Like
architecture, ballet is a demanding art form. Mastery of a rigorous,
established repertoire is a crucial prerequisite for expression -- and
innovation.
Capturing this spirit in ways both
grand and subtle, a new campus for Canada's National Ballet School in
Toronto effectively melds heritage with modern elegance. The project
centers on Northfield, a house built for statesman Sir Oliver Mowat in
1856. Embracing it is a U-shaped complex of delicately
detailed, clean-edged glass and stone, with aluminum ceilings
by Hunter Douglas. Designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (KPMB)
in a joint venture with coordinating architect Goldsmith, Borgal &
Co., they remind us that after all, the school covers the best in contemporary ballet, too.
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