Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects / with contributions by George Baird [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baird, George, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Canada.

Architecture.

Architectural practice--Canada.

Architectural practice.

Architects--Canada.

Architects.

Kuwabara, Payne, McKenna, Blumberg Architects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, 1987 in Toronto gegründet, ist heute eines der interessantesten Büros in Nordamerika. Bekannt wurden sie mit ihren ästhetisch avancierten Entwürfen für Kulturinstitutionen wie das Toronto International Film Festival oder das Minnesota Orchestra in Minneapolis. Ein respektvoller, sensibler Umgang mit historischer Bausubstanz ist für zahlreiche ihrer Arbeiten charakteristisch - wie beispielsweise die National Ballet School in Toronto. Ökologisch innovative Konzepte wie für Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg entstehen in enger Zusammenarbeit mit führenden Klimaingenieuren, hier mit Transsolar. Eigens für große Unternehmen oder Institutionen als Bauherren entwickelte KPMB den Ansatz des integrativen Entwurfsprozesses, der in mehreren Stufen zahlreiche Mitarbeiter - und somit spätere Nutzer des Gebäudes - einbezieht. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bilden Bildungseinrichtungen wie das Centre for Innovation and Governance Campus in Waterloo, Ontario und das Social Sciences Building für die Princeton University oder die Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto.

Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, founded in 1987 in Toronto, is one of most innovative architectural offi ces in North America today. They have made a name for themselves both for their integrated design process embodying collaboration with experts, clients and future users as well as the diversity of their aesthetically refined and finely detailed designs. The work ranges from cultural institutions such as the Toronto International Film Festival and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis to ecologically innovative concepts such as Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg, developed with leading climate engineers Transsolar of Stuttgart. A respectful approach toward the integration of heritage buildings is also a characteristic feature, illustrated by the designs for the Royal Conservatory and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto. Finally, educational and research facilities are also a strong focus in KPMB's work exemplified by the Centre for Innovation and Governance Campus in Waterloo, Ontario, and the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto, as well as future projects for the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and Princeton University in the United States.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Zardini, Mirko

Building Cities, Making Friends / Kingwell, Mark

Maturity: a Commentary / Baird, George

Opposable Minds / Fisher, Thomas

CULTURE & MEMORY

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. / Gould, Glenn

TIFF Bell Lightbox and Festival Tower, Toronto

Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, Toronto

Gardiner Museum, Toronto

Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto

Canada's National Ballet School, Toronto

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

Orchestra Hall Renewal, Minneapolis

Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

CAMPUS & COMMUNITY

What makes life worthwhile and enables civilizations to endure are all the elements and qualities that have poor returns under commercial metrics: universities, temples, poetry, choirs, parks, literature, language, museums, terraced fields, long marriages, line dancing and art. Nearly everything humans hold valuable is slow to develop and slow to change. / Hawken, Paul

Vaughan City Hall, Vaughan

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Campus, Waterloo

Centennial College Applied Research and Innovation Centre, Scarborough

The Study at Yale Hotel, New Haven

Joseph L. Rotman School of Management Expansion, Toronto

Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, Waterloo

Kellogg School of Management, Evanston

20 Washington Road, Princeton

VERTICAL NEIGHBOURHOODS

The soul of a city is about the finding of intimacy and stimulation in the streets that are a wardrobe and not just a place of business; on the shorelines that lyrically address the urban; in the residences that speak conviviality; under skylines that don't intimidate, but invite aspiration. / Giorgio Di Cicco, Pier

Le Quartier Concordia, Montreal

180 Queen Street West, Toronto

Torys LLP Offices, Toronto

SugarCube, Denver

Gluskin Sheff + Associates Offices, Toronto

18 York and Southcore Financial Centre, Toronto

Toronto Community Housing, Block 32, Toronto

The Globe and Mail Centre, Toronto

INTEGRATED DESIGN

... the collective knowledge, capability, and resources embodied within broad horizontal networks of participants can be mobilized to accomplish much more than one firm acting alone. Whether designing an airplane, assembling a motorcycle, or analyzing a human genome, the ability to integrate the talents of dispersed individuals and organizations is becoming the defining competency... / Tapscott, Don / Williams, Anthony D.

Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg

George Brown College, Waterfront Campus, Toronto

Bridgepoint Health, Toronto

Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, Toronto

2015 Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village/Canary District, Toronto

Staff Since 1987

Project Credits

About KPMB

Clients, Collaborators, Projects Since 1987

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Illustration Credits

Acknowledgements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2015).

ISBN:

9783034614283

OCLC:

1013939361