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Safdie, Moriyama and Canada's big architectural dreams


Article Continued BelowAnd in Toronto, Moriyama, then 35, would ignite his obscure career with the cascading and groundbreaking Ontario Science Centre. Because what Connell would offer the erstwhile outhouse builder was the $30-million Ontario Science Centre project, the province’s key contribution to Canada’s centennial celebrations three years hence. Moriyama recalls his shock at being chosen to design the Ontario Science Centre 50 years ago as a centennial project. Fifty years ago in Montreal, 28-year-old Safdie was building the jumbled, experimental Habitat — his first architectural project — as an Expo exhibit. Toronto architect Raymond Moriyama poses with a totem from previous projects.


Source: thestar July 01, 2016 18:01 UTC



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