Dates: 2012 – 2016, 2018 – RIBA Award for International Excellence • Members receive free admission and only pay the tour price, plus guests of Members receive 10% off admission As the museum is located on a flood plain, the architects chose DELTA®-DRAIN, a drainage board that provides high compressive strength, excellent drainage capacity, and exceptional long-term performance. 4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC ; 604-962-0413 [email protected] A bridge from Blackcomb Way rises through the forest to arrive at a sky lit museum entry porch. Tours can accommodate up to 6 people. Established in 2016, the Audain Art Museum (AAM) is a leading arts organization founded upon the major philanthropic gift of Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa. Structural: Equilibrium Consulting In addition, the Museum hosts dynamic exhibitions from around the world complemented by a wide variety of engagement initiatives. The Audain Art Museum Shop is located inside Cressey Hall, the main entrance to the Museum. Located in Whistler, British Columbia and designed by the internationally-renowned firm Patkau Architects, the AAM boasts a comprehensive Permanent Collection of the province’s most celebrated artists. Museum Consultant: Lord Cultural Resources Audain Art Museum was an absolute dream for our wedding. • Black out dates: November 14 – 15, December 12, December 26 – 27 2020. Audain Art Museum. Landscape: PFS Studio / Tom Barratt About Menu Current Page: Audain Catering Contact ALTA + AUDAIN FINE DINING ART EXPERIENCE HAS CONCLUDED FOR THE SEASON A unique collaboration concept, hosted at the Audain Art Museum on Friday evenings during Summer of 2020. The design of the museum is shaped by three powerful determinants. Our design responds to these determinants, simply and directly, by projecting a volume of sequential public spaces and galleries into an existing linear void within the surrounding forest. The third determinant is the enormous snowfall typical of Whistler which averages nearly 15 ft annual accumulated depth. Area: 56,000 sq ft 2017 – Wood Design Honor Award It is elevated a full storey above the ground and crowned with a steeply sloped roof, containing administration and back-of-house support functions. The GOODS from Audain Art Museum. 2018 – AIA Award – Architecture We held our colourful Indian Sangeet in the outdoor Meadow until 10pm and then moved inside for more dancing inside the Cressey hall until 1230am (to keep in line with the noise bylaws of Whistler). It will house Michael Audains personal art … The Audain Art Museum is a 56,000 square foot museum located in Whistler, British Columbia. Architect : Patkau Architects Inc. Join the Museum’s knowledgeable Docents for an intimate look at the latest changes to the Permanent Collection of BC art from a unique, curatorial perspective. Where this envelope is opened, to provide access in the entry porch or view from the glazed walkway to the galleries, the dark metal is overlaid by a luminous wood casing. Building Envelope: Spratt Emanuel Engineering • Private guided 1 hour tour experience Civil: Creus Engineering Book Your Bubble into Whistler’s new Audain Extended experience: a private, safe and exclusive guided tour of the Audain Art Museum, outside of public opening hours. Mechanical/ Electrical: Integral Group 2020 Join the Museum’s knowledgeable Docents for an intimate look at the latest changes to the Permanent Collection of BC art from a unique, curatorial perspective. Audain Art Museum. Gallery interiors in both the permanent and temporary exhibition areas are closed white volumes with minimal detail. 2017 – Azure AZ Award 9:00am, 9:30am, 10:00am, 10:30am, 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm. Floodproofing: Kerr Wood Leidal The AAM Shop features a selection of handmade jewelry, pottery, wood work and homeware from British Columbia artists. Your support today will greatly impact the Audain Art Museum’s ability to provide meaningful art experiences as a leading cultural institution in Canada. Tour price is $100 + GST per group, plus the cost of admission. 4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC ; 604-962-0413 [email protected] If you book with Tripadvisor, you can cancel at least 24 hours before the start date of your tour for a full refund. Book Your Bubble into Whistler’s new Audain Extended experience: a private, safe and exclusive guided tour of the Audain Art Museum, outside of public opening hours. The AAM Shop features a selection of handmade jewelry, pottery, wood work and homeware from British Columbia artists. Audain Art Museum. Contact Open Menu Close Menu. Authentically British Columbia. It will house Michael Audain’s personal art collection which traces a visual record of British Columbia from the late 18th century to the present day. It will house Michael Audain’s personal art collection which traces a visual record of British Columbia from the late 18th century to the present day. The first determinant is the need to house both the permanent exhibition of Michael Audain’s collection and, in juxtaposition with this collection, temporary exhibits of all kinds from across Canada and around the world. Client: Audain Art Museum Signage: Gallop Varley Lighting: HLB Lighting Design Public spaces in the interior, which are visible from the exterior, continue this warm luminous materiality. In addition, the Museum hosts dynamic exhibitions from around the world complemented by a wide variety of engagement initiatives. V6J 1R2 The simple form of the exterior is clad in an envelope of dark metal which recedes into the shadows of the surrounding forest. Dealing with Anja was the best part of our planning process. - Powered by. The Audain Art Museum is a 56,000 square foot private museum located in Whistler, British Columbia. 2017 – AIBC Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Medal in Architecture Amount: * … Project team: John Patkau, Patricia Patkau, David Shone, Michael Thorpe, Mike Green, Marc Holland, Cam Koroluk, Dimitri Koubatis, Tom Schroeder, Luke Stern, Peter Suter, David Zeibin, Consultants Exhibition Design: Bricault Design, Photography: James Dow / Patkau Architects, AIBC Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Medal in Architecture. • Permanent Collection only, not currently available for Special Exhibitions Code: LMDG 1564 West 6th Ave From there, visitors can either descend to the forest floor and central meadow to continue passage through the site, or enter into the museum lobby and event space. Once inside, visitors proceed along a glazed walkway overlooking the meadow below, to gain access first to the galleries which contain the permanent collection and then to the galleries which contain temporary exhibits. The form and character of the building and interiors is deliberately restrained to provide a quiet, minimal backdrop to the art within and the surrounding natural landscape. • Face coverings are required 2017 – Canadian Wood Council Design Award. The second determinant is the beautiful but challenging site in Whistler which, although blessed by magnificent evergreen forest vegetation, is located within the floodplain of Fitzsimmons Creek. Geotechnical: Geopacific Consultants The two passions come together in the Audain Foundation’s latest donation, $3 million to fund an Audain Chair in Historical Indigenous Art at the University of B.C. 4350 Blackcomb Way, Whistler, BC ; 604-962-0413 [email protected] The Audain Art Museum Shop is located inside Cressey Hall, the main entrance to the Museum. Exemplifying the richness of cultural difference in Canada, the collection takes visitors on a transformative visual journey from the late 18th century to present. The building design and siting work synergistically within the context of the site to create a public pedestrian link, beginning from the ‘village stroll’, the pedestrian spine of Whistler Village, across Blackcomb Way, leading to and through the Museum and then across the site to Fitzsimmons Creek park.