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ROM's maestro tackles city arts centre

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2005 / January 21

Daniel Libeskind has agreed to reinvent the Hummingbird Centre, the Toronto Star has learned. The deal with Libeskind, one of the world's most celebrated architects, will be announced today by Daniel Brambilla, CEO of the city-owned Hummingbird Centre. No price tag will be announced, but the cost of the project, including a residential tower, is certain to soar beyond $100 million. This is the latest and most startling development in the five-year saga of the Hummingbird's struggle to stave off extinction after its two principal tenants — the Canadian Opera Company and the National Ballet of Canada — move into their new home, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (now under construction at Queen St. W. and University Ave.) by the middle of next year.

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