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AP144.S2
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Series documents Cedric Price's projects from his early work in the late 1950s to work dating from the time he founded his own practice in 1960 until 2000. Material includes numerous competition entries, planning and building projects, transportation-related projects, exhibitions, conceptual projects, furniture and interior designs, and monuments, follies, and decorations. Some projects also reflect his teaching, research, lecture and publication activities. Price also worked on several competition juries (see projects Musique, Elephant). Many of Cedric Price's projects in the series are unexecuted. Significant unrealized projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Oxford Corner House (1965-1966), and Generator (1976-1980). Significant built projects from the same period include the New Aviary (1960-1966), his first major realized project (with Lord Snowdon and Frank Newby), and Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979). Other realized projects include an office building (BTDB Computer, 1968-1973) and restaurant (Blackpool Project, 1971-1975). Planning projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Potteries Thinkbelt, Detroit Think Grid (1969-1971) and Rice University's design charette, Atom (1967). In the 1980s and 1990s, Cedric Price worked on several building proposals including greenhouses (Serre, Serre (2)), museums, galleries, and pavilions (Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Snake), a railway station (Strate (2)), a cultural centre (Tiff), houses (Perthut, Castel), a bus station (Walsall), an aviary (CP Aviary) and office buildings (Domain, Berlin). Planning projects from the same time include parks and cultural complexes, (Parc, South Bank), urban areas, (Strate, Stratton, IFPRI, Haven, Mills), university campuses (Frankfurt, Unibad, Bedford), and rural areas (Stark, Arkage). Transportation-related projects include railways (Strate, Control, Rink), roadways (Stratton) and pedestrian links (Magnet, Halmag, South Bank). Only a few of his projects from that period were executed and those include the renovation projects Congress and SAS 29; a mobile market stall design for Westminster City Council (Westal) for which prototypes were built; a coffee cup design (Crowbar); and building conversion projects Gatard and Juke. Exhibition projects in the series include some devoted to Cedric Price's works (AA Exhibition, Aedes, AFX, Afella), some designed by him (Strike, Food for the Future, Topolski/Waterloo, Ashmole, Mean, AFX), as well as projects designed for exhibition (Citlin, Castel). The series also contains self-financed research and client-less projects, which form a significant part of Cedric Price's practice. Undertaken in anticipation of future clients or new planning needs, they include research into air structures and lightweight enclosures as well as integrated construction and transportation solutions (Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy), and housing research. South Bank, Magnet, and Duck Land represent a few of the client-less projects. The material in this series documents Cedric Price's work in the United Kingdom, in particular England (the Greater London area, and other areas) and Scotland, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States and other locations such as Canada, Nigeria, and Norway. Major clients include J. Lyons & Co. (Oxford Corner House), David Keddie (Two Tree Island, Southend Roof), Howard Gilman (Generator), British Railways (Strate and Strate (2), and others), the McAlpine family , particularly Alistair McAlpine, and their company Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. (McAppy, Perthut, Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Ashmole, Perth, Obeliq, McVance); Établissement Public du Parc de la Villette (Parc, Serre, Serre (2), Musique) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (IFPRI, Mean). He collaborated with several architects and engineers during the course of his career, his closest association being with engineer Frank Newby and quantity surveyor Douglas Smith. Some of his other collaborators include engineer Max Fordham (Strate (2), Tiff, Berlin), engineering firms Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners (Stratton, Rink, Control), and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners (South Bank), cybernetician Gordon Pask (Kawasaki/Japnet), architectural firm YRM/Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Unibad), and architect Richard Rogers (Marman). He also collaborated with members of Archigram on the Trondheim Competition, (1972-1974), and with John and Julia Frazer who provided the computer modelling for Generator. David Price, Cedric Price's brother was the model maker for several projects. The series contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, reference drawings and maps, presentation drawings (particularly for competitions), and working drawings. A significant amount of textual records are included, especially for projects involving a large amount of research or publicity (Air Structures, Lightweight Enclosures, South Bank, CP Aviary, Stratton), for executed projects, and for the larger unrealized projects like Fun Palace and Generator. Also includes photographic materials of project sites and models. Some models included in the series are made from durable materials (wood, metal, plastic), while others are in-office constructions made out of paper, cardboard and Fome-Cor (TM). Of particular note are the 11 models for Magnet, and a full-size prototype of a market stall for Westal. Series also contains publication layouts, including material for the "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design' vols. 40- 42 (1970-1972). Changes in office practice are noted around 1971, evident in the Blackpool Project and later, including the adoption of the metric system, and the creation of working and detail drawings on A4 size paper and filed with textual records (e.g. approximately 300 such drawings are included in the textual records for Blackpool Project). At the same time fewer preamble drawings that relate to site sensing, progress and life-cycle graphs and tables are created for the projects (a common feature from the 1960s), although project progress tables are still used. Of particular interest is material in the Early Work and Miscellaneous Records file (AP144.S2.D1) that relates to office work methods and programmes.
1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
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AP144.S2
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Series documents Cedric Price's projects from his early work in the late 1950s to work dating from the time he founded his own practice in 1960 until 2000. Material includes numerous competition entries, planning and building projects, transportation-related projects, exhibitions, conceptual projects, furniture and interior designs, and monuments, follies, and decorations. Some projects also reflect his teaching, research, lecture and publication activities. Price also worked on several competition juries (see projects Musique, Elephant). Many of Cedric Price's projects in the series are unexecuted. Significant unrealized projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Oxford Corner House (1965-1966), and Generator (1976-1980). Significant built projects from the same period include the New Aviary (1960-1966), his first major realized project (with Lord Snowdon and Frank Newby), and Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979). Other realized projects include an office building (BTDB Computer, 1968-1973) and restaurant (Blackpool Project, 1971-1975). Planning projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Potteries Thinkbelt, Detroit Think Grid (1969-1971) and Rice University's design charette, Atom (1967). In the 1980s and 1990s, Cedric Price worked on several building proposals including greenhouses (Serre, Serre (2)), museums, galleries, and pavilions (Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Snake), a railway station (Strate (2)), a cultural centre (Tiff), houses (Perthut, Castel), a bus station (Walsall), an aviary (CP Aviary) and office buildings (Domain, Berlin). Planning projects from the same time include parks and cultural complexes, (Parc, South Bank), urban areas, (Strate, Stratton, IFPRI, Haven, Mills), university campuses (Frankfurt, Unibad, Bedford), and rural areas (Stark, Arkage). Transportation-related projects include railways (Strate, Control, Rink), roadways (Stratton) and pedestrian links (Magnet, Halmag, South Bank). Only a few of his projects from that period were executed and those include the renovation projects Congress and SAS 29; a mobile market stall design for Westminster City Council (Westal) for which prototypes were built; a coffee cup design (Crowbar); and building conversion projects Gatard and Juke. Exhibition projects in the series include some devoted to Cedric Price's works (AA Exhibition, Aedes, AFX, Afella), some designed by him (Strike, Food for the Future, Topolski/Waterloo, Ashmole, Mean, AFX), as well as projects designed for exhibition (Citlin, Castel). The series also contains self-financed research and client-less projects, which form a significant part of Cedric Price's practice. Undertaken in anticipation of future clients or new planning needs, they include research into air structures and lightweight enclosures as well as integrated construction and transportation solutions (Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy), and housing research. South Bank, Magnet, and Duck Land represent a few of the client-less projects. The material in this series documents Cedric Price's work in the United Kingdom, in particular England (the Greater London area, and other areas) and Scotland, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States and other locations such as Canada, Nigeria, and Norway. Major clients include J. Lyons & Co. (Oxford Corner House), David Keddie (Two Tree Island, Southend Roof), Howard Gilman (Generator), British Railways (Strate and Strate (2), and others), the McAlpine family , particularly Alistair McAlpine, and their company Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. (McAppy, Perthut, Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Ashmole, Perth, Obeliq, McVance); Établissement Public du Parc de la Villette (Parc, Serre, Serre (2), Musique) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (IFPRI, Mean). He collaborated with several architects and engineers during the course of his career, his closest association being with engineer Frank Newby and quantity surveyor Douglas Smith. Some of his other collaborators include engineer Max Fordham (Strate (2), Tiff, Berlin), engineering firms Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners (Stratton, Rink, Control), and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners (South Bank), cybernetician Gordon Pask (Kawasaki/Japnet), architectural firm YRM/Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Unibad), and architect Richard Rogers (Marman). He also collaborated with members of Archigram on the Trondheim Competition, (1972-1974), and with John and Julia Frazer who provided the computer modelling for Generator. David Price, Cedric Price's brother was the model maker for several projects. The series contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, reference drawings and maps, presentation drawings (particularly for competitions), and working drawings. A significant amount of textual records are included, especially for projects involving a large amount of research or publicity (Air Structures, Lightweight Enclosures, South Bank, CP Aviary, Stratton), for executed projects, and for the larger unrealized projects like Fun Palace and Generator. Also includes photographic materials of project sites and models. Some models included in the series are made from durable materials (wood, metal, plastic), while others are in-office constructions made out of paper, cardboard and Fome-Cor (TM). Of particular note are the 11 models for Magnet, and a full-size prototype of a market stall for Westal. Series also contains publication layouts, including material for the "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design' vols. 40- 42 (1970-1972). Changes in office practice are noted around 1971, evident in the Blackpool Project and later, including the adoption of the metric system, and the creation of working and detail drawings on A4 size paper and filed with textual records (e.g. approximately 300 such drawings are included in the textual records for Blackpool Project). At the same time fewer preamble drawings that relate to site sensing, progress and life-cycle graphs and tables are created for the projects (a common feature from the 1960s), although project progress tables are still used. Of particular interest is material in the Early Work and Miscellaneous Records file (AP144.S2.D1) that relates to office work methods and programmes.
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1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
À partir du travail d’architectes de renommée internationale, cetteexposition démontre la présence d’idées utopiques modernes qui auraient été rejetées au tournant de l’ère postmoderne. Selon Reinhold Martin, commissaire principal de l’exposition, presque toute la production architecturale des cinquante dernières années a été hantée par le « revenant » de l’utopie(...)
Salle octogonale
28 février 2008 au 25 mai 2008
Le revenant de l'utopie: Le postmodernisme revisité
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À partir du travail d’architectes de renommée internationale, cetteexposition démontre la présence d’idées utopiques modernes qui auraient été rejetées au tournant de l’ère postmoderne. Selon Reinhold Martin, commissaire principal de l’exposition, presque toute la production architecturale des cinquante dernières années a été hantée par le « revenant » de l’utopie(...)
Salle octogonale
photographies
DR2012:0015:024:006
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File containing photographic materials related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - CCA garden (1 colour printout on coated paper); - 4545 rue Notre-Dame O., Caisses Populaire St. Zotique, (1 gelatin silver print); - 1 Place Ville-Marie (2 gelatin silver prints); - model of the Université de Québec à Montréal campus (1 gelatin silver print); - possibly an image from Un dictionnaire (1 black-and-white printout on coated paper); - unidentified projects (2 black-and-white printouts on coated paper); - model of Place Bonaventure (2 gelatin silver print); - unidentified street scenes (23 gelatin silver prints); - unidentified garden (1 gelatin silver print); - unidentified aerial (1 gelatin silver print); - crowd scene (1 gelatin silver print); - Marriott Château Champlain (1 gelatin silver print); - Judith Jasmin Pavilion, UQAM, (1 gelatin silver print).
1966, 1973-1980
Photographs of various projects by Melvin Charney
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DR2012:0015:024:006
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File containing photographic materials related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - CCA garden (1 colour printout on coated paper); - 4545 rue Notre-Dame O., Caisses Populaire St. Zotique, (1 gelatin silver print); - 1 Place Ville-Marie (2 gelatin silver prints); - model of the Université de Québec à Montréal campus (1 gelatin silver print); - possibly an image from Un dictionnaire (1 black-and-white printout on coated paper); - unidentified projects (2 black-and-white printouts on coated paper); - model of Place Bonaventure (2 gelatin silver print); - unidentified street scenes (23 gelatin silver prints); - unidentified garden (1 gelatin silver print); - unidentified aerial (1 gelatin silver print); - crowd scene (1 gelatin silver print); - Marriott Château Champlain (1 gelatin silver print); - Judith Jasmin Pavilion, UQAM, (1 gelatin silver print).
photographies
1966, 1973-1980
photographies
DR2012:0012:089:003
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Ring binder containing slides of photographs taken at the following exhibitions of Melvin Charney's work from 1970 to 2000: - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1978 (22 slides, including 3 duplicates); - 49th Parallel, New York City, 1984 (3 slides); - Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, 1990 (13 slides of the installation "In flight... Selavy"); - Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal, 1983 (11 slides of the installation "Pliny on my mind"); - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal 1991 (76 slides of the series "Parables and other allegories", including 31 duplicates); - Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, 2001 (20 slides, including 17 duplicates); - Musée des arts contemporain, Montréal, 2002 (70 slides, including 35 duplicates); - Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, 2002 (13 slides). Binder labelled: MC EXHIBITIONS / 1970-2000
1978-2002
Photographs of Melvin Charney's exhibitions
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DR2012:0012:089:003
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Ring binder containing slides of photographs taken at the following exhibitions of Melvin Charney's work from 1970 to 2000: - Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1978 (22 slides, including 3 duplicates); - 49th Parallel, New York City, 1984 (3 slides); - Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, 1990 (13 slides of the installation "In flight... Selavy"); - Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal, 1983 (11 slides of the installation "Pliny on my mind"); - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal 1991 (76 slides of the series "Parables and other allegories", including 31 duplicates); - Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, 2001 (20 slides, including 17 duplicates); - Musée des arts contemporain, Montréal, 2002 (70 slides, including 35 duplicates); - Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, 2002 (13 slides). Binder labelled: MC EXHIBITIONS / 1970-2000
photographies
1978-2002
articles
L’écriture de « One Continuous Line »
Vikramāditya Prakāsh à propos des archives d’Āditya Prakāsh
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Cet été, notre camp de jour propose aux jeunes de 7 à 11 ans un large éventail d’activités permettant d’en apprendre davantage sur l’architecture, l’environnement bâti et le design. Encadrées par une équipe d’animation spécialisée, les activités de la semaine seront liées à des thématiques trouvant écho dans nos expositions en cours.
camp d'été
août 2024
Camp de jour été 2024
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Cet été, notre camp de jour propose aux jeunes de 7 à 11 ans un large éventail d’activités permettant d’en apprendre davantage sur l’architecture, l’environnement bâti et le design. Encadrées par une équipe d’animation spécialisée, les activités de la semaine seront liées à des thématiques trouvant écho dans nos expositions en cours.
camp d'été
Histoires de l’environnement
Pour débuter « Architecture et/pour l’environnement », le troisième Projet de Recherche Multidisciplinaire du CCA financé par la Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Daniel Abramson et Imre Szeman présenteront deux concepts clés pour reconcevoir l’environnement dans l’histoire de l’architecture. Daniel Abramson, historien de l’architecture, discutera de « l’obsolescence » comme(...)
Théâtre Paul-Demarais
15 décembre 2016, 18h
Histoires de l’environnement
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Pour débuter « Architecture et/pour l’environnement », le troisième Projet de Recherche Multidisciplinaire du CCA financé par la Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Daniel Abramson et Imre Szeman présenteront deux concepts clés pour reconcevoir l’environnement dans l’histoire de l’architecture. Daniel Abramson, historien de l’architecture, discutera de « l’obsolescence » comme(...)
Théâtre Paul-Demarais
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Regarder de plus près
L’objectif de ce programme est d’étudier les dessins de la Renaissance dans la collection du CCA.
Regarder de plus près
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L’objectif de ce programme est d’étudier les dessins de la Renaissance dans la collection du CCA.
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Inspirée de la thématique du voyage à l’étranger, l’exposition présente la vision personnelle de quatre photographes – Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding et Tadashi Kawamata – ayant voyagé au Québec entre les années 20 et aujourd’hui. Ces artistes de l’extérieur posent un regard particulier sur l’architecture et l’environnement et livrent leur perception d’une(...)
Salle octogonale
10 mai 1995 au 15 octobre 1995
Parcours de photographes visiteurs au Québec: Sipprell, Moser, Volkerding et Kawamata
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Inspirée de la thématique du voyage à l’étranger, l’exposition présente la vision personnelle de quatre photographes – Clara Sipprell, Lida Moser, Laura Volkerding et Tadashi Kawamata – ayant voyagé au Québec entre les années 20 et aujourd’hui. Ces artistes de l’extérieur posent un regard particulier sur l’architecture et l’environnement et livrent leur perception d’une(...)
Salle octogonale
Centrée sur les panoramas photographiques d’Eadweard Muybridge, l’exposition examine les images du San Francisco des années 1850 à 1880, époque où la ville a connu une croissance phénoménale. L’exposition met l’oeuvre de Muybridge en contexte à l’aide des panoramas constitués de plusieurs daguerréotypes, des panoramas photographiques (y compris des jeux d’images(...)
Salles principales
31 mars 1993 au 25 juillet 1993
Eadweard Muybridge et le panorama photographique de San Francisco, 1850-1880
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Centrée sur les panoramas photographiques d’Eadweard Muybridge, l’exposition examine les images du San Francisco des années 1850 à 1880, époque où la ville a connu une croissance phénoménale. L’exposition met l’oeuvre de Muybridge en contexte à l’aide des panoramas constitués de plusieurs daguerréotypes, des panoramas photographiques (y compris des jeux d’images(...)
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