[Calgarian]

There are a lot of OT threads here, so lets get more on topic. This is a thread to show off nice buildings of any size / type.

Here is an example of a cool house in Calgary http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10627

[harls]

How about...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/9045126_3ad7650410.jpg?v=0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/9045126/

[Calgarian]

That's not what I had in mind...

[MolsonExport]

How about...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/9045126_3ad7650410.jpg?v=0

http://www.flickr.com/photos/takashi/9045126/

Wow, that is just gorgeous!

Here is this beauty from London, Ontario (please don't eat while viewing):
http://www.lawyers.ca/international/images/Londoncourt.jpg

source: http://www.lawyers.ca/international/statecity2.asp?abbreviation=ON&state=Ontario&city=London

[harls]

That's not what I had in mind...

What.. it's a gem. Look at that old school lettering.

Ok.. how about this then:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1037/887834928_bd84673a0d_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/452332596_73220fb0dd.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2142/1554059874_66deb44637_b.jpg

pics..me.

[Calgarian]

much better.

[Keng]

^^Nice

A few of Winnipeg's finest....

http://kengillespie.com/img/v3/p416169812-3.jpg

http://kengillespie.com/img/v4/p983005422-3.jpg

http://kengillespie.com/img/v4/p32830125-3.jpg

http://kengillespie.com/img/v2/p393846882-3.jpg

http://kengillespie.com/img/v1/p354528873-3.jpg

[ambiguoustraveller]

Vancouver has a fair amount of BLEH architecture, however there are some buildings, such as the Museum of Athropology at UBC that are interesting.

http://www.heelpain.ca/anthropology%20museum.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d128/ambiguoustraveller/museum.jpg

View from the inside, which shows where the inspiration for the exterior came from
http://martingoodman.com/soyouwanttobeawriter/uploaded_images/Museum%20ofo%20Anthropolgy,UBC-727915.JPG

[Calgarian]

That is my favorite building in Canada.

[le calmar]

Sherbrooke's city hall

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2720248395_1d8f230ecf.jpg?v=0

AndreJenny.com flickr

[1ajs]

wow when was that built first time i have seen that museum

anyhow our curent airport terminal slated for demolition in th next couple years
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2858318921_b3502fefc5_o.jpg
my photo

more photos here http://flickr.com/photos/christiansphotos/sets/72157607422049519/ < mrchristans photos (fellow forumer)



royal canadian mint
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2766548449_6d6914d0aa_b.jpg
my pic


union bank tower and the confederation building
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1356/648401099_f9e3ca4537_o.jpg
my pic

[vid]

Port Arthur

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2242798383_1673a4e41b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22292497@N05/2242798383/)
Karen R (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22292497@N05/)

Port Arthur Collegiate Institute. 1909. Henry Simpson. Queen Anne style with Flemish influences.

Forms the western quarter of Waverly Park, which is Ontario's second oldest municipal park. The high school was closed in 2007, and the building is now owned by Lakehead University, which is working on retrofitting the building for it's faculty of education, I think.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2940994944_0f8325b7d4.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmojophoto/2940994944/)
Morris Chisholm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmojophoto/)

Whalen Building. 913. Brown and Vallance, Architects. Very subtle Neo-Gothic style with Beaux Arts influences.

This is the Lakehead's oldest skyscraper. (Duluth has buildings taller than this, that predate it by a quarter century.) It is the head office of Thunder Bay Hydro and has a variety of government and private offices in it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2795756525_a4320f6b9d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2795756525/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

189 Red River Road. 1989. Local Architect with guidance from Arthur Erickson. Post Modernism.

Only four storeys tall but twice the volume of the nearby Prince Arthur Hotel (1910; 6 storeys; Chicago School) this is easily the most recognizable building in Port Arthur. (Perhaps, after the Pagoda.) The columns are an interesting twist in that they lack capitals and bases, and have instead of fluting, slits up two sides, as well as a band a third of the way up at the same level as the floor plate of the second floor. The building primarily houses provincial government offices.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2550895925_8265e4cf77_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbender/2550895925/)
Wes Bender (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbender/)

CN Rail Station, Port Arthur. 1905. Romanesque and Château combination.

The building today houses seasonal attractions including a Chinese-Canadian restaurant, coffee shop, ice cream parlour, children's museum, model train club, and lounge. It is the only remaining CN Rail station in Thunder Bay.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/2938227184_72fdaa4e75_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2938227184/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

McVicar Manor. Queen Anne. Now a bed and breakfast with very high prices (but it you like historic architecture, it's worth it.) Once a farm house, it has since been swallowed up by our downtown. (But you can't even tell its downtown from the property.) It's the centrepiece of the proposed Harrington-Ray Architectural Conservation District.

Fort William

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/2723639994_5e448d0d2a_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2723639994/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

Royal Edward Arms Hotel. 1928. 8 storeys. Dorr and Dorr. Art Deco stylization of Neo Gothic architecture. (Perhaps it is mocking the Whalen Building?)

Originally a hotel, it is today a low income seniors residence. Queen Elizabeth II stayed in the hotel during a visit in the 1970s.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2718213670_c33e9e6df2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2718213670/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

CP Rail Station. 3 storeys. Edwardian.

Located south of Downtown Fort William, the building was recently restored. Unlike the CN station in Port Arthur, the CP station is capable of being reverted to an operating passenger rail terminal should VIA Rail ever resume service here.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2688756358_a407b9d851_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2688756358/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

Murphey Mansion. Home of James Murphy, a local coal tycoon. One of several turn-of-the-century mansions in the Ridgeway area of Fort William.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2703297712_7bd6c3c7f1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2703297712/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

Sandstone Court. One of the large houses in the Ridgeway area of Fort William. This house is notable for being a Romanesque style home. Romanesque architecture was typically used for institutional buildings (such as Ontario's legislature, which is a fantastic example of the style.)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2847152383_f0730368e0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2847152383/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

Old Bank of Montreal. Corner of Simpson and Victoria. Unknown date, architect. The building is a very simple Beau Arts with some Art Deco-esque details along the top.

The Ukrainian Credit Union moved out of the building a couple weeks ago, and it is now vacant. Its fate is uncertain.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2842396681_52a73b3c62_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14224095@N06/2842396681/)
Patrick Chondon (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14224095@N06/)

Ruins of the Canadian Bank of Commerce on Victoria Avenue. 1911. Architect V.D. Horsbugh. Beaux Arts. The façade was made of clay imported from England. They sure got their moneys worth! The cause of the fire could not be determined. The façade will remain standing, for use in a future project. (The only acceptable application of façadism, imo.)

I leave you with a panoramic photo of the area the last two buildings come from:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2845407694_4f930406a7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2845407694/)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

This is the proposed Victoria Avenue Historical Architecture Conservation District. The area along Victoria Avenue from May Street to Simpson Street was recognized as an area having the potential to be a conservation neighbourhood because it is the only street in Thunder Bay with the "New York Skyscraper Canyon Effect", albeit on a much smaller scale.

[Nicko999]

Habitat 67 is a housing complex and landmark located on the Marc-Drouin Quay on the Saint Lawrence River at 2600, Pierre Dupuy Avenue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its design was created by architect Moshe Safdie based on his master's thesis at McGill University and built as part of Expo 67.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Habitat_67.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Habitat_67.jpg

http://planetagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/habitat-67.jpg
http://planetagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/habitat-67.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Habitat_panorama.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Habitat_panorama.jpg

[Greco Roman]

Habitat 67 is a housing complex and landmark located on the Marc-Drouin Quay on the Saint Lawrence River at 2600, Pierre Dupuy Avenue in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its design was created by architect Moshe Safdie based on his master's thesis at McGill University and built as part of Expo 67.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Habitat_67.jpg

http://planetagadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/habitat-67.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Habitat_panorama.jpg

WTF????????????????? :eek:

How much do those places go for?

[ambiguoustraveller]

That Habitat 67 is wicked. It also reminds me of another Vancouver highlight (and Safdie creation), the central library.

http://www.sfu.ca/geog/geog351fall07/Group01/04_dtn/pictures/vpl2.jpg

http://home.graffiti.net/rec_images01:graffiti.net/nutcrew/7th20/Vancouver_public_library_vancouver_british_columbia.jpg

http://canada.archiseek.com/british_columbia/vancouver/images/vancouver_library_lge.jpg

[Mille Sabords]

Vid - great pictures of Thunder Bay! Fine looking buildings there.

[vid]

Thanks. :)

Vancouver's library is fantastic.

When posting photos, you have to cite a source or the post might be deleted.

[Rico Rommheim]

When posting photos, you have to cite a source or the post might be deleted.

Thanks for the memo, mother.

[vid]

I've been reporting them! :fruit:

I have nothing else better to do.. :\

[Nicko999]

WTF????????????????? :eek:

How much do those places go for?

Anyway the apartment I found is a 3 bedroom flat and costs $399,000 Canadian.

This was 2 years ago!

It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building. Modular, interlocking concrete forms define the space. The project was designed to create affordable housing with close but private quarters, each equipped with a garden. The building was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around the world.

The complex was originally meant to be vastly larger. Ironically, the building's units are now quite expensive rather than "affordable" due to its architectural cachet.

"Of the 900 apartments planned for this gigantic building block, 158 were completed. 354 prefabricated individual containers are stacked in a confused order and connected by steel cables. Projections and recesses are organized in such a way that each apartment has a balcony on the roof of the apartment immediately below."

[flar]

Hamilton:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown%20hamilton/3.jpg

I also like the TH&B Railway Station (now the GO Centre)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/corktwn/00175.jpg

[Nicko999]

WTF????????????????? :eek:

How much do those places go for?

Anyway the apartment I found is a 3 bedroom flat and costs $399,000 Canadian.

This was 2 years ago!

It was designed to integrate the variety and diversity of scattered private homes with the economics and density of a modern apartment building. Modular, interlocking concrete forms define the space. The project was designed to create affordable housing with close but private quarters, each equipped with a garden. The building was believed to illustrate the new lifestyle people would live in increasingly crowded cities around the world.

The complex was originally meant to be vastly larger. Ironically, the building's units are now quite expensive rather than "affordable" due to its architectural cachet.

"Of the 900 apartments planned for this gigantic building block, 158 were completed. 354 prefabricated individual containers are stacked in a confused order and connected by steel cables. Projections and recesses are organized in such a way that each apartment has a balcony on the roof of the apartment immediately below."

http://architypes.net/files/image/habitat-67-terraces-thumb.jpg
http://architypes.net/files/image/habitat-67-terraces-thumb.jpg

[Nicko999]

Others crazy structures in Montreal

Montreal's biosphere

http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/images/Issue59/Biosphere_l.jpg
http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/images/Issue59/Biosphere_l.jpg

http://www.play-montreal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/biosphere-1.jpg
http://www.play-montreal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/biosphere-1.jpg

Montreal's Casino (one of the biggest in the World)

http://www.montreallimocoach.com/images/montreal-casino-large.jpg
http://www.montreallimocoach.com/images/montreal-casino-large.jpg

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/988/50249046.JPG
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/988/50249046.JPG

http://www.delegation.ca/lincoln/photos/00015.jpg
http://www.delegation.ca/lincoln/photos/00015.jpg

Montreal's Biodome

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Biodome_Montreal.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Biodome_Montreal.jpg

Saint Joseph's Oratory(3th biggest dome in the World and biggest in Canada)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2766910419_1049e2f721.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2766910419_1049e2f721.jpg
http://www.imtl.org/image/big/oratoire.jpg
http://www.imtl.org/image/big/oratoire.jpg

[entheosfog]

A few quickies from Vancouver, just off the top of my head...

Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG), formerly the courthouse:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0081.jpg?t=1227670953

Some more of the Van library:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0071.jpg?t=1227671165

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0073.jpg?t=1227671519

Former Carneigie Library at Hasings & Main:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0038-1.jpg?t=1227671235

The Marine Building, an amazing Art Deco masterpiece:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0025.jpg?t=1227671329

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/entheos_fog/0026.jpg?t=1227671330

[Jimby]

Saint Joseph's Oratory(3th biggest dome in the World and biggest in Canada)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2766910419_1049e2f721.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3220/2766910419_1049e2f721.jpg


This is basically the picture of Montreal for the new world Monopoly game, and Montreal is the most expensive property on the board!

[Dmajackson]

I love that Vancouver library! :worship:

Can we borrow your councillors for awhile? We've wanted a library that cool for a decade and its still in turmoil :help:

[flar]

Dundurn Castle
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/dundurncastle/00063.jpg

Pigott Building
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/cuttingroom/00059.jpg

The Corbusian Greenhill Place
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/springhammer/00043.jpg

Sandyford Place
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/summerhammer/2.jpg

Hamilton Port Authority & Hamilton Hydro
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/summerhammer/00187.jpg_http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/summerhammer/00165.jpg

McQueston High Level Bridge
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/summerhammer/00028.jpg

The Durand Neighbourhood
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118098

McMaster Medical Sciences
scroll (it's the big building on the far right)---->>>>
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/mountainbrow/mcmaster.jpg

Old Federal Building
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/bwham/f1030008.jpg

Cathedral of Christ the King
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/hamilton_march/0035.jpg

Custom House
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00006.jpg

Hamilton City Hall
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/finale/00012.jpg

[worldwide]

i really like the hamilton go center

[harls]

The Pigott building is spectacular.

[harls]

A couple more from Ottawa/Gatineau:

War Museum

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1217/1418097549_9db4adcc48_b.jpg

blix613 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/1418097549/)(me) on flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/270462190_723348bc5c_o.jpg

TheYoungsOnline (http://www.flickr.com/photos/theyoungsonline/270462190/) on flickr

Museum of Civilization (Douglas Cardinal) - No corners to be found on this building.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/1363611311_22e8f7aff2_o.jpg

Henry Roxas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/henry_roxas/1363611311/)on flickr

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1242/1405068388_824faa9499_o.jpg

Henry Roxas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/henry_roxas/1405068388/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1289/545525917_e3b002a879_b.jpg

Djof (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djof/545525917/)on flickr

[Calgarian]

Great stuff, keep it coming.

[davee930]

http://www6.worldisround.com/photos/2/73/506.jpg
Soccer ball house in Calgary haha.
http://www6.worldisround.com/photos/2/73/506.jpg

[MonkeyRonin]

Toronto

19th & Early 20th Centuries

Union Station
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/687/1702768520c85d20e5a3bys1.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10025736@N06/

Royal York Hotel
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5154/fairmontroyalyokhotelhiop5.jpg
Source: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Royal Conservatory of Music
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/309/cinservatorydn9.jpg[/URL]
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12264957@N06/

Osgoode Hall
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/9836/2044117270b5a4d50991bqg0.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettml/

Canada Life Building
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8854/292959484881c1f8ee73tq2.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artefaqscorporation/

St. Lawrence Hall
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8169/2653933179c1df053b47bc7.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettml/

Bank of British North America
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1117/298752118796760e27a2bio9.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryansc...7594580651243/


Mid-Late 20th Century

TD Centre
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/696/lookingupop0.jpg
Source: http://www.deviantart.com/

Scotia Plaza
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7742/scotiabmotowersfromsheruo0.jpg
Source: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Commerce Court West
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8307/302452273179098d5bd5ozy0.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevier...7602154503850/

BCE Place
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/306/2347989737815a37c21dcf7.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettml/


21st Century

Royal Ontario Museum
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3750/romni3.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ettml/

Art Gallery of Ontario
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4677/agogehrypreopeningnightnp4.jpg
Source: http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/

Gardiner Museum
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/533/up31gf0.jpg
Source: http://whofuckingknows.images.com/

National Ballet School
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2095/up571xx2.jpg
Source: http://whofuckingknows.images.com/

Ontario College of Art and Design
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1088/717506443_7fc3588929_o.jpg
Source: Kilgore-Trout

Umbra
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5918/umbratorontoni8nl8.jpg
Source: http://whofuckingknows.images.com/


I'll post more later.

[Calgarian]

Toronto has a lot of great Architecture, very progressive.

[0773|=\]

Nobody in Toronto thinks the CN Tower is nice architecture?

[flar]

The TD Centre is by far my favourite modern building (buildings I guess) in Toronto. I haven't been able to take a photo that does it justice though.

[helios_the_powerful]

http://www.sothebysrealty.ca/listings/L1726.html?page=1&location_id=13&region_id=7&property_type_id=1&price=ALL%20-----------------&subcategory_residential=2

FYI, Here is a condo in Habitat 67. Listed at 2.5M$.

[wild wild west]

There are a lot of OT threads here, so lets get more on topic. This is a thread to show off nice buildings of any size / type.

Here is an example of a cool house in Calgary http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10627


I actually had the pleasure of seeing the inside of that building a year or so ago; the owner of the house, Marian Liptak, designed it himself. Very cool.

[Presswood]

I like this one in Quebec but i have no information about it , ive seen the interior and its top notch
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z255/Presswood2007/IMG_1268-1.jpg

From another angle :
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z255/Presswood2007/IMG_1269-1.jpg

:D

[Kevin_foster]

Some of my favorites, lots more.. but still.. mostly classics, not modern.

currently u/c...
art gallery of alberta:

http://media.canada.com/8b155442-1233-4729-a252-c06490ca0f9f/aga.jpg canada.com

hotel macdonald..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2565103767_079caeacb9.jpg Stecyk's photostream (flickr)

mcleod building..
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/2836395864_b3506241ae.jpg?v=0
corrybruce's photostream (flickr)

federal building...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/309755073_36d4b42b69.jpg?v=0
dulcie's photostream (flickr)

government house..
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/296818076_623be97c80.jpg?v=0
A guy with A camera's photostream (flickr)

a hemmingway
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/204938847_64c3458869.jpg?v=0
Corriegirl's photostream (flickr)

[raggedy13]

I'm a fan of the new Sunset Community Centre on Main Street:

http://www.youngbloggers.ca/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/655e0_Bing+Thom+Picture+027.jpg
http://www.mysunset.net/images/new4.jpg
http://www.youngbloggers.ca/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/240f7__MG_7888.JPG

[PhilippeMtl]

The Vancouver Librabry and this Corbusier-like building in the Hammer are spectacular..

[Martin Mtl]

Montreal:

Royal Bank Tower

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035873.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102868181.jpg

Le Chateau Appartment

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912810.jpg

maison Alcan

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912808.jpg

Old Court House

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035893.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950355.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950362.jpg

Molson Bank

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102868196.jpg

Old Eaton

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102868193.jpg

Hotel Gault

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102868187.jpg

Marie-Reine du Monde Cathedral and 1250 René-Lévesque

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035895.jpg

World Trade Center and Stock Exchange Tower

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035897.jpg

Palais des congrès

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035899.jpg

Le Linton

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85035903.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912815.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10598739.jpg

Old Sun Life building

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85036281.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85036291.jpg

St-Jean-Baptiste Church

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85036703.jpg

Sample of victorian architecture

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/13301125.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11985862.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11985860.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11984278.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762812.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762811.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762784.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762783.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762778.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762774.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762772.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762666.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11639045.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11639043.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11639040.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577992.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577911.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577899.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577684.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577683.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577682.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577680.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577679.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577678.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577676.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577668.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577667.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577413.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577412.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577408,jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577405.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577398.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11577404.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95781556.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95781558.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95782235.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95782237.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95782241.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95782242.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783408.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783411.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783412.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783414.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783418.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783420.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783421.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785668.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/85104352.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102278897.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102278909.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279359.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279372.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279391.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867944.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912818.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912819.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912820.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912821.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912822.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912823.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912824.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913214.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913855.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913216.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913220.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913222.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913224.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913226.jpg

Hotel Place d'Armes

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785686.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785681.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785680.jpg

Hotel St James

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785679.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785678.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867971.jpg

McGill School of Music

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95785674.jpg

Holt Renfrew

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912811.jpg

St-James Cathedral

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279374.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/95783860.jpg

Fine Art Museum

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279386.jpg

Appartements buildings on Sherbrooke West

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102278894.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102278901.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912812.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913825.jpg

Birk's flagship store

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279329.jpg

Triplex (one of thousands)

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279352.jpg

Concordia's new Vertical campus

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279394.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279613.jpg

Ogilvy department store

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102279623.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11163811.jpg

Big O

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867937.jpg

Windsor Station, Sun Life and Chateau Champlain

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867940.jpg

Notre-Dame Basilica

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867955.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15949305.jpg

Office Building on St-Jacques

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867961.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11161972.jpg

Dominion Building

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102867975.jpg

Golden Square Mile mansions

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912817.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10598679.jpg

Old Seagram building

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912825.jpg

Mount Stephen Club

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102912826.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11163667.jpg

Masonic Temple

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913621.jpg

Sun Life Building

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913629.jpg

CDP Building

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913833.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102914305.jpg

Notre-Dame du Bonsecours Church

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950498.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950497.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102913854.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762644.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762648.jpg

McGill Tower, The Bay and Old Eaton

http://www.pbase.com/martinmtl/image/102914308.jpg

Commercial buildings on Notre-Dame

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10639769.jpg

Gare Viger

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10644632.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762658.jpg

Gare Viger and the Archives National building

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762652.jpg

Marché Bonsecours

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10950909.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950350.jpg

Maison Calvet

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10950913.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11762646.jpg

Chateau Ramesay

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10950920.jpg

City Hall

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10950930.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950344.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950360.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15950491.jpg

Old Board of trade

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11041616.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11434183.jpg

Old Grand Trunk Building and Hotel St-Paul

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11041946.jpg

Bank of Montreal

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11161708.jpg

CIBC Bank on St-Jacques

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11161969.jpg

Aldred art deco building and Notre-Dame

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15949302.jpg

Old Seminary (1695 - oldest building in Old Montreal)

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15949306.jpg

City Hall and old Court House

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/15949850.jpg

Old Bell Canada Building

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/11287364.jpg

Windsor Station

http://www.pbase.com/martingirard/image/10486638.jpg

[Calgarian]

I think you just showed every building in montreal.

[RTA]

^ Pretty much. But still qualifies as the finest. Wow.

[vid]

Montréal has won! Congratulations Montréal! :5:

[someone123]

Here are some Halifax highlights:

The most dominant landmarks are the Citadel and Town Clock, which was built in 1802 and still running:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2973320570_2abf9e0e07.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nsdogs/2973320570/in/photostream/)

Another interesting pick is the Sambro Lighthouse. This is the oldest continually operating lighthouse in North America - it was built in 1760. There are dozens or hundreds of lighthouses still around NS:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2381766226_f715d4d399_o.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25056191@N04/2381766226/sizes/o/)

Another landmark is the ten storey tower in Fleming Park, built in 1908 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the elected assembly in Halifax (2008 marks its 250th anniversary - it is the oldest in Canada and one of the oldest in the world):
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/84/243260437_f3c2b3acff_o.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/searmid/243260437/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

Province House, the oldest legislature in Canada:
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/91153488/original.jpg

Henry House, one of many unique old houses in the city:
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/91098042/original.jpg

Government House, built around 1800:
http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/91098041/original.jpg

Commercial buildings downtown:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2730588185_90b7ed198b_o.png

http://www.pbase.com/halifaxphoto/image/18405502.jpg

Detailing on the front of the Bank of NS:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/2646026288_63527b676e_b.jpg
Source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/reinvented/2646026288/sizes/l/)

[Greco Roman]

Wow. That was a long-ass post on Montreal's buildings. However, it has done the trick, because now I'm dying to visit Montreal, and QC aswell!

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

Wow, Great shots of Montreal. Love that city.


And those Halifax photos are pretty sweet too.

[flar]

Montreal is killer

[flar]

A few examples of fine stone architecture in Hamilton:

Some stone rows, c. 1850s:

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00176-00178.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00023.jpg

Whitehern, 1850
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00056.jpg

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 1854, the entire 180 foot spire is made of stone
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00077.jpg

another view of the old Federal Building
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00100.jpg

Commercial warehouse, c. 1856. This building houses Coppley, Noyes and Randall, men's suit manufacturers
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00114.jpg

Central Public School, 1853, first large graded public school in British North America
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00009.jpg

This is Amisfield, once a stately castle on James Street South
http://www.raisethehammer.org/images/rastrick_25.jpg
Photo from Hamilton Public Library Special Collections hosted at http://www.raisethehammer.org/index.asp?id=516.

Today, Amisfield is completely surrounded:
"marred, obliterated and degraded, Rastrick's masterpiece stands in ignominy and shame."
from Victorian Architecture in Hamilton (1967) by Alexander Gordon McKay
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stonehammer/00130.jpg

[Archiseek]

sigh - i really need to move to Montreal - love that town
surprised by the hamilton photos on here - doesn't look as bad as portrayed to me by an ex-ticats player

[Dmajackson]

Some more of Halifax:

Westin Hotel - Hollis Street (sorry no front pictures):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2846542295_cbd5bf7155_b.jpg
Credit: Me

Oland Castle - Younge Avenue:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2846536353_e9718d22d3_b.jpg
Credit: Me

Train Station - Hollis Street
http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/StationFile/Hfxsta.jpg
Source (http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/StationFile/Hfxsta.jpg)

[Kevin_foster]

ugh
montreal rules

[ReginaGuy]

Can we please try to keep it to 3 or 4 pictures per post? Martin Mtl, posting 30 pictures of every building in Montreal is really unnecessary.

[raggedy13]

^I agree. They're great pictures and Montreal has some awesome architectural quality and variety but 100+ pictures in one post seems a bit much for the purposes of this thread (and it really slows things down). Save some for the other Montreal forumers to post! :(

Anyways, as much as Montreal has some great old buildings, I really like its modern architecture. Montreal may not have had any new tall signature towers for awhile but they've done an amazing job with new infill. There is an appreciation for architecture in Montreal that just gets diluted in competition against the all mighty dollar in most other areas of Canada. I know in Vancouver at least that interesting architectural features are regularly cut by developers to save money. I understand it from a business perspective but it really does a disservice to the city in my opinion. And you'd think people who spend their lives developing buildings would have more appreciation for quality architecture.

[vanman]

Montreal's old architecture is unmatched in the rest of Canada. And I agree it's newer infill is stunning as well for the most part.

[flar]

surprised by the hamilton photos on here - doesn't look as bad as portrayed to me by an ex-ticats player

It's not bad at all, actually Hamilton is one of the more interesting cities in Canada in terms of architecture and urban form, most people just haven't really looked at it too closely.

I've posted tours of many areas of Hamilton:
Corktown (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=138983) • Durand (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118098) • Kirkendall (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135162) • Westdale (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135327) • St. Clair (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141099) • The Delta (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=145794)
The Bayfront (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=154207) • Concession Street (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140408) • Jamesville (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=141853) • Dundas (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=131127) • Barton Street (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=119700) • Ancaster (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140652)
Burlington (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=152571) • Stinson (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=147294) • Downtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=144966) • The North End (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153731) • Gibson and Landsdale (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=134211)
Hess Village (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=138574) • Waterfront Industry (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=150080) • Mountain Brow (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=146487) • Textile District (forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=135905)
Strathcona (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156346) • Flamborough (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159134) • Beasley (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=159968) • Chedoke (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160292) • Stoney Creek (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=160681) • The Beach Strip (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=156809)

[Martin Mtl]

Can we please try to keep it to 3 or 4 pictures per post? Martin Mtl, posting 30 pictures of every building in Montreal is really unnecessary.

Yeah, I admit I went overboard with this one.

[Calgarian]

That Montreal post was a little big, but there were a lot of great buildings in there.

[Spring2008]

I give Montreal mad props, reminds me of a European city. Shit maybe I should go live there one day and do something I thought I'd never do, put my 10 years of french immersion education to good use.

[Metro-One]

I think for Canada's big 3 Montreal is best if you want a European feel, Toronto is if you want a true world mix and Vancouver if you want more of an Asian feel. Of course all 3 give a great Canadian feel :tup:

[flar]

Dominion Public Building, 1935-36
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown2008/00030-00032.jpg

Old Library, now family court
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown2008/00084.jpg

Westdale Collegiate
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/newwestdale/westdalepano.jpg

Old CN rail station
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/james/00255-00259_3.jpg

James Street Armouries
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/james/00025-00035_4.jpg

Connaught Corporate Centre (abandoned)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown2008/right6.jpg

Landed Banking and Loan, now offices
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown2008/00150.jpg

Old Bank of Montreal, now law offices
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/downtown2008/00146.jpg

[Nicko999]

Habitat 67 is ranked as the strangest building in Canada and the 8th strangest in the World!
http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Hope you will enjoy the list as much as I did:tup:

[Calgarian]

That Armoury in Hamilton looks very similar to Mewata Armoury here.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Mewata.jpg
from Wikipedia.

[le calmar]

Sherbrooke, Bishop's University

http://static4.bareka.com/photos/medium/12963007.jpg
FGuertin panoramio

[vid]

Our armour looks like Hamilton's and Calgary's. I'm guessing they either had the same architect or were following the same general style for armouries across the country.

I don't have a picture of ours. :(

[MonkeyRonin]

Our armour looks like Hamilton's and Calgary's. I'm guessing they either had the same architect or were following the same general style for armouries across the country.

Probably the latter. Toronto's old armory was in the same style too.

[flar]

There are armouries in most cities in Canada, I will post a few that I have photographed because in many cases they are among the most impressive buildings in smaller towns and cities. They all have a similar look.

Brantford, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/brantford/00003.jpg

Chatham, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/chatham2/00034.jpg

Cambridge (Galt), ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/galt/00311.jpg

Guelph, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/guelph/00043.jpg

London, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/london/00048.jpg

Niagara Falls, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/niagaradowntown/00163.jpg

Stratfrod, ON:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/stratford/00216.jpg

Woodstock:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/woodstock/00001.jpg


Some of these are no longer military (for example, the one in London is part of a hotel). The one in Hamilton is still a military base.

[Calgarian]

Cool.

[someone123]

The one in Halifax is fairly elaborate and made of stone. It is unique since it was designed with fully electric lighting (in the 1890s) and had a steel instead of wooden frame:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2731445212_e828ae07d9_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2784838581_342863a72a_o.jpg

Armouries were built in cities and towns across the country during roughly the same period.

[vid]

Ours is almost exactly like the one in Galt. It's still active too, they have military trucks and everything. Part of it is open to the public as a museum, though.

[trueviking]

i think its funny that almost everyone has posted old buildings...does this mean that people dont like modern buildings or that canada doesnt have any good ones?

for me montreal is not all that similar to a european city...it has a great urban quality, but it does its own thing....i have never been in any european city that i thought reminded me of montreal....it is still north american at heart...if anything, it bears more resemblance to some of the great eastern american cities like boston and new york.

[flar]

^^agree that Montreal has more similarities to NE United States than Europe. People say it seems European because of the people and culture.

[vid]

"i think its funny that almost everyone has posted old buildings...does this mean that people dont like modern buildings or that canada doesnt have any good ones?"

I think it's pretty unfortunate. Canada has lots of great modernism, but most people don't like it.

Now that it is gone, I have come to appreciate this particular example of modernism:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2665060694_8d3ed8951e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/2665060694)
Mine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidioman/)

[flar]

I did an entire thread on that kind of architecture: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=155108


Some of it is nice, a lot of it has been neglected, and people generally don't see any value in it. I guess it's similar to Victorian architecture: it went out of style and people saw it as old and expendable, but eventually it started to be valued.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/retro/00007.jpg

[someone123]

People say it seems European because of the people and culture.

This seems a little strange to me because English is also a European language. Montreal's culture is a kind of reinterpretation of European culture much like New York's, except the weighting of French influence compared to English is much higher.

As for modern buildings, they're under-appreciated but it is also true that most Canadian cities don't have very good ones (of course, many of these cities don't have exceptional historical buildings either).

[flar]

^^But English culture dominates North America, it doesn't seem foreign or European to most. In comparison, Montreal seems exotic.

It's also true that Canadian cities generally just don't have a lot of great architecture. Buffalo's architecture blows away that of most Canadian cities.

[someone123]

^^But English culture dominates North America, it doesn't seem foreign or European to most. In comparison, Montreal seems exotic.

Okay. Is your argument that people think Montreal is exotic, or that it is exotic? I agree with the former more than the latter, although neither one is false.

Personally I've grown up with both English and French and a combination of "English Canadian" and Quebec culture. They are both roughly equally non-exotic ("endotic"? by definition not exotic from a national perspective), and both have roughly equal advantages and disadvantages, although Quebec tends to be more fun.

[newflyer]

for me montreal is not all that similar to a european city...it has a great urban quality, but it does its own thing....i have never been in any european city that i thought reminded me of montreal....it is still north american at heart...if anything, it bears more resemblance to some of the great eastern american cities like boston and new york.

I agree .. Montreal definately has the northeast US city look. Alot of resemblence to Boston and NYC. Those rowhouses are great .. and common in both US cities mentioned.

Montreal and the northeast US cities were originally developed at a time when european influence was still fresh in mind, you can see some examples of european design.

[newflyer]

I am surprised there are not more posts from my home town of Winnipeg. There are many great buildings.

Also where are the Calgary forumers?? ...

[Calgarian]

Calgary has a small handful of buildings that would be considered fine architecture...

[Halifax Hillbilly]

Habitat 67 is ranked as the strangest building in Canada and the 8th strangest in the World!
http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/

Hope you will enjoy the list as much as I did:tup:

Strange maybe, but I still think it was a brilliant concept that could have made a lot of high density apartment buildings much more humane and livable if developed further. Instead most developments from that time period tended toward Le Corb's towers in the park which are not a great addition to any cities urban fabric.

Great list though. :tup: Although it seems unfair to put Habitat in that company, a lot of the rest is just kitsch.

[trueviking]

i'll let someone else do winnipeg's many great old buildings, but here are a bunch of my favourite modern ones....soon, add a caesar pelli designed airport and antoine predock designed museum for human rights to the list....

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1425/wpg2kb1.jpg

[Rico Rommheim]

Three Montreal architectural icons in here (picture by AX)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3071625529_bd73bef759_o.jpg

Front: Windsor Hotel annex (1906)
Middle: Sun Life Building (1932)
Back: Place Ville-Marie (1962)

[flar]

Winnipeg has a lot of nice stuff.



A few from my old city, London, ON:

One London Place
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/london/00058.jpg

London Life
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/london/00293.jpg

Dominion Public Building
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k28/segaert/london/00106.jpg

[Calgarian]

What's the deal with that Winnipeg church?

[davee930]

Heritage Hall at SAIT
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/saitHallComp_0895.jpg

[drew]

What's the deal with that Winnipeg church?

^ the cathedral?

check out this link http://www.venite.ca/

[entheosfog]

Heritage Hall at SAIT
http://www.viewcalgary.com/peter/night/images/saitHallComp_0895.jpg

definitely one of my favourite buildings in Calgary...

[entheosfog]

The Electra in Vancouver, built in 1957, now converted into condos:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/12867583_2cd43fe3e0.jpg

image courtesy of jmv, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmv/12867583/

[Calgarian]

Heritage hall is awesome.

[Spring2008]

^Electra reminds me of the new Sait residence

[raggedy13]

Just felt like sharing these pics of the newly opened Richmond Olympic Oval (from flickr and originally posted by mr.x2):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/3106219627_5c4bba1c6f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3088/3106869936_e27047a069_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/3107050194_a349152915_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/3106219083_6165819518_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/3106220073_5dacc02386_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/3106220363_6685af9178_o.jpg

[1ajs]

nice oval

[Jimby]

res at SAIT, there is a small Sobeys on the main floor

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2045/2191457974_eafeec03b1_b.jpg


the fabric roof of the Talisman Centre

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/2111835618_e391718c24_b.jpg


the southwest corner of the Alberta Children's Hospital

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2679308216_a8b0e0e6e3_b.jpg



a heritage house turned into offices

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2472301133_900d1e8d55_b.jpg


former federal building, now Cohos Evamy architects


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/2360592873_34a7a6b115_b.jpg

[ScottFromCalgary]

I'd go with the Nexen building.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t279/scottr49/Sliver.jpg

From Flickr, by thorinside
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thorinside/215669789/


http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t279/scottr49/2759385182_f01da21e47.jpg

From Flickr, by Surrealplaces
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/2759385182/