Royal Ontario Museum, Michael Lee-Chin Crystal ROM Addition (Toronto, Canada) : Northwest flank, detail where the panels meet the ground
- 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-C10
- 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:
- 10053500
- PID:
- digcoll:1831941