Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 1990 to 28 October 1990
Sighting the Université de Montréal: Photographs by Gabor Szilasi
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Twenty-two colour photographs reveal Ernest Cormier’s central pavilion of the Université de Montréal as an integral part of the Montréal urban landscape and as a complex, varied spatial experience. The exhibition originated in a commission to Gabor Szilasi by the CCA when research into the Fonds Cormier revealed a major gap in the photographic documentation of the(...)
Octagonal gallery
Learning from... Mexico City
Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 May 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Mexico City
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Arturo Ortiz Struck describes the boundaries of formal and legal building in the context of Mexico:“In order to build a critical view of the production of space and architecture in this environment, we should start from two fundamental premises. The first considers that spaces reflect who we are, and they express our cultural ways and how we unfold in everyday life. The(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
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viii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
London : Studio Vista, 1979.
How architects visualize / Tom Porter.
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viii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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London : Studio Vista, 1979.
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198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
How architects write / Tom Spector and Rebecca Damron.
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198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
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How architects get work : interviews with architects clients, and intermediaries / Godfrey Golzen.
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202 pages ; 22 cm
London : Architecture and Building Practice Design Guides, 1984.
How architects get work : interviews with architects clients, and intermediaries / Godfrey Golzen.
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202 pages ; 22 cm
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London : Architecture and Building Practice Design Guides, 1984.
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Incorporating architects : how American architecture became a practice of empire / Aaron Cayer.
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xii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025], © 2025
Incorporating architects : how American architecture became a practice of empire / Aaron Cayer.
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xii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025], © 2025
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191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
London, UK : Black Dog Pub., ©2008.
How to be a happy architect / Bauman Lyons Architects ; [essays written by Irena Bauman ; project pages written by Irena Bauman, Simon Warren, and Guy Smith].
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191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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London, UK : Black Dog Pub., ©2008.
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40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
London : [Royal Institute of British Architects], 1842.
How to observe : architecture: or questions upon various subjects connected therewith, suggested for the direction of correspondents and travellers, and for the purpose of eliciting uniformity of observation and intelligence in their communications to the Institute.
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40 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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London : [Royal Institute of British Architects], 1842.
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80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
London : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed by National Book Network, 1996.
How House : R.M. Schindler / James Steele.
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80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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London : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed by National Book Network, 1996.