Through a commission from the CCA, three contemporary photographers spent six years interpreting the work of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), North America’s most important landscape architect. *Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James* presents 155 photographs from this commission to offer visitors an opportunity to understand(...)
Main galleries
16 October 1996 to 2 February 1997
Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James
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Through a commission from the CCA, three contemporary photographers spent six years interpreting the work of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), North America’s most important landscape architect. *Viewing Olmsted: Photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James* presents 155 photographs from this commission to offer visitors an opportunity to understand(...)
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Nature reorganized
architecture du paysage, Frederick Law Olmsted, Geoffrey James, landscape architecture, Lee Friedlander, Mount Royal Park, parc, Parc du Mont-Royal, parc urbain, park, Robert Burley, urban park
14 August 2009
Nature reorganized
This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
Octagonal gallery
13 June 2008 to 5 October 2008
Will Alsop: OCAD, An Urban Manifesto
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This exhibition features British architect Will Alsop’s preparatory work for the Sharp Centre for Design at the Ontario College of Art Design (OCAD) in Toronto and explores the role of painting in his design process. Completed in 2004, OCAD’s Sharp Centre for Design was designed by Alsop Architects in collaboration with the Toronto-based firm Robbie/Young + Wright. The(...)
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Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
Octagonal gallery
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens
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Celebrating the opening of the CCAs new building, Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens reveals the potential of a museum of architecture as a statement: about the nature of the works it collects and exhibits; about its role in the life of a culture or a city; and about architecture itself. Both the restoration of the nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House(...)
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4 unnumbered leaves, [14] plates : illustrations ; 13 x 28 cm
Kitchener, ON : Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2008.
Geoffrey James : Field Notes.
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4 unnumbered leaves, [14] plates : illustrations ; 13 x 28 cm
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Kitchener, ON : Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2008.
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88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 X 23 cm.
Toronto : University of Toronto Art Centre, 2003.
Geoffrey James : past, present, future.
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88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 X 23 cm.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Art Centre, 2003.
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
North Vancouver, B.C. : Presentation House Gallery, 1999.
Running fence : Geoffrey James / essays by Elizabeth Armstrong, Sebastian Rotella, Dot Tuer.
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 x 31 cm
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North Vancouver, B.C. : Presentation House Gallery, 1999.
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97, [42] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2006.
Toronto / Geoffrey James ; introduction by Mark Kingwell.
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97, [42] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2006.
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71 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
Toronto : Power Plant, 1994.
Asbestos : Geoffrey James / with an essay by Richard Rhodes.
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71 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
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Toronto : Power Plant, 1994.