PH2016:0090
26 October 1957
Seagram building under construction, 375 Park avenue, New York, N.Y., west view
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PH2016:0098
27 January 1958
Seagram building under construction, 375 Park avenue, New York, N.Y., 53rd street entrance
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PH2016:0099
27 January 1958
Seagram building under construction, 375 Park avenue, New York, N.Y., garage entrance
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This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
August 2014
Misleading Innocence (tracing what a bridge can do)
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This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent(...)
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DR2012:0012:083:004
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Ring binder containing slides relating primarily to the following projects: - Parable no. 26 1995-1996 (3 slides, including 1 duplicate); - Fathers and sons 1996 (12 slides; 5 additional slides appear to be part of this series); - The American city 1996-1999 (33 slides; one slide appears to be a duplicate; two slides have adhesive tape affixed to them); - Cities on the run 1996-1997 (125 slides; includes painted photographs and sculptures; 33 additional slides appear to be part of this series); - L'Enfer de non-lieu 1996-1997 (31 slides; 21 slides appear to be duplicates); - RE: Visions of the temple 1996-1998 (17 slides); - One fit sizes all 1999-2002 (8 slides; two slides have adhesive tape affixed to them); - Cities on the move 2003-2005 (11 slides; 5 additional slides appear to be part of this series). Spine includes a label, imprinted: MC ARTWORK / 1990-1999 / 2
1995-2006
Slides of Melvin Charney's artworks
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DR2012:0012:083:004
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Ring binder containing slides relating primarily to the following projects: - Parable no. 26 1995-1996 (3 slides, including 1 duplicate); - Fathers and sons 1996 (12 slides; 5 additional slides appear to be part of this series); - The American city 1996-1999 (33 slides; one slide appears to be a duplicate; two slides have adhesive tape affixed to them); - Cities on the run 1996-1997 (125 slides; includes painted photographs and sculptures; 33 additional slides appear to be part of this series); - L'Enfer de non-lieu 1996-1997 (31 slides; 21 slides appear to be duplicates); - RE: Visions of the temple 1996-1998 (17 slides); - One fit sizes all 1999-2002 (8 slides; two slides have adhesive tape affixed to them); - Cities on the move 2003-2005 (11 slides; 5 additional slides appear to be part of this series). Spine includes a label, imprinted: MC ARTWORK / 1990-1999 / 2
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1995-2006
Sense of the City
Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
26 October 2005 to 10 September 2006
Sense of the City
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Sense of the City explores urban phenomena and perceptions of the city which have traditionally been ignored, repressed, or maligned. Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition proposes a re-thinking of latent qualities of the city, offering complex analyses of the comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban(...)
Main galleries
Amid education reform in American schools of architecture in the 1970s, Kenneth Frampton was integral in transforming the curriculum of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning. In particular, he designed and taught what became three core courses: the theory seminar “Comparative Critical Analysis,” the history lectures “Thresholds of Modern(...)
31 May 2017 to 24 September 2017
Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton
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Amid education reform in American schools of architecture in the 1970s, Kenneth Frampton was integral in transforming the curriculum of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning. In particular, he designed and taught what became three core courses: the theory seminar “Comparative Critical Analysis,” the history lectures “Thresholds of Modern(...)
2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
7 July 2016, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
Thirty-two Italian photographers honour Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director and Chair of the CCA, on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. The exhibition reflects the concerns of Italian photographers since the 1970s and provides an overview of contemporary Italian photographic culture. Included are photographers Andrea Abati, Cesare Ballardini, Marina Ballo Charmet,(...)
Octagonal gallery
21 April 1999 to 26 September 1999
32 Italian Photographers: A Tribute to Phyllis Lambert
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Thirty-two Italian photographers honour Phyllis Lambert, Founding Director and Chair of the CCA, on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. The exhibition reflects the concerns of Italian photographers since the 1970s and provides an overview of contemporary Italian photographic culture. Included are photographers Andrea Abati, Cesare Ballardini, Marina Ballo Charmet,(...)
Octagonal gallery
Learning from... Montréal
Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
2 May 2013 , 7pm
Learning from... Montréal
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Lance Blomgren uses his 2009 book Walkups—a novella set entirely within Montréal’s row house apartment buildings—as a springboard for an analysis of the discursive plane of fictional architecture. Looking at works by John Hejduk, Ilya Kabakov, Alice Aycock and others, Blomgren argues that contemporary modes of speculative architecture offer a vital, if ethically fraught,(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre