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(...)
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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
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,(...)
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 June 1997 to 28 September 1997
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks
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Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks presents a visual essay of the Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo, and Paris. Fascinated by the importance of illusion in the design and layout of the parks, Wagner aspired “to add yet another layer of deception to this already simulated world, our world, where illusion is now more real(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Support Grants 2013
Katherine Kuenzli, Wesleyan University Natasha Lee, Princeton University Eric Monin, École nationale supérieure darchitecture et de paysage - ENSAP Lille Michela Rosso, Politecnico di Torino, Kathy Velikov, University of Michigan Friederike Schäfer, Hümboldt-Universität
11 March 2013 to 30 October 2013
Support Grants 2013
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Katherine Kuenzli, Wesleyan University Natasha Lee, Princeton University Eric Monin, École nationale supérieure darchitecture et de paysage - ENSAP Lille Michela Rosso, Politecnico di Torino, Kathy Velikov, University of Michigan Friederike Schäfer, Hümboldt-Universität
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11 March 2013 to
30 October 2013
Scouting Skateboard Sites
Skateboarder and landscape architect Mathieu Robichaud takes participants on a guided walk, analysing the skateboarding potential of urban spaces. Robichaud, of the firm Bloom Paysage, specialises in the design of skate parks. Inspired by the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008), the CCA hosts a series of workshops devoted to public actions in urban(...)
11 April 2009
Scouting Skateboard Sites
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Skateboarder and landscape architect Mathieu Robichaud takes participants on a guided walk, analysing the skateboarding potential of urban spaces. Robichaud, of the firm Bloom Paysage, specialises in the design of skate parks. Inspired by the exhibition Actions: What You Can Do With the City (2008), the CCA hosts a series of workshops devoted to public actions in urban(...)
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Visiting Scholars 2008
Vittoria Di Palma, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Wasteland Nikola Jankovic, ENSAPLV-École Nationale Supérieure dArchitecture de Paris-La Villette, Paris, France Topic: Biomodernisme ou le conditionnement de la vie. Une histoire critique (1928-1954) Juliet Koss, Scripps College, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, United States Topic: The USSR in(...)
2 April 2008 to 29 September 2008
Visiting Scholars 2008
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Vittoria Di Palma, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Wasteland Nikola Jankovic, ENSAPLV-École Nationale Supérieure dArchitecture de Paris-La Villette, Paris, France Topic: Biomodernisme ou le conditionnement de la vie. Une histoire critique (1928-1954) Juliet Koss, Scripps College, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, United States Topic: The USSR in(...)
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2 April 2008 to
29 September 2008
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Visiting Scholars 2010
Nicholas Adams, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, United States Topic: Being Modern, Being Swedish: Gunnar Asplund’s Law Court Extension, Göteborg (1934-1938) Frederick Bohrer, Hood College, Frederick, United States Topic: Photography, Architecture, Archaeology: The Image as Object Enrico Chapel, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Toulouse, France Topic: Le(...)
9 March 2010 to 15 August 2010
Visiting Scholars 2010
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Nicholas Adams, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, United States Topic: Being Modern, Being Swedish: Gunnar Asplund’s Law Court Extension, Göteborg (1934-1938) Frederick Bohrer, Hood College, Frederick, United States Topic: Photography, Architecture, Archaeology: The Image as Object Enrico Chapel, École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Toulouse, France Topic: Le(...)
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9 March 2010 to
15 August 2010
Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
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Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
29 July 2010
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Corinne Jaquand
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Corinne Jaquand presents “Planning through Landscape, German and French Experiences, 2010 and Backwards” on 29 July, a discussion of select examples of urban renewal in France and Germany in which the landscape project intervenes at the beginning of the planning process. View a complete listing of this summer’s seminars.
Shaughnessy House
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Corinne Jaquand, visiting scholar seminar
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On Logistics Landscapes
On Logistics Landscapes
Fredi Fischli, Niels Olsen, and Irene Chin in conversation with Tadeáš Říha and Kateřina Frejlachová
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Fleeting Landscapes
2 October 2023
Fleeting Landscapes
Lara Almarcegui in conversation with Stefano Graziani and Bas Princen
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