscellaneous projects (various dates). Materials in this fonds consist of 6244 drawings (including reprographic copies), 857 photographic materials, 165 slides, 5 l.m. of textual records and 6 models.
1948-1976
Pierre Dionne fonds
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AP006
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The Pierre Dionne fonds, 1948-1976, documents the professional career of architect Pierre Dionne. The fonds documents 467of Dionne’s architectural works: 11 student projects (ca. 1948-1952), 437 professional projects (1951-1976) and 19 miscellaneous projects (various dates). Materials in this fonds consist of 6244 drawings (including reprographic copies), 857 photographic materials, 165 slides, 5 l.m. of textual records and 6 models.
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1948-1976
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John Bird fonds
AP108
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
1942 - 1992
John Bird fonds
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The John Bird fonds documents the professional practice of the Westmount-based architect, and includes drawings and photographs of 24 architectural projects carried out in and around Montréal, Québec between 1954 and 1992. The fonds also contains a number of published articles that document John Bird's professional activities. Key projects that are represented include the Canadian Technical Tape Building, St. Laurent (1955-1963), Saint Gabriel's Church, Montréal (1959-1960), and Saint John Brebeuf Church, Lasalle (1962-1966). The fonds also includes numerous projects for Toronto-Dominion Bank buildings (1959-1992) as well as residential designs completed for the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (1956-1969).
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1942 - 1992
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R&Sie(n) project records
AP193
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R&Sie(n) project records, 2002-2015, document the development and design process of four projects of the firm: Water Flux (2002-2010), I’ve heard about (2004-2006), Olzweg (2006) and Une architecture des humeurs (2008-2011). The records consist of original born-digital material in addition to two models for Water Flux.
2005-2015
R&Sie(n) project records
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AP193
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R&Sie(n) project records, 2002-2015, document the development and design process of four projects of the firm: Water Flux (2002-2010), I’ve heard about (2004-2006), Olzweg (2006) and Une architecture des humeurs (2008-2011). The records consist of original born-digital material in addition to two models for Water Flux.
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2005-2015
The exhibition addresses a central and timely aspect of the work of Carlo Scarpa: its distinctive approach to contending with the layers of history that mark the fabric of a city and a building. In addressing Scarpa’s ability to weave new work into, and often out of, the disparate fragments of the old, Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History begins to unravel(...)
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26 May 1999 to 31 October 1999
Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History
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The exhibition addresses a central and timely aspect of the work of Carlo Scarpa: its distinctive approach to contending with the layers of history that mark the fabric of a city and a building. In addressing Scarpa’s ability to weave new work into, and often out of, the disparate fragments of the old, Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with History begins to unravel(...)
Main galleries