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exhibitions
exhibitions
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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(...)
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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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
4 December 1991 to 8 March 1992
Title:
Potential Architecture: Construction Toys from the CCA Collection
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Description:
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(...)
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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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
4 December 1991 to
8 March 1992
4 December 1991 to
8 March 1992
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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articles
articles
Title:
Toys Shape Minds no. 16
Toys Shape Minds no. 16
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Let us assure you
Let us assure you
Keyword(s):
log cabins, Log Cabin Play-House, toys, architectural toys, Potential Architecture, Lincoln Logs
log cabins, Log Cabin Play-House, toys, architectural toys, Potential Architecture, Lincoln Logs
Published:
16 September 2016
16 September 2016
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Let us assure you
Let us assure you
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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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(...)
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(...)
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
7 May 1989 to 25 March 1990
Title:
Canadian Centre for Architecture: Building and Gardens
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Description:
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(...)
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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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
7 May 1989 to
25 March 1990
7 May 1989 to
25 March 1990
Location:
Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Form:
exhibitions
exhibitions
Title:
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
Dream Houses, Toy Homes
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Description:
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(...)
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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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(...)
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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exhibitions
exhibitions
Date:
8 November 1995 to
31 March 1996
8 November 1995 to
31 March 1996
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events
events
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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,(...)
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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online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
Date:
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
27 April 2023, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Title:
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,(...)
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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events
events
Date:
27 April 2023
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
27 April 2023
6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location:
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
online Keyword(s):
Indigenous-led design, fellow, Peguis First Nation, land rehabilitation
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events
events
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Description:
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(...)
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(...)
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Date:
11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
11 November 2010 to 13 November 2010
Title:
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(...)
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(...)
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events
events
Date:
11 November 2010 to
13 November 2010
11 November 2010 to
13 November 2010
Location:
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Paul Desmarais Theatre
Form:
textual records
textual records
Title:
Letter from Charles Jencks to Kenneth Frampton about potential publication Meaning in Architecture
Letter from Charles Jencks to Kenneth Frampton about potential publication Meaning in Architecture
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Reference number:
ARCH279002
ARCH279002
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Date:
1966
1966
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1966
1966
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archives
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Collection
archives
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Collection
Title:
Kiran Mukerji Collection
Kiran Mukerji Collection
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Reference number:
CD038
Synopsis:
The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
CD038
Synopsis:
The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
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Date:
1972-2013
1972-2013
Title:
Kiran Mukerji Collection
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CD038
Synopsis:
The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
Kiran Mukerji Collection
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CD038
Synopsis:
The Kiran Mukerji collection contains Kiran Mukerji’s research material on building and design technologies for affordable housing, which consists mostly of publications, and a few textual records the Institut für Tropenbau (Institute for Tropical Building).
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archives
Level of archival description:
Collection
archives
Level of archival description:
Collection
Date:
1972-2013
1972-2013
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
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AP176
Synopsis:
Karl Chu X PHYLUM project records, 1998-2014 (predominant 1998-2002), documents the development and design process of Chu’s project X PHYLUM. The archive consists exclusively of original born-digital material.
AP176
Synopsis:
Karl Chu X PHYLUM project records, 1998-2014 (predominant 1998-2002), documents the development and design process of Chu’s project X PHYLUM. The archive consists exclusively of original born-digital material.
People:
Date:
1998-2014
1998-2014
Title:
Karl Chu X Phylum project records
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AP176
Synopsis:
Karl Chu X PHYLUM project records, 1998-2014 (predominant 1998-2002), documents the development and design process of Chu’s project X PHYLUM. The archive consists exclusively of original born-digital material.
Karl Chu X Phylum project records
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AP176
Synopsis:
Karl Chu X PHYLUM project records, 1998-2014 (predominant 1998-2002), documents the development and design process of Chu’s project X PHYLUM. The archive consists exclusively of original born-digital material.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1998-2014
1998-2014
People:
Form:
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Reference number:
AP119
Synopsis:
The Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records consist of twenty ink jet printouts of computer-generated images, four sketchbooks, as well as project documentation of Yeadon's Prix de Rome project. All of the drawings were made in Rome between 1999 and 2000.
AP119
Synopsis:
The Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records consist of twenty ink jet printouts of computer-generated images, four sketchbooks, as well as project documentation of Yeadon's Prix de Rome project. All of the drawings were made in Rome between 1999 and 2000.
People:
Date:
1998-2002
1998-2002
Title:
Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records
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AP119
Synopsis:
The Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records consist of twenty ink jet printouts of computer-generated images, four sketchbooks, as well as project documentation of Yeadon's Prix de Rome project. All of the drawings were made in Rome between 1999 and 2000.
Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records
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AP119
Synopsis:
The Peter Yeadon Prix de Rome project records consist of twenty ink jet printouts of computer-generated images, four sketchbooks, as well as project documentation of Yeadon's Prix de Rome project. All of the drawings were made in Rome between 1999 and 2000.
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archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
archives
Level of archival description:
Fonds
Date:
1998-2002
1998-2002
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