National Post picks up on VoCA story! (Finally)

This morning’s font page of Canadian newspaper the National Post asks if Daniel Libeskind’s crystal for the Royal Ontario Museum is a copy of the one in Denver.

The Denver Art Museum. Image: pbs.org

The Royal Ontario Museum. Image: telegraph.co.uk

VoCA asked the same question back in January 2006:

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TORONTO’S OVER-HYPED ‘ARCHITECTURAL RENAISSANCE’ Yes we have major architects Libeskind and Gehry building in town - and that’s great - but it’s innovative, unusual buildings of quality that make a city great, not simply brand names.

How does Foster’s University of Toronto project compare (in terms of visual impact) to either his Swiss Re building in London or the brand new Hearst building in Manhattan? (8th Ave at 56th)

Click on the link below to compare Libeskind’s Royal Ontario Museum extension with his Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong, his Denver Art Museum extension in Denver, his Grand Canal Performing Arts Centre in Dublin and his Militarhistorisches Museum in Dresden.

Project numbers 2, 4, 7, 12 and 14 respectively.

Libeskind projects

Today’s National Post

Keep on reading VoCA for REAL art news, WAY ahead of the pack.