In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)
15 September 1982 to 16 October 1982
Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939
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In 1982, the CCA organized its first exhibition, Photography and Architecture: 1839–1939, prior to the construction of the CCA’s current building. The exhibition was shown in Galerie Lempertz Contempora in Cologne (1982), the Art Institute of Chicago (1983), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (1983), Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1984), and the(...)
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7 July 2017
The Architecture of Photography in an Age of Obsolescence
Text and photographs by Robert Burley
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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.
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.
Hall cases
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(...)
Main galleries
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Inclus des photographies de la Cour suprême du Canada et de la maquette de la Cour suprême du Canada. Contient les négatifs sur nitrate numérotés 357 à 389 et 408, 409, 415 et 416.
1920s-1940s
Photographies de détails d'architecture, photographie de divers projects par Cormier, et photographies de famille et d'amis
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ARCH284142
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Inclus des photographies de la Cour suprême du Canada et de la maquette de la Cour suprême du Canada. Contient les négatifs sur nitrate numérotés 357 à 389 et 408, 409, 415 et 416.
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1920s-1940s
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Projets d'architecture
AP081.S2
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La série contient des dessins et reprographies pour le projet du Château Dufresne à Montréal datant de 1915 à 1916. Elle contient aussi des dessins pour 6 autres projets, dont 3 projets résidentiels à Laval, Québec. Elle contient aussi une photographie.
1899-1938
Projets d'architecture
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AP081.S2
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La série contient des dessins et reprographies pour le projet du Château Dufresne à Montréal datant de 1915 à 1916. Elle contient aussi des dessins pour 6 autres projets, dont 3 projets résidentiels à Laval, Québec. Elle contient aussi une photographie.
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1899-1938
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Projets d'architecture
AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
1955-1998
Projets d'architecture
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AP060.S3
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Cette série se compose des documents de projets que l'architecte Roger D'Astous a élaborés au cours de sa carrière architecturale. On y retrouve des projets qu'il a réalisés seul, et d'autres qu'il a réalisés en association ou en collaboration avec des architectes et urbanistes. Cette série contient essentiellement des dessins, des reproductions et des documents photographiques, mais aussi quelques maquettes, panneaux et documents textuels relatifs à 182 projets pour la période de 1954 à 1998.
Série 3
1955-1998
Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 March 2000 to 7 May 2000
Visions and Views: The Architecture of Borromini in the Photographs of Edward Burtynsky
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Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
15 November 2024 to 30 March 2025
Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries
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Being There examines Arthur Erickson’s exchanges with people, places, landscapes, buildings, rituals, and ideas during his early travels in Europe and North Africa between 1950 and 1952, and in Asia in 1961. Drawing on a prescient understanding of site and environment, Erickson was convinced that architecture must be experienced to be understood. He knew that travel and(...)
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AP156.S3
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La série documente les projets d'architectures en Europe et en Inde de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes entre la fin des années 1930 et la moitié des années 1970s. La série inclute des projets comme le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France, ainsi que plusieurs des projets d'architecture ou d'urbanisme réalisés pour la nouvelle ville de Chandigarh et Talwara, en Inde, avec Le Corbusier. Le matériel dans la série a été produit entre 1932 et 1975. La série contient des dessins et des reprographies de dessins conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessins d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. La série contient aussi quelques documents textuels et des photographies reliées à certains des projets. Series documents the architectural projects in Europe and India of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects between the end of the 1930s to the middle of the 1970s. The series includes projects like the Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, in France, and also many projects of architectural and urban planning completed for the new city of Chandigarh and Talwara, in India, with Le Corbusier. The material in the series was produced between 1932 and 1975. The series contains drawings and reprograhic copies of conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The series contains also some textual records and photographs related to some of the projects.
1932-1975
Projets d'architecture = Architectural projects
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AP156.S3
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La série documente les projets d'architectures en Europe et en Inde de Pierre Jeanneret et autres architectes entre la fin des années 1930 et la moitié des années 1970s. La série inclute des projets comme le Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, en France, ainsi que plusieurs des projets d'architecture ou d'urbanisme réalisés pour la nouvelle ville de Chandigarh et Talwara, en Inde, avec Le Corbusier. Le matériel dans la série a été produit entre 1932 et 1975. La série contient des dessins et des reprographies de dessins conceptuel, de dessin de développement du design, de dessins d'exécution et de dessins de présentation. La série contient aussi quelques documents textuels et des photographies reliées à certains des projets. Series documents the architectural projects in Europe and India of Pierre Jeanneret and other architects between the end of the 1930s to the middle of the 1970s. The series includes projects like the Centre d'apprentissage de Béziers, in France, and also many projects of architectural and urban planning completed for the new city of Chandigarh and Talwara, in India, with Le Corbusier. The material in the series was produced between 1932 and 1975. The series contains drawings and reprograhic copies of conceptual drawings, design developement drawings, working drawings and presentation drawings. The series contains also some textual records and photographs related to some of the projects.
Série 3
1932-1975