^^^
Yeah, I remember something you wrote about the building, which I really liked:
"my prediction is that it will be spectacular....a mountain of glass and stone on a flat prairie....it will change the face of the city completely."
I realize it wasn't your initial favourite - or that of some others of course - and that it grew on you... I also know there was controversy about the selection process, as described in
Canadian Architect: http://www.cdnarchitect.com/issues/I...id=1000196130#
But for me personally this was the proposal that worked right away, and when I see that overhead diagram above it makes me wonder how the museum will look from a helicopter vantage point (as was posted before of the site). I think this could be a transformative building.
The reason I mention that is that the CMHR is on the cover of the latest
issue of the main architecture magazine in Quebec, which is focused on competitions. While I don't see much about the museum in the actual articles, it's interesting that they chose it for the cover...
http://www.oaq.com/fr/imprimes/archives_esquisses.jsp
Also interesting (apologies if it's been posted before) is a clay model Predock did, shot from above - it's the first one on this page:
http://www.predock.com/Clay/clay.html