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Power and Planning
Nature reorganized
Arvida, cités-jardins, Ernest Isbell Barott, Garden City, industrial, industriel, Ludger Lemieux, Québec, Ross and Macdonald, Shawinigan, Témiscaming, Thomas Adams
23 July 2009
Nature reorganized
This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
Main galleries
18 March 1998 to 24 May 1998
Montréal Métropole, 1880–1930
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This exhibition looks at the transformation of Montréal from a nineteenth century merchant city to the metropolis of Canada. It examines the elements that made Montréal a political, social, and economic centre and explores the unique character of its architecture. The exhibition brings together some 350 objects, including drawings from the CCA collection by Montréal(...)
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Ross & Macdonald fonds
AP013
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The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
1902-1982
Ross & Macdonald fonds
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The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
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1902-1982
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A.D. Thacker fonds
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
1913-1944
A.D. Thacker fonds
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The A.D. Thacker fonds is comprised of project proposals and documentation dating from around 1913-1938, depicting structures designed by Thacker. Much of Thacker's work was completed in Quebec, but he also completed projects in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thacker designed many churches for religious institutions that were directly involved in the oppressive, colonial assimilation policies and systems of the Canadian government towards indigenous people. The fonds contains 33 drawings, 16 reprographic copies, 12 photographs and 8 textual documents.
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1913-1944
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28,120 items.
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xv, 167 leaves : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
c1992.
The hotel architecture of Ross & MacFarlane/Ross & Macdonald / David A. Rose.
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xv, 167 leaves : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
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c1992.
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Guide du fonds Ross & Macdonald = Guide and inventory to the Ross & Macdonald Archive / David Rose.
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2 volumes ; 28 cm
Montreal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1991.
Guide du fonds Ross & Macdonald = Guide and inventory to the Ross & Macdonald Archive / David Rose.
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2 volumes ; 28 cm
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Montreal : Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1991.
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1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
[Montréal : s.n., 1925?]
"The Chateau" Apartment Building, Sherbrooke and Mountain Streets, Montréal : associate architects, Ross & Macdonald and H.L. Fetherstonhaugh, Montréal.
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1 sheet ([2] p.) : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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[Montréal : s.n., 1925?]
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8 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 x 44 cm
[Montréal?] : [publisher not identified], 2000.
Redéveloppement de l'édifice Eaton, Montréal : concept de revitalisation 02 06 00.
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8 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 x 44 cm
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[Montréal?] : [publisher not identified], 2000.