Renovation to the Art Gallery of Ontario
SSEF Tour - February 2008
Frank Gehry Architect
Toronto, Ontario
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Renovation to the Art Gallery of Ontario SSEF Tour - February 2008 Frank Gehry Architect Toronto, Ontario
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Design
Architect: Frank Gehry International |
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Project
Images: February 2008
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Inside one of the main gallery spaces.
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Looking up into the skylight over the
gallery. |
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Fritted glazing on the south facing facade.
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Fritted glazing on the south facing
facade. |
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OCAD barely visible through the glass.
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View of the south facade from Grange Park.
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The cladding is being put on the south "knuckle" cantilevered
stair.
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| View from the south gallery into the main feature stair.
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View of the main feature stair.
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View into the steel structure of the main feature stair.
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The main stair winds its way through the historic building. |
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Steel truss framing that clear spans over the historic
centre part of the gallery.
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View up into the truss. Plywood covers the glazed roof
to protect it during construction.
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Inside the centre gallery at Walker Court.
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Steel pins the historic masonry
walls of Walker Court..
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. View into
the north gallery and its glulam arms. |
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AESS supports the end portions
of the glulam arms of the north gallery. . |
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Details of the north gallery. |
AESS supports the north gallery glulam. |
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View up one of the curved steel arms at the east end
of the north gallery. |
Base detail of the steel connection that attaches the arm to the main steel edge beam along the north face of the gallery. |
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View into the west end of the north gallery. |
View into the west end of the north gallery. |
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Curved entrance ramp under construction. |
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back to steel projects gallery
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated June 17, 2008
