Reading the Archive Out Loud
An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. On 12 July, 30 August, and 27 September, CCA staff and special guests read letters written by children, threatening lawyers, architects trying to manage disasters, as well as lectures that were never delivered, from the archives of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and James Stirling and Michael(...)
Parc Baile
12 July 2018, 6:30pm
Reading the Archive Out Loud
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An archive is usually named for one person, but it always contains many other voices. On 12 July, 30 August, and 27 September, CCA staff and special guests read letters written by children, threatening lawyers, architects trying to manage disasters, as well as lectures that were never delivered, from the archives of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and James Stirling and Michael(...)
Parc Baile
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Visiting Scholars 2013
Pierre Chabard, École nationale supérieure darchitecture de la ville et des territoires – ENSAVT, Marne-la-Vallée, France Topic: L’architecture en expositions. Contribution à une sociohistoire de la médiation architecturale. Les cas du CCA (Montréal) et du CCI (Paris) Jorge Manuel Simão Alvez Correia, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal Topic: Late 19th-century(...)
29 April 2013 to 15 August 2013
Visiting Scholars 2013
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Pierre Chabard, École nationale supérieure darchitecture de la ville et des territoires – ENSAVT, Marne-la-Vallée, France Topic: L’architecture en expositions. Contribution à une sociohistoire de la médiation architecturale. Les cas du CCA (Montréal) et du CCI (Paris) Jorge Manuel Simão Alvez Correia, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal Topic: Late 19th-century(...)
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29 April 2013 to
15 August 2013
Topic: Gordon Matta-Clark and the Ruins of New York City and Buffalo Presentation: Art in the Time of Deindustrialization: Gordon Matta-Clark’s Interventions into Buffalo and New York City
30 July 2015
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Mary Woods
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Topic: Gordon Matta-Clark and the Ruins of New York City and Buffalo Presentation: Art in the Time of Deindustrialization: Gordon Matta-Clark’s Interventions into Buffalo and New York City
Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Presentation: ’70s Cult Classic: The Autonomous House Movement
6 August 2015
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Lee Stickells
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Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Presentation: ’70s Cult Classic: The Autonomous House Movement
Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Presentation: Design for Society, Design from Society: The socio-political significance of minimum-size housing and prefabrication in Japan in the mid-twentieth century
13 August 2015
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Izumi Kuroishi
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Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Presentation: Design for Society, Design from Society: The socio-political significance of minimum-size housing and prefabrication in Japan in the mid-twentieth century
Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
23 February 2017, 6pm
Making Canada a Roadside Attraction
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Ben Bradley presents how the automobile shaped how Canadians encountered their country during the 20th century. As thousands and then millions came to know Canada by motoring, their travel patterns, viewing habits, and tastes shaped and reshaped the places they passed through. Canada’s roads came to be festooned with scenic pullouts, viewpoints, and a constellation of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Canada, environment, Bradley, It's all happening so fast, roadside
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Visiting Scholars 2015
Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Lee Stickells, University of Sydney, Syndey, Australia Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Andrew Witt, Harvard Graduate School of Design,(...)
15 June 2015 to 25 September 2015
Visiting Scholars 2015
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Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Lee Stickells, University of Sydney, Syndey, Australia Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Andrew Witt, Harvard Graduate School of Design,(...)
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15 June 2015 to
25 September 2015
2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
7 July 2016, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Farhan Karim
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2016 Visiting Scholar Farhan Karim presents his research: In the recent development of architectural history, the involvement of Western architects in emerging postcolonial nations has been reviewed within the broader geopolitics of decolonization and global cold war. That analysis is certainly correct, as far as it goes, but what is needed historiographically is nuanced(...)
Shaughnessy House
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Visiting Scholars 2016
Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
2 June 2016 to 2 September 2016
Visiting Scholars 2016
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Olumuyiwa Adegun, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Topic: Informal Urban Housing: from 19th century Europe to 21st century Africa Susanne Bauer, The London Consortium, London, United Kingdom / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil Topic: Investigations Into Case: Peter Eisenman’s Dress Rehearsal For The Institute Of(...)
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2 June 2016 to
2 September 2016
Paul Desmarais Theater
13 April 2004
Paul Desmarais Theater