Totally unsympathetic to the original building, and yet also really ugly.
Nothing says “welcoming and modern” like galvanized aluminum and some randomly composed angles.
A review of the Selldorf project in San Diego, which has some parallels to AGO:
https://metropolismag.com/projects/museum-of-contemporary-art-san-diego-selldorf/
This discussion has gone sideways. The point is not whether any one person likes this building or not.
There are provincial and city policies on heritage that ask whether a site is significant in terms of social history or architectural history. This building has both in abundance. Toronto now...
There’s no doubt that the Parkin firm was one of the most important in Canadian history. This particular building, given its place and time, has huge significance.
At some point we (as a society and at City Hall) need to ask: does it make sense that we are protecting 1000 undistinguished...
Several aspects of the scheme, including the street closure, echo the design that Tura Cousins Wilson of SOCA did for The Globe last year. He deserves credit.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-how-to-bring-a-brutalist-public-building-back-to-life/