Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
Hall cases
25 January 1995 to 4 June 1995
Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839-1870
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
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AP001.S2.SS03
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La majorité des planches représentent des monuments ou des éléments architecturaux et des scènes mythologiques et religieuses. La Référence à la collection possède un inventaire préliminaire.
non daté
Collection de gravures et photographies
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La majorité des planches représentent des monuments ou des éléments architecturaux et des scènes mythologiques et religieuses. La Référence à la collection possède un inventaire préliminaire.
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non daté
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
11 October 1995 to 4 February 1996
Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction
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Architects of the Image: Photography in the Heroic Age of Construction explores the relationships between camera images and the making of large-scale architectural and engineering structures that stirred public imagination in the first hundred years of photography. The exhibition is predicated on the notion of the photographer as architect, an analogy that suggests(...)
Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
Main galleries
15 May 2003 to 14 September 2003
Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation
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Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
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Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
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The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
1717-[1884]
Rohault de Fleury collection
CI001
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The Rohault de Fleury collection documents the work of three generations of French architects, Hubert, his son Charles, and his grandson Georges, spanning from the early 18th to late 19th century. The collection is extremely varied encompassing both private and government commissions and including domestic work, institutional buildings, commercial buildings, urban planning, and student work from both the École des beaux-arts and the École polytechnique, and archaeological studies. Stylistically, the projects incorporate the two dominant contemporary directions in French architecture - functionalism as advocated by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand and the classicism of the École des beaux-arts.
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1717-[1884]
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023
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Photography as Project
Stefano Graziani; Bas Princen; The Lives of Documents, CCA collection, architecture photography, photography as a project
24 April 2023
photographs
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4 photograph(s)
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4 photograph(s)
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AP001.S2.SS04
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Cette sous-série contient une série de cartes postales collectées par Ernest Cormier entre la fin des années 1900 et le début des années 1940. La collection consiste essentiellement de cartes postales d'architecture, incluant des photographies de la maquette de l'Université de Montréal, ainsi que des albums de séries de cartes postales intitulés "Album Artistico de Burgos" et "Venezia, 12 cartoline artistiche".
non daté, [1908-1943]
Collection de cartes postales
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AP001.S2.SS04
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Cette sous-série contient une série de cartes postales collectées par Ernest Cormier entre la fin des années 1900 et le début des années 1940. La collection consiste essentiellement de cartes postales d'architecture, incluant des photographies de la maquette de l'Université de Montréal, ainsi que des albums de séries de cartes postales intitulés "Album Artistico de Burgos" et "Venezia, 12 cartoline artistiche".
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non daté, [1908-1943]
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AP172
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The Mies in America Research Collection documents an exhibition and publication project produced by Curator and Architectural Historian, Phyllis Lambert (1927-), and associated researchers between 1996-2002. The project explored German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's (1886-1969) contributions to the American architectural landscape following his immigration from Germany to Chicago in 1938. The resulting book, a collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Whitney Museum of American Art, was published in 2001. The exhibition ran from 2001-2002 with stops at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Canadian Centre for Architecture, (Montreal), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago). The Mies in America research collection consists of correspondence, research, and administrative, manuscript, and curatorial files created by Phyllis Lambert and the project team for the book and exhibition project Mies in America, originally housed in the Mies research office at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Throughout the process, the team of researchers consulted previously unstudied material on Mies van der Rhoe from major repositories across North America, including drawings, collages, photographs, project documents, letters, and extensive interviews , which are represented in photocopy throughout the collection to document the research activities as well as curatorial choices and manuscript development. Subsequent curatorial decisions based on this research are detailed through notes, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and object lists as the book and exhibition projects took shape. Original annotations, edits, and comments made by Phyllis Lambert and her research associates are present throughout. The administrative activities of the research team are also documented through correspondence, research assistant assignments, research trips, and photography requests. Files from the assistant curator (Cammie McAtee), and research assistants (primarily Elspeth Cowell, Nathalie Senecal, and Deborah Miller) are integrated throughout the collection.
1957-2002
Mies in America Research Collection
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The Mies in America Research Collection documents an exhibition and publication project produced by Curator and Architectural Historian, Phyllis Lambert (1927-), and associated researchers between 1996-2002. The project explored German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's (1886-1969) contributions to the American architectural landscape following his immigration from Germany to Chicago in 1938. The resulting book, a collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Whitney Museum of American Art, was published in 2001. The exhibition ran from 2001-2002 with stops at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the Canadian Centre for Architecture, (Montreal), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago). The Mies in America research collection consists of correspondence, research, and administrative, manuscript, and curatorial files created by Phyllis Lambert and the project team for the book and exhibition project Mies in America, originally housed in the Mies research office at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. Throughout the process, the team of researchers consulted previously unstudied material on Mies van der Rhoe from major repositories across North America, including drawings, collages, photographs, project documents, letters, and extensive interviews , which are represented in photocopy throughout the collection to document the research activities as well as curatorial choices and manuscript development. Subsequent curatorial decisions based on this research are detailed through notes, correspondence, manuscript drafts, and object lists as the book and exhibition projects took shape. Original annotations, edits, and comments made by Phyllis Lambert and her research associates are present throughout. The administrative activities of the research team are also documented through correspondence, research assistant assignments, research trips, and photography requests. Files from the assistant curator (Cammie McAtee), and research assistants (primarily Elspeth Cowell, Nathalie Senecal, and Deborah Miller) are integrated throughout the collection.
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1957-2002