Brutal no more: NAC offers a sneak peak inside a light-filled 'architectural rejuvenation'

The NAC is throwing open its doors to the public on Canada Day to offer a look at the first phase of a project aimed at turning Ottawa’s fortress-like performing arts palace into a light-filled “crossroads” for the city. On Wednesday, the media got a sneak peek.
Built as a centennial project, the NAC was designed in the “brutalist” style popular from the ’50s into the ’70s.  The word originates from the French “béton brut” or raw