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Nuit Blanche at the CCA
On the occasion of Nuit Blanche 2026, we invite you to encounter the various images, objects, performances, and sounds inhabiting our galleries; to embark on a speculative journey through history, memory, and the built world. Combining architectural fragments, archives, videos, and sounds from here and elsewhere, this new edition invites you to drift into a space where(...)
28 February 2026 to 1 March 2026, 6pm to 1am
Nuit Blanche at the CCA
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On the occasion of Nuit Blanche 2026, we invite you to encounter the various images, objects, performances, and sounds inhabiting our galleries; to embark on a speculative journey through history, memory, and the built world. Combining architectural fragments, archives, videos, and sounds from here and elsewhere, this new edition invites you to drift into a space where(...)
This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
19 February 2026, 6pm to 8pm
Discussion: Revolutionary Matter
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This roundtable brings together multidisciplinary scholars from media and film studies, design, and visual culture to explore modernity in China during the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of material production and spatial transformation. Centered on the intensification of productivity in industry and land use, the discussion considers how object-making and(...)
Ying Qian, Weixian Pan, Jennifer Altehenger, Joshua Neves, How Modern, GEM Lab, Concordia
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5 January 2026 to 30 April 2026
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5 March 2026, 9am to 4pm
26 February 2026, 5pm to 9pm
Culture Lab was a multidisciplinary symposium series initiated and directed by Brian Boigon that ran from 1991 to 1994. The exhibition provides new clues about the many forms and channels through which architectural discourses are shaped and circulated.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
Culture Lab, digital, entertainment, Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Sanford Kwinter
26 February 2026 to 30 August 2026
Interactive Entertainment Architecture: Culture Lab, Toronto 1991–1994
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Culture Lab was a multidisciplinary symposium series initiated and directed by Brian Boigon that ran from 1991 to 1994. The exhibition provides new clues about the many forms and channels through which architectural discourses are shaped and circulated.
Octagonal Gallery Keyword(s):
Culture Lab, digital, entertainment, Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Sanford Kwinter
In the summer of 2026, the CCA day camp offers children aged 7 to 10 an immersive introduction to the world of architecture, the built environment, and design. Supervised by the CCA public programs team, participants will be able to explore and become familiar with all the CCA’s spaces, from the Paul-Desmarais Theatre to the Study Room, including the Shaughnessy House and(...)
summer camp
17 August 2026 to 21 August 2026
Summer Camp 2026
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In the summer of 2026, the CCA day camp offers children aged 7 to 10 an immersive introduction to the world of architecture, the built environment, and design. Supervised by the CCA public programs team, participants will be able to explore and become familiar with all the CCA’s spaces, from the Paul-Desmarais Theatre to the Study Room, including the Shaughnessy House and(...)
summer camp
Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
5 February 2026, 6pm
Film and conversation: Where Will We Grow Older?
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Where—and how—do we want to live as we grow older? Will our neighborhoods, our buildings, our cities be able to meet our needs? The evening begins with a screening of the documentary Where We Grow Older (CCA, 2023, 30 min), which explores how architecture and urban planning can respond to the challenges of an aging population. The screening will be followed by a(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre