A “Whoopie-Cushion” Of A New Concert Hall

Montrealers get their first look at plans for a much awaited new concert hall. So what’s it look like? “The design selected for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra looks like a cross between an office building and a big-box store. Music is imaginative and airy, qualities that many concert halls try to evoke architecturally. But this design squats rudely on de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Jeanne Mance St. like a massive whoopie cushion.”