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A portrait gallery with 'a certain panache'

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2008 / February 29

Its architects refer to a 'world-class project,' but critics dismiss it as ill-conceived and under-scaled. Portrait hangings are a long way off. Maria Cook reports. The architects for a proposed portrait gallery in Ottawa aim to create an "iconic and highly visible" gallery that at this early stage looks like a piece of sculpture or origami. The gallery would be located at the base of two slender 27-storey condo towers that have "a certain panache," says Nathan Godlovitch, senior architect with Dan S. Hanganu Architects of Montreal. Claridge Homes, an Ottawa developer, has filed an application with the City of Ottawa for the project to be built in what is now a parking lot bounded by Lisgar, Nepean and Metcalfe streets in the heart of downtown. The city is fast-tracking the application and rezoning in order for the proposal to meet the federal government's April 16 deadline for bids to host the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

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