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(...)
Hall cases
photographs
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9 photograph(s)
ARCH269658
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Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - A man sitting in front of a rural house - A tree in a field - Women walking in a street - Women and children spinning string in a rural home near Chandigarh - Portrait of a bearded man - Men and children washing oxen in water - Unidentified bas-relief of the sun in concrete - The Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Open hand bas-relief in concrete
between 1951 and 1965
Various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India
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ARCH269658
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Group consists of various photographs predominantly of Chandigarh, India, including: - A man sitting in front of a rural house - A tree in a field - Women walking in a street - Women and children spinning string in a rural home near Chandigarh - Portrait of a bearded man - Men and children washing oxen in water - Unidentified bas-relief of the sun in concrete - The Secretariat in the Capitol Complex - Open hand bas-relief in concrete
photographs
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9 photograph(s)
between 1951 and 1965
textual records
Office records of contacts and employees, correspondence, and correspondence file regarding projects
ARCH273725
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6 files- office records of contacts and employees, Joan Stanley Baker, Allan Bell and Charlotte Gobeil, primarily correspondence; Arthur Erickson Atelier, correspondence file regarding projects in the Middle East; letters of support and verification from Arthur Erickson, Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia; correspondence regaring the Beijing Opera House design competition and architect Paul Andreu. Also contains Certificates of Practice (2002-2005), Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
1993-2004
Office records of contacts and employees, correspondence, and correspondence file regarding projects
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6 files- office records of contacts and employees, Joan Stanley Baker, Allan Bell and Charlotte Gobeil, primarily correspondence; Arthur Erickson Atelier, correspondence file regarding projects in the Middle East; letters of support and verification from Arthur Erickson, Arthur Erickson Architectural Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia; correspondence regaring the Beijing Opera House design competition and architect Paul Andreu. Also contains Certificates of Practice (2002-2005), Architectural Institute of British Columbia.
textual records
1993-2004
drawings
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20 File
ARCH41278
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assembly hall for Torpedo and Gunnery School, Combined Shops doors, Central Heating Plant doors, mastic and cement bases for hospital, Hospital galley and foyer, hospital x-ray room, windows and doors for Signal A.S.D.I.C. Building, hospital kitchen, galleys for General Office Building, Signal and A.S.D.I.C. Building conversion to barracks, changes to Barracks Building, counters and partitions, Hospital door, concrete column for General Offices, Hospital passage, pump house, fences and gates
Assembly hall for Torpedo and Gunnery School, Combined Shops doors
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assembly hall for Torpedo and Gunnery School, Combined Shops doors, Central Heating Plant doors, mastic and cement bases for hospital, Hospital galley and foyer, hospital x-ray room, windows and doors for Signal A.S.D.I.C. Building, hospital kitchen, galleys for General Office Building, Signal and A.S.D.I.C. Building conversion to barracks, changes to Barracks Building, counters and partitions, Hospital door, concrete column for General Offices, Hospital passage, pump house, fences and gates
drawings
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20 File
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Suresh Kumar
AP156.S4.SS6.D2
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Le dossier documente les photographies de l'Inde, autre que Chandigarh, prises par Suresh Kumar dans les années 1950 aux années 1970. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre 1951 et les années 1970. Le dossier contient des photographies de la vie quotidienne et de maisons rurales. File documents the photographs of India, other than Chandigarh, taken by Suresh Kumar in the 1950s and the 1970s. The material in this file was produced between 1951 and the 1970s. The file contains photographs of everyday life and rural houses.
1951-1970s
Suresh Kumar
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AP156.S4.SS6.D2
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Le dossier documente les photographies de l'Inde, autre que Chandigarh, prises par Suresh Kumar dans les années 1950 aux années 1970. Le matériel dans ce dossier a été produit entre 1951 et les années 1970. Le dossier contient des photographies de la vie quotidienne et de maisons rurales. File documents the photographs of India, other than Chandigarh, taken by Suresh Kumar in the 1950s and the 1970s. The material in this file was produced between 1951 and the 1970s. The file contains photographs of everyday life and rural houses.
Dossier 2
1951-1970s
ARCH288571
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the reconstruction of Portal di Riquer in Alcoy, Spain, and for the reconstruction of the Chiado. It also contains sketches of a garden in Seville, people, and furniture, as well as notes for the Housing in Concepción Arenal in Cadiz, Guardiola house in Puerto de Santa Maria, Santo Domingo de Bonaval Park in Santiago de Compostela, Vilanova de Arousa Sport complex, and Olympic Village Meteorological Centre and MOPU delegation headquarters in Barcelona.
August 1989
Sketchbook 292: Texto Baixa - Fac. Arq.ra Jardins-Madrid- Museu Porto II-Cadiz I -Sevilha Jardim Sicilia-Alcoy
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ARCH288571
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This sketchbook includes sketches for the reconstruction of Portal di Riquer in Alcoy, Spain, and for the reconstruction of the Chiado. It also contains sketches of a garden in Seville, people, and furniture, as well as notes for the Housing in Concepción Arenal in Cadiz, Guardiola house in Puerto de Santa Maria, Santo Domingo de Bonaval Park in Santiago de Compostela, Vilanova de Arousa Sport complex, and Olympic Village Meteorological Centre and MOPU delegation headquarters in Barcelona.
articles
The planet is the client
autonomous house, McGill University, Minimum Cost Housing Group (MCHG), Stop the Five Gallon Flush, toilets
19 October 2015
The planet is the client
A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 May 2012 to 9 September 2012
Très Grande Bibliothèque (Very Big Library)
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A super-library combining five national collections in one building, Paris’s National Library of France was the final Grands travaux of President François Mitterrand. Initially commissioned to house all French production of words, images, and sounds since 1945, its architectural competition captured the confusion and variety of architectural thinking in 1989. OMA’s(...)
Octagonal gallery
ARCH402335
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About the furniture for Ministers' houses. The author is possibly Pierre Jeanneret. Further investigation is required.
circa 1954
Draft of a letter from Senior Architect, Government of Punjab to the Minister, Capital Project, Chandigarh
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About the furniture for Ministers' houses. The author is possibly Pierre Jeanneret. Further investigation is required.
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Fonds
Pierre du Prey fonds
AP133
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The Pierre du Prey fonds documents Pierre du Prey’s work as a researcher and writer on the history of architecture. The fonds contains documents related to his work for "The Villas of Pliny: from antiquity to posterity," published in 1994, and a catalog he produced on Ockham Park in Surrey, England. It also documents du Prey's professional activities as an architectural historian, such as his lectures or his attendance to congresses.
1967-2019
Pierre du Prey fonds
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AP133
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The Pierre du Prey fonds documents Pierre du Prey’s work as a researcher and writer on the history of architecture. The fonds contains documents related to his work for "The Villas of Pliny: from antiquity to posterity," published in 1994, and a catalog he produced on Ockham Park in Surrey, England. It also documents du Prey's professional activities as an architectural historian, such as his lectures or his attendance to congresses.
archives
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Fonds
1967-2019