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Corkin Shopland Gallery

Toronto
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects

Shim-Sutcliffe adapts a historic distillery to create Toronto's contemporary Corkin Shopland Gallery


Photo © James Dow

By Barbara Dixon

It's rare when a contemporary art gallery ventures beyond the standard white box to address a varied curatorial mission; rarer still when its interior landscape adapts a historic landmark with a character as compelling as the art and photography on display. For the new home of the Corkin Shopland Gallery in Toronto, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects has gracefully carved a sculptural space from the heavy brick massing of a 19th-century distillery. Infused with daylight and a series of unfolding volumes, the gallery offers intriguing sight lines through a procession of rooms to heighten the art-viewing experience.

For more than 25 years, gallery co-owner Jane Corkin has showcased vintage art photography. She teamed with partner Martin Shopland to expand the gallery's focus, and now presents work by emerging artists as well as a wide range of decorative objects that date as far back as the 12th century. "The client's mandate was to create a range of spaces of different volumes to allow the greatest curatorial latitude possible," says principal architect Brigitte Shim.

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the People

Client
Corkin Shopland Gallery

Architect
Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Inc.
441 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5a1t5
tel. 416-368-3892
fax. 416-368-9468
info@shimsut.com
www.shim-sutcliffe.com

Principals:
Brigitte Shim, Howard Sutcliffe

Project architect:
Denise Haradem

Team:
Betsy Williamson

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Blackwell Engineering

Mechanical:
Toews Engineering

Electrical:
Dynamic Designs and Engineering

Consultant(s)
Heritage:
ERA Architects

Lighting:
Suzanne Powadiuk Design

Code:
Leber Rubes

Project Manager
Eisner-Murray
Vic Furgiuele, project supervisor

Photographer(s)
James Dow
10904-123 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta, T5M 0C9, Canada
Phone 403-455-6010,
Fax 403-455-6010

the Products

Interior Finishes
Wood floors:
Barwood Flooring

Concrete floors:
Quality Marble and Stone

Metalwork:
Khanadian Custom Metal Fabricators

Ironwork:
Tremonte Manufacturing

Millwork:
MCM 2001; Two Degrees North

Masonry:
Vame Enterprises

Paint:
Benjamin Moore www.benjaminmoore.com

Hardware
Doors, hardware:
Trilliam Architectural Products

Glazing
European Glass and Mirror

 
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