点评:We simply did not have the chance to visit the Gallery interior. However, on a Sunday morning walk we did have the chance to walk the outside. While I am sure the art inside is amazing (#2 listed Art Museum in Canada), the exterior is equally incredible to see which was one of the main objectives of the morning walk.
The building is a combination of an historic home and cutting-edge modern architecture. The original structure is The Grange a manor home once well outside the town of York built by the influential Boulton family. The home, which is the 12th oldest (1817) surviving building in Toronto and its oldest brick home, eventually became the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) which is now housed in a suspended two-story structure adjacent to the Grange and its grounds. Between the Sharp Center for Design and the museum with the exterior curving stairwell, the architecture is some of the most forward display of modern buildings in Canada, and they are a great juxtaposition to the Grange home. While I hated to miss the interior, the exterior was totally worth the visit.
翻译:我们根本没有机会进入美术馆内部参观。不过,在一个周日的早晨,我们得以漫步于其 exterior。虽然我确信馆内的艺术品定是精彩绝伦(该馆在加拿大艺术博物馆中排名第二),但其外观同样令人叹为观止,而这也正是我们早晨散步的主要目的之一。
这座建筑融合了历史悠久的宅邸风格与尖端的现代建筑技术。最初的建筑物便是格兰奇庄园,这是一座由颇具影响力的布尔顿家族建造的庄园式住宅,当初它位于约克镇郊外。这座建筑是多伦多现存第12古老的建筑物(建于1817年),也是该市最古老的砖砌住宅。后来,此处变成了安大略艺术与设计学院(OCAD);如今,该学院设在一座悬空式的两层建筑内,该建筑紧邻格兰奇庄园及其庭院。在夏普设计中心与带有弧形室外楼梯的博物馆之间,……这些建筑的风格堪称加拿大现代建筑的典范之作,它们与格兰奇宅邸形成了绝佳的对比。虽然没能参观内部让我有些遗憾,但仅看外观也绝对值得一来。