Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

[interchange42]

This model seems far too rough to me to be able to base a judgement upon it yet. It looks like there's a cup in the top middle for the sake of getting the shape. I wouldn't read too much into yet.

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[AlvinofDiaspar]

Not so hot about his Abu Dhabi proposal - his Beijing proposal (which lost) is far, far more interesting:

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/15/national-art-museum-of-china-competition-entry-by-gehry-partners/

AoD

 

[freshcutgrass]

A Guggenheim satellite by Gehry, a Louvre satellite by Jean Nouvel and a British Museum satellite by Norman Foster.

While the brand-whore absolute monarchies have the money to build all these instant mega museums (I'm guessing with those indentured slave labourers the UAE is famous for), they don't have enough wealth to fill them the proper art.

We have the opposite problem here...we have the art collection and just need the appropriate home for it. The small space planned for the roof of the warehouse isn't going to cut it...it could only display a few of those large pieces at any given time, although it would allow for heavy rotation (I would go all the time if need be). I think perhaps Mirvish & Gehry could get together with the city to do something really funky with the Canada Malting building....it has the kind of heroic style space the color field collection requires.

 

[Torontovibe]

^^ The waterfront could use a few major attractions.

 

[khris]

We should have an architects and developers subforum. I'm surprised this doesn't exist here yet.

 

[P23]

Not so hot about his Abu Dhabi proposal - his Beijing proposal (which lost) is far, far more interesting:

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/15/national-art-museum-of-china-competition-entry-by-gehry-partners/

AoD

looks very similar to the 'flowing water' thing he's doing with the glass on the M+G towers.

 

[Benito]

Not so hot about his Abu Dhabi proposal - his Beijing proposal (which lost) is far, far more interesting:

http://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/15/national-art-museum-of-china-competition-entry-by-gehry-partners/

AoD

I like the glass tiles that Gehry developed for this project. I wonder if something along those lines could be used here, but I bet it would be cost prohibitive.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I like the glass tiles that Gehry developed for this project. I wonder if something along those lines could be used here, but I bet it would be cost prohibitive.

There is also the issue of views - these cladding units won't allow for clear vision outward - not something that would matter for a gallery, but of paramount importance for condos.

AoD

 

[riley]

Is there any news on this at all?

 

[greenleaf]

Is there any news on this at all?

Based on their twitter feed, it seems they have recently hired or are in the process of hiring staff for marketing and project management.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Which developer is working with Mirvish? or is Mirvish somehow trying to go this alone?

 

[someMidTowner]

Which developer is working with Mirvish? or is Mirvish somehow trying to go this alone?

ProjectCore

 

[riley]

Based on their twitter feed, it seems they have recently hired or are in the process of hiring staff for marketing and project management.

Thx that's promising info! I'll follow them on Twitter.

 

[freshcutgrass]

Which developer is working with Mirvish?

Harry Stinson?

 

[Tewder]

Hmm, they'll need the luck o' the Stollery Stone to pull this one off!