Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
11 October 1995 to 4 February 1996
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction
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Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
When the Canadian Centre for Architecture building was conceived and designed as an addition to the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House, it also became an addition to the CCA’s extensive collection. Accordingly, the inaugural exhibitions in the new building in 1989 included a display on the Building and Gardens. The CCA, which plays an influential role in furthering(...)
Hall cases
22 April 2015 to 30 November 2015
The CCA in Photographs, 1987–2015
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When the Canadian Centre for Architecture building was conceived and designed as an addition to the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House, it also became an addition to the CCA’s extensive collection. Accordingly, the inaugural exhibitions in the new building in 1989 included a display on the Building and Gardens. The CCA, which plays an influential role in furthering(...)
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Journeys and translation
In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
9 June 2016, 6pm
Amy Kulper: Architecture’s Digital Turn and the Advent of Photoshop
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In this lecture, Amy Kulper locates architecture’s “digital turn” in 1988, when Thomas Knoll invented Photoshop. Originally developed as an image-editing software, Photoshop fit neatly within the long history of optical correction in the discipline. Yet its ubiquity today also prompts new questions. Does Photoshop simply introduce logics of adjustment, correction, and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
DR1984:0509
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- A legend at the bottom of the drawing indicates that solid lines represent houses (WONINGEN), single hatching represents shop/houses (WINKELWONINGEN), and cross-hatching represents administration and fire station buildings (ADMINISTRATIE EN BRANDSPUITHUISJE).
architecture
printed 1922-1923
Site plan, floor, roof and framing plans, sections, and elevations for Oud-Mathenesse Housing Estate, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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DR1984:0509
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- A legend at the bottom of the drawing indicates that solid lines represent houses (WONINGEN), single hatching represents shop/houses (WINKELWONINGEN), and cross-hatching represents administration and fire station buildings (ADMINISTRATIE EN BRANDSPUITHUISJE).
architecture
DR1984:0510
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- A legend at the bottom of this drawing indicates that solid lines represent houses (WONINGEN), single hatching represents shop/houses (WINKELWONINGEN), and cross-hatching represents administration and fire station buildings (ADMINISTRATIE EN BRANDSPUITHUISJE).
architecture
printed 1922-1923
Site plan, floor, roof, and framing plans, sections and elevations for Oud-Mathenesse Housing Estate, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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DR1984:0510
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- A legend at the bottom of this drawing indicates that solid lines represent houses (WONINGEN), single hatching represents shop/houses (WINKELWONINGEN), and cross-hatching represents administration and fire station buildings (ADMINISTRATIE EN BRANDSPUITHUISJE).
architecture
Starting from... People
One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
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5 October 2011 to 22 January 2012
Starting from... People
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One of the markers of modernity from the eighteenth century onwards is the emergence of “the people” as a respected political entity. In response, architects have advocated for the transformation of cities, explored new technologies, pioneered design discourses, and engaged in heated cultural conflicts—all in the name of the people. During this time, fictional, abstracted(...)
Hall cases
Various awards and honours
ARCH277083
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File contains awards and honours in recognition of Arthur Erickson or his firms Erickson/Massey Architects, Arthur Erickson Architects or Arthur Erickson Corporation. Includes: National Design Award from the Canadian Housing Design Council for 5185 Keith Road, W. Vancouver and 3281 W. 35 Avenue, Vancouver (1964), Associate Member of the American Hospital Association (1975), Qualification to practice architecture in the state of New York (1979), Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects (1978), Charter Member of the American Planning Association (1978), Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Manitoba (1978), Festival of Architecture Honor Awards for Eppich House, Robson Square/The Law Courts, Habitat Pavilion, Sikh Temple and Museum of Anthropology (1980), Governor General's Medal for Architecture for the Yorkdale Rapit Transit Station, Certification of Practice firn the California State Boad of Architectural Examiners (1981), Second Prize in the Concours Europeen Cembureau for Napp Laboratories (1985), President's Award for Excellence from The American Society of Landscape Architects for Robson Square - first phase, Citation confered upon Cornelia Oberlander from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for the landscape architecture of the Canadian Chancery (1991), Award for Excellence in the graphic representation of architecture for the Hotel and Convention Centre and Malaysiana (1993), Honorary Member Diploma from La Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos (1993), architectural licence from the National Council of Architecturall Registration Boards (1994).
1964-1994
Various awards and honours
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ARCH277083
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File contains awards and honours in recognition of Arthur Erickson or his firms Erickson/Massey Architects, Arthur Erickson Architects or Arthur Erickson Corporation. Includes: National Design Award from the Canadian Housing Design Council for 5185 Keith Road, W. Vancouver and 3281 W. 35 Avenue, Vancouver (1964), Associate Member of the American Hospital Association (1975), Qualification to practice architecture in the state of New York (1979), Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects (1978), Charter Member of the American Planning Association (1978), Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Manitoba (1978), Festival of Architecture Honor Awards for Eppich House, Robson Square/The Law Courts, Habitat Pavilion, Sikh Temple and Museum of Anthropology (1980), Governor General's Medal for Architecture for the Yorkdale Rapit Transit Station, Certification of Practice firn the California State Boad of Architectural Examiners (1981), Second Prize in the Concours Europeen Cembureau for Napp Laboratories (1985), President's Award for Excellence from The American Society of Landscape Architects for Robson Square - first phase, Citation confered upon Cornelia Oberlander from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for the landscape architecture of the Canadian Chancery (1991), Award for Excellence in the graphic representation of architecture for the Hotel and Convention Centre and Malaysiana (1993), Honorary Member Diploma from La Sociedad de Arquitectos Mexicanos (1993), architectural licence from the National Council of Architecturall Registration Boards (1994).
1964-1994
articles
A Story of Encounters
Forces of Friction
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases
16 June 1998 to 8 November 1998
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life reveals the lawn as a domestic symbol, civic showplace, economic force, and national icon. Bungalows in tract developments, suburban corporate headquarters, and the White House are all alike in that they sit behind a lawn: a carefully contrived patch of “nature” that lies open to the sky and to a multitude of uses and(...)
Main galleries, octagonal gallery, and hall cases