Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
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4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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Architecture, though constrained by boundaries of function and structure, is always ultimately an act of the imagination. Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection explores twenty-one construction toys, made in the hundred years from 1850 to 1950, that were designed to challenge a child’s creativity. The toys illustrate how children learn to invent(...)
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Toys Shape Minds no. 16
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log cabins, Log Cabin Play-House, toys, architectural toys, Potential Architecture, Lincoln Logs
16 September 2016
Let us assure you
The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Peguis First Nation and the Netley-Libau Marsh: Documenting Indigenous Land Use and Occupancy at the Mouth of Lake Winnipeg
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The St. Peter’s Indian Band (now Peguis First Nation) was forcibly removed from their original lands at Netley-Libau Marsh beginning in 1908, after an illegal surrender vote took place. Since then, the health of the area that was once the Peguis’s home has declined due to intense annual flooding and ice jams; the appearance of invasive species such as purple loosestrife,(...)
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Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
The CCA in an Expanding Curatorial Field
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Curatorial practice as it emerged during the twentieth century is no doubt being extensively recast. The tremendous change in the status of the object, of culture, of the various disciplines, or information and education, implies an inevitable transformation of the curator’s role and competences. A renewed interest for curatorial practice has emerged within the field of(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
books
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43 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Montreal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1991.
Architecture potentielle : jeux de construction de la collection du CCA = Potential architecture : construction toys from the CCA Collection.
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43 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Montreal : Centre Canadien d'Architecture, 1991.
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6 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
Architecture potentielle : jeux de construction de la collection du CCA = Potential architecture : construction toys from the CCA collection : exhibition products, 1991-1992.
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6 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
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audio
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1 audiocassette (approximately 60 min.), 2 audio discs (approximately 60 min.) ; 12 cm consultation copy
[1991]
Inauguration de l'exposition : Architecture potentielle : jeux de construction de la collection du CCA = Exhibition opening : Potential Architecture : Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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1 audiocassette (approximately 60 min.), 2 audio discs (approximately 60 min.) ; 12 cm consultation copy
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[1991]
ARCH272108
September 2014
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107 pages : illustrations (some coloe) ; 24 cm.
Montréal, Québec : Potential Architecture Books, 2018.
Du potentiel de l'hétéronomie et de l'autonomie en architecture / sous la direction de Louis Martin et Jonathan Lachance = On the potential of heteronomy and autonomy in architecture / edited by Louis Martin, Jonathan Lachance.
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107 pages : illustrations (some coloe) ; 24 cm.
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Montréal, Québec : Potential Architecture Books, 2018.
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Stanlo. No. 6.
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1 construction set : metal, color ; various sizes in wooden box 29 x 58 x 6 cm + 1 instruction booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm)
[approximately 1933] ([New Britain, Conn. : Stanlo])
Stanlo. No. 6.
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1 construction set : metal, color ; various sizes in wooden box 29 x 58 x 6 cm + 1 instruction booklet ([20] pages : illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm)
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[approximately 1933] ([New Britain, Conn. : Stanlo])