Michael Lee-Chin Crystal ROM Addition
Libeskind, Daniel; Bregman + Hamann Architects and Engineers
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Alternative Titles
Michael Lee-Chin Crystal
Royal Ontario Museum Addition
Date
2007Description
Northwest flank, detail; The Libeskind design, selected from among 50 entrants in an international competition, saw the Terrace Galleries torn down and replaced with a Deconstructivist crystalline-form clad in 25 percent glass and 75 percent aluminium. The building is named after Michael Lee-Chin, who donated $30 million towards its construction. It houses the new main entrance to the museum, a gift shop, a restaurant (C5 Restaurant and Lounge), a cafeteria (Food Studio), seven additional galleries and Canada's largest temporary exhibition hall in the lower level. The Crystal's canted walls do not touch the sides of the existing heritage buildings, save for where pedestrian crossing occurs and to close the envelope between the new form and the existing walls. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/18/2010)
Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), Art museums, Twenty-first century, Deconstructivist
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