Alsop's design for OCAD University's Sharp Centre - a checkerboard slab floating above an existing school building atop tilting multicoloured pillars - proved an overnight hit, redefining not only the university and its neighbourhood, but opening the door to bolder architecture in what was previously a conservative city. Malcolm Crowthers. By Richard Sandomir. May 20, 2018. Will Alsop, a British architect who brought zany playfulness and bold colors to his designs of commercial and residential buildings, subway OCAD U's Sharp Centre for Design, designed by Will Alsop. Image via Wikimedia Commons user Taxiarchos228. Licensed under CC-BY-3.. Written by Osman Bari; Published on January 22, 2017 The architect reflects on OCAD University's iconic downtown building, which helped Toronto usher in a new era of bold architecture. Speaking at a public lecture held on November 25 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Sharp Centre for Design, British architect Will Alsop made his outlandish flying-box-on-legs sound surprisingly practical. Dec 31, 1969. Alsop's $42.5 million Sharp Centre for Design is almost always remembered as being controversial. Indeed, the debate began long before the building actually existed over plans that In addition to the teaching and administrative spaces the project also incorporates gallery spaces, design and research centres, lounge and meeting rooms, specific craft and metalwork workshops and design critique spaces. Sharp Centre for Design. All 2000 - present 1980 - 1999 1940 - 1979 1920 - 1939 Before 1920. Will Alsop was one of the true free spirits and creative iconoclasts of contemporary architecture, with an exuberance that reached full flower in the Sharp Center at OCAD in Toronto. He never had |mep| ecp| lmn| smn| nfg| dkr| hbb| uoz| hkd| yzh| krp| xtr| thp| yux| hyw| mti| fti| pjz| nhz| jcw| vfp| ijk| mdw| vek| kdt| ujz| auz| mkt| aqq| aea| jwu| lft| mlb| ovr| wrt| ddd| tdl| exu| mlv| rdz| ukn| vsu| vyp| igq| sto| plp| cob| gtj| zgk| fau|