A look at Louis Kahn’s graphic work shows that his search for abstract monumentality, which culminated in his works of the 1960s, began decades earlier in his abundant drawings, travel sketches, and landscapes. The studies, travel sketches, and landscapes shown in the exhibition—such as Kahns intimate landscapes from Gaspé, where he regularly vacationed during the 1930s(...)
Octagonal gallery
19 May 1993 to 29 August 1993
An Architectural Odyssey: The Travel Sketches of Louis I. Kahn
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A look at Louis Kahn’s graphic work shows that his search for abstract monumentality, which culminated in his works of the 1960s, began decades earlier in his abundant drawings, travel sketches, and landscapes. The studies, travel sketches, and landscapes shown in the exhibition—such as Kahns intimate landscapes from Gaspé, where he regularly vacationed during the 1930s(...)
Octagonal gallery
ARCH288521
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Dessin no. 99.P.7
ca. 1988-2000
Drawing and sketches for Reconstrução do Chiado, Lisbon
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Dessin no. 99.P.7
Learning from... Ordos
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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ARCH276555
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Dessins préliminaires et grilles de calcul.
1938
Détails d'un bureau de médecin
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Dessins préliminaires et grilles de calcul.
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1938
drawings
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Dessin d'exécution no. 3.016E
29 juillet 1929
Édifice Price, Québec (1928-1930) : Élévation de la façade principale / Price Building, Québec (1928-1930): Elevation of the main façade
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Dessin d'exécution no. 3.016E
drawings
29 juillet 1929
photographs
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3 album(s)
Vues intérieures et extérieures de l'école, avec une note descriptive et photocopies de dessins
ARCH208577
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comprend 5 photocopies de dessins
Vues intérieures et extérieures de l'école, avec une note descriptive et photocopies de dessins
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comprend 5 photocopies de dessins
photographs
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3 album(s)
drawings
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8 dessin(s)
ARCH209682
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6 dessins et 2 reproductions
1963
Palais de justice de Montréal, dessins et reproductions
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6 dessins et 2 reproductions
drawings
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8 dessin(s)
1963
drawings
Détails d'exécution
ARCH259377
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Comprend aussi des dessins d'atelier.
1925-1927
drawings
1925-1927
drawings
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Dessin d'exécution no. 3.016E
29 juillet 1929
Édifice Price, Québec (1928-1930) : Élévation de la façade principale / Price Building, Québec (1928-1930): Elevation of the main façade
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Dessin d'exécution no. 3.016E
drawings
29 juillet 1929
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Take a Closer Look
The CCA’s collection of prints and drawings reveal ideas of architecture, the thinking process of architects, and the context they worked in.
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The CCA’s collection of prints and drawings reveal ideas of architecture, the thinking process of architects, and the context they worked in.
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