Canadian Centre for Architecture

The Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum of architecture and research centre in what was the Golden Square Mile in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Phyllis Lambert is the Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Mirko Zardini is the Director and Chief Curator. The centre is located at 1920 Baile street and was designed by Montreal native architect Peter Rose, now of Rose + Guggenheimer Studio . Completed in 1989, it incorporates the Shaughnessy House mansion, built for Thomas Shaughnessy, a Second Empire-style mansion that Lambert purchased in 1974 to prevent its... demolition. The Shaughnessy House at 1923 Dorchester St. W was completed by William Tutin Thomas, a Montreal architect, in 1876. The mansion faces René Lévesque Boulevard, a facing sculpture garden by Melvin Charney. The mansion is a National Historic Site of Canada. The CCA received the Honor Award for Architecture from the American Institute of Architects and the Governor General's Medals in Architecture in 1992. Most of the rooms of the Shaughnessy mansion have been restored to their original 1874 state.
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