Massive music centre by Allied Works scheduled to open this fall in Calgary

US studio Allied Works Architecture is nearing completion of a massive new home for the National Music Centre of Canada , described as the firm's "largest and most ambitious project to date. Encompassing 160,000 square feet (14,860 square metres), the cultural centre – called Studio Bell – is scheduled to open on 1 October 2016 in Calgary, Alberta.
Renderings show a large building composed of two main volumes connected by a skybridge that passes over a plaza. The design features curved exterior walls and sculptural protrusions. Marking Allied Works' largest and most ambitious building project to date, Studio Bell rises in nine, interlocking towers, clad in glazed terracotta," said
Allied Works, which has offices in New York and Portland, Oregon.

"Its subtly curved design references acoustic vessels, while allowing for sweeping views of the Stampede, Park, Bow River and surrounding cityscape. The project is the latest cultural building from Allied Works. Founded in 1994, the firm's portfolio includes the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, the Seattle Art Museum and the Museum of Arts and Design in NewYork.