McGill University : Schulich School of Music (Montréal, Canada) : Northeast elevation, the auditorium wall in terra-cotta

Creator:

Menkès Shooner Dagenais Architectes, Canadian architectural firm, founded 1961
Saucier + Perrotte architectes, Canadian architectural firm, founded 1988

Published/Created:

Montréal, Québec, Canada
2005

Physical Description:

126,750 ft2 (area)

Date Depicted:

2008
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

zinc; aluminum; glass; polished limestone; steel

Notes:

Located on a narrow site adjacent to the Strathcona Building, which houses the faculty's main concert facilities, the new building contains a library, recital hall, state-of-the-art multimedia and practice studios as well as additional faculty offices. Almost five story high, the polished limestone volume is embedded three stories into the ground at the north end of the lot. The east facade is clad in black and grey zinc. The west facade shows a pattern of matt and polished aluminum that reflects the Strathcona Building on its surface while a series of punched windows, an evocation of the piano rolls used in antique mechanical pianos, bring light into the smaller interior spaces.

Variant Titles:

Faculty of Music, McGill University

Topics:

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

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

Canadian

Accession Number:

1A1-SPA-MSM-A27

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
concert halls (AAT)
schools (buildings) (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; music; Performing arts Twenty-first century building divisions; rooms and spaces; studios (work spaces); buildings; institutional buildings; schools (buildings); buildings; libraries (buildings); buildings; performing arts buildings; concer

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008

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:

10055050

PID:

digcoll:1816284