Architects shortlisted for design of new Vancouver Art Gallery

Five architects have been shortlisted for the design of the new Vancouver Art Gallery.

The art gallery has announced that they will be moving to a new site at West Georgia Street and Cambie Street, across from the Canada Post building.

The idea is to create an “architecturally significant” new building that showcases artists and art, and one that celebrates “Vancouver’s rich cultural context.”

The building will have dedicated space for the gallery’s growing collections; expanded indoor and outdoor exhibition space; and new educational facilities.

The five shortlisted architectural firms are as follows:

Diller Scofidio + Renfro 
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• A New York-based firm that integrates architecture, visual arts and performing arts. The firm worked on the expansion of Juilliard School and the High Line project in New York, an urban park on an abandoned elevated railway line stretching through the city.

Herzog & de Meuron
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• A Basel, Switzerland-based architectural firm, who designed Tate Modern in London; the de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Perez Art Museum in Miami.

KPMB Architects
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• Considered one of Canada’s leading architectural firms, KPMB has won 12 Governor General Medals. The firm designed several major cultural projects throughout Canada, including Canada’s National Ballet School; the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto and Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan.

SANAA
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• Tokyo, Japan-based Sanaa is behind several high-profile projects including Louvre-Lens Museum in France; the Rolex Learning Center in Switzerland; New Museum in New York; the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio; and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan.

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
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• A New York-based architectural firm with a focus on museum, school and non-profit buildings. Projects include the American Folk Art Museum in New York; The Phoenix Art Museum; the Asia Society in Hong Kong; and the new US Embassy Compound in Mexico City.

The architect is expected to be chosen by the spring.