British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
DR1978:0010:002
1848
drawings
DR1978:0010:003
1848
drawings
1848
Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
Main galleries
19 July 1994 to 25 September 1994
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa and Garden at Chiswick
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Just as Andrea Palladio’s Villa Rotonda helped to define for future generations the architecture of the Renaissance in Italy, so Chiswick is the locus classicus of the Palladian Revival of the eighteenth century. This exhibition follows a major architect’s thinking as he worked from source to design, from design to representation, in the making of a building which, as the(...)
Main galleries
DR1978:0010:001
1848
DR1978:0010:004
1848
articles
Nature reorganized
photographs
PH1981:0620:064
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- A hand-written table of contents accompanies album PH1981:0620:001-081. - The Flowery Pagoda [Hua Ta] is just visible at centre, in the background. - The inscribed title, "Govt. House / H.K.", is incorrect.
architecture, landscape architecture
between 1868 and 1872
View of the garden of the English Consulate, Shameen (now known as Shamian) Island, Canton (now Guangzhou), China
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PH1981:0620:064
Description:
- A hand-written table of contents accompanies album PH1981:0620:001-081. - The Flowery Pagoda [Hua Ta] is just visible at centre, in the background. - The inscribed title, "Govt. House / H.K.", is incorrect.
photographs
between 1868 and 1872
architecture, landscape architecture
photographs
PH1984:1203:039
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- The Flowery Pagoda [Hua Ta] is just visible at centre, in the background. - The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
architecture, landscape architecture
between 1868 and 1872
View of the garden of the English Consulate, Shameen (now known as Shamian) Island, Canton (now Guangzhou), China
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PH1984:1203:039
Description:
- The Flowery Pagoda [Hua Ta] is just visible at centre, in the background. - The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.
photographs
between 1868 and 1872
architecture, landscape architecture
textual records
DR2012:0012:086:012
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Excerpt from an unknown publication in English, discussing the CCA Garden.
circa 1987-1995
Article on the Canadian Centre for Architecture garden
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DR2012:0012:086:012
Description:
Excerpt from an unknown publication in English, discussing the CCA Garden.
textual records
circa 1987-1995