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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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9 October 1991 to 12 January 1992
9 October 1991 to 12 January 1992
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney, 1975-1990
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Parables and Other Allegories: The Work of Melvin Charney 1975–1990 comprises approximately 100 drawings, including many large-scale, sketches, photographs, and three large constructions. By assembling works from various public and private collections, including the CCA, the exhibition permits a comprehensive analysis of Charney’s artistic process to reveal the dialogue(...)
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9 October 1991 to
12 January 1992
9 October 1991 to
12 January 1992
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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Starting From... The Suburbs
Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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16 February 2012 to 10 June 2012
16 February 2012 to 10 June 2012
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Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
Starting From... The Suburbs
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We are more likely today to consider suburbs formless, vacant, or unsustainable compared to the dense social and economic activity of cities. Starting from… The Suburbs looks at the past fifty years of suburban culture through the lens of the CCA Collection’s photography holdings, produced by photographers’ longstanding attraction and aversion to this urban form. The(...)
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exhibitions
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16 February 2012 to
10 June 2012
16 February 2012 to
10 June 2012
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Hall cases
Hall cases
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exhibitions
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Kids Build
Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
Date:
9 December 2015 to 24 April 2016
9 December 2015 to 24 April 2016
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Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
Kids Build
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Pulling from the extensive collection of architectural toys and games at the CCA, Kids Build presents examples of the many ways that architectural space is rendered through toys, as well as playful explorations of the relationships between basic elements and the architectural worlds they generate. It also suggests that as toys represent architectural ideas, they(...)
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exhibitions
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9 December 2015 to
24 April 2016
9 December 2015 to
24 April 2016
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Hall cases
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
31 January 1990 to 18 March 1990
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Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
Friedrich Weinbrenner, Architect of Karlsruhe
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As Building Director of Baden in southwest Germany, Friedrich Weinbrenner (1766–1826) had the unique opportunity to create in Karlsruhe—the capital and his native city—one of the most homogeneous architectural ensembles ever achieved by a single architect. The exhibition focuses on the impact of scientific and administrative reform on the urban and agricultural(...)
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exhibitions
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31 January 1990 to
18 March 1990
31 January 1990 to
18 March 1990
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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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(...)
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(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
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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(...)
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(...)
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exhibitions
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7 May 1989 to
25 March 1990
7 May 1989 to
25 March 1990
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
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En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
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exhibitions
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24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
24 November 1999 to
30 April 2000
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Main galleries and hall cases
Main galleries and hall cases
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to 25 May 1997
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938-1963
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The New Spirit: Modern Architecture in Vancouver, 1938–1963 looks at key buildings and projects from an exhilarating epoch in Vancouver’s history through design drawings, period photographs, furniture, and decoration. In the years following the Second World War, Vancouver emerged as a city with a particularly vital and progressive architectural culture, adapting the(...)
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exhibitions
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5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
5 March 1997 to
25 May 1997
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
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out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
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exhibitions
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23 October 2003 to
6 September 2004
23 October 2003 to
6 September 2004
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
19 March 2009 to 23 August 2009
19 March 2009 to 23 August 2009
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Total Environment: Montréal, 1965-1975
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“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
Total Environment: Montréal, 1965-1975
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“Today everything is environment,” proclaimed a Montreal newspaper at the beginning of the 1970s. The word “environment” had dominated the discourses and practices of artists, architects, social activists and intellectuals during the previous decade. Visitors of Expo ‘67, the event that galvanized the world’s attention on Montreal, commented the phantasmagorical(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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19 March 2009 to
23 August 2009
19 March 2009 to
23 August 2009
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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Starting From... The Bubble
Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
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Hall cases
Hall cases
Date:
26 November 2009 to 17 January 2010
26 November 2009 to 17 January 2010
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Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
Starting From... The Bubble
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The bubble is a wonder of surface tension. In its architectural interpretation, the bubble can be understood as a feat of engineering or as a metaphor for an enclosed hermetic environment. As such, the bubble emerges, in the architect Cedric Price’s words, “in any shape or any size” as a powerful symbol of the future, or becomes synonymous with the condition of isolation(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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26 November 2009 to
17 January 2010
26 November 2009 to
17 January 2010
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Hall cases
Hall cases
