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Kids Build
Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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9 December 2015 to 24 April 2016
9 December 2015 to 24 April 2016
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Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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9 December 2015 to
24 April 2016
9 December 2015 to
24 April 2016
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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exhibitions
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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(...)
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(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
19 May 1993 to 29 August 1993
19 May 1993 to 29 August 1993
Title:
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(...)
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(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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19 May 1993 to
29 August 1993
19 May 1993 to
29 August 1993
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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22 September 2011 to 8 January 2012
22 September 2011 to 8 January 2012
Title:
Modernism in Miniature: Points of View
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After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
Modernism in Miniature: Points of View
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After a period of decline, the architectural model gained new prominence when it became a popular tool for design education and practice in the early twentieth century. This revival is usually associated with the turn towards objectivity and the search for expressive means to communicate ideas in three dimensions—but how was the model transformed in the age of its(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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22 September 2011 to
8 January 2012
22 September 2011 to
8 January 2012
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
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Melvin Charney 1935–2012
Melvin Charney 1935–2012
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The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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24 October 2012 to 14 April 2013
24 October 2012 to 14 April 2013
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Melvin Charney 1935–2012
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The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
Melvin Charney 1935–2012
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The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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24 October 2012 to
14 April 2013
24 October 2012 to
14 April 2013
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
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Main galleries Keyword(s):
imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
Main galleries Keyword(s):
imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
Date:
25 October 2011 to 15 April 2012
25 October 2011 to 15 April 2012
Title:
Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture
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Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture
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Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers, and landscape architects seeking a new moral and political agenda within these concerns? Imperfect Health examines the complexity of today’s interrelated and emerging health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural and urban(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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25 October 2011 to
15 April 2012
25 October 2011 to
15 April 2012
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Main galleries Keyword(s):
imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
Main galleries Keyword(s):
imperfect health, giovanna borasi, mirko zardini, kersten geers, david van severen, office, kgdvs
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Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
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North façade
North façade
Date:
11 September 2009 to 19 October 2009
11 September 2009 to 19 October 2009
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Robert Burley: Photographic Proof
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Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
Robert Burley: Photographic Proof
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Created on the occasion of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal 2009, Canadian photographer Robert Burley’s Photographic Proof is a large-scale photographic installation on the north facade of the CCA. The mural reproduces a processed Polaroid photograph, symmetrically juxtaposing the negative and positive versions of the same image, and shows an unidentified crowd observing(...)
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exhibitions
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11 September 2009 to
19 October 2009
11 September 2009 to
19 October 2009
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North façade
North façade
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Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
20 October 2010 to 13 March 2011
20 October 2010 to 13 March 2011
Title:
Journeys: How travelling fruit, ideas and buildings rearrange our environment
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Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
Journeys: How travelling fruit, ideas and buildings rearrange our environment
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Although immigration is a dominant topic in contemporary culture, its discussion is often limited to the human experience, such as the crossing of borders and issues about national identity. Journeys takes a different perspective: how movements impact the environment. Examples range from the coconut that can drift freely on the ocean current and re-seed wherever it finds(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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20 October 2010 to
13 March 2011
20 October 2010 to
13 March 2011
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
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Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Date:
14 October 1983 to 11 December 1983
14 October 1983 to 11 December 1983
Title:
The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal
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The exhibition presents three aspects of the villas described by the Roman writer, Pliny the Younger, in the first century AD: their direct historical influence on architecture, the indirect influence they have exerted on architects as a model for study, and their impact on the classical tradition in the city of Montreal. The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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14 October 1983 to
11 December 1983
14 October 1983 to
11 December 1983
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Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
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The internet was invented as the ultimate standard; it is literally made of rules. Online content abides by some intentional and unintentional rules, and texture, smell, weight, flavour, and time are flattened together for the screen. Computers appear to instantaneously transform objects into images and meaning into information. 404 ERROR: The object is not online brings(...)
The internet was invented as the ultimate standard; it is literally made of rules. Online content abides by some intentional and unintentional rules, and texture, smell, weight, flavour, and time are flattened together for the screen. Computers appear to instantaneously transform objects into images and meaning into information. 404 ERROR: The object is not online brings(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
11 November 2010 to 6 February 2011
11 November 2010 to 6 February 2011
Title:
404 ERROR: The object is not online
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The internet was invented as the ultimate standard; it is literally made of rules. Online content abides by some intentional and unintentional rules, and texture, smell, weight, flavour, and time are flattened together for the screen. Computers appear to instantaneously transform objects into images and meaning into information. 404 ERROR: The object is not online brings(...)
404 ERROR: The object is not online
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The internet was invented as the ultimate standard; it is literally made of rules. Online content abides by some intentional and unintentional rules, and texture, smell, weight, flavour, and time are flattened together for the screen. Computers appear to instantaneously transform objects into images and meaning into information. 404 ERROR: The object is not online brings(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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11 November 2010 to
6 February 2011
11 November 2010 to
6 February 2011
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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Trois Architectes, Trois Quartiers focuses on three Montréal-based architects whose work had a strong presence in a specific area of the city during the first half of the twentieth century: Ludger Lemieux (1872–1953) in St-Henri, Ernest lsbell Barott (1884–1966) in St-Antoine on the southern and western slopes of Mount Royal, and Ernest Cormier (1885–1980) at the(...)
Trois Architectes, Trois Quartiers focuses on three Montréal-based architects whose work had a strong presence in a specific area of the city during the first half of the twentieth century: Ludger Lemieux (1872–1953) in St-Henri, Ernest lsbell Barott (1884–1966) in St-Antoine on the southern and western slopes of Mount Royal, and Ernest Cormier (1885–1980) at the(...)
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1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
Date:
20 May 1983 to 19 August 1983
20 May 1983 to 19 August 1983
Title:
Trois architectes, trois quartiers : Ludger Lemieux (St. Henri), Ernest Cormier (Cité universitaire), Ernest Isbell Barott (St. Antoine)
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Trois Architectes, Trois Quartiers focuses on three Montréal-based architects whose work had a strong presence in a specific area of the city during the first half of the twentieth century: Ludger Lemieux (1872–1953) in St-Henri, Ernest lsbell Barott (1884–1966) in St-Antoine on the southern and western slopes of Mount Royal, and Ernest Cormier (1885–1980) at the(...)
Trois architectes, trois quartiers : Ludger Lemieux (St. Henri), Ernest Cormier (Cité universitaire), Ernest Isbell Barott (St. Antoine)
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Trois Architectes, Trois Quartiers focuses on three Montréal-based architects whose work had a strong presence in a specific area of the city during the first half of the twentieth century: Ludger Lemieux (1872–1953) in St-Henri, Ernest lsbell Barott (1884–1966) in St-Antoine on the southern and western slopes of Mount Royal, and Ernest Cormier (1885–1980) at the(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
20 May 1983 to
19 August 1983
20 May 1983 to
19 August 1983
Location:
1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
1440 rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest
