Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
7 December 2023, 6:30pm
Documents of Displacement III
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Documents of Displacement proposes to explore the notion of displacement and its diverse meanings and effects in photographic and video works of artists through the subjects documented or through their methodologies and processes. The artists invited for this series all live in North America, but develop work from a sense of displacement, whether by their cultural or(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre Keyword(s):
Victor Arroyo, Documents of Displacement, Hester Keijser, photography, Cherán, P’urhépecha
Shaughnessy House
3 December 2023, 3pm
Shaughnessy House
In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
12 December 2019 to 15 November 2020
Detour: Alternative Readings of Travel
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In this exhibition, a selection of contemporary publications and critical investigations lay the groundwork through which to explore the relationship between travel and design today, while selected items from the CCA collection offer a historiography of tourism.
In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
29 November 2023, 6pm
Philippe Rahm: Climatic Architecture
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In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
16 November 2023, 6pm
Book launch: Building Arguments series
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Building Arguments present a selection of writings by Canadian architects on the built environment. Meredith Carruthers of Concordia University Press will be in conversation with Jane Mah Hutton (landscape architect and assistant professor at the University of Waterloo) and Melanie O’Brian (acting director, associate director and curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery).
CCA Bookstore Keyword(s):
Arthur Erickson, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, Concordia University Press, Sean Yendrys, Jane Mah Hutton, Melanie O’Brian, Building Arguments
Shaughnessy House
7 October 2023, 2pm
Shaughnessy House
Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
Octagonal gallery
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens
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Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
Octagonal gallery
The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
26 September 2023, 2pm to 4pm
2023 Architecture as Public Concern Lecture: Who is the Work For?
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The inaugural Architecture as Public Concern Lecture marks the launch of the CCA Research Network, an entity that brings together alumni from almost four decades of research programs at the CCA. This annual lecture extends the theme of the Architecture as Public Concern Fellowship, which asks, in 2023, “Who is the Work For?” It also aligns with the CCA Research Network’s(...)
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Samia Henni, Jay Pather, CCA Research Network, Architecture as Public Concern, communities
Open House for Students
On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
14 September 2023, 6pm to 9pm
Open House for Students
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On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.