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Correspondence and notes related to exhibition "Melvin Charney: projets/construction 1975-1980"
DR2012:0012:078:003
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File containing documents in French and Flemish, including correspondence and notes related to the exhibition, Melvin Charney: projets/construction 1975-1980 at the Cultural and Information Centre of Canada in Brussels, Belgium. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE CULT. CANADIEN - BRUXELLES NOV 29 - DEC 22
1980-1981
Correspondence and notes related to exhibition "Melvin Charney: projets/construction 1975-1980"
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DR2012:0012:078:003
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File containing documents in French and Flemish, including correspondence and notes related to the exhibition, Melvin Charney: projets/construction 1975-1980 at the Cultural and Information Centre of Canada in Brussels, Belgium. Original folder inscribed in graphite: CENTRE CULT. CANADIEN - BRUXELLES NOV 29 - DEC 22
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1980-1981
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
1 June, 6 p.m.
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
research fellow 2023, seminar, research, Douglas Robb, Canada, landscape, decarbonization, northern corridor, infrastructure
Meetings and News Releases
ARCH203210
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Publications et extraits de publications dans lesquels fut publié le communiqué de presse invitant la population à participer à la levée de fonds (1966-1967); texte de Przygoda sur l'histoire des Polonais adressé au Congrès Canadien polonais (1966); brouillon du texte de la circulaire annoté; correspondance (1966); minutes du comité du monument (1966); coupures de journaux et publications (1966); "mailing list for news releases, 1966"; communiqué de presse (1966); notes manuscrites.
avril 1966 à juin 1967
Meetings and News Releases
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Publications et extraits de publications dans lesquels fut publié le communiqué de presse invitant la population à participer à la levée de fonds (1966-1967); texte de Przygoda sur l'histoire des Polonais adressé au Congrès Canadien polonais (1966); brouillon du texte de la circulaire annoté; correspondance (1966); minutes du comité du monument (1966); coupures de journaux et publications (1966); "mailing list for news releases, 1966"; communiqué de presse (1966); notes manuscrites.
avril 1966 à juin 1967
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ARCH158442
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Dossier soumis par Roger D'Astous pour sa participation au concours du Conseil Canadien du Bois en 1990, comprenant de la correspondance ainsi que : 4 photocopies d'esquisses préliminaires pour la résidence Nobert-Gagné (1987) 28 x 54 cm 14 photographies couleurs de la résidence Nobert-Gagné 3 x 5 cm 14 photographies couleurs de la résidence Nobert-Gagné 4 x 6 cm 1 feuillet de description du projet.
Dossier soumis au concours du Conseil Canadien du Bois
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Dossier soumis par Roger D'Astous pour sa participation au concours du Conseil Canadien du Bois en 1990, comprenant de la correspondance ainsi que : 4 photocopies d'esquisses préliminaires pour la résidence Nobert-Gagné (1987) 28 x 54 cm 14 photographies couleurs de la résidence Nobert-Gagné 3 x 5 cm 14 photographies couleurs de la résidence Nobert-Gagné 4 x 6 cm 1 feuillet de description du projet.
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Project
AP066.S3.D1
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours ouvert pour le Vieux-Port de Montréal tenu entre le mois de juin et novembre en 1984. Le dossier contient des documents textuels. Objectifs du concours: "La Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal convoque un concours national de projets pour la construction de quatre fontaines dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Le concours est convoqué afin de permettre a un jury canadien, présidé par une personnalité internationale, de choisir les lauréats pour chacune des quatre fontaines dont la conception est mise en compétition et qui seront érigées dans les lieux désignés a cet effet dans le Vieux-Port." Tiré du réglement du concours, préparé par Léo Rosshandler, 4 juin 1984, (66-C001-001T). Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le plan s'articule sur deux volets qui distribuent plus extensivement les énergies de revitalisations tout autant dans le projet de réaménagement du port que dans le projet du Parc linéaire. La réflexion portanr donc sur l'idée de consolidation du tracé urbain." Jacques Rousseau, extrait de "Les temps impossibles", (66-C001-001T).
1984
Concours national des quatre fontaines du Vieux-Port de Montréal - L'Étang possible
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AP066.S3.D1
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Le dossier documente la soumission pour le concours ouvert pour le Vieux-Port de Montréal tenu entre le mois de juin et novembre en 1984. Le dossier contient des documents textuels. Objectifs du concours: "La Société du Vieux-Port de Montréal convoque un concours national de projets pour la construction de quatre fontaines dans le Vieux-Port de Montréal. Le concours est convoqué afin de permettre a un jury canadien, présidé par une personnalité internationale, de choisir les lauréats pour chacune des quatre fontaines dont la conception est mise en compétition et qui seront érigées dans les lieux désignés a cet effet dans le Vieux-Port." Tiré du réglement du concours, préparé par Léo Rosshandler, 4 juin 1984, (66-C001-001T). Description du projet par l'architecte: "Le plan s'articule sur deux volets qui distribuent plus extensivement les énergies de revitalisations tout autant dans le projet de réaménagement du port que dans le projet du Parc linéaire. La réflexion portanr donc sur l'idée de consolidation du tracé urbain." Jacques Rousseau, extrait de "Les temps impossibles", (66-C001-001T).
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1984
Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
23 February 2017, 6pm
Making Canada a Roadside Attraction
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Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
Main galleries
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
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15 November 2000 to 1 April 2001
New York: CCA Competition for the Design of Cities
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Launched in November 1998 by the International Foundation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture, The CCA Competition for the Design of Cities invited architects from around the world to submit solutions to a problem facing all major cities at the dawn of the twenty-first century: how to repair the scars left by transportation structures that are vestiges from a bygone(...)
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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. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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12 May 2015 to 4 October 2015
The SAAL Process: Housing in Portugal 1974–76
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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. There was not only one SAAL: its initiatives and results varied widely depending on complex(...)
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The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
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The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation
4 February 2017, 3pm
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut
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In a conversation moderated by Louise Désy, CCA Curator, Photographs, Lorraine Gilbert presents her work: The documentation of landscapes I have lived and worked in has resulted in a body of work that questions our place within nature and within our built environments. The seemingly objective nature of the way I have pictured these natural and urban spaces, has given way(...)
Main galleries Keyword(s):
The Dark Edge of a Clear-cut, Canada, It's all happening so fast, conversation