Canuck
Active Member
Based upon those pictures, I like the ROM better.
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Meh. It looks like Denver clad theirs in first-generation PowerBook G4s. Everyone knows that extruded aluminum MacBooks look better on a crystal.
ganjavih
Senior Member
Hmmm, I dunno... there's something powerful about that titanium cladding. But there probably isn't a clear winner... and it's nice that they're not carbon copies of each other. It would be interesting to do a Denver vs. Toronto poll.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Oooh! A cage match.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I like the exactedness of the ROM cladding. Titanium might be a warmer material, but somehow I more artificial feel of aluminium.
AoD
AoD
salvius
Active Member
Certainly not exact copies... which is good. Personally I much prefer ROM, largely because of the context.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
They're close enough to exact copies...it makes me wish we'd gotten a museum expansion instead of a 'Libeskind.'
adma
Superstar
Based upon those pics, there's an interesting counterpoint btw/Libeskind and Michael Graves' Denver Library...
Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Yes. Both anchor tenants in Denver's ballyhooed Wacky Buildings District.
yin_yang
Active Member
the denver design wouldn't fit the rest of our museum...libeskind did a decent job, not MUCH to complain about certainly.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
We are getting a museum expansion, scarberiankhatru, in the high fashion Libeskind style. There will be plenty of new space for the collections to go on display, as well as new non-exhibition space for the public to enjoy.
Mongo
Senior Member
I would say that the issue, in my opinion, is that given x amount of dollars for expansion, how much money per square metre should be spent? At one extreme, we have the Libeskind approach -- very high visibility architecture, but relatively little actual extra floor space, relative to total cost. On the other would be the 'Four Seasons Centre' approach, with a lot of extra floorspace, but unimpressive from the street.
(I am aware that fundraising is easier with a Libeskind-level proposal -- a warehouse might have cost less, but also less money would probably have been raised)
On the other hand, there is such a thing as having too-impressive architecture. I was in a few Spanish museums that were converted Medieval or Renaissance palaces, which completely overshadowed the collections housed within. More of the visitors were looking at the architecture than were looking at the paintings.
The Libeskind extension increased exhibit space by what, 30 percent? It was, however, about the most expensive possible project, on a per-square-metre basis. I personally think that even if the ROM was only able to raise three-quarters of the amount of money they did, for a less spectacular but more economical design, they could have increased floor space by much more, maybe 50 or 60 percent. Since I am mainly interested in the exhibits themselves, that would have been a good trade to me.
Others may have different priorities, of course.
Bill
(I am aware that fundraising is easier with a Libeskind-level proposal -- a warehouse might have cost less, but also less money would probably have been raised)
On the other hand, there is such a thing as having too-impressive architecture. I was in a few Spanish museums that were converted Medieval or Renaissance palaces, which completely overshadowed the collections housed within. More of the visitors were looking at the architecture than were looking at the paintings.
The Libeskind extension increased exhibit space by what, 30 percent? It was, however, about the most expensive possible project, on a per-square-metre basis. I personally think that even if the ROM was only able to raise three-quarters of the amount of money they did, for a less spectacular but more economical design, they could have increased floor space by much more, maybe 50 or 60 percent. Since I am mainly interested in the exhibits themselves, that would have been a good trade to me.
Others may have different priorities, of course.
Bill
yyzer
Senior Member
we need our daily fix....these photos posted by phunky over at SSC, but originally by 'evidence' at flickr....
3Dementia
Senior Member
Ummm..... wow. Hopefully the "artifacts" will still be of interest.
MetroMan
Senior Member
This is by far the most incredible interior space in Toronto... no competition.
WoW!
That lobby/atrium is going to be a place of awe.
WoW!
That lobby/atrium is going to be a place of awe.