Museum Crystals and the end of 2007
The last couple of weeks I’ve been visiting my parents for the holidays. I planned to do a ton of work, but in reality, it was nice just to spend time with them, see a few friends, have a few meetings and spend some time amazed at just how much Toronto has changed since I left it.
One example is the museum, where I met my mom to have lunch. Like the Denver Art Museum, the ROM has a brand new Daniel Libeskind crystal. It was dark and rainy, but here are a couple of pictures.
Unlike the titanium-covered Denver crystal, the ROM crystal was originally designed to have a glass shell. Most of the covering was changed to aluminum slats when the architects discovered that heavy wet snow falls part of the year. It felt smaller than the Denver crystal, but fun and interesting none the less.
Most of the crystal was occupied by the ROM’s giftshop (on the main floor) and their new and improved dinosaur exhibit (on the second floor). You can see how they built the crystal into the old, original building rather than as a new building in the case of the Denver Art Museum.
I’m rested, back in Boulder and ready to make 2008 my and my companies’ best year yet.