Comments on: Daniel Libeskind at Royal Ontario Museum

By: Milton

Milton — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:48:16 +0000

this is not a building. this is architecture

By: Jyanzi Kong

Jyanzi Kong — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:21:28 +0000

One is about the curves [Frank G.] the other is about the acute angles {D.L}

By: Claire Price

Claire Price — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:17:19 +0000

In responce to Derrick Pryce’s comment. A 12 year old would have a pretty hard time coming up with a design solution such as ROM, unless they had a degree in structural engineering along with one in mathermatics and physics and possibly building technology also. Designs such as this demand intelligence and skill. A true masterpiece from the master himself. As for a design that would be more fitting, I wonder what suggestions there might be to that? Mock period architecture from 200 years ago… Architecture does not have to look the same in order to fit in..

By: Person of Interest

Person of Interest — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:04:10 +0000

The ROM addition is a monument to Daniel Libeskind, who demonstrates how all minor talents make headlines and commissions — a calculated succes de scandale. And before his expensive flash-in-the-pan building goes out of style and gets replaced, curators will struggle to utilize its arbitrary funhouse interior. But that is my opinion. What would a great architect think of Libeskind’s work? We may surmise by considering the words of Frank Lloyd Wright: “Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”

By: Dariusz

Dariusz — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:50:50 +0000

It’s quite Shit; capital S. A tired concept, which is really a one-liner if you ask me. The interior doesn’t work, walls are sloped, so functionally it’s wrong. Pointless to hire curators/museologists as consultants or whatnot. If it’s anything like the Berlin Jewish Museum, cramped spaces are just annoying. I don’t even want to start on the extrerior. First-year C- or D architecture project. Most likely a fail.. Would like to see some smart modern projects in Toronto.