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The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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October 2023
Timo Strauch on a sixteenth-century sketchbook of ancient Roman architecture
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The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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October 2023 to
October 2023
take a closer look
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The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
May 2023 to June 2023
Elisabeth Narkin on Jacques 1er Androuet Du Cerceau
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The Take a Closer Look program promotes new readings of our prints and drawings collection which is predominantly composed of materials from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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May 2023 to
June 2023
Architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai present[ed] his latest work. Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva present[ed] the work of Bijoy Jain and Umberto Riva, architects deeply engaged with architectural processes, materials and craft.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
6 November 2014 , 6pm
Rooms in Mumbai: a Discussion with Bijoy Jain
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Architect Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai present[ed] his latest work. Rooms You May Have Missed: Bijoy Jain, Umberto Riva present[ed] the work of Bijoy Jain and Umberto Riva, architects deeply engaged with architectural processes, materials and craft.
Paul Desmarais Theatre
10 Minutes is a collection of twenty-four interviews with architects, designers, and artists about their relationship with materials and how this informs architectures and design’s place in society. Questions of economy, ecology, cooperation, and pedagogy are also at the heart of the conversations, revealing a variety of contemporary, exploratory, and constantly renewed(...)
2 May 2024, 6pm
10 minutes: Architects and Designers in Conversation
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10 Minutes is a collection of twenty-four interviews with architects, designers, and artists about their relationship with materials and how this informs architectures and design’s place in society. Questions of economy, ecology, cooperation, and pedagogy are also at the heart of the conversations, revealing a variety of contemporary, exploratory, and constantly renewed(...)
The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
9 March 2017
When Shelter Becomes Exposure
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The formaldehyde-based resins that bind pressed woods are an overlooked, yet foundational, agent in the homemaking and technological dreamworlds of mid-twentieth century North America. Formaldehyde, an irritant, allergen, neurotoxin, and carcinogen, undergirds much of the comfort, security, and affordability of the modern home. In this talk Nicholas Shapiro tracks(...)
In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
15 November 2007
Michael Reynolds: The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept
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In the Yesterday Today lecture series, American architect Michael Reynolds discusses Earthship houses, which use recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. The structure and systems of Earthships are integrated so that all materials have a secondary use, from the greywater system in bathrooms and kitchens to planter boxes in(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
The Toolkit for Today seminar is a constitutive part of the CCA Doctoral Students Program. We invite scholars to open up their toolboxes, share methodological challenges and approaches, and discuss the key concepts they work with on contemporary issues in architecture and related disciplines. In 2016, the Toolkit for Today focuses on “Keywords for the Environment,”(...)
27 June 2016 to 30 June 2016
Toolkit for Today: Keywords for the Environment
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The Toolkit for Today seminar is a constitutive part of the CCA Doctoral Students Program. We invite scholars to open up their toolboxes, share methodological challenges and approaches, and discuss the key concepts they work with on contemporary issues in architecture and related disciplines. In 2016, the Toolkit for Today focuses on “Keywords for the Environment,”(...)
Gerswalde
6 September 2020, 10am
Gerswalde
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
The expanded role: SITU
Bradley Samuels presents recent SITU Research work and the role that research plays within the larger practice of SITU as a whole. A series of case studies will be presented which explore an expanded role for architectural and spatial practice across a range of fields—from human rights and public policy to earth science and workspace design. SITU Research’s past work(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
14 January 2016
The expanded role: SITU
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Bradley Samuels presents recent SITU Research work and the role that research plays within the larger practice of SITU as a whole. A series of case studies will be presented which explore an expanded role for architectural and spatial practice across a range of fields—from human rights and public policy to earth science and workspace design. SITU Research’s past work(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre