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Article: Antoine Predock.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Due to be completed in 2012, the Canadian Museum of Human Rights is a powerful expression of the essential commonality of humankind. Carved into the earth and dissolving into the sky on the Winnipeg horizon, ephemeral wings embrace a mythic mountain formed from ancient limestone. Known for architecture that taps into a sense of the primeval, Predock has created a unifying landmark for all nations and cultures, a symbolic apparition of ice, clouds and stone set in a rolling field of grass.
Visitors begin with a descent into the earth, a symbolic recognition of the subterranean as the spiritual centre for many indigenous cultures. Protective stone arms screen the ...