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Canadian Museum of Civilization

Douglas J. Cardinal (Canadian architect, born 1934); Tétreault, Parent, Languedoc et Associés (Canadian architectural firm, active ca. 1975-present)
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Alternative Title
Musée Canadien des Civilisations
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119682
Date
1985-1989
Description
View of the museum building, from the north, depicting the entire north façade with undulating stairs leading to the plaza in the foreground; Michel Languedoc, senior architect with the Montreal firm Tétreault, Parent, Languedoc et Associés, collaborated with Cardinal on the design of the Museum. Cardinal is of North American Indian descent. The grandest expression of his 'cultural shell' is the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull [Gatineau], Quebec; its rhythmic and richly textured, poured- and hammered-concrete exterior fabric contains diversely articulated exhibition spaces and provides a symbolic ensemble with the federal parliament buildings, which face it across the river [in Ottawa]. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/26/2007)
Type of Work
museum
Subject
architectural exteriors, contemporary (1960 to present), Art museums, Native North Americans, First Peoples, Modernist
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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