madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
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social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
June 2024 to October 2024
madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media
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madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular social media clips documenting construction work by those present on site. Inspired by the rise of the creator economy, contractors, builders, and tradespeople have started to record and share their skills, creativity, and concerns with a digitally connected community of peers, clients, and(...)
Octagonal gallery Keyword(s):
social media, TikTok, Instagram, architectural photography, construction workers, labour, skills
British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
Main galleries
12 February 1992 to 19 April 1992
An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National Trust with Selected Objects from the CCA Collections
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British gardens and garden buildings have held particular importance in British artistic and cultural life over the last four centuries, as well as influenced the development of the architectural and landscape ideas of the European and North American continents. An English Arcadia 1600–1990 documents the history of these gardens and buildings. The exhibition consists of(...)
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Siza Speaks
Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theater
26 April 2012 , 7pm
Siza Speaks
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Portuguese architect and Pritzker prize-winner Álvaro Siza presents a rare lecture in North America on the design development of the Iberê Camargo Museum in Porto Alegre, a structure noted for its sculptural volumes and tight integration with a coastal escarpment. He discusses the key role of hand sketches in the design process, from massing studies to fine-tuning(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theater
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160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
[Québec] : Ministère du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre, Direction générale de l'inspection : Ministère du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre, Service des communications, [1974]
Code de sécurité pour les travaux de construction = Construction safety code / Ministère du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre, Direction générale de l'inspection.
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[Québec] : Ministère du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre, Direction générale de l'inspection : Ministère du travail et de la main-d'oeuvre, Service des communications, [1974]
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25 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
[Ottawa] : Le Comité, ©1997.
La main-d'oeuvre de l'avenir : les compétences nécessaires au milieu des musées canadiens / Comité de planification des ressources humaines des musées canadiens.
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25 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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[Ottawa] : Le Comité, ©1997.
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[4], 73, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : table, plan ; 28 cm.
[Paris] : De l'imprimerie d'A.-J. Marchant à Paris, chez J.S. Merlin, Libraire, rue du Hurepoix, n⁰. 13. : Chez Goeury, Libraire de l'École des Ponts et Chaussées, quai des Augustins, n⁰. 47., An XIII (1804)
Expériences sur la main-d'oeuvre de différens travaux dépendans du service des Ingénieurs des Ponts et Chaussées; : sur l'adhérence des mortiers de sable et de ciment employés à l'air et sous l'eau : et sur l'usage des machines à épuiser. / Par Louis-Charles Boistard, Ingénieur en chef des Ponts-et-Chaussées.
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[4], 73, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : table, plan ; 28 cm.
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[Paris] : De l'imprimerie d'A.-J. Marchant à Paris, chez J.S. Merlin, Libraire, rue du Hurepoix, n⁰. 13. : Chez Goeury, Libraire de l'École des Ponts et Chaussées, quai des Augustins, n⁰. 47., An XIII (1804)
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[4], 76 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
A Paris : Chez l'auteur ... et chez Niodot ..., juillet 1791.
École d'architecture rurale. Second cahier : dans lequel on traite: 1.̊ de l'art du pisé ou de la massivation, 2.̊ des qualités des terres propres au pisé, 3.̊ des détails de la main d'œuvre, 4.̊ du prix de la toise, 5.̊ des enduits, 6.̊ des peintures : ouvrage dédié aux François, et utile a tous ceux qui veulent user d'économie / par François Cointeraux ...
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[4], 76 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
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A Paris : Chez l'auteur ... et chez Niodot ..., juillet 1791.
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9 unnumbered leaves, 35 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
[Ottawa] : Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement, 1987.
Programme de démonstration de logements pour les ruraux et les autochtones par Thermocube Inc. : rapport et manuel de construction / préparé pour la Division de la mise en œuvre des projets, Secteur des politiques de recherche et programmes, Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement par Thermocube Inc. ; consultant principal, Raymond Couture ; directeur de projet SCHL, Jacques Rousseau.
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9 unnumbered leaves, 35 pages : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
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[Ottawa] : Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement, 1987.
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410 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Paris : Hachette, 2009.
La Chinafrique : Pékin à la conquête du continent noir / Serge Michel, Michel Beuret ; photographies de Paolo Woods.
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410 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
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Paris : Hachette, 2009.