THE POWER OF MUSIC // COVER
But it had yet to convince anyone to kick-start any type of construction and Mosker’s negotiations with its board resulted in NMC securing the land to the east of the King Eddy and thanks to funding from three levels of government, each offering $25 million, he was able to go ahead with an international expression of interest to design the new building. Of 66 responses from around the world, whittled down to 12, followed by an RFP to a select five, Portland-based Allied Works Architecture was selected. The result is what Allied Works principal Brad Cloepfil describes as, “A powerful instrument that exists to
emanate music and light. Nine towers form the body of the building: walls clad in terracotta rise in subtle curves that merge, part and intertwine, modelled by light, gravity and acoustics.” At the grand opening on July 1, after almost 18 years of hard work and promotion, a very proud NMC president and CEO Andrew Mosker could boast of a dream come true that already has become a national music industry treasure as home to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Collection, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
ABOVE: EXPLORING ICONIC CANADIAN VOICES AT STUDIO BELL. PHOTO SOURCE: BRANDON WALLIS
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