Over the past month, there's been much
reporting -- and
complaining -- about the so-called "fake lake" that was housed in the media centre for last weekend's G20 summit in Toronto. Lost in the outrage over federal government spending was the quiet success story of the Toronto company that was hired to build the
media centre to showcase Canadian culture and companies to the international media.
Lord Cultural Resources, who assembled and led a team of companies including
Hariri Pontarini Architects,
Infinite Stage Design,
Astound Group and
N�ssli Canada to build and manage what they called "a series of engaging, interactive,
technologically-enhanced and story-driven exhibits for the
International Media Centre in Toronto for the 2010 Muskoka G-8 Summit
and the Toronto G-20 Summit," was founded in Toronto in 1981 by Barry Lord and Gail Dexter Lord. The company, according to its materials, was started "in response to an emerging need for specialized planning services in the museum, cultural and heritage sector."
Since then, they have managed over 1,800 projects in 45 countries, and have opened offices in the US, France, Spain, China and Bahrain, and have become what they call the "world's largest cultural professional practice." In addition to the G20, Lord Cultural Resources was also involved recently with planning and implementing the show-stopping
Ontario House pavilion at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
According to their website, they are hiring three staff in Toronto now.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Andrea Ott, Director of Client Relations and Marketing, Lord Cultural Resources
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