The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
26 September 2023, 2pm to 4pm
2023 Architecture as Public Concern Lecture: Who is the Work For?
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The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
Project
AP140.S2.SS1.D55
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for eleven luxury townhouses and apartments in Manhattan, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1978. Based on conversation with Michael Wilford (2 May 2014), attribution of project has been revised to solely Jame Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. At a yet undetermined date in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the office of James Stirling and Partner became known as James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. File documents for the Eleven Townhouses project do not allow attribution to one firm or the other. File contains design development and presentation drawings as well as photographic materials.
1978
Eleven Townhouses Competition, New York, New York, United States
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AP140.S2.SS1.D55
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for eleven luxury townhouses and apartments in Manhattan, New York, United States. Material in this file was produced in 1978. Based on conversation with Michael Wilford (2 May 2014), attribution of project has been revised to solely Jame Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates. At a yet undetermined date in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the office of James Stirling and Partner became known as James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates. File documents for the Eleven Townhouses project do not allow attribution to one firm or the other. File contains design development and presentation drawings as well as photographic materials.
File 55
1978
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Haus Immendorff
AP143.S4.D102
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File documents the unexecuted project for Haus Immendorff, Düsseldorf, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1993. File contains design development drawings, photographic material, presentation drawings, presentation panels, reference drawings, textual records, and models. Textual records include project information, program, budget, site, associates, phone conversations, drawings, correspondence from architect Steven Holl, and 4 photographs.
1993
Haus Immendorff
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AP143.S4.D102
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File documents the unexecuted project for Haus Immendorff, Düsseldorf, Germany. Material in this file was produced in 1993. File contains design development drawings, photographic material, presentation drawings, presentation panels, reference drawings, textual records, and models. Textual records include project information, program, budget, site, associates, phone conversations, drawings, correspondence from architect Steven Holl, and 4 photographs.
File 102
1993
textual records
Notes on Farnsworth house
ARCH255651
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3 envelopes: Goldsmith notes on Farnsworth house construction, notes of his conversation with Mies about the project; Farnsworth house construction photographs c. 1946-1950 by Myron Goldsmith, 1 by Mies van der Rohe; Farnsworth slides construction later, some duplicates
Notes on Farnsworth house
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ARCH255651
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3 envelopes: Goldsmith notes on Farnsworth house construction, notes of his conversation with Mies about the project; Farnsworth house construction photographs c. 1946-1950 by Myron Goldsmith, 1 by Mies van der Rohe; Farnsworth slides construction later, some duplicates
textual records
Please join us for a conversation about the independent international publisher Valiz with Guy Cools and Pascal Gielen. Focusing on contemporary art, theory, critique, design, and urban affairs, Valiz’s books offer critical reflection and interdisciplinary inspiration, often establishing a connection between cultural disciplines and socio-political questions. They(...)
27 November 2025, 7pm
Valiz with Guy Cools, Pascal Gielen, and Carolyn F. Strauss
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Please join us for a conversation about the independent international publisher Valiz with Guy Cools and Pascal Gielen. Focusing on contemporary art, theory, critique, design, and urban affairs, Valiz’s books offer critical reflection and interdisciplinary inspiration, often establishing a connection between cultural disciplines and socio-political questions. They(...)
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DR2001:0022
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13 projects are included in the box. Alteka : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals. Atocha : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, conceptual description, schedule strategy. Banyoles : documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, reference documentation. University of Cincinnaty DAAP : documents include correspondences, notes, budget. Emory: documents include notes, drawings, and documentation. The Hague: documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, and memo. Frankfurt: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, documentation. Koizumi: documents include correspondences, pamphlet, invitation, professional cards, fax transmittals. Those documents are in English and Japanese. Nunotani: documents include correspondences, drawings, fax transmittals. Granary Island Seminary Gdansk'89: documents include site photographs, documentation, site plans, slides, correspondences. Administration files: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, accounts receivable. Wexner: documents include photographs, meeting minutes, correspondences, and telephone conversation records. Knoll International: documents include leather samples, telephone conversation records, meeting minutes, correspondences.
Correspondence and other administrative records for various projects
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DR2001:0022
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13 projects are included in the box. Alteka : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals. Atocha : documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, conceptual description, schedule strategy. Banyoles : documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, reference documentation. University of Cincinnaty DAAP : documents include correspondences, notes, budget. Emory: documents include notes, drawings, and documentation. The Hague: documents include correspondences, telephone conversations, and memo. Frankfurt: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, documentation. Koizumi: documents include correspondences, pamphlet, invitation, professional cards, fax transmittals. Those documents are in English and Japanese. Nunotani: documents include correspondences, drawings, fax transmittals. Granary Island Seminary Gdansk'89: documents include site photographs, documentation, site plans, slides, correspondences. Administration files: documents include correspondences, fax transmittals, accounts receivable. Wexner: documents include photographs, meeting minutes, correspondences, and telephone conversation records. Knoll International: documents include leather samples, telephone conversation records, meeting minutes, correspondences.
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articles
Material Witness
The Lives of Documents, Photography as a Project, Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen, Susanne Kriemann, conversation, oral history, radioactive landscapes
11 March 2024
Join architect Umberto Riva for tea and conversation about his work and the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva.
5 November 2014 , 5:30pm
Rooms in Milan: a discussion with Umberto Riva
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Join architect Umberto Riva for tea and conversation about his work and the exhibition Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva.
Join us in Toronto for a conversation between writer and activist Naomi Klein and CCA Director Mirko Zardini that will address conflicted and conflicting views of what we call the “natural environment.” What role will architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, and activists play in finding ways forward in the face of the climate crisis? This conversation(...)
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto
17 October 2016, 6:30pm
What Comes After the Environment?
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Join us in Toronto for a conversation between writer and activist Naomi Klein and CCA Director Mirko Zardini that will address conflicted and conflicting views of what we call the “natural environment.” What role will architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, and activists play in finding ways forward in the face of the climate crisis? This conversation(...)
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto
How are computational optics operating in and through the built environment? How have they become so ubiquitous and taken for granted, completing the desires of fulfillment centres and the legibility that computation craves? What computational logics, imaginaries, and frameworks lie outside of their dominant modes of perception and commoditization? Join us on Thursday 17(...)
17 July 2025, 6pm
Toolkit for Today: Defying Computational Cravings
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How are computational optics operating in and through the built environment? How have they become so ubiquitous and taken for granted, completing the desires of fulfillment centres and the legibility that computation craves? What computational logics, imaginaries, and frameworks lie outside of their dominant modes of perception and commoditization? Join us on Thursday 17(...)