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
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AP161
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- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
1995-2006
Gilles Clément’s Manifesto for the “Environment” exhibition collection
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AP161
Synopsis:
- La collection est composée d’objets reliés au « Manifeste » de Gilles Clément, présenté lors de l’exposition « Environ(ne)ment » au Centre canadien d’architecture du 18 octobre 2006 au 10 juin 2007.
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Collection 161
1995-2006
born digital
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124 digital file(s)
Data collection modules from the installation at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2006-2007)
ARCH275099
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Original directory names: "Base de Données Ambiente", "Programme captation", "Programme IIS Génération XML", "scripts". The scripts directory contains a .vbs script that checks whether or not the system is running and starts the system if it is not running. A "Readme.txt" file at the same level as the 4 directories explains how to run the applications together with the animation software. Prevalent file types: .cs, .resx, .config, .exe, .resources, .mdf, .ldf, .aspx, .txt, .vbs
2002-2007
Data collection modules from the installation at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (2006-2007)
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ARCH275099
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Original directory names: "Base de Données Ambiente", "Programme captation", "Programme IIS Génération XML", "scripts". The scripts directory contains a .vbs script that checks whether or not the system is running and starts the system if it is not running. A "Readme.txt" file at the same level as the 4 directories explains how to run the applications together with the animation software. Prevalent file types: .cs, .resx, .config, .exe, .resources, .mdf, .ldf, .aspx, .txt, .vbs
born digital
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124 digital file(s)
2002-2007
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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
Synopsis:
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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Collection institutionnelle
1918-2000
PH1989:0092
architecture
December 1988
architecture
photographs
PH1989:0100
architecture
December 1988
photographs
December 1988
architecture
photographs
PH1989:0108
architecture
December 1988
photographs
December 1988
architecture
Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
7 May 1989 to 7 August 1989
Architecture and Its Image
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Architecture and Its Image examines the complex relationships between drawings, photographs, prints, and other architectural representations and the buildings, landscapes, and cities they represent. The exhibition assembles images dating from the early sixteenth century to the late twentieth century from Tokyo and Rome to Mississauga and Montreal and includes maps, books,(...)
PH1988:0282
architecture
23 August 1987
architecture
PH1988:0411
architecture
23 August 1987
architecture