Join us in Madrid for a conversation with Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros, with the participation of Ángel Borrego, Enrique Encabo, Albert Ferré (Associate Director, CCA Publications), María Auxiliadora Gálvez, and Moisés Puente. “Is there such a thing as an architecture of conversation?” ask Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros in their text “A Conversation,” published in CIRCO(...)
7 February 2017, 7pm
AP164: A Conversation with Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros
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Join us in Madrid for a conversation with Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros, with the participation of Ángel Borrego, Enrique Encabo, Albert Ferré (Associate Director, CCA Publications), María Auxiliadora Gálvez, and Moisés Puente. “Is there such a thing as an architecture of conversation?” ask Iñaki Ábalos and Juan Herreros in their text “A Conversation,” published in CIRCO(...)
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Main galleries
9 October 1991 to 12 January 1992
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Main galleries
research
Support Grants 2007
Christy Anderson, Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto Molly Nesbit, Department of Art, Vassar College Sunil Sharma, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Boston University Mark Crinson, History of Art, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester Claire Zimmerman, Department of the History of Art and Taubman College(...)
May 2007 to December 2007
Support Grants 2007
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Christy Anderson, Department of Fine Art, University of Toronto Molly Nesbit, Department of Art, Vassar College Sunil Sharma, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Boston University Mark Crinson, History of Art, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures, University of Manchester Claire Zimmerman, Department of the History of Art and Taubman College(...)
research
May 2007 to
December 2007
Starting From... Pink
Architectural engagement with colour involves its physical materiality as well as its atmospheric and psychological aspects. This hall-case display features photographs, renderings, and colour tools from the CCA collection that represent, communicate, and imagine colour for architecture—with a particular emphasis on the hue of pink. Pink is a chromatic anomaly. As a(...)
Hall cases
11 September 2009 to 17 January 2010
Starting From... Pink
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Architectural engagement with colour involves its physical materiality as well as its atmospheric and psychological aspects. This hall-case display features photographs, renderings, and colour tools from the CCA collection that represent, communicate, and imagine colour for architecture—with a particular emphasis on the hue of pink. Pink is a chromatic anomaly. As a(...)
Hall cases
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
drawings
DR1988:0436:001-060
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Hejduk was invited by the organizers of the XVII Triennale di Milano, under the direction of Pierluigi Nicolin, to submit a project for the Triennale's theme of 'Nine Projects for Nine Cities' (Shkapich, 12 Nov. 1992). This group of drawings and photocopies of preliminary sketches by Hejduk is based on the "MZ7" document, which was compiled under the direction of Giorgio Fiorese and Marsia Deimichei and includes site information and a series of photographs of the Bovisa district of Milan (Fiorese 1987, p. 41). Created by Hejduk in New York during the summer of 1986, the drawings are a combination of real and fictional architecture and figures based on the photographs of the "MZ7" document.
architecture, urban planning
1986
Bovisa: A work by John Hejduk
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DR1988:0436:001-060
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Hejduk was invited by the organizers of the XVII Triennale di Milano, under the direction of Pierluigi Nicolin, to submit a project for the Triennale's theme of 'Nine Projects for Nine Cities' (Shkapich, 12 Nov. 1992). This group of drawings and photocopies of preliminary sketches by Hejduk is based on the "MZ7" document, which was compiled under the direction of Giorgio Fiorese and Marsia Deimichei and includes site information and a series of photographs of the Bovisa district of Milan (Fiorese 1987, p. 41). Created by Hejduk in New York during the summer of 1986, the drawings are a combination of real and fictional architecture and figures based on the photographs of the "MZ7" document.
drawings
1986
architecture, urban planning
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Audio-visual materials
AP140.S2.SS7.D3
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The sub-series documents the architectural ideas, realizations and attainments of the firm of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1987. The sub-series contains film reels for the film 'Stirling', a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Saarlaendischer Rundfunk, BBC Television, and Sveriges Television AB/SVTI, released in 1987. It also contains videocassettes and audiocassettes including recordings of television and radio broadcasts featuring James Stirling and Michael Wilford, and documentary videocassettes kept by the firm.
1985-1987
Audio-visual materials
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AP140.S2.SS7.D3
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The sub-series documents the architectural ideas, realizations and attainments of the firm of James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. Material in this file was produced between 1985 and 1987. The sub-series contains film reels for the film 'Stirling', a co-production of Michael Blackwood Productions, Saarlaendischer Rundfunk, BBC Television, and Sveriges Television AB/SVTI, released in 1987. It also contains videocassettes and audiocassettes including recordings of television and radio broadcasts featuring James Stirling and Michael Wilford, and documentary videocassettes kept by the firm.
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1985-1987
Sub-series
Richard Meier (1981)
AP207.S2.SS03
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Richard Meier", curated by Pettena and presented at the Accademia delle Arte del Disegno, in Florence, in 1981. The exhibition presented the work of American contemporary architect and artist Richard Meier. The sub-series contains research material on Richard Meier, such as articles and photocopies of publications. It also contains materials related to the production of the exhibition catalogue, including descriptions of architectural projects by Richard Meier selected for the catalogue, photographs of Meier projects and reproductions of the plans for selection.
circa 1981
Richard Meier (1981)
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AP207.S2.SS03
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The sub-series documents the exhibition "Richard Meier", curated by Pettena and presented at the Accademia delle Arte del Disegno, in Florence, in 1981. The exhibition presented the work of American contemporary architect and artist Richard Meier. The sub-series contains research material on Richard Meier, such as articles and photocopies of publications. It also contains materials related to the production of the exhibition catalogue, including descriptions of architectural projects by Richard Meier selected for the catalogue, photographs of Meier projects and reproductions of the plans for selection.
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circa 1981
Project
AP164.S1.2002.D5
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The project series documents the competition entry for an architectural and landscape intervention at the eco park, located near the Rioja recycling plant for urban waste in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 149. Abalos & Herreros won the competition and began the project with their masterplan. However, the construction was completed by Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos after the dissolution of Abalos & Herreros in 2008. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, project descriptions, budgets, notes, specifications and cartographic materials.
2000-2002
Centro de reciclaje y revaloración, Logroño, Spain (2002)
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AP164.S1.2002.D5
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The project series documents the competition entry for an architectural and landscape intervention at the eco park, located near the Rioja recycling plant for urban waste in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. The firm identified this project as number 149. Abalos & Herreros won the competition and began the project with their masterplan. However, the construction was completed by Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos after the dissolution of Abalos & Herreros in 2008. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, project descriptions, budgets, notes, specifications and cartographic materials.
Project
2000-2002
Project
AP041.S1.1986.D1
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File documents Melvin Charney’s submission for a design competition commissioned by the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, Inc. Groundbreaking on Charney’s design was in November 1988, construction began in July of the following year, and the Tribute was unveiled on 30 September 1990 by the 14th Dalai Lama. Later additions include a plaque dedicated to John Peters Humphrey, and a series of plaques written in the aboriginal languages of Canada. Includes textual records, architectural drawings (elevations, sections, details), sketches, photographic materials, and artefacts.
1986-1987
The Canadian tribute to human rights, Ottawa, Ontario
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AP041.S1.1986.D1
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File documents Melvin Charney’s submission for a design competition commissioned by the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, Inc. Groundbreaking on Charney’s design was in November 1988, construction began in July of the following year, and the Tribute was unveiled on 30 September 1990 by the 14th Dalai Lama. Later additions include a plaque dedicated to John Peters Humphrey, and a series of plaques written in the aboriginal languages of Canada. Includes textual records, architectural drawings (elevations, sections, details), sketches, photographic materials, and artefacts.
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1986-1987