 CCA sculpture garden, with Melvin Charney's Colonnes allégoriques The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The architect Phyllis Lambert is the founder and director. The Esplanade Ernest-Cormier, a sculpture garden in Montreal, with Melvin Charneys work Colonnes allégoriques. ...
The Esplanade Ernest-Cormier, a sculpture garden in Montreal, with Melvin Charneys work Colonnes allégoriques. ...
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Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Province Region Montréal Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3] - City 365. ...
, Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595...
The Toronto-Dominion Centre. ...
The centre is located at 1920 Baile street ( 45°29′27.60″N, 73°34′42.80″W) and was designed by Montreal native architect Peter Rose, now of Rose + Guggenheimer Studio [1] (Boston, New York). It is housed in a building made up of the historical Shaughnessy mansion, which faces René Lévesque Boulevard, and a modern low lying construction which faces Baile Street and presents the museum entrance. René Lévesque Boulevard (officially boulevard René-Lévesque) is one of Montreals main streets. ...
Most of the rooms of the Shaughnessy mansion have been restored to their original 1874 state. Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The centre offers tours adapted to specific groups and educational programs for children.
It has vast collections of books and artifacts touching on all aspects of the built environment and certain aspects of industrial design. Within the general collections it has special collections such as those pertaining to architectural games for children, universal exhibitions and their architecture, and famous Canadian architects including Ernest Cormier. Industrial design is an applied art whereby the aesthetics and usability of products may be improved for marketability and production. ...
Ernest Cormier (December 5, 1885-January 1, 1980) was a Quebec engineer and architect who spent much of his career in the Montreal area, erecting notable examples of Art Deco and International style architecture. ...
The centre mounts regular shows of different aspects of its collections and hosts touring exhibits from other museums. It also has an extensive bookstore, a concert hall, and well planned gardens. The sculpture garden which lies across René Lévesque Boulevard offers a full scale ghost-like lower shell of the bottom part of the Shaughnessy mansion, and assorted modernistic sculptures or constructs which are developed around the theme of architecture. For the chosen plaintext attack used by the British during World War II, see gardening (cryptanalysis). ...
The Esplanade Ernest-Cormier, a sculpture garden in Montreal, with Melvin Charneys work Colonnes allégoriques. ...
The Centre's considerable research library is open by appointment only, to accredited scholars. For other uses, see Library (disambiguation). ...
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