MOSHE SAFDIE:
MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE 1971 - 1998
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Between Memory and Identity
PROJECTS
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Quebec, Canada: The New Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion |
"The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, of all museums I know, perhaps will be the most urban in its experience." P. Theberge, "Interview with Moshe Safdie", Musée 13:4 (Montreal, June 1991), p. 19. |
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Client: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal |
Date of competition : 1985 |
Architects : Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects |
Collaborating Architects : Maurice Desnoyers, Andre Mercure, and Georges Lemay |
Lighting consultants : Jules Fisher, Paul Marantz, Charles Stone, Susan Brady |
Furniture : Jerry Adamson |
Environmental sculpture : Betty Goodwin, in collaboration with the architect Peter Lanken |
Area : 23,225 sq. m. |
Materials : White Vermont marble, colored granite, limestone, concrete, glass, stainless steel |
Cost : $55 million |
Time of construction : 1987-1991 |