Michela Rosso, 2013 Support Grant Recipient, presents her research from Peter Carter’s archive on the Mansion House square scheme (1962–1985) and shows the different facets of the controversy over Mies van der Rohe’s unbuilt tower in the heart of the City of London. Rosso holds a doctorate from the Politecnico di Torino, where since 2003 she has been Associate professor(...)
Shaughnessy House
30 May 2013, 6pm
Friends and Enemies of Mies’s Mansion House Square
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Michela Rosso, 2013 Support Grant Recipient, presents her research from Peter Carter’s archive on the Mansion House square scheme (1962–1985) and shows the different facets of the controversy over Mies van der Rohe’s unbuilt tower in the heart of the City of London. Rosso holds a doctorate from the Politecnico di Torino, where since 2003 she has been Associate professor(...)
Shaughnessy House
Open House for Students
On 26 September 2024 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
26 September 2024, 6pm to 8:30pm
Open House for Students
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On 26 September 2024 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
Open House for Students
On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
14 September 2023, 6pm to 9pm
Open House for Students
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On 14 September 2023 we invite students to explore our exhibitions, Study Room, and public spaces, and ask us anything and everything you would like to know about the CCA.
articles
Is My House Trying to Kill Me?
Melanija Grozdanoska questions if building codes and standards for common household materials are actually keeping us safe
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Keep Safe
articles
An Umbrella Can Also Be a House
A selection of drawings of the Casa Desmarás by Amancio Williams
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
Get Out of Your House!
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We invite kids to get out of the house and into the museum for a day of free activities at the CCA: workshops, animated activities and an interactive gallery tour will be on the agenda.
PH1983:0233 A
architecture
25 September 1904
Exterior view of Darwin D. Martin House under construction, Buffalo, New York
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PH1983:0233 A
architecture
PH1983:0234 A
architecture
25 September 1904
Exterior view of Darwin D. Martin House under construction, Buffalo, New York
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PH1983:0234 A
architecture
PH1983:0061 A/B
architecture, interior design
between 1909 and 1912
Interior view of Coonley House showing the living room, Riverside, Illinois
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PH1983:0061 A/B
architecture, interior design
Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.
27 April 2008
Cardboard Houses: Exploration of Do-It-Yourself
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Families explore the creative potential of a recycled material by building houses and other imagined structures in cardboard. Inspired by the exhibition 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas (2007), Cardboard Houses introduces innovative ways of building that have a reduced environmental impact.