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Is My House Trying to Kill Me?
Melanija Grozdanoska questions if building codes and standards for common household materials are actually keeping us safe
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Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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An Umbrella Can Also Be a House
A selection of drawings of the Casa Desmarás by Amancio Williams
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Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.
27 April 2008
Cardboard Houses: Exploration of Do-It-Yourself
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Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.
archives
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Fonds
AP009
Synopsis:
The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
1979-1983
Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records
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AP009
Synopsis:
The Arcop Associates Maison Alcan project records, 1979 – 1983, document Arcop’s (Architects in Co-Partnership) design and construction of Alcan’s Montreal head office, Maison Alcan. These project records consist of the following: approximately 6000 drawings (including reprographic copies), 915 photographic materials, 15 l.m. of textual records, 2 models, 2 panels, 2 plaster mouldings, 1 book, and 1 mullion extrusion.
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1979-1983
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The planet is the client
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Will Happiness Find Us?
This Home Will Make You Happy
13 February 2020
Will Happiness Find Us?
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The planet is the client
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Maison Massenet
AP012.S1.SS2.D34
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Le dossier est constitué de dessins reliés au projet de la maison Massenet à Saint-Marc[-sur-Richelieu ?].
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Maison Massenet
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AP012.S1.SS2.D34
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Le dossier est constitué de dessins reliés au projet de la maison Massenet à Saint-Marc[-sur-Richelieu ?].
Dossier 34
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Maison Papineau
AP066.S2.D44
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Le dossier documente le projet de la construction de la Maison Papineau, Québec. Le dossier contient des dessins et des documents textuels.
1974-1975
Maison Papineau
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AP066.S2.D44
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Le dossier documente le projet de la construction de la Maison Papineau, Québec. Le dossier contient des dessins et des documents textuels.
Projet
1974-1975