The program involved 4,300 square metres of additions and renovations. Within the existing building, this includes a new entrance vestibule, an expanded museum shop and a contemporary ceramics gallery. The third floor addition accommodates a flexible exhibition space, a café/restaurant and multi-purpose event space. The former underground parking garage was converted into ceramic studios and curatorial space. To create a bolder urban presence, the second floor was expanded and projected 2 metres with an outdoor terrace on its roof. The west exterior was relandscaped with terraced platforms stepping down to University Avenue. The original pink granite exterior was replaced with black granite and limestone cladding and louvers on the upper floors of the west and south façades. The interiors were refinished in limestone, oak and white drywall to foreground the diverse collection that ranges from pre-Columbian artifacts to modernist-era ceramic objects such as a Picasso vase. The intimate scale of the museum is preserved and the reconfiguration of the plan and circulation draws visitors to previously unimagined views of the façades and pediments of the adjacent heritage architecture, and the city beyond. The outcome is a transformation that has allowed the museum to host international exhibits of contemporary works and attract significant collections, including the Macdonald collection of porcelain deemed among the best collections in the world. Following the building’s reopening, museum attendance grew 35%, earned revenue increased 37%, shop revenue increased 146%, while restaurant/facility rental grew 744%. Additionally, private sector donations increased 26% and government support increased 55%.