Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d’Architecture

Architect Stephen Taylor speaks about his work and the CCA exhibition Some ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa. The lecture is introduced by Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator of Contemporary Architecture. The exhibition marks the first North American presentation of residential projects by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa and reveals their distinctive solutions to the challenges of building homes in existing dense urban fabrics. On view at the CCA in Montréal from 14 May until 26 October 2008. www.someideasonliving.org British architect Stephen Taylor is Principle and Founding Director of Stephen Taylor Architects. www.stephentaylorarchitects.co.uk Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 15 May 2008

Witold Rybczynski presents Green Before Green as part of Yesterday Today, a lecture series investigating architectural ideas of the 1970s and today in light of environmental concerns. The lecture is introduced by Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator of Contemporary Architecture. Yesterday Today is presented in conjunction with 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas, a major exhibition exploring architecture's response to the 1973 oil crisis. On view at the CCA in Montréal from 7 November 2007 to 20 April 2008. www.sorryoutofgas.org Witold Rybczynski is the author of more than fifty articles and papers on the subject of housing, architecture, and technology, including the books Home: A Short History of an Idea, The Most Beautiful House in the World, City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World, and The Look of Architecture. He holds Bachelor and Master of Architecture degrees from McGill University in Montréal, and is the Martin and Margy Myerson Professor of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 29 November 2007

Part of the Learning From... lecture series, Trevor Boddy presents Vancouverism and its Discontents, examining Vancouver’s influential model of high-density housing combined with green space almost 20 years after its radical redevelopment plan. An overemphasis on residential development at the cost of office space has led to an unprecedented suburbanisation of the downtown core. The lecture is introduced by Giovanna Borasi, CCA Curator of Contemporary Architecture. Trevor Boddy is a critic, curator and historian of architecture and consulting urban designer based in Vancouver. His lecture offers a contemporary reading of the coastal city’s unique urban and geographical situation and the issues at stake for shaping its future. Learning From... examines cities and their response to new architectural and urban conditions in a rapidly transforming global economy. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 5 April 2007

Juan Antonio Ramirez, Chercheur principal et boursier Mellon du CCA 2002 et Professeur d'histoire de l'art à l'Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, présente La chute de Babel : pour une histoire de la destruction architecturale. Le programme pour boursiers et chercheurs principaux de la fondation Mellon du CCA a été mis sur pied en 2001 afin d’encourager la recherche de pointe en histoire et en philosophie de l’architecture. Grâce au soutien généreux de The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, d’éminents chercheurs sont nommés chercheurs principaux et boursiers Mellon et se joignent aux chercheurs en résidence au Centre d'étude pour quelques mois par année. Afin d’obtenir la transcription de cette conférence, consultez www.cca.qc.ca/conferencesmellon Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal, 19 mars 2002

James S. Ackerman, 2001 Mellon Senior Fellow and Emeritus Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University presents On the Origins of Architectural Photography The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, distinguished scholars of international repute are appointed Mellon Senior Fellows and join the Visiting Scholars in residence at the CCA Study Centre for extended periods each year. For a transcript of this lecture visit www.cca.qc.ca/mellonlectures Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 4 December 2001

Michael Reynolds presents The Earthship Sustainable Housing Concept as part of Yesterday Today, a lecture series investigating architectural ideas of the 1970s and today in light of environmental concerns. Yesterday Today is presented in conjunction with 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas, a major exhibition exploring architecture's response to the 1973 oil crisis. The exhibition is on view at the CCA in Montréal until 20 April 2008. www.sorryoutofgas.org Architect Michael Reynolds is principal of Earthship Biotecture, a firm that uses recycled materials and sustainable energy technologies to create autonomous dwellings. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 15 November 2007

Teddy Cruz delivers the inaugural 2004-2005 James Stirling Memorial Lecture on the City. With an introduction by Benjamin Prosky. Teddy Cruz is a Guatemalan-born architect and founding principal of Estudio Teddy Cruz in San Diego. His Stirling Lecture explores the perennial alliance between systems of control and urbanisation that is re-enacted in the San Diego/Tijuana border region as the United States hardens the wall against its Mexican neighbour, transforming San Diego into the world’s largest gated community. Conceived in homage to architect James Stirling, who believed that urban design is integral to the practice of architecture and a vital topic for public debate, the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City competition was inaugurated in 2003 as a unique forum for the advancement of new critical perspectives on the role of urban design and urban architecture in the development of cities worldwide. The intent of this bi-annual competition is to promote innovative approaches to urban phenomena, and to reposition architecture at the centre of debates on the city of the 21st century. The first Stirling Lectures competition was a collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) and the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), in association with the Van Alen Institute Projects in Public Architecture, New York. www.cca.qc.ca/stirlinglectures Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 28 October 2004

"Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Stan Allen of Princeton University introduces the colloquium and Iñaki Àbalos delivers the opening address. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 2 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 3 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 4 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 5 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 6 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 7 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007

Part 8 of "Sustainable?" - an international colloquium bringing together architects, engineers, and scholars to explore questions of sustainability in relation to architecture. Featured speakers at "Sustainable?" include: Iñaki Àbalos, Àbalos & Herreros and Princeton University Michelle Addington, Yale University Stan Allen, Stan Allen Architect and Princeton University Manuel Bauer, Estia SA and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Mark Jarzombek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Mohsen Mostafavi, Cornell University Mahadev Raman, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd and Columbia University Matthias Sauerbruch, Sauerbruch Hutton GmbH Volker M. Welter, University of California, Santa Barbara Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 June 2007