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Canadian Museum of Civilization

Cardinal, Douglas J.; Tétreault, Parent, Languedoc et Associés
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Alternative Title
Musée Canadien des Civilisations
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119703
Date
1985-1989
Description
Administration building, vertical view at the southwest corner, depicting cascading forms; 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
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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