Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
9 October 2008
Rebecca Solnit: The Ruins of Hope, Hope in the Ruins
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Rebecca Solnit, 2008 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is an independent writer, historian, and activist with a particular interest in geography, landscape, slowness, insurrection, photography, indirect routes and subjects that escape category. She lives in San Francisco, has received various awards, including the Lannan, a Guggenheim, and the Western Writers of America Spur(...)
Learning from... Shanghai
In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
7 May 2009
Learning from... Shanghai
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In 2001, Shanghai announced the development plan of “One City Nine Towns,” a series of towns each built around a theme inspired by a different Western tradition. Chinese urban theorist Xiangning Li examines the themed spaces in the city’s post-colonial context, relating them to Shanghai’s contemporary urban culture and situating them within the changing dynamics between(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Hubert Damisch, 2003-2004 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, examines Blur – the cloud building created by New York architects Diller + Scofidio on lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, which is the most recent and radical expression of the desire for fluidity and evanescence in architecture – and the consequences that it might have on the future of structural thought. Damisch examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
8 May 2003
Hubert Damisch: “Effacer l’architecture?”
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Hubert Damisch, 2003-2004 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, examines Blur – the cloud building created by New York architects Diller + Scofidio on lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, which is the most recent and radical expression of the desire for fluidity and evanescence in architecture – and the consequences that it might have on the future of structural thought. Damisch examines(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Environmental Histories
To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
15 December 2016, 6pm
Environmental Histories
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To kick off “Architecture and/for the Environment” —the CCA’s third Multidisciplinary Research Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation—Daniel Abramson and Imre Szeman will present two key concepts that reconceive the environment in the history of architecture. Daniel Abramson, an architectural historian, will discuss how the idea of architectural “obsolescence”(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
journals and magazines
Fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogues
DR2012:0012:087:004
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File containing five copies of the fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogue.
2001
Fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogues
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DR2012:0012:087:004
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File containing five copies of the fall 2001 Ogilvy catalogue.
journals and magazines
2001
Sub-series
AP207.S3.SS05
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The sub-series documents the publication "Sottsass e Sottsass: itinerary di architecture", written by Pettena and published by Testo & Immagine in Torino, in 2001. The publication consists of a guided itinerarie of Ettore Sottsass and Ettore Sottsass Junior's work in Italy. The sub-series contains research material on Sottsass and Sottsass's architectural projects, draft texts, proofs for the publication and proofs for the graphic design development of the book.
2001
Publication "Sottsass e Sottsass" (2001)
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AP207.S3.SS05
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The sub-series documents the publication "Sottsass e Sottsass: itinerary di architecture", written by Pettena and published by Testo & Immagine in Torino, in 2001. The publication consists of a guided itinerarie of Ettore Sottsass and Ettore Sottsass Junior's work in Italy. The sub-series contains research material on Sottsass and Sottsass's architectural projects, draft texts, proofs for the publication and proofs for the graphic design development of the book.
Subseries
2001
Project
AP075.S1.2001.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Sourkes Lewin Residence on Wells Hill Avenue, in Toronto. Oberlander worked on this project in 2001. Oberlander's landscape design included the addition of an enclosed courtyard with cobbles paving at the northwest side of the property, and adding planting of bulbs, groundcover and trees in front of the house and on the southeast side of the property. The project series contains sketches and design development drawings, such as a landscape plan with plant list, planting plans, and site plans. The project is also documented through correspondence with client, financial documents, plant lists, and photographs of the existing landscaping.
2001
Sourkes Lewin Residence, Toronto, Ontario (2001)
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AP075.S1.2001.PR04
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Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape project for the Sourkes Lewin Residence on Wells Hill Avenue, in Toronto. Oberlander worked on this project in 2001. Oberlander's landscape design included the addition of an enclosed courtyard with cobbles paving at the northwest side of the property, and adding planting of bulbs, groundcover and trees in front of the house and on the southeast side of the property. The project series contains sketches and design development drawings, such as a landscape plan with plant list, planting plans, and site plans. The project is also documented through correspondence with client, financial documents, plant lists, and photographs of the existing landscaping.
Project
2001
Project
AP164.S1.2001.D1
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The project series documents the design for a new courthouse building in Aachen, Germany. The objective was to bring all the judicial functions in the same location. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit their proposal to a restricted competition. The firm identified this project as number 136. Documenting the project are a model, presentation drawings and reference materials.
2001
Complejo de justicia, Aachen, Germany (2001)
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AP164.S1.2001.D1
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The project series documents the design for a new courthouse building in Aachen, Germany. The objective was to bring all the judicial functions in the same location. Abalos & Herreros were invited to submit their proposal to a restricted competition. The firm identified this project as number 136. Documenting the project are a model, presentation drawings and reference materials.
Project
2001
textual records
AP197.S3.010
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 2001. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Yale University; Université de Montréal; Patkau Architects; Tadao Ando; Manuel de Sola-Morales; the Royal Institute of British Architects; ArquitecturaViva; Maki and Associates; and Kisho Kurakawa. Included in this box is correspondence with Oscar Niemeyer and Alvaro Siza in relation to the Michael Blackwood production on both these architects; correspondence about the Aga Khan Award; correspondence about writing an introduction essay to the publication Tadao Ando Light & Water; and correspondence about Frampton’s trip and itinerary to Japan and to meet with Tadao Ando.
2001
Personal and professional correspondence from 2001
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AP197.S3.010
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The box is comprised of correspondence for the year 2001. The box documents Frampton’s career as Ware professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University and his related professional activities. Correspondence in this box includes: offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles, reviews, books and recommendation letters; invitations to teach, present, or attend at lectures/symposiums/conferences; and requests to serve on juries. Throughout this period, Frampton corresponded with various universities, architects, professors, publishers, and editors of various publications such as: Yale University; Université de Montréal; Patkau Architects; Tadao Ando; Manuel de Sola-Morales; the Royal Institute of British Architects; ArquitecturaViva; Maki and Associates; and Kisho Kurakawa. Included in this box is correspondence with Oscar Niemeyer and Alvaro Siza in relation to the Michael Blackwood production on both these architects; correspondence about the Aga Khan Award; correspondence about writing an introduction essay to the publication Tadao Ando Light & Water; and correspondence about Frampton’s trip and itinerary to Japan and to meet with Tadao Ando.
textual records
2001
Project
AP180.S3.2001.PR01
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for the exhibition "John Soane 1753-1837”, an exhibition on an evaluation of John Soane's work for modern and contemporary architects, at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, Québec, in 2001. The project series contains exhibition installation plans.
2001
John Soane 1753-1837 exhibition, Montréal, Québec, Canada (2001)
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AP180.S3.2001.PR01
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This project series documents Umberto Riva's design for the exhibition "John Soane 1753-1837”, an exhibition on an evaluation of John Soane's work for modern and contemporary architects, at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, Québec, in 2001. The project series contains exhibition installation plans.
Project
2001