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Bogtrotter
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I saw the Italian exhibit last week. Unfortunately I missed the futurist bust of Mussolini >: This was supposed to be one of the more interesting pieces.
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building babel
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Il Duce was there, just before the film.
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interchange42
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Il Duce's bust was quite fascinating - almost transfixing - and was quite similar to the spinning-top heads that adorn the covers of PSB's Liberation singles (in case you simply missed the show Daniel...)
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Danny225
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so is there going to be another layer of cladding over this.. a metal of some kind? or is this it?
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Sir Novelty Fashion
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^
<stabs red button>
<stabs red button>
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building babel
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The bust of Il Duce felt like the inverse of that three-piece ceramic work in the lobby of the Gardiner Museum across the street. It uses the negative space between three tall vases to create images of two small standing children.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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By Ouelette from Reading Toronto:
2007 01 10
Building the ROM Crystal - Status 33 - Wrapping
I was able to take a few minutes yesterday morning to tour the streets and walkways bordering the ROM's Crystal. As readers of this site probably know by now, I'm a strong supporter of the building for a whole host of reasons. So, my bias towards the Crystal has to be the background against which this next comment is placed.
The experience of looking at the building and, more importantly, the entire museum precinct, was one of the most profound architecturally inspired moments I've had since standing on the edge of the Thames opposite the Tate Modern in London. Anyone who has been there can appreciate the reference. The combination of the new Royal Conservatory of Music building, the Gardner Museum, the Crystal, and Philosopher's walk have achieved a cohesive synergy that I did not expect.
Right now there is only a glimpse of the potential. I could be criticized - rightly so - for wanting to see something that might not be there. But for a moment yesterday, while I stood just west of the Crystal watching the construction workers as they balanced on their skewed ladders, the context gelled. I could see what this place is going to look like when the street amenities are done and visitors add their warmth to the place. It will be one of the city's great public spaces. It will also be one of Canada's must-see destinations. And that, as impresarios everywhere can tell you, is a good thing for the city.
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Photos doesn't do justice to this effect he was talking about - you have to be there in person to experience this overwhelming energy.
AoD
2007 01 10
Building the ROM Crystal - Status 33 - Wrapping
I was able to take a few minutes yesterday morning to tour the streets and walkways bordering the ROM's Crystal. As readers of this site probably know by now, I'm a strong supporter of the building for a whole host of reasons. So, my bias towards the Crystal has to be the background against which this next comment is placed.
The experience of looking at the building and, more importantly, the entire museum precinct, was one of the most profound architecturally inspired moments I've had since standing on the edge of the Thames opposite the Tate Modern in London. Anyone who has been there can appreciate the reference. The combination of the new Royal Conservatory of Music building, the Gardner Museum, the Crystal, and Philosopher's walk have achieved a cohesive synergy that I did not expect.
Right now there is only a glimpse of the potential. I could be criticized - rightly so - for wanting to see something that might not be there. But for a moment yesterday, while I stood just west of the Crystal watching the construction workers as they balanced on their skewed ladders, the context gelled. I could see what this place is going to look like when the street amenities are done and visitors add their warmth to the place. It will be one of the city's great public spaces. It will also be one of Canada's must-see destinations. And that, as impresarios everywhere can tell you, is a good thing for the city.
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Photos doesn't do justice to this effect he was talking about - you have to be there in person to experience this overwhelming energy.
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The Burgher of TO
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I know one of the guys installing the cladding, and he told me last nite that they've started installing the final layer on the top of one of the crystals. He said they've only got 5 or 6 pieces on so far, and that you couldn't see them from the street. I'm not sure if they'd be visible from the Park Hyatt, but one way or the other, they've started the final cladding.
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rdaner
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cladding
I believe that cladding is visible from the ROMs webcam.
I believe that cladding is visible from the ROMs webcam.
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Re: cladding
rdaner:
Not anymore - it seems that they've taken down the cladding in the pic I posted.
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rdaner:
Not anymore - it seems that they've taken down the cladding in the pic I posted.
AoD
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rdaner
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Re: cladding
From the roof of the large northwest crystal?
From the roof of the large northwest crystal?
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Re: cladding
rdaner:
Southwest - the 2 strips on the Northwest crystal are skylights.
AoD
rdaner:
Southwest - the 2 strips on the Northwest crystal are skylights.
AoD
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rdaner
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Re: cladding
Theoretically, is the Crystal expansion designed in a way that the original scheme with the southern crystals can be built?
Theoretically, is the Crystal expansion designed in a way that the original scheme with the southern crystals can be built?
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interchange42
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Re: cladding
Anything can happen on the south side of the H... but whatever is planned, more crystals or something else entirely, it will take lots of money that they do not currently have. The ROM has not completed fundraising for what they have started on the north side of the H or within the original wings.
I am willing to bet there won't be any changes to the south side for over a decade. I also believe that the installation (or reinstallation) of the last galleries of the current project will be behind schedule, and that the ROM will stage gradual unveilings over the next three or four years to generate excitement and new visits as many times as they can.
The media will also pay a lot of attention to new attendance figures, to track whether all of this building has been worthwhile or not. The museum in its new guise will have a fair bit to prove before anything is put into action for the south side. Not that Thorsell won't kick around some more ideas...
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Anything can happen on the south side of the H... but whatever is planned, more crystals or something else entirely, it will take lots of money that they do not currently have. The ROM has not completed fundraising for what they have started on the north side of the H or within the original wings.
I am willing to bet there won't be any changes to the south side for over a decade. I also believe that the installation (or reinstallation) of the last galleries of the current project will be behind schedule, and that the ROM will stage gradual unveilings over the next three or four years to generate excitement and new visits as many times as they can.
The media will also pay a lot of attention to new attendance figures, to track whether all of this building has been worthwhile or not. The museum in its new guise will have a fair bit to prove before anything is put into action for the south side. Not that Thorsell won't kick around some more ideas...
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building babel
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Re: cladding
Yes, much rides on the building. Starchitecture is on the line here, folks ...
The ROM's future expansion plans would appear to be tied to the puzzle of what to do with the Planetarium site, whatever plans the University has for their buildings to the south, and whatever agreement can be reached between them and the Museum.
I haven't seen it, or smelled the stench, but there is apparently a lab in the south end of the H where large animal carcasses - giraffes and the like - are brought to be picked clean by the ROM's resident army of hungry specialist beetles.
Yes, much rides on the building. Starchitecture is on the line here, folks ...
The ROM's future expansion plans would appear to be tied to the puzzle of what to do with the Planetarium site, whatever plans the University has for their buildings to the south, and whatever agreement can be reached between them and the Museum.
I haven't seen it, or smelled the stench, but there is apparently a lab in the south end of the H where large animal carcasses - giraffes and the like - are brought to be picked clean by the ROM's resident army of hungry specialist beetles.