Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Through selections from the CCA’s collection of architectural toys and games, including 33 European and North American architectural toys dating from the early nineteenth century to 1995, Dream Houses, Toy Homes examines the notions of home, childhood, play, gender, and learning. The exhibition uncovers the potential of toys to embody images and ideas of domestic(...)
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Ideas of living
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Ideas of living
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Toys Shape Minds no. 3
Bumpalow Cottage, Bumpalow Home, Bumpalow Town, toys, games, Dream Houses, Toy Homes, Milton Bradley Company, Hasbro
16 April 2016
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
13 May 2010 , 7pm
Isola and Norzi: Conshelf II
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Artists Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi discuss Jacques Cousteau’s Conshelf II underwater base and their own project Liquid Door, which proposes to revive the dream of living underwater by making Cousteau’s Starfish House inhabitable. Based in New York, Italian-born Hilario Isola and Matteo Norzi have collaborated since 2003, pooling their backgrounds and interests in art(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Paris : Créaphis, [1994]
Maisons de rêve au Portugal / Roselyne de Villanova, Carolina Leite, Isabel Raposo ; préface de Nuno Portas ; dessins d'Isabel Raposo et Luìsa Gòis ; photographies de Pierre Gaudin et d'Isabel Raposo.
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196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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Paris : Créaphis, [1994]
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537, [2] p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., plans ; 24 cm.
[Cologne] : Könemann, [2000]
Maisons de rêve en Amérique / Concept Home Plans GmbH.
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537, [2] p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., plans ; 24 cm.
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[Cologne] : Könemann, [2000]
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©1995.
Maisons de rêve, maisons jouets = Dream houses, toy homes.
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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[Montréal] : Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, ©1995.
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8 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
Maisons de rêve, maisons jouets = Dream houses, toy homes : exhibition products, 1995.
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8 items : ill. ; 92 cm. or smaller
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216 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Paris : Éditions du Moniteur, 1981.
Les grandes maisons de Los Angeles : où le rêve devient réalité / Brendan Gill ; photographies de Derry Moore, assisté de Christopher Phillips.
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216 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
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Paris : Éditions du Moniteur, 1981.