
The 100-year old auto building which used to serve as an aluminium foundry in Toronto has now become an address for the Museum of Contemporary Art. The latter has reportedly taken over five floors of the building constructed in 1919. It was the tallest building when opened, an early example of engineer CAP Turner’s concrete flat slab architecture. Being functioned as an aluminium foundry for over 80 years, it manufactured supplies for both World Wars as well as domestic goods such as saucepans and bottle caps.

The industrial past of the museum’s new headquarter is still visible while the interior, renovated by ERA Architects and architectsAlliance, features mushroom-shaped head concrete columns and huge factory windows.
The 55,000 square feet of space includes two main exhibition floors as well as a café and bookstore. Local design firm MSDS handled the first floor fit out, partnering with nearby craftsmen on Sterling Road to produce elements of the interiors.
The second and third floors are exhibiting a work by a mix of Canadian and international artists including Jeneen Frei NJootli and Barbara Kruger while part of the fourth floor is dedicated to studio spaces.
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