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Art Gallery of York University Building
26 Nov 2020
New Art Gallery of York University
Design: Hariri Pontarini Architects
Location: AGYU, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hariri Pontarini Architects wins bid to design new stand-alone Art Gallery of York University
TORONTO, Nov. 25, 2020 ? The Art Gallery of York University?s (AGYU) new, stand-alone art gallery, to be designed and constructed by winning architectural firm Hariri Pontarini Architects, will embrace a vision of art and connectedness.
The bold new winning design will help the art gallery magnify its reach into the local community and the world beyond, enhancing its visibility and prominence, as well as increasing its accessibility. Hariri Pontarini Architects (HPA) was one of three shortlisted firms out of a wide show of interest from the architecture community. The online design competition invited community members from York faculty and students to extended community members to attend and comment on the shortlisted proposals before a committee selected the winning design.
The new stand-alone art gallery is possible through a five-million-dollar donation in October 2019 by philanthropists and art collectors Joan and Martin Goldfarb, igniting this expansion and re-centering the arts on campus. The gallery will also carry their name, the Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery, in honour of their long history of supporting the art...