Browsing: National Music Center

Allied Works Architecture was selected to design the National Music Center project in Calgary’s East Village.  The firm, led by Brad Cloepfil, will have the opportunity to “invent a new kind of institution,” as the center will be the first of its kind for Canada and will be part museum, part education and part performance.   The proposal is comprised of a five-storey building that will incorporate the historic King Edward Hotel, a legendary house of blues, and provide 80,000 sf of new space for the Cantos Music Foundation’s growing collection.  This project marks the first stage of the redevelopment of Calgary’s East Village and the creation of a new music district in the historic heart of the city.

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Culver City, California based firm, SPF Architects recently presented their design concept for the Cantos National Music Center for Calgary.  The project is “seen by many as one of the country’s most ambitious and important urban-design projects.”  Located in the center of Calgary, the new music center will not only focus on performance areas but will become more of a cultural space as it will be “part museum and part education.”

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