Royal Ontario Museum, Michael Lee-Chin Crystal ROM Addition (Toronto, Canada) : General view, looking southwest, showing the original front at left and the new addition right

Creator:

Bregman + Hamann Architects and Engineers, Canadian architectural firm, 1953-
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-

Published/Created:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
opened 2007

Date Depicted:

2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

steel; aluminum; glass

Notes:

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.

Variant Titles:

Michael Lee-Chin Crystal

Topics:

Architecture -- Canada -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

Canadian

Accession Number:

1A1-LD-MLCC-A3

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: art museums (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums Deconstructivist; Twenty-first century buildings; exhibition buildings; museums

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2007

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4090

OID:

10053488

PID:

digcoll:1787704