Interesting article on Ottawa buildings.
My office is very close to the electrical substation at the corner of Carling and Merivale – and I do like it. Having studied architecture I do appreciate older buildings, but were no longer in 19_ we are now in 2016 and so I don’t think we should be reproducing architecture from the past, I believe we need to create new. Of course sometimes something new with a cutting-edge design can take a moment to appreciate, then there’s the question of how will it stand the test of time. I think new architecture CAN live side by side with old. I remember taking an architecture tour in Chicago and their words were that there had to be a dialogue between the buildings; the echo of an element from the old building in the new building close by. One specific example I was always horrified by was the new entrance to 160 Elgin Street, glad it’s gone and look forward to seeing what they will do. As for the National Art Centre to me a great building, its redesign is indeed both exciting and scary to me – here’s hoping!
