En sélectionnant et en interprètant les documents du fonds John C. Parkin au CCA, Shirley Blumberg dresse le portrait de l’un des acteurs clés de la modernisation des villes canadiennes des années 1950 et 1960 et explore le pouvoir de la photographie et des techniques publicitaires pour la promotion de la vision d’une pratique corporative durant cette période.
avril 2022
Chercher et raconter : Shirley Blumberg sur John C. Parkin
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En sélectionnant et en interprètant les documents du fonds John C. Parkin au CCA, Shirley Blumberg dresse le portrait de l’un des acteurs clés de la modernisation des villes canadiennes des années 1950 et 1960 et explore le pouvoir de la photographie et des techniques publicitaires pour la promotion de la vision d’une pratique corporative durant cette période.
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AP075.S4
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
1936-2004
Reference, research material and student work
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AP075.S4
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This series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's research and documentation she collected as reference for her landscape projects she to find inspiration or to informed herself on new practices, new technologies and new thinking. The sub-series also documents her research for publications and lectures. The series contains documentation and notes on playground designs, private and public landscape designs, research and texts for publications and lectures, and travels. Materials are predominantly textual documents such as correspondence, press clippings, and notes, as well as photographs. The series also documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University.
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1936-2004
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CI007
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The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
1918-2000
Collection Ludwig Mies van der Rohe et ses étudiants
CI007
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The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection documents Mies's work as an architect, a designer and a consulting architect, between 1918 and 1981, as well as the work of his students at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, between 1938 and 1943. The collection is focussed on Mies's architectural projects and exhibition designs, mainly in Germany and in the United States.
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1918-2000
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DOE Air Structure
AP144.S2.D91
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File documents work undertaken by the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) for the Department of the Environment (DOE), to produce a Draft for Development Code of Practice for Air Supported Structures (DD50) for general use by industry. The project was carried out by Frank Newby and Cedric Price, and includes some of the initial research originally carried out for Air Structures (AP144.S2.D63) and Lightweight Enclosures Unit (AP144.S2.D79). They developed and circulated a questionnaire on behalf of DOE, dated August 1973. The Draft for Development was produced on behalf of British Standards Institution (BSI) for PSA (Property Services Agency) of the Department of the Environment (DOE). Material in this file was produced between 1951 and 1993, but predominantly between 1965 and 1975. Group DR2004:0168 contains material by Ant Farm. Groups DR2004:0170 and DR2004:0172 contain materials that relate to Frei Otto. File contains samples, design development drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
1951-1993, predominant 1965-1975
DOE Air Structure
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AP144.S2.D91
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File documents work undertaken by the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) for the Department of the Environment (DOE), to produce a Draft for Development Code of Practice for Air Supported Structures (DD50) for general use by industry. The project was carried out by Frank Newby and Cedric Price, and includes some of the initial research originally carried out for Air Structures (AP144.S2.D63) and Lightweight Enclosures Unit (AP144.S2.D79). They developed and circulated a questionnaire on behalf of DOE, dated August 1973. The Draft for Development was produced on behalf of British Standards Institution (BSI) for PSA (Property Services Agency) of the Department of the Environment (DOE). Material in this file was produced between 1951 and 1993, but predominantly between 1965 and 1975. Group DR2004:0168 contains material by Ant Farm. Groups DR2004:0170 and DR2004:0172 contain materials that relate to Frei Otto. File contains samples, design development drawing, photographic material, and textual records.
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1951-1993, predominant 1965-1975
recherche
Thème : Le phénomène de changements de paradigmes en architecture depuis l’Antiquité : Brigitte Desrochers, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa, Canada Sujet : Au-delà du style. Naissance du classicisme structurel dans les ruines de Pompei Joseph Disponzio, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, États-Unis Sujet : Jean-Marie Morel and the Invention(...)
septembre 2001 au août 2002
Chercheurs en résidence 2001-2002
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Thème : Le phénomène de changements de paradigmes en architecture depuis l’Antiquité : Brigitte Desrochers, Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada, Ottawa, Canada Sujet : Au-delà du style. Naissance du classicisme structurel dans les ruines de Pompei Joseph Disponzio, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, États-Unis Sujet : Jean-Marie Morel and the Invention(...)
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septembre 2001 au
août 2002
Dans cette deuxième exposition de la série Sortis du cadre : Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt centre les lettres envoyées et reçues par Amancio Williams. Ces relations épistolaires avec des politiciens, des institutions culturelles de premier plan et des architectes influents, permet de situer la pratique de Williams et dexpliquer sa persévérance à vouloir concrétiser ses projets.
Salle octogonale Mot(s)-clé(s):
Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt, Buenos Aires, sortis du cadre, Argentine
12 octobre 2023 au 28 janvier 2024
Sans nostalgie : Amancio Williams revu par Claudia Shmidt
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Dans cette deuxième exposition de la série Sortis du cadre : Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt centre les lettres envoyées et reçues par Amancio Williams. Ces relations épistolaires avec des politiciens, des institutions culturelles de premier plan et des architectes influents, permet de situer la pratique de Williams et dexpliquer sa persévérance à vouloir concrétiser ses projets.
Salle octogonale Mot(s)-clé(s):
Amancio Williams, Claudia Shmidt, Buenos Aires, sortis du cadre, Argentine
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Fonds Peter Eisenman
AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
Fonds Peter Eisenman
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AP143
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The Peter Eisenman fonds documents Eisenman's professional activities as an architect, teacher, and author from the 1950s to 2008. More than 200 projects are represented through conceptual and design development drawings, models, photographs, textual records, and computer-aided drawings. Also well represented in the fonds are materials related to Eisenman's exhibitions, publications, and writings.
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1925-2008, predominant 1951-2008
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Une façon d'être architecte
26 avril 2021
Une façon d'être architecte
Sebastián Adamo et Marcelo Faiden retracent l’histoire architecturale récente de Buenos Aires
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Aditya Prakash fonds
AP206
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1947-2008
Aditya Prakash fonds
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AP206
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The Aditya Prakash fonds documents the professional practice of modernist Indian architect Aditya Prakash from his studies in London in 1947 to his death in 2008. His seminal work as a junior architect on the Chandigarh Capitol Project in the 1950s is recorded along with documentation from his solo career after 1960, including approximately 82 architectural projects. His professional work as an artist, photographer, writer, academic and theatre enthusiast are also well documented through drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
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1947-2008
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Fonds Ray Affleck
AP088
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The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
1952-1989
Fonds Ray Affleck
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AP088
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The Ray Affleck fonds, 1952-1989, documents Raymond Tait Affleck’s professional career as an associate at Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud, Sise (1958-1970) and a principal at Arcop Associates (1970-1989). The fonds comprises of approximately 370 administrative files that were collected by Affleck’s personal secretaries from 1952 to 1989.
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1952-1989