calendar Building a Vision: Art Gallery of Alberta and Randall Stout Architects
September 5-December 13, 2009 This exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton charts the imagining and construction of Randall Stout Architects’ new Art Gallery of Alberta. From the Gallery’s history to Stout’s design inspiration found in our city’s urban grid and North Saskatchewan River valley, this compilation of materials gives insight into the evolution of the new AGA building. See the progression of the building from initial conceptual sketches and diagrams to pictures, models and photographs captured throughout construction. www.artgalleryalberta.com
the Brion family’s mausoleum in Italy, considered to be architect Carlo Scarpa’s masterpiece. www.cca.qc.ca Museums of the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
September 19-December 13, 2009 This exhibition at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton is a survey of 27 of the most important museum projects that have been conceived, planned and built in the early part of the 21st century in four continents. Represented by sketches, architectural plans, photographs and models, these projects highlight the diverse personalities and limitless imaginations of the world’s leading architects. www.artgalleryalberta.com
Carlo Scarpa’s Tomba Brion: Photographs by Guido Guidi, 1997-2007
4th international architecture Biennale rotterdam
September 11, 2009-January 10, 2010 This exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture captures soprema_canadian_architect.pdf notions of time, space and light in
September 24, 2009-January 10, 2010 The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) takes place 7/7/09 9:34:00 AM primarily at the Netherlands Archi-
tecture Institute (NAI) under the theme of “Open City: Designing Coexistence.” This international event presents a variety of exhibitions, conferences, lectures, debates, theatre performances and film screenings, all devoted to themes in the field of architecture and urbanism. www.iabr.nl Question of Place
September 26, 2009-January 3, 2010 This exhibition takes place at Harbourfront Centre’s Architecture Gallery in Toronto. The work of three Canadian firms will be featured: Atelier Big City from Montreal, Richard Kroeker Design Incorporated from Halifax, and Urban Arts Architecture from Vancouver. All three firms were invited to create installations in response to how they would define the architectural typology of their city. The exhibition also features an installation of paintings by artist Mike Bayne. www.harbourfrontcentre.com/ visualarts/architecture_summer09.cfm
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design Week in Saskatoon
October 26-30, 2009 Design Week includes a week-long evening lecture series in which leading architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers and graphic designers will participate. Organized by the Design Council of Saskatchewan and Great Places, Design Week focuses on current issues related to the built environment in Saskatoon as shaped by architecture, urban planning, public art and landscape design. richard Sommer lecture
October 27, 2009 Richard Sommer delivers the Dean’s Inaugural Lecture at 6:30pm in Room 103 of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. www.daniels.utoronto.ca Patrick Stewart lecture
October 28, 2009 BC-based Patrick Stewart, Nisga’a architect and former President of the Architectural