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CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
1946-1996
Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection
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CD046
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The Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe collection consists of 2 drawings, 9 photographs and 0.3 metres of textual documents that range in date from 1946 to 1996. The fonds is arranged into four parts: Civic and Cultural Publications; Publications about Wood; Architectural Drawings; and Photographs.
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1946-1996
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CD042
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The collection documents the research of Susan Wagg, one of the curators of the exhibition “Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture”, on bank buildings in the United States and in Canada, from 1795 to 1979. It contains her research files on each of the bank buildings presented in the exhibition and the photograhic commission of the banks by photographers Robert Bourdeau, Edward Burtynsky, David Duchow, David Miller, Marilyn Bridges, James Iska, Len Jenshel, John Pfahl, George Tice, Catherine Wagner and Serge Hambourg.
1926-1993
Money Matters exhibition collection
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CD042
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The collection documents the research of Susan Wagg, one of the curators of the exhibition “Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture”, on bank buildings in the United States and in Canada, from 1795 to 1979. It contains her research files on each of the bank buildings presented in the exhibition and the photograhic commission of the banks by photographers Robert Bourdeau, Edward Burtynsky, David Duchow, David Miller, Marilyn Bridges, James Iska, Len Jenshel, John Pfahl, George Tice, Catherine Wagner and Serge Hambourg.
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1926-1993
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CD034
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
1974-1979
The SAAL Process exhibition collection
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CD034
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The SAAL Process exhibition collection consists of reproductions of several objects used in the exhibition “The SAAL Process, Housing in Portugal 1974–76.” It was created by the Museu Serralves and travelled to the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in 2015. The collection contains reproductions of drawings, presentation panels and photographs dating from 1974 to 1979. Born out of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974, the Serviço Ambulatório de Apoio Local (Local Ambulatory Support Service) was a pioneering architectural and political experiment designed to address extreme housing shortages and poor living conditions in Portuguese cities.
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1974-1979
Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
Hall cases
25 January 1995 to 4 June 1995
Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839-1870
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Through objects drawn from the CCA collection, Photography and French Architectural Practice, 1839–1870 examines how photography became an integral and indispensable part of the processes of architectural design, construction, restoration, and publishing in the second half of the nineteenth century. Curated by David Harris, CCA, and Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University.
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Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
Main galleries
15 May 2003 to 14 September 2003
Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation
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Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
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CD033
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The Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection primarily consists of presentation materials, publications and born digital materials, like videos and photographs, by Aldo Cibic produced between 2003 and 2008 for the project “Microrealities”.
2003-2008
Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection
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CD033
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The Aldo Cibic Microrealities project collection primarily consists of presentation materials, publications and born digital materials, like videos and photographs, by Aldo Cibic produced between 2003 and 2008 for the project “Microrealities”.
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2003-2008
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Futurecasting collection
CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
2008-2023
Futurecasting collection
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CD048
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This collection documents the activities of the “Futurecasting: Indigenous-led Architecture and Design in the Arctic” group formed by Jenni Hakovirta, Naomi Ratte, Nicole Luke, Magnus Antaris Tuolja, Andrea McIntosh, Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Johanna Minde, and Reanna Merasty. It contains materials related to the planning of seminars and workshops, and the creative process and projects created by its participants in 2022-2023 that were later presented in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s exhibition and related publication “ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards home” (2022-2023).
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2008-2023
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CD047
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The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
1963-1967
May Cutler collection on Expo 67
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CD047
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The May Cutler collection comprises Expo'67 material assembled by May Cutler for a never-realized publication. The collection contains 862 photographic records, 32 textual records and 1 phonograph record related to Expo 67 (1963-1967). 10 additional photographs on other world's fairs, and 1 phonograph record and 1 textual record on the 1968 exhibition 'Man and His World' are also included. The documents were primarily produced between 1963 and 1967, but also include documents from 1914-1915, 1958 and 1968.
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1963-1967
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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
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his students collection
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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AP001.S2.SS04
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Cette sous-série contient une série de cartes postales collectées par Ernest Cormier entre la fin des années 1900 et le début des années 1940. La collection consiste essentiellement de cartes postales d'architecture, incluant des photographies de la maquette de l'Université de Montréal, ainsi que des albums de séries de cartes postales intitulés "Album Artistico de Burgos" et "Venezia, 12 cartoline artistiche".
non daté, [1908-1943]
Collection de cartes postales
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AP001.S2.SS04
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Cette sous-série contient une série de cartes postales collectées par Ernest Cormier entre la fin des années 1900 et le début des années 1940. La collection consiste essentiellement de cartes postales d'architecture, incluant des photographies de la maquette de l'Université de Montréal, ainsi que des albums de séries de cartes postales intitulés "Album Artistico de Burgos" et "Venezia, 12 cartoline artistiche".
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non daté, [1908-1943]