Canadian Civic Buildings

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by jeremy_haak

Ottawa does have a municipally-owned theatre with the Centrepointe Theatre.

I meant more of a grand, landmark concert hall downtown.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by matt602

Hamilton

City Hall

Hammer's City Hall is a thing of beauty.

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by advance62

Recent shots from Kitchener:

Civic Pride by Matt M S, on Flickr

Found this in another thread, nice shot of a nice building.

[J.OT13]

I agree, very nice building.

[TownGuy]

Cobourg Town Hall (Victoria Hall)


Cobourg Town Hall #2 by T a k, on Flickr


Victoria Hall, Cobourg by Ross Dunn, on Flickr

Cobourg Community Centre

[TownGuy]

Oops

[Ashok]

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montreal. It looks better on the inside though.

[Ashok]

Maison symphonique de Montréal - apparently, the entire hall is insulated by rubber to reduce/eliminate the vibration from the streets. Cosmic eh?

[Ashok]

Palais de justice

I absolutely have don't know how to feel about this building. Very imposing! I certainly am not sure if I could appreciate the blank concrete walls on the side. The good news, there are going to install solar panels on the side of the building.

[Ashok]

Palais de justice de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. I love the way the architects integrated the buildings here, they are the same architect of Centre Sportif Gatineau.



They just opened up - so not a lot of photos online, but as you can see - the project was a court house + a jail. Phase 1 was the back side, and once that was fixed - they did phase 2 which was the glass extension.

[Ashok]

Two other building I truly appreciate, and perhaps less known to non-Montreal.

1) Canadian Centre for Architecture

The back side which builds around the Shaughnessy House, the SH is well preserved, and there is even a study area in the older section.


The front entrance

[Ashok]

and 2) Segal Centre for Performing Arts, which was build by Phyllis Lambert in the 'Miesian' style.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by Ashok

Palais de justice
The good news, there are going to install solar panels on the side of the building.

Are you sure that's good news?

It is a very impressive building. I'm no expert but I believe it would fall into the International Style of architecture, not unlike the UN Building perhaps.

Anyway, thanks for posting all those Montreal buildings.

[Architype]

Coburg is outstanding, if only we had more like that.

[advance62]

Originally Posted by Trans Canada

Found this in another thread, nice shot of a nice building.

Glad you like it! (the shot and the building)

Here are some more shots of Kitchener City Hall:


The Clocktower from Old City Hall is placed in Victoria Park, directly in line of New City Hall

Old City Hall: http://www.lancerusswurm.com/Archite...cerusswurm.jpg

Twin Towers by Matt M S, on Flickr

Kitchener City Hall - Blue Cube by Matt M S, on Flickr

Berlin Tower Black and White by Matt M S, on Flickr

20131206-IMG_3376-2 by Matt M S, on Flickr

Berlin Tower by Matt M S, on Flickr

Endangered View by Matt M S, on Flickr

Cruising On King - City Hall Civic Square by Matt M S, on Flickr

Upside Down by Matt M S, on Flickr

Christkindl - Outside Looking Down by Matt M S, on Flickr

Berlin Tower by Matt M S, on Flickr

Rotunda by Matt M S, on Flickr

Kitchener City Hall Reflections by Matt M S, on Flickr

Angles by Matt M S, on Flickr

[advance62]

Queen's Park:

Queens Park by Matt M S, on Flickr

Whitney Block (houses many govmt and mpp offices): The Whitney Block by Matt M S, on Flickr

Toronto's City Halls:

The Eye's View by Matt M S, on Flickr

Forever Bicycles, sǝlɔʎɔᴉq ɹǝʌǝɹoℲ 2 by Matt M S, on Flickr

Curvy by Matt M S, on Flickr

Old Town by Matt M S, on Flickr

Different Standards by Matt M S, on Flickr

Concrete Jungle by Matt M S, on Flickr

Toronto City Hall by Matt M S, on Flickr

Reflecting Pool by Matt M S, on Flickr


St Lawrence Hall and St Lawrence Market:

St. Lawrence Hall by Matt M S, on Flickr

St. Lawrence Market - Night by Matt M S, on Flickr

Osgoode Hall:

The Great Library by Matt M S, on Flickr

The American Room at Osgoode Hall by Matt M S, on Flickr

Osgoode Hall by Matt M S, on Flickr

Royal Ontario Museum:

ROM at Night by Matt M S, on Flickr

Taxi by Matt M S, on Flickr

Streak by Matt M S, on Flickr

Angles and Light by Matt M S, on Flickr

[Rico Rommheim]

Toronto's got some pretty cool shit going on. The Whitney block is a gem.

Some of Montreal's municipal buildings in the "administration district"

Former police HQ, 1960

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inve...4811-02-02.jpg

Old city hall annex, 1913. Built as part of a grand municipal district project that also included a bigger brand new city hall. It never saw the day, except for this one. The interior of this building was completely modernized (destroyed) in 1963. Today this the Municipal court.



http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inve...p?sec=a&num=26

Built in 1991 next door to city hall, this office/residential complex is rented out by the municipal government.

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inve...p?sec=a&num=26

The old palais de justice, built by 1857-1893. Now used for government offices.

http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inve...7464-00-06.jpg




http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inve...7464-00-02.jpg

[J.OT13]

Market Building Ottawa (left), 1927:


http://www.padolsky-architects.com/h...al/byward.html

Aberdeen Pavilion in Lansdowne Park, 1898. Ottawa won the Stanley Cup in the building in 1904. It is/will be used as an exhibition hall and Ottawa Farmer's Market building between November and April.


http://www.montrealgazette.com/Aberd...728/story.html

[coolcanadian]

Toronto City Hall

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacklandau/8834356416/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/notorio...an/9290896578/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/chungholeung/9240028476/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21lau_z/9386129629/



Old City Hall (courthouse)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deliriousm/9496922317/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/benroffelsen/9511163335/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/21lau_z/8368276945/

RC Harris Water Treatment Plant

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityof...o/10731994086/


https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityoftoronto/9841296276/

Gardiner Museum

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityof...o/10056399995/

Toronto Reference Library

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityoftoronto/9841267655/

Union Station

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacklandau/9456625382/

Island Treatment Plant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geowelch/9541043007/

Queen's Park

http://www.flickr.com/photos/naibank/9029770552/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/naibank/9029771808/

Art Gallery of Ontario


ROM

[Trevor3]

Some beautiful buildings have been posted, many large and ornate or imposing, others more modern and intriguing. Almost all aesthetically pleasing on some level. Some have wow'ed me (That's a water treatment plant? I'm impressed)

Figured I would hit y'all with a smidge of underwhelming, I also included a brief history caption in brackets above each photo:

Stephenville Town Hall [converted 4081st Strategic Wing Command Center]
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+Fire Department [converted 4081st Strategic Wing Command Center]
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F-102 Delta Dagger [installed in 1986]
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D.S.B. Fowlow Building (College of the North Atlantic) [USAF single men's barracks]
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Stephenville Dome (Left) Sir Thomas Roddick Hospital (Right) [Built for 1999 Canada Winter Games (Left), opened in 2003 (Right)]
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Hospital again [opened 2003]
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Kindale Public Library [Built in late 1980s]
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Harmon Building (Provincial Government building) [converted USAF base HQ]
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Provincial Court [converted army barracks]
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Arts & Culture Centre (theatres and art gallery) [former USAF base Service Club]
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With flags out for festival season:
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