Open House for Students
On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
14 September 2023, 6pm to 9pm
Open House for Students
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On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
textual records
DR2012:0012:103:017
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's report, "Streetworks: generating public open space". Original folder inscribed in graphite: M.S.U.A. / STREETS / 2101-J-10
1974-1976
Correspondence of Melvin Charney related to project
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DR2012:0012:103:017
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File containing documents in English, including correspondence related to Melvin Charney's report, "Streetworks: generating public open space". Original folder inscribed in graphite: M.S.U.A. / STREETS / 2101-J-10
textual records
1974-1976
Wednesday Night Tours
Every Wednesday evening from 2 July to 10 September, we invite you to discover our exhibitions Oscillating Spaces, With an Acre, and Records of Protest, with a tour of our galleries organized by our public program assistants at 5pm.
2 July 2025 to 10 September 2025, 5pm
Wednesday Night Tours
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Every Wednesday evening from 2 July to 10 September, we invite you to discover our exhibitions Oscillating Spaces, With an Acre, and Records of Protest, with a tour of our galleries organized by our public program assistants at 5pm.
textual records
Correspondence
ARCH255108
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recommendations for site supervisor, a list of qualified contractors, interior design of offices, the Blue Ribbon Committee in charge of public funding, space requirements, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and letters from Barbara Vogel.
1984-1985
Correspondence
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ARCH255108
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recommendations for site supervisor, a list of qualified contractors, interior design of offices, the Blue Ribbon Committee in charge of public funding, space requirements, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and letters from Barbara Vogel.
textual records
1984-1985
Project
AP022.S1.1987.PR13
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File documents a competition entry for a central public library, consisting of a 13-storey building housing library spaces and auditorium, an atrium, winter garden, retail spaces, transportation hub and a small park, State Street and Congress Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic material, textual records.
1987-1988
Harold Washington Library Centre Competition
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AP022.S1.1987.PR13
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File documents a competition entry for a central public library, consisting of a 13-storey building housing library spaces and auditorium, an atrium, winter garden, retail spaces, transportation hub and a small park, State Street and Congress Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic material, textual records.
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1987-1988
Project
CI005.S1.1912.PR1
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N.H. Schinkel commissioned Oud to design this cinema – Oud's first public building – in 1912. Oud designed a space for the projector, within a mezzanine, and also designed a live-in second floor apartment (Taverne et al. 2001, 87). The project series includes drawings of plans and photographs of the facade for Shinkel Cinema.
1912
Schinkel Cinema, Purmerend, Netherlands (1912)
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CI005.S1.1912.PR1
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N.H. Schinkel commissioned Oud to design this cinema – Oud's first public building – in 1912. Oud designed a space for the projector, within a mezzanine, and also designed a live-in second floor apartment (Taverne et al. 2001, 87). The project series includes drawings of plans and photographs of the facade for Shinkel Cinema.
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1912
Project
AP180.S1.1996.PR01
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This project series documents Riva's unrealized proposal for the design of a small public space outside of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a historical shopping mall in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 1996. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, site plans, plans, and sections.
1996
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy (1996)
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AP180.S1.1996.PR01
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This project series documents Riva's unrealized proposal for the design of a small public space outside of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a historical shopping mall in Milan, Italy. Riva worked on this project in 1996. The project is recorded through studies and design development drawings, including exterior elevations, site plans, plans, and sections.
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1996
Project
Biltmore Hotel - restoration
AP114.S1.SS1.D15
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The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (Schultz and Weaver of New York, 1923) was acquired by Ridgway Ltd. in 1976. The entire hotel was modernized; the historic public rooms were carefully restored and the guest rooms were entirely renovated. The project features a prominent contribution by artist Jim Dine, who made 6 watercolours, 14 wall friezes, a mirror frame, a lamp base and a rug for the rooms and public spaces of the hotel.
1974 - 1984
Biltmore Hotel - restoration
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AP114.S1.SS1.D15
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The Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles (Schultz and Weaver of New York, 1923) was acquired by Ridgway Ltd. in 1976. The entire hotel was modernized; the historic public rooms were carefully restored and the guest rooms were entirely renovated. The project features a prominent contribution by artist Jim Dine, who made 6 watercolours, 14 wall friezes, a mirror frame, a lamp base and a rug for the rooms and public spaces of the hotel.
File 15
1974 - 1984
archives
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Fonds
Umberto Riva fonds
AP180
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The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
1959-2012
Umberto Riva fonds
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AP180
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The Umberto Riva fonds documents Riva’s work as an architect and designer, predominantly in Italy, between the 1960s to the early 2010s. Included are drawings related to over 80 architectural projects, furniture designs, and exhibition designs.
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1959-2012
Project
British Columbia Place
AP022.S1.1982.PR05
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File documents a mixed-use redevelopment master plan to include residentail, commercial, retail areas, public spaces and a domed stadium, on a waterfront site, False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings, photographic material, textual documents.
1982-1983
British Columbia Place
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AP022.S1.1982.PR05
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File documents a mixed-use redevelopment master plan to include residentail, commercial, retail areas, public spaces and a domed stadium, on a waterfront site, False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia. File contains design development drawings, photographic material, textual documents.
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1982-1983