The Royal Ontario Museum is the fifth largest museum in North America where you can find more than 6 million items and about 40 galleries. After two extensions it knows now a new extension designed by the architects Daniel Libeskind and Bregman + Hamann Architects.
The Royal Ontario Museum is the fifth largest museum in North America where you can find more than 6 million items and about 40 galleries. This most important museum of Canada takes place in Toronto and his architecture is a true picture of his history. It was created in 1912 and operate by the University of Toronto until 1968. The museum is now independant.
The original museum was designed by the two architects Frank Darling and John A. Pearson in an italian Neo-Romanesque style. Then it knew three extensions, in 1933, 1978 and 2004. The last extension was designed by the architects Daniel Libeskind and Bregman + Hamann Architects . This structure composed from glass and aluminium will house seven permanent new galleries. This building is named after Michael Lee-Chin, who donated $30 million towards its construction.
Bartlett & Associates design takes fifth award for Saatchi & Saatchi Canadian HQ
The redesign of the Canadian headquarters of Saatchi & Saatchi has won a fifth award for its Canadian designer, Bartlett & Associates.
The Toronto-based firm focused on looking for a new energy and unique branding for the Saatchi Toronto office, one of 84 globally. The ultimate design was a loft-style space in a high-rise office tower that drew its inspiration from the Saatchi Gallery of Contemporary Art in London.
The latest award, “Best of Competition 2008” from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), adds to a previous ASID award for Phase I, a recent Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) award and two Best of Canada awards.
As i sit here in Toronto airport waiting to pop back over to LA ~ i’m sorting through MANY pictures, and how much i *could* post while i wait… first to really grab me ~ the playfully Canadian oriented jewelry of Anneke van Bommel that i encountered at The Souvenir Shop, she manages to simplify national pride down to simple cheeky iconic jewelry pieces… from these various wood/silver antler rings, to stubby beer pins, crossed axes, and more… (see lots of pics below!) The Souvenir Shop is one of the best collections of exclusive limited edition Canada oriented design pieces i ran into, which was unfortunately at the Gladstone Hotel within the Come Up To My Room Exhibition where artists took over rooms on the 2nd floor, and honestly, you didn’t miss much, because there were some of the rudest, most obnoxious people manning the door and their store ~ so luckily you can shop the wares online!
Bio from the site: “Anneke van Bommel is an artist and educator living and working in Toronto. She shares a downtown studio with 5 other jewelery artists and teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Design and George Brown College.Her work focuses on contemporary jewelery design, and explores concepts of place, memory and the symbols and icons of Canadiana.”
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