Canadian Library Thread - Page 2

kwoldtimer · #21 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 8:21 PM**

And a rare PoMo building that's aging well.

canucklehead2 · #22 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 8:38 PM**

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And a rare PoMo building that's aging well.

Agreed. Then again that's true of any masterpiece by a truly great architect. I still can never get over Habitat '67. Alas I digress...

Calgarian · #23 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 9:02 PM**

I find habitat to be massively over rated personally...

J.OT13 · #24 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 9:54 PM**

Oh, and this is our current Central Library at Laurier and Metcalfe, in the middle of the CBD.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...yees-1.5007086

It replaced the beautiful old Carnegie Library in 1973.

http://urbsite.blogspot.com/2012/09/...e-library.html

JHikka · #25 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:21 PM**

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The Toronto Reference Library.

Love the Reference Library.

via Moriyama & Teshima

stevanford1 · #26 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:27 PM**

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This thing? Soooo jealous of Calgary and the great warm womb atrium.

Photo from Dezeen.com

Same here! The TRL is quite lovely as well.

stevanford1 · #27 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:30 PM**

Mississauga

O-tacular · #28 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:38 PM**

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The design for the new Ottawa Central Library/Library and Archives Canada joint facility has been revealed. Design by Diamond and Schmitt Architects. Expected to open in 2024.

https://twitter.com/TimTierney/statu...04776032186368

https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/...04457135136769

The more I look at it the less I like the interior. It looks very dated. Like they tried to do the wood atrium thing in the Calgary library's central lobby but just applied it to a 90's design. Also the support columns holding up the ceiling remind me of an airport. Feels very mediocre for a 'signature' library.

stevanford1 · #29 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:40 PM**

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The more I look at it the less I like the interior. It looks very dated. Like they tried to do the wood atrium thing in the Calgary library's central lobby but just applied it to a 90's design. Also the support columns holding up the ceiling remind me of an airport. Feels very mediocre for a 'signature' library.

I agree, everything reminds me of Pearson Airport. I love the outside however.

O-tacular · #30 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:45 PM**

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I agree, everything reminds me of Pearson Airport. I love the outside however.

Yes Pearson is what I was thinking of too.

stevanford1 · #31 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:46 PM**

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Yes Pearson is what I was thinking of too.

Upon looking at it I immediately started to taste the bacon'N'Egger from A&W I crammed down while running to my plane to Seattle last year

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O-tacular · #32 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:48 PM**

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Upon looking at it I immediately started to taste the bacon'N'Egger from A&W I crammed down while running to my plane to Seattle last year

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Lol! I immediately felt panicked like I had to run to a connector flight at the opposite end of the terminal with 5 minutes to spare.

stevanford1 · #33 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 10:51 PM**

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Lol! I immediately felt panicked like I had to run to a connector flight at the opposite end of the terminal with 5 minutes to spare.

And god forbid you leave your travel mug at A&W like I did and have to run back to A&W and than run back to the Terminal.

EDIT: I'm starting to get A&W Canada ads now!

SFUVancouver · #34 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 11:19 PM**

Great thread.

Toronto's libraries are just about the best thing in the city. More than 100 local libraries, all different in look and feel, plus the reference library in a league of its own.

The new Calgary library is the best new library in the country, and world-class in every respect.

I absolutely love the Vancouver Public Library. When it opened in 1995 and they had 5 or 6 million books to move from the old main branch to the new one, the VPL invited the public to help out in what they called "Operation Bookworm". One showed up at the old main branch and were given a t-shirt and handed as many bags of books as you could carry. The City had closed the streets leading from the old branch to the new and it was basically a big parade. Tens of thousands of people came out and physically carried the millions of books and got to explore the new (empty) library, all in one beautiful sunny day.

Here are some great pictures of the library. The first, taken during construction, illustrates how at its core the library part of the project is a conventional concrete box.

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The second, a modern aerial illustrating the often-overlooked flying buttress-eque eastern side.

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The third is the atrium, which is always lively and honestly feels like a plaza. And in the great foresight of the architects, the library part is thoughtfully isolated with thick glass walls so the sound of the plaza doesn't penetrate the stacks and to allow for climate control within the library.

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Last is the fantastic new rooftop public space. The library has had a green roof since day one, but the top floor of the library, through which one accesses the roof, had been leased to the Feds since day one and is part of the immigration courts that are based in the office tower part of the library. Without knowing the exact details, the VPL elected not to renew the lease for the top floor and, instead, renovated it to be incorporated as part of the library and this new access meant the public could finally use the roof that sold so many people on the design back in the 1990s when the City held a design competition and let the public pick the winner (Safdie's design, by a landslide).

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It just fits so well into the fabric of the city, despite architecturally being so wildly different. (Last photo, I promise)

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stevanford1 · #35 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 11:19 PM**

I love the Vancouver Library, I personally was there after my visit to Seattle last year and heavily enjoyed it!

O-tacular · #36 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 11:20 PM**

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And god forbid you leave your travel mug at A&W like I did and have to run back to A&W and than run back to the Terminal.

EDIT: I'm starting to get A&W Canada ads now!

stevanford1 · #37 Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 11:23 PM**

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Getting back wasn’t fun either. According to my friend I looked like a junkie when he picked me up

kwoldtimer · #38 Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 12:16 AM**

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Love the Reference Library.

via Moriyama & Teshima

1977, for those enamoured of the Calgary and Ottawa atria.

urbandreamer · #39 Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 3:08 AM**

The TRL is my favourite place to spend an afternoon in Toronto. I used to practically live in the Vancouver library: it sucks being homeless.

Hali87 · #40 Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 4:25 PM**

One thing I really like about the Halifax Central Library is that it was designed from the beginning to integrate the day's technology to offer opportunities that might not otherwise be available to the public. The library has a fairly well-equipped recording studio that anyone can use for free to record and edit music or things like podcasts, as well as a green screen for film and video shoots, and 3D printers. Recently they've also set up little "light therapy" stations which seem to be well-used. Several of the meeting rooms have kitchenettes and so they can also offer cooking classes there. Do the other major libraries have stuff like this as well?

A list of their studio equipment:

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Electric guitar: Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop
Electric guitar: The Heritage Les Paul
Electric guitar - Squire Vintage Stratocaster
Electric guitar - Epiphone Les Paul LP-100
Electric guitar (left-handed) - Epiphone Les Paul Special II
Electric guitar: Alexander James - Ursa
Electric guitar: Glen Bergman - Stratocaster
Electric guitar: Glen Bergman - Cocobolo
Electric guitar: Ken Francis - Twin One
Acoustic guitar - Epiphone DR-100 (2)
Classical guitar - NJO C43 Nylon String
Classical guitar - Takamine
Classical guitar - La Patrie (hybrid classical/electric)
Electric bass - Squire Vintage Precision
Electric bass - Squire Vintage Jazz
Electric drums - Yamaha DTX400K (2)
Bodhran Irish Drum - Walton’s 18”
Egg shakers - Meinl Percussion
Ukelele - Mahalo
Keyboard - Roland Juno DS
Violin - Full Size Baroque Style
Ukelele - Kaloha

Dynamic microphones - Shure SM58
Lapel microphone - Sennheiser XS wireless presentation set
Apogee One Audio Interfaces ( with built-in microphone)
Apogee Jam Audio Interfaces (guitar/bass)
M-Audio Midi Keyboards
AKG Monitor headphones
Turntable - Numark (USB)

Phaez - 4 Watt Tube Amp Head (custom-made)
Phaez - 18 Watt Tube Amp Head (custom-made)
Phaez - 12” Speaker Cabinet (custom-made)

Cameras Canon Vixia HFG20 Camcorder
Canon ELPH 340HS Camera (x2)
Erin Manning Studio Lighting Kit
Chromakey Green Screen 9’ x 15’
Bamboo Capture Pen and Touch
Camera tripod (assorted)
Smartphone/Tablet tripod mount (assorted)
Canon Rebel DSLR Camera
Neewer Reflector (5 in 1 - 60x90cm)
Widetone Seamless Photography Backdrop - Pure White

Logic Pro X
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (CS6)
GarageBand
iMovie
Audacity

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