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Source: Trendir
Allied Works Architecture has won an international competition to design a National Music Centre in Calgary.
The New York practice’s designs for the 12,500sq m project were unveiled this week.
The building, due to open in 2014, will create a Canadian home for the understanding of music through collections, programmes and collaborations across the country.
“We have worked tirelessly over the last two years to create a space unlike any other in the world,” sais NMC president Andrew Mosker.
“We’re ecstatic with the results and with the experience we had working with Allied Works, GEC and the rest of the team. We truly believe this building will join the ranks of iconic architecture in Canada.”
The design pays homage to the western Canadian landscape - the crags and canyons of the Rocky Mountains, the hoodoos of southern Alberta and the vast open prairies.
Tweets by @jodywillisIt will be built around the condemned King Edward Hotel which closed in 2004 but remains part of Calgary’s musical history after serving as a hotbed of blues music for decades.
“It was important to us to respect the King Eddy,” sais architect Brad Cloepfil. “While reclamation and restoration is certainly necessary, we didn’t want to scrub it too clean. We don’t want to scare the ghosts away.”
One of the more unique features of the building is a two-storey bridge that will be used as an performance space.
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