Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
23 October 2002 to 6 April 2003
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind
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Herzog de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind presents an exhaustive display of materials from the architects’ archive and from related collections. Referencing a natural history, the exhibition includes study models, books, photographs, toys, fossils, Chinese scholars’ rocks, and significant works of contemporary art, all of which have informed the thinking of the Swiss(...)
Main galleries
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(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
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(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
Starting From... Travel
Interpreting the subject of travel to distant places, the exhibition charts an expanded notion of travel that spans imaginary journeys, strange sites, vanishing points, floating and portable houses, endless caves, swirling diamond domes, tombs, crypts and catacombs, tunnel adventures, formal studies, technical innovation, cultural imagination, and experimental(...)
Hall cases
3 December 2008 to 1 May 2009
Starting From... Travel
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Interpreting the subject of travel to distant places, the exhibition charts an expanded notion of travel that spans imaginary journeys, strange sites, vanishing points, floating and portable houses, endless caves, swirling diamond domes, tombs, crypts and catacombs, tunnel adventures, formal studies, technical innovation, cultural imagination, and experimental(...)
Hall cases
photographs
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ca. 2000
photographs
ca. 2000
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1999 - 2000
1999 - 2000
ARCH287038
2000 - 2002
2000 - 2002
ARCH287026
1999 - 2002
1999 - 2002
photographs
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118 slide(s)
ARCH268150
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Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
1999?
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix"
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ARCH268150
Description:
Images of various toys and children with toys. Some slides are labelled "Phoenix", "Explorer", "Space slug", "lander", and "grow bot".
photographs
Quantity:
118 slide(s)
1999?
ARCH279908
circa 2000
ARCH279824
Description:
Videocassette contains select footage from Hoberman toys Plattner shoot.
1999
Video recording of Hoberman toys (Tapestry Productions)
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ARCH279824
Description:
Videocassette contains select footage from Hoberman toys Plattner shoot.
1999