Renovation to the Royal Ontario Museum
Studio Daniel Libeskind
Toronto, Ontario
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Professor :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Renovation to the Royal Ontario Museum Studio Daniel Libeskind Toronto, Ontario
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Design
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind |
Project
Images: ...crystal construction continues ...
november 2004 |
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Pieces
in the yard ready for shipping. |
A
close view of the thickness of the base plate for the piece illustrated
to the left. |
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And
this is the same piece installed. |
Supervision
and document checking takes place in the midst of the site. |
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Offloading
another truck of components. |
These
are organized on the site, ready for erection. |
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An
overall view on November 25 showing the initial crystal complete and the
next one underway. |
A
view from inside the ROM onto the main floor of the new addition. The
ROM has provided numerous viewpoints from the interior of the museum from
which to view the construction progress, as well as daily tours at 1:30pm. |
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| A
view looking north through the addition from the ground floor of the ROM. |
A
view looking down at the intersection of the latest crystal with the initial
crystal, taken from the second floor. |
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An
overall view of the first crystal, complete. |
One
of the more complicated connections... |
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A
view from the third floor of the existing museum looking down at the latest
crystal, under construction. |
Some
of the more recent steel connections. |
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Detailed
view of outer face of the first crystal. |
Overall
view of ring trusses that are used to stablize the first crystal. |
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A
view of one of the ring trusses on the first crystal that is used in part
to stabilize the construction. |
A
view of the overall site from the northwest showing work beginning on
the masonry wing at the far west of the existing ROM. |
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated February 11, 2021
