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(...)
Main galleries
Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
Main galleries
10 June 1992 to 2 August 1992
Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925
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Combining enthusiasm for the radically new world view of cubist art with a desire to establish an autonomous aesthetic as well as political presence, the Czech cubists produced not only powerful visionary work, but also went beyond theory to practice. Czech Cubism: Architecture and Design, 1910–1925 brings together the work of a group of Czech artists, architects, and(...)
Main galleries
Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
21 May 2014 to 5 October 2014
Archaeology of the Digital: Media and Machines
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Media and Machines marks the second phase of the research project initiated with the 2013 exhibition Archaeology of the Digital. This initiative investigates how architecture engaged with digital technology from the 1980s until the turn of the century. The first exhibition identified the earliest practices looking to computation as a design medium that could serve(...)
Main galleries
Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Octagonal gallery
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Octagonal gallery
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Main galleries
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
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Learning Architecture
As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
Hall cases
5 July 1994 to 2 October 1994
Learning Architecture
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As architecture acquired its modern identity as both a liberal art and a regulated profession, and as architectural theories and forms underwent radical transformations, the training of architects did not fundamentally change. The core activities of architectural students remain “Authority,” the study of treatises and theoretical works, “Observation,” the study of the(...)
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5 July 1994 to
2 October 1994
Hall cases
On Experimental Writing: Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, David Howes, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis
Join us for an open discussion about different approaches to contemporary writing about architecture, urbanism and criticism, featuring architectural writers and editors from publications such as Actar, Quaderns, Beyond, and the Architectural Theory Review. Presented in English, with invited guests David Howes, Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
10 February 2011 , 6pm
On Experimental Writing: Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, David Howes, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis
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Join us for an open discussion about different approaches to contemporary writing about architecture, urbanism and criticism, featuring architectural writers and editors from publications such as Actar, Quaderns, Beyond, and the Architectural Theory Review. Presented in English, with invited guests David Howes, Albert Ferré, Pedro Gadanho, Naomi Stead and Kazys Varnelis.
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
research
Visiting Scholars 2011
Pedro Ignacio Alonso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Topic: The Soviet I-464 Building System in Cuba and Chile, 1963-1973 Gaia Caramellino, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Architecture for Public Housing in the United States, 1930s-1940s Penelope Dean, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Choice by Design,(...)
April 2011 to October 2011
Visiting Scholars 2011
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Pedro Ignacio Alonso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Topic: The Soviet I-464 Building System in Cuba and Chile, 1963-1973 Gaia Caramellino, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Topic: Architecture for Public Housing in the United States, 1930s-1940s Penelope Dean, University of Illinois, Chicago, United States Topic: Choice by Design,(...)
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April 2011 to
October 2011
The 2024 Toolkit for Today will explore imaginative, material, and methodological paths to collectively navigate how queer and trans* theory can offer critiques of power that allow for the revision of some of the core concepts and ontologies of architectural history.
22 July 2024 to 26 July 2024
Toolkit for Today: Cross Wor(l)ds/Queer Wor(l)ds
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The 2024 Toolkit for Today will explore imaginative, material, and methodological paths to collectively navigate how queer and trans* theory can offer critiques of power that allow for the revision of some of the core concepts and ontologies of architectural history.
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Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
5 January 2003 to 31 August 2003
Visiting Scholars 2002–2003
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Chiara Baglione, IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia, Venice, Italy Topic: Becoming an Architect in the Rome of Urban VIII: Architectural Training and Early Works of Pietro da Cortona Laurent Baridon, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France Topic: Dinocrate ou l’architecte en représentation Martin Bressani, McGill University, Montreal,(...)
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5 January 2003 to
31 August 2003