[Tewder]

stunning.

 

[H.E. Pennypacker]

exterior and interior both look good

 

[TonyV]

I'm jonesing over the pictures of the Koerner Hall interior.

... Hate to admit that I haven't been in the new hall as of yet -- only because a (sad) family affair is swallowing up almost all of our time lately.

Foremost on my mind after seeing the shots Koerner's interior: Toronto now knows what a good concert hall looks like, with Koerner Hall in place. My next visit to Roy Thomson Hall is going to be a huge letdown now that I've seen the gorgeous proportioning, ratios, and finishes of Koerner.

 

[old boy]

exterior and interior both look good

I had a brief walk-about the RCM 2 weeks ago after having lunch at the ROM C5 restaurant. Talk about counterpoints, - impressive indeed. Afterwards, the walk south through U of T's philosopher's walk was just icing on the cake. All of Toronto's maestros should be taking bows.

 

[TonyV]

Hume's (Toronto Star) look at the Koerner:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/714551--hume-a-brilliant-beauty-built-to-last

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

Hume's (Toronto Star) look at the Koerner:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/714551--hume-a-brilliant-beauty-built-to-last

I couldn't agree more. The night we went through during Nuit Blanche this building moved me to tears. No joke.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Did KPMB win this commission through a design contest? I found an 'alternative' scheme, but no architect is listed.

 

[junctionist]

That one seems more postmodern with the sloped roofs or even a Robert Stern style, though it's hard to tell from the wooden model what the materials would have been. It seems to be more sensitive to the old architecture.

 

[Urban Shocker]

That's an earlier iteration, flowing from McKenna's 1991 master plan for the Royal Conservatory, I believe.

 

[interchange42]

I see a little of the Barton Myers (/KPMB) addition to the AGO in that...

42

 

[TonyV]

Visually, I find the hall unsettling - it's like being trapped inside a giant, muscular vagina.

Lisa Rochon of the Globe and Mail wrote yesterday that this is the most feminine of our new cultural buildings.

 

[Dan416]

Lisa Rochon of the Globe and Mail wrote yesterday that this is the most feminine of our new cultural buildings.

I don't see anything wrong with having some femininity in our cultural buildings, or any buildings for that matter. Any kind of variety is fine by me.

 

[TonyV]

I don't see anything wrong with having some femininity in our cultural buildings, or any buildings for that matter. Any kind of variety is fine by me.

I totally agree. In fact, we could stand more of it.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Except someone has to tell me what "femininity" is in architecture...if one meant buildings by female architects, sure...but somehow I don't see how RCM can be considered to be a gendered building.

AoD

 

[Observer Walt]

Quote (L. Rochon, Dec. 26): "... warm to the touch and gently exhilarating to the eye."

I think it refers specifically to the concert hall, not the building as a whole. (Wasn't a comment already made here, comparing the ceiling of the hall to the female genitals?)