Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade

Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its second redesign for a new building at the Vancouver Art Gallery after the project was pledged a nine-figure donation from a property developer.
The architecture firm has revised the massing and facade of the proposed building, opting for a copper-coloured woven metal covering the wooden soffits and structural elements underneath.
Horizontal bands of perforated copper would be intertwined with shaped vertical rods to produce an effect similar t