{"id":33000,"date":"2025-10-29T23:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hariri-pontarini-architects-to-lead-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-project\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:43:06","slug":"hariri-pontarini-architects-to-lead-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hariri-pontarini-architects-to-lead-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Hariri Pontarini Architects to lead McMichael Canadian Art Collection project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s the first major revitalization of the site in more than 40 years and is being supported with a $50 million commitment from the Government of Ontario and $25 million in funding from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>It is located in the Humber River Valley and features a modernist timber-and-stone architecture with low rooflines.<\/p>\n<p>The redevelopment will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More space dedicated to exhibitions, education, conservation and public programming;<\/li>\n<li>classrooms and studios to nurture the next generation of Canadian artists;<\/li>\n<li>purpose-built spaces for events, concerts, lectures conferences and banqueting, including a new indoor theatre; and<\/li>\n<li>it is being built to CAGBC Zero Carbon Design Standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Originally built in the 1950s as the private home of founders Robert and Signe McMichael, the site has grown into a national institution, featuring more than 7,000 artworks by Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven and their contemporaries, Indigenous artists and artists from the many diasporic communities that make up Canada.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2025\/10\/hariri-pontarini-architects-to-lead-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It\u2019s the first major revitalization of the site in more than 40 years and is being supported with a &#8230; <a title=\"Hariri Pontarini Architects to lead McMichael Canadian Art Collection project\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hariri-pontarini-architects-to-lead-mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-project\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hariri Pontarini Architects to lead McMichael Canadian Art Collection project\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-33000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}