Major international architects Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman address topics they consider to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architectural practice. Their individual presentations are followed by a joint conversation with CCA Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees Phyllis Lambert. The Urgency series reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration(...)
8 June 2007
Urgency 2007: Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman
Actions:
Description:
Major international architects Rem Koolhaas and Peter Eisenman address topics they consider to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architectural practice. Their individual presentations are followed by a joint conversation with CCA Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees Phyllis Lambert. The Urgency series reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration(...)
Adieu, Mel
In a conversation about the career of late artist-architect Melvin Charney, the CCA pays tribute to his work. Charney, who died on 17 September, 2012, was a close friend of the CCA, having developed and designed its sculpture garden. During this tribute, George Baird, Serge Carreau, Odile Decq, Alan J. Knight and Gwendolyn Owens explore his unique approach to the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
23 January 2013 , 6pm
Adieu, Mel
Actions:
Description:
In a conversation about the career of late artist-architect Melvin Charney, the CCA pays tribute to his work. Charney, who died on 17 September, 2012, was a close friend of the CCA, having developed and designed its sculpture garden. During this tribute, George Baird, Serge Carreau, Odile Decq, Alan J. Knight and Gwendolyn Owens explore his unique approach to the(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Adam Caruso of Caruso St John and Brigitte Shim of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects address topics they consider to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architectural practice. Their individual presentations are followed by a conversation moderated by CCA Director Mirko Zardini. The Urgency series reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration of critical issues facing(...)
12 June 2009
Urgency 2009: Adam Caruso and Brigitte Shim
Actions:
Description:
Adam Caruso of Caruso St John and Brigitte Shim of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects address topics they consider to be of vital importance and urgency in contemporary architectural practice. Their individual presentations are followed by a conversation moderated by CCA Director Mirko Zardini. The Urgency series reflects the CCA’s ongoing exploration of critical issues facing(...)
From 1966 to 1968, Shadrach Woods and Cedric Price, two architects and educators in Paris and London, found themselves caught up in a vortex of change in education. Like architecture, the field was searching for new models; thinkers sought to reformulate the basic problems of education, rather than simply seeking new solutions to old questions. In this seminar 2014(...)
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Shadrach Woods, Cedric Price, Visiting Scholar, Federica Doglio
24 July 2014, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Federica Doglio
Actions:
Description:
From 1966 to 1968, Shadrach Woods and Cedric Price, two architects and educators in Paris and London, found themselves caught up in a vortex of change in education. Like architecture, the field was searching for new models; thinkers sought to reformulate the basic problems of education, rather than simply seeking new solutions to old questions. In this seminar 2014(...)
Shaughnessy House Keyword(s):
Shadrach Woods, Cedric Price, Visiting Scholar, Federica Doglio
Learning from… Toronto
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
4 March 2010 , 7pm
Learning from… Toronto
Actions:
Description:
Ian Chodikoff, architect, urban designer, and editor of Canadian Architect magazine, presents his research on the contemporary suburb and how the influences of ethnic diversity and multiculturalism affect architecture and urban design within the suburban landscape across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Today’s suburbs are more ethnically diverse, globally connected and(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
events
Learning from... Astana
Jeffrey Inaba, principal of the Los Angeles-based firm INABA, examines the urban centre and capital city of Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world with a proportionally small population of 16 million people. With its rich oil and natural gas reserves and strategic geographical location, Kazakhstan is poised to experience an economic boom and has already(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
19 April 2007 , 7pm
Learning from... Astana
Actions:
Description:
Jeffrey Inaba, principal of the Los Angeles-based firm INABA, examines the urban centre and capital city of Kazakhstan, the ninth largest country in the world with a proportionally small population of 16 million people. With its rich oil and natural gas reserves and strategic geographical location, Kazakhstan is poised to experience an economic boom and has already(...)
events
19 April 2007
7pm
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Learning from... Madrid
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
4 December 2014 , 6pm
Learning from... Madrid
Actions:
Description:
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
Revolution on a Human Scale: Photography and Vkhutemas
Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
Shaughnessy House
29 June 2017, 6pm
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Aglaya Glebova
Actions:
Description:
Visiting Scholar Aglaya Glebova presents her research: Vkhutemas, or Higher Art and Technical Studios, was a state-funded institute that sought to prepare a new generation of revolutionary artists and architects for the construction of a properly Soviet modernity. Dissolved under political pressure in 1930, the school never had a dedicated department of photography, but(...)
Shaughnessy House
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Craig Hodgetts
29 March 2018
Come and Forget the Grid, with Craig Hodgetts
Actions:
Description:
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Craig Hodgetts
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Johannes Grenzfurthner
12 April 2018
Come and Forget the Counterculture, with Johannes Grenzfurthner
Actions:
Description:
Individuals act as their own historians, suppressing some stories and emphasizing others. But at the scale of nations and cultures, and especially in this age of ubiquitous digital memory, it has become more difficult to forget. Building on questions about history and its uses, raised by exhibitions like Educating Architects: Four Courses by Kenneth Frampton and Besides,(...)
Johannes Grenzfurthner