Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
5 February 2026, 6pm
Film and conversation: Where Will We Grow Older?
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Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Luanda
With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
1 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Luanda
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With a metropolitan population of over 5 million, Luanda is the third most populated Portuguese-speaking city in the world after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Architect and researcher Paulo Moreira proposes alternative approaches to urbanism based on ongoing research in Chicala, an informal settlement with direct connection with the commercial areas of the city, as well(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
West 37th Street, Manhattan, photographed by John Veltri between 13 September and 18 September 1966
This exhibition highlights a work that the New York engineering firm Leonard S. Wegman Co. commissioned in 1966 from John Veltri. Veltri was to photograph every building, parking area, and shaftway on West 37th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, at the heart of Manhattan’s busy Garment District. The photographs Veltri made in connection with Wegman Co.’s redevelopment(...)
Octagonal gallery
11 December 2003 to 7 March 2004
West 37th Street, Manhattan, photographed by John Veltri between 13 September and 18 September 1966
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This exhibition highlights a work that the New York engineering firm Leonard S. Wegman Co. commissioned in 1966 from John Veltri. Veltri was to photograph every building, parking area, and shaftway on West 37th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, at the heart of Manhattan’s busy Garment District. The photographs Veltri made in connection with Wegman Co.’s redevelopment(...)
Octagonal gallery
Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
21 January 2016
Assemble: Collective Practice
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Lewis Jones and Jane Hall are founding members of Assemble, a multi-disciplinary collective of fifteen members based in London working across the fields of architecture, design and art. In this talk they will explain the background to Assemble and their working practices, which involve many collaborators and often occur outside of the traditional role of the architect.(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Ordos
The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 November 2012 , 7pm
Learning from... Ordos
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The coal- and gas-rich city of Ordos in northern China boasts a new central district devoid of people. The contemporary city centre was built from scratch on the arid Mongolian steppe at a cost of over $161 billion, and was projected to house over 1 million people. Currently, the government claims that 28,000 reside in the new area. Despite the lack of residents, property(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Files of research material
AP133.S1.008
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Group of 8 folders. Files include notes by Pierre du Prey, press clippings, correspondence, and documents on the Canadian Centre for Architecture's exhibitions "The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal" and "Trois architectes, trois quartiers : Ludger Lemieux (St. Henri), Ernest Cormier (Cité universitaire), Ernest Isbell Barott (St. Antoine)", as well as documents on Borromini.
1983-1994
Files of research material
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AP133.S1.008
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Group of 8 folders. Files include notes by Pierre du Prey, press clippings, correspondence, and documents on the Canadian Centre for Architecture's exhibitions "The Villas of Pliny and Classical Architecture in Montréal" and "Trois architectes, trois quartiers : Ludger Lemieux (St. Henri), Ernest Cormier (Cité universitaire), Ernest Isbell Barott (St. Antoine)", as well as documents on Borromini.
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1983-1994
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Portfolio of projects
ARCH270977
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The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
circa 2006
Portfolio of projects
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ARCH270977
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The book is in English. It presents a curriculum and projects by the firm Abalos & Herreros from 1990 to 2006. It includes these projects: - Edificio administrativo por el Ministerio del interior, Madrid (AP164.S1.1990.D3); - Biblioteca Usera, Madrid (AP164.S1.1995.D1); - Centro universitario en Mérida (AP164.S1.1999.D4); - Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas (AP164.S1.2001.D7); - Torres mixtas bioclimáticas en el Humedal de Salburua, Vitoria (AP164.S1.2002.D2); - Sociópolis I y II; Valencia (AP164.S1.2003.D2); - Sagüés, San Sebastián (AP164.S1.2003.D5); - Urbanización del sector La Lastra, León (AP164.S1.2003.D10); - Laboratorios de ciencias moleculares para la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan (AP164.S1.2003.D13); - Tour TSR, Geneva (AP164.S1.2005.D1); - Dos edificios de oficinas en Aravaca y Valdemarín, Madrid; - 200 viviendas para jóvenes en la Sagrera; - Viviendas en quartier Massena chevaleret, París; - Oru Yves Farge - Terres Neuves: architectural and urban feasibility study, Bègles, Francia; - Health campus, Granada, Spain; - Housing in Perugia, Italy.
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circa 2006
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9 January 2023
Without even trying, retail is civic and political
Hilary Sample interviewed by Jack Self on how architects can respond to the changing urban dynamics of retail
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
Main galleries
2 March 1994 to 19 June 1994
Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978-1988
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*Cities of Artificial Excavation: The Work of Peter Eisenman, 1978–1988* explores how American architect and writer Peter Eisenman questioned the concept of “site,” and demonstrates the importance of drawing and modelmaking in generating his ideas. The exhibition reveals the richness and complexity of the design process by looking carefully at Eisenman’s drawings and(...)
Main galleries
Learning from... Caracas
Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Caracas
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Venezuelan law allows for an entity called the consejo communal (communal council), which empowers citizens to initiate local development projects through neighbourhood-based elected councils. Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler’s film, Comuna under construction (2010), begins with the story of a poor hillside community in Caracas as its inhabitants decide whether they(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre