Canadian companies, the leading Canadian Gallery in Vancouver, jointly design new buildings
After announcing that the museum is split from name brand architect Herzog & de Meuron due to over budget time, the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has chosen two new companies to design its new building.
Vancouver-based Formline Architecture + Urbanism, founded by Alfred Waugh, will be founded in the new design by Bruce Kuwabara in partnership with Toronto-based KPMB Architects. The museum’s release does not include any design details or updates on the opening date. (The Herzog & de Meuron design was originally a vertical stacking tower with a braided copper facade.)
The location of the new building remains the same: Larwill Park is an undeveloped public land plot in downtown Vancouver that has had its right to build since 2013. Address, 181 West Georgia St., eight blocks from the museum’s current location, is a former courthouse that accounts for over 40 years.
According to a $71 million conditional gift from Michael Audain, 14 Canadian companies submitted suggestions to VAG as long as the museum hired Canadian architects. Art newspaper.
Both companies have extensive experience in building museums and cultural institutions in Canada. Formline Architecture + Urbanism’s portfolio includes several buildings organized for Indigenous organizations, such as Indigenous peoples at the Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Center in Whistler, British Columbia, and the Indian Residence School History and Dialogue Center at Dangerwaver, UK Columbia University. KPMB architects designed several museums, including the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the Remai Modern Museum in Saskatoon and the Art Gallery in Hamilton.
