On the occasion of Phyllis Lambert’s ninetieth birthday, this exhibition offers an autobiographical glimpse into the evolution of the CCA founder’s ideas and her work as an architect, activist, editor, and curator. Highlighting her deep commitment to the city and to intellectual research, this display of archival material from the CCA’s collection, institutional archives,(...)
Hall cases
18 January 2017 to 11 June 2017
Phyllis Lambert: 75 Years At Work
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On the occasion of Phyllis Lambert’s ninetieth birthday, this exhibition offers an autobiographical glimpse into the evolution of the CCA founder’s ideas and her work as an architect, activist, editor, and curator. Highlighting her deep commitment to the city and to intellectual research, this display of archival material from the CCA’s collection, institutional archives,(...)
Hall cases
drawings
ARCH275015
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Série PH : plans révisés des ailes B, C et D, incluant les locaux administratifs de l'hôpital, les chambres de patients, la toiture, la pharmacie, les dispensaires, les magasins, les archives, le service d'ambulance et les départements de radiologie et obstétrique.
1929 - 1930
Plans révisés des ailes B, C et D, incluant les locaux administratifs de l'hôpital
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ARCH275015
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Série PH : plans révisés des ailes B, C et D, incluant les locaux administratifs de l'hôpital, les chambres de patients, la toiture, la pharmacie, les dispensaires, les magasins, les archives, le service d'ambulance et les départements de radiologie et obstétrique.
drawings
1929 - 1930
Series
AP111.S1
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La série comprend des archives associées à douze projets supervisés par Victor Landriault.
1948-1986
Projets supervisés par Victor Landriault
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AP111.S1
Description:
La série comprend des archives associées à douze projets supervisés par Victor Landriault.
Série 1
1948-1986
photographs
ARCH175934
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photograph of a wall panel (detail) for a housing development for East Vancouver, presented in the Art in Living Group Exhibition "The New Community" (1945). Negative exposed probably 1945, printed in 1996.
negative exposed probably 1945, printed 1996
Wall panel from the Art in Living Group exhibition "The New Community", 1945, showing redevelopment plan for eastern Strathcona district
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ARCH175934
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photograph of a wall panel (detail) for a housing development for East Vancouver, presented in the Art in Living Group Exhibition "The New Community" (1945). Negative exposed probably 1945, printed in 1996.
photographs
negative exposed probably 1945, printed 1996
Glaciers tell us of the past and the present, archiving histories of climate and revealing our impending climate futures. Join us on 9 October for a talk by Cymene Howe, presented in the context of the exhibition Oscillating Spaces, in which she describes how we can recognize the work that glaciers do to mark time and history. She will discuss a handful of her(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 October 2025, 6pm
The Life and Death of Ice with Cymene Howe
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Glaciers tell us of the past and the present, archiving histories of climate and revealing our impending climate futures. Join us on 9 October for a talk by Cymene Howe, presented in the context of the exhibition Oscillating Spaces, in which she describes how we can recognize the work that glaciers do to mark time and history. She will discuss a handful of her(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
textual records, photographs
DR2012:0012:088:012
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Originally held in a box labelled: MC PERSONAL ARCHIVES 1950’s - 1965. Folder containing a report written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University. Includes photographs. Inscribed in black ink: "PRELIMINARY THESIS REPORT A CIVIC LIBRARY".
1957
Preliminary thesis report: a civic library
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DR2012:0012:088:012
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Originally held in a box labelled: MC PERSONAL ARCHIVES 1950’s - 1965. Folder containing a report written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University. Includes photographs. Inscribed in black ink: "PRELIMINARY THESIS REPORT A CIVIC LIBRARY".
textual records, photographs
1957
Project
AP178.S1.1968.PR06
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This project series documents the Elaboração do Anteplano de Urbanização de Caldas de Aregos in Resende, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 35/60. The office assigned the date 1968 for this project. This project was not in the initial project list provided by the office. The office's archives assembled documentation and added it to the list of projects.
1968
Elaboração do Anteplano de Urbanização de Caldas de Aregos [Urban plan for Caldas de Aregos], Resende, Portugal (1968)
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AP178.S1.1968.PR06
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This project series documents the Elaboração do Anteplano de Urbanização de Caldas de Aregos in Resende, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 35/60. The office assigned the date 1968 for this project. This project was not in the initial project list provided by the office. The office's archives assembled documentation and added it to the list of projects.
Project
1968
textual records
DR2012:0012:088:013
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Originally held in a box labelled: MC PERSONAL ARCHIVES 1950’s - 1965. Folder containing notes and a short report written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University. Labelled "THESIS PROJECT: A LIBRARY FOR MONTREAL by: mel charney 1958".
1958
Thesis project: a library for Montreal
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DR2012:0012:088:013
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Originally held in a box labelled: MC PERSONAL ARCHIVES 1950’s - 1965. Folder containing notes and a short report written by Melvin Charney during his time as a student at McGill University. Labelled "THESIS PROJECT: A LIBRARY FOR MONTREAL by: mel charney 1958".
textual records
1958
drawings
ARCH275070
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Série PG : plans et détails de la tuyauterie et de la ventilation de l'aile D incluant les fondations, les dispensaires des magasins et des archives, de l'espace des ambulances, de l'hôpital, des chambres des hommes, de l'espace des religieuses et des domestiques ainsi que du département de radiographie et de métabolisme.
1929 - 1930
Plans et détails de la tuyauterie et de la ventilation de l'aile D
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ARCH275070
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Série PG : plans et détails de la tuyauterie et de la ventilation de l'aile D incluant les fondations, les dispensaires des magasins et des archives, de l'espace des ambulances, de l'hôpital, des chambres des hommes, de l'espace des religieuses et des domestiques ainsi que du département de radiographie et de métabolisme.
drawings
1929 - 1930
archives
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Fonds
Alessandro Poli fonds
AP148
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
1963-1996
Alessandro Poli fonds
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AP148
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The Alessandro Poli fonds documents the work of Italian architect, designer and artist Alessandro Poli. Born in Fiesole in 1941, Poli studied architecture at the University of Florence, and was a member of Superstudio from 1970 to 1972. Poli’s involvement with Superstudio and engaged research on material culture constitute two strong components of his archive.
archives
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Fonds
1963-1996