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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
Work_PrefTitle
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario
Work_AltTitle
Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Laminated plywood seating designed by Frank Gehry
Image_Title
Laminated plywood seating designed by Frank Gehry
Image View
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Creator:
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Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Agent_Display
Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location
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Location Note:
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317 Dundas Street West
Work_LocationNotes
317 Dundas Street West
Location Note
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GPS:
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43.653889-79.392778
GPS
43.653889-79.392778
GPS
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Date:
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2004-2008 (alteration)
Work_DateDisplay
2004-2008 (alteration)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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Canadian
Work_Culture
Canadian
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Twenty-first century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Twenty-first century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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art museum
Work_Worktype1
art museum
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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wood; glass; blue titanium cladding; steel
Work_MaterialDisplay
wood; glass; blue titanium cladding; steel
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Measurements:
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480,000 ft2 (area)
Work_MeasurementDisp lay
480,000 ft2 (area)
Measurements
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Subjects:
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architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums; adaptive re-use; bench
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums; adaptive re-use; bench
Subjects
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Description:
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The Art Gallery of Ontario was established in 1900 (as the Art Museum of Toronto). Building at the current location was begun in 1910. The AGO embarked on a $254 million (later increased to $276 million) redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). Although Gehry was born in Toronto, and as a child had lived in the same neighbourhood as the AGO, the expansion of the gallery represented his first work in Canada. Gehry was commissioned to expand and revitalize the AGO, not to design a new building; as such, one of the challenges he faced was to unite the disparate areas of the building that had become a bit of a "hodgepodge" after six previous expansions dating back to the 1920s. The AGO reopened in November 2008, with the transformation project having increased the art viewing space by 47%. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia…
Work_Description_Sou rce
The Art Gallery of Ontario was established in 1900 (as the Art Museum of Toronto). Building at the current location was begun in 1910. The AGO embarked on a $254 million (later increased to $276 million) redevelopment plan by architect Frank Gehry in 2004, called Transformation AGO. The new addition would require demolition of the 1992 Post-Modernist wing by Barton Myers and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). Although Gehry was born in Toronto, and as a child had lived in the same neighbourhood as the AGO, the expansion of the gallery represented his first work in Canada. Gehry was commissioned to expand and revitalize the AGO, not to design a new building; as such, one of the challenges he faced was to unite the disparate areas of the building that had become a bit of a "hodgepodge" after six previous expansions dating back to the 1920s. The AGO reopened in November 2008, with the transformation project having increased the art viewing space by 47%. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia…Description
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Image Description:
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The lamination of multiple sheets of plywood mimics his earlier technique with corrugated cardboard.
Image_Description
The lamination of multiple sheets of plywood mimics his earlier technique with corrugated cardboard.
Image Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Six
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Six
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-GF-AGO-A182
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-GF-AGO-A182
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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