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DR2004:1450
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Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
1970-1998
Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook
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DR2004:1450
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Mag box cont. File 'X15/CP/AJ', 'X15 drafts' Bound notebook, Mag box file 'X15 Roy Landau', File X15 (AA), File X15 (exhibition? AA/CP Works II), File 'X15' Originals for 'A Summertime Breeze' homemade publication by CP, Binder X15 (1991-93), Binder 'X15 / 1993-1998', File X15 'Reclamation 88: International Conference / Exhibition on the role of land reclamation in economic regeneration' CP Design, in Organising Committee, 'CP/AJ Special Issue', File 'X15 Canada / 4.11.97'
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1970-1998
This Thursday at the CCA, in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics, 2010-2011 James Stirling Memorial Lecturer on the City Gerald Frug speaks on the design of urban governance systems and its effects on the work of urbanists and architects. Click here for the Facebook event.
21 October 2010
Gerald Frug: The Architecture of Governance
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This Thursday at the CCA, in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics, 2010-2011 James Stirling Memorial Lecturer on the City Gerald Frug speaks on the design of urban governance systems and its effects on the work of urbanists and architects. Click here for the Facebook event.
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AP206.S2.003
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.002, AP206.S2.004 and AP206.S2.005. This file includes the following papers: “Education of an Architect bearing in mind the Economic, Cultural, and Technical needs of the Country,” 1970 "Architecture as a Career," 1970 "Introduction to the Exhibition of Theatre Architecture," speech delivered in 1961 “Presidential Address on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the Exhibition of International Modern Architecture Organised by the DPAA,” speech “On behalf of the Modern Architects Club," speech “Coordination of Works in Chandigarh” “The City Beautiful,” 1958
1949-1974
Published and unpublished papers (folder 2 of 4)
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AP206.S2.003
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File was originally housed in a binder along with content arranged in AP206.S2.002, AP206.S2.004 and AP206.S2.005. This file includes the following papers: “Education of an Architect bearing in mind the Economic, Cultural, and Technical needs of the Country,” 1970 "Architecture as a Career," 1970 "Introduction to the Exhibition of Theatre Architecture," speech delivered in 1961 “Presidential Address on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the Exhibition of International Modern Architecture Organised by the DPAA,” speech “On behalf of the Modern Architects Club," speech “Coordination of Works in Chandigarh” “The City Beautiful,” 1958
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1949-1974
ARCH256020
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Right row (bottom to the top): Cuban Pavilion = Pavilion of Cuba; Pavilion of Economic Progress; Chatelaine House; Africa Place; Thailand Pavilion = Thai Pavilion; Canadian Pulp and Paper Pavilion; Canadian Pacific-Cominco Pavilion. Middle right row (bottom to the top): - CN Pavilion = C.N.R. Pavilion = Canadian National Pavilion; - Kodak Pavilion = Canadian Kodak Pavilion; - Africa Place; - Steel Pavilion. Middle left row (bottom to the top): - Czechoslovak National Pavilion = Pavilion of Czechoslovakia; - Venezuelan Pavilion = Pavilion of Venezuela; - Pavilion of Ethiopia = Ethiopian Pavilion; - Pavilion of the Soviet Union = USSR Pavilion. Left-row (bottom to the top): Sainte Hélène Island: - Pavilion of the United States = American Pavilion = USA Pavilion.
1967
Partial view of the Île Notre-Dame site, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH256020
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Right row (bottom to the top): Cuban Pavilion = Pavilion of Cuba; Pavilion of Economic Progress; Chatelaine House; Africa Place; Thailand Pavilion = Thai Pavilion; Canadian Pulp and Paper Pavilion; Canadian Pacific-Cominco Pavilion. Middle right row (bottom to the top): - CN Pavilion = C.N.R. Pavilion = Canadian National Pavilion; - Kodak Pavilion = Canadian Kodak Pavilion; - Africa Place; - Steel Pavilion. Middle left row (bottom to the top): - Czechoslovak National Pavilion = Pavilion of Czechoslovakia; - Venezuelan Pavilion = Pavilion of Venezuela; - Pavilion of Ethiopia = Ethiopian Pavilion; - Pavilion of the Soviet Union = USSR Pavilion. Left-row (bottom to the top): Sainte Hélène Island: - Pavilion of the United States = American Pavilion = USA Pavilion.
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AP056.S1.1988.PR04
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This project series documents the first scheme and final design of The Design Exchange in Toronto from 1988-1994. The office identified the project numbers as 8801 for the first scheme and 9231 for the final design. Although two project numbers were used, materials for each project cannot be clearly separated. This project consisted of the renovation, restauration and expansion of the old Toronto Stock Exchange building, located at the base of the Ernst Young Tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre. The Design Exchange (D/X) was a new cultural institution, dedicated to the economic and cultural promotion of design in the country through exhibits, lectures, banquets, trade shows and other events. With Shirley Blumberg as the partner-in-charge, the art deco style trading floor was restored as an open event space, with the original Charles Comfort murals retained. In order to create harmony between the art deco building and the neo-modernist renovations, bold, linear architectural elements such as stairs, walls, screens and bridges were reiterated throughout the design. A staircase from the trading floor led to an overlooking bridge and created a connection between the trading floor, trading gallery and resource centre. Other areas of the 40,000 square foot building included an exhibit space, café, member's lounge, retail store, seminar rooms and administrative offices. Coloured planes of cobalt blue, chartreuse and ochre were set against a material palette of red oak, cherry, limestone, glass and stainless steel. The project is recorded through drawings and photographs dating from 1988-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include a large amount of sketches. Also included are plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and drawings for custom furnishings. The photographs show the completed interiors of the building.
1988-1994
The Design Exchange, Toronto (1988-1994)
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AP056.S1.1988.PR04
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This project series documents the first scheme and final design of The Design Exchange in Toronto from 1988-1994. The office identified the project numbers as 8801 for the first scheme and 9231 for the final design. Although two project numbers were used, materials for each project cannot be clearly separated. This project consisted of the renovation, restauration and expansion of the old Toronto Stock Exchange building, located at the base of the Ernst Young Tower in the Toronto Dominion Centre. The Design Exchange (D/X) was a new cultural institution, dedicated to the economic and cultural promotion of design in the country through exhibits, lectures, banquets, trade shows and other events. With Shirley Blumberg as the partner-in-charge, the art deco style trading floor was restored as an open event space, with the original Charles Comfort murals retained. In order to create harmony between the art deco building and the neo-modernist renovations, bold, linear architectural elements such as stairs, walls, screens and bridges were reiterated throughout the design. A staircase from the trading floor led to an overlooking bridge and created a connection between the trading floor, trading gallery and resource centre. Other areas of the 40,000 square foot building included an exhibit space, café, member's lounge, retail store, seminar rooms and administrative offices. Coloured planes of cobalt blue, chartreuse and ochre were set against a material palette of red oak, cherry, limestone, glass and stainless steel. The project is recorded through drawings and photographs dating from 1988-1994. The drawings are mostly originals and include a large amount of sketches. Also included are plans, elevations, sections, perspectives, details and drawings for custom furnishings. The photographs show the completed interiors of the building.
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1988-1994
Starting From... The Suburbs
We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Hall cases
16 February 2012 to 10 June 2012
Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Hall cases
Technological advances as well as the general social, political, and economic climate have always been of great interest to architects. Toys and the Modernist Tradition examines at how toy manufacturers responded to the exciting and rapidly changing ideas of modern architects. Many of the exhibited toys were designed by leading architects of the modern movement, including(...)
Toys and the Modernist Tradition
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Technological advances as well as the general social, political, and economic climate have always been of great interest to architects. Toys and the Modernist Tradition examines at how toy manufacturers responded to the exciting and rapidly changing ideas of modern architects. Many of the exhibited toys were designed by leading architects of the modern movement, including(...)
articles
The Modernizing Beat
The Modernizing Beat
Dele Adeyemo rereads the production of space of a modernizing Ghana through highlife
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
8 September 1992 to 28 February 1993
Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal
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*Opening the Gates of Eighteenth-Century Montréal* explores the development of the city during the eighteenth century, when Montréal was a fortified town. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to consider the building of the eighteenth-century military and commercial town, the nucleus from which Montréal grew. The product of nearly fifteen years of research and(...)
Main galleries
Learning from... Madrid
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
4 December 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Madrid
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In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre