Canadian Centre for Architecture

The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is a museum of architecture and research centre 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 (Boston, New York). 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...