The Great Canadian Architecture Thread

[Wpg_Guy]

A thread to share photos or news of Canada's most unique and beautiful architecture. From old to new, coast to coast to coast post this country's most striking and stimulating architecture.


Victoria BC, Legislature https://www.flickr.com/photos/wpg_gu...27761/sizes/l/

[Echoes]

The Delta Bessborough has been Saskatoon's icon basically since it was built:


IMG_2540 by Echoes Saskatoon, on Flickr


IMG_4207 by Echoes Saskatoon, on Flickr

I daresay that the newcomer, Remai Modern, will in time achieve a similar iconic status in the city:


https://www.wallpaper.com/architectu...twitter#212917

[SignalHillHiker]

I'm not sure if we have anything that would be considered iconic nationally, certainly not in terms of influence or imitation.

However, styles strongly associated with the city and province would include:

1. Colourful clapboard rowhouses. These are found just about everywhere around the North Atlantic, from the United States to Greenland to Norway to the Faroe Islands.

October 20-22, 2017 by R C, on Flickr

2. Rural saltboxes with a haphazard layout. The nonsensical urban form is kind of unique for North America and tends to be popular with tourists in that the towns that strongly exhibit this form are also the most popular for visitors.

Bonavista by R C, on Flickr

3. The suburban style of Churchill Park. It pre-dates Don Mills, and a lot of its attributes were added to Don Mills, attributed to Don Mills, and from there were imitated around the country. Beyond the obvious features of suburbia (larger lots, driveways, a blend of SFD and rowhouses, streetcar configuration, etc.), it's most notable today for the corner windows (which wrap around the other side of the house, of course). It was also developed by a crown corporation.



In terms of individual buildings - none, in my estimation. Cabot Tower is probably our most well-known but not for any architectural reason. Fortis Place is probably our most interesting highrise, especially given its use of wood, but it's not well-known.

[Coldrsx]

^love those examples.

The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

http://www.historichotelsthenandnow....dmonton010.jpg

The most amazing swimming pool design

http://www.fusearchitecture.ca/wp-co...2/05/peter.jpg


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...monton_leg.jpg


https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1243/...56459569_o.jpg

HUB (Housing Unit Building) at the UofA

http://capitalmodernedmonton.com/wp-...Image_0001.jpg

My personal fav, the McLeod Building

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...t_Edmonton.jpg


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c0/98...54d4be1167.jpg

The Muttart Conservatory

http://spacing.ca/edmonton/wp-conten...4a24f701_b.jpg

Another one of my favs, The Milner

http://spacing.ca/edmonton/wp-conten...Image_0001.jpg

Love

http://capitalmodernedmonton.com/wp-...Image_0002.jpg

Stanley

http://capitalmodernedmonton.com/wp-...Image_0001.jpg

and finally, a new favourite 'iconic' building for Edmonton.

https://hcma.ca/wp-content/uploads/2...d-1376x774.jpg

[Wpg_Guy]

Esplanade Riel in Winnipeg, restaurant located on the bridge


MB Legislature

[J.OT13]

Quintessential Canada with the old classical railway station, railway hotel and plenty of copper roofs to go around.


https://www.ottawatourism.ca/see-and-do/

[Coldrsx]

So damn beautiful.

[Echoes]

Yeah, that precinct is the tops.

[Vixx]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Quintessential Canada with the old classical railway station, railway hotel and plenty of copper roofs to go around.


https://www.ottawatourism.ca/see-and-do/

Fantastic photo.

[someone123]

My favourite iconic buildings in Halifax are the landmark Georgian buildings built around 1750-1840, many of which have Palladian influences.

Town Clock, keeping time since October 20, 1803

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Cavalier Building in the Citadel courtyard, 1830-1832

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Province House, 1811-1819

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Duke of Kent's rotunda, 1794

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Government House, 1800

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Black-Binney House, 1815-1819

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Keith Brewery, 1820

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A similarly inspired building from around 1900, the Dalhousie University Club (one of a bunch of similar Dalhousie and King's buildings)

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[Acajack]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

I'm not sure if we have anything that would be considered iconic nationally, certainly not in terms of influence or imitation.

.

What about The Rooms?

[Martin Mtl]

I think we need to define what constitute a Canadian "most iconic" architecture. Maybe one ought to be more selective.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Acajack

What about The Rooms?

That's what I would have said. That or a fish flake.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

I think we need to define what constitute a Canadian "most iconic" architecture. Maybe one ought to be more selective.

The list of Canadian structures that would truly qualify as iconic is less than 10. Probably even just 5 maybe.

I would place the CN Tower and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa at the top of the list. After that maybe the Château Frontenac, the Big O, and the Banff Springs Hotel?

I think I am repeating myself, and that we've gone over this before.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The list of Canadian structures that would truly qualify as iconic is less than 10. Probably even just 5 maybe.

I would place the CN Tower and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa at the top of the list. After that maybe the Château Frontenac, the Big O, and the Banff Springs Hotel?

I think I am repeating myself, and that we've gone over this before.

I'd want to add Toronto City Hall and probably the Prairie grain elevator to that shortlist. You're right, I too think this has been discussed before.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

I'd want to add Toronto City Hall and probably the Prairie grain elevator to that shortlist. You're right, I too think this has been discussed before.

Good suggestions.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The list of Canadian structures that would truly qualify as iconic is less than 10. Probably even just 5 maybe.

I would place the CN Tower and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa at the top of the list. After that maybe the Château Frontenac, the Big O, and the Banff Springs Hotel?

I think I am repeating myself, and that we've gone over this before.

We have and I think you hit most of what people think of when they think of Canada. I think you may have missed Peggy's Cove Lighthouse and Victoria's legislative building and I'd disagree on the Banff Springs Hotel.


Waterton_950_20091001-_EDF6167- by John A Hadley, on Flickr

[kwoldtimer]

Unless the Peggy's Cove lighthouse is architecturally unique in a way I'm not aware of, I'd day that it's part of an iconic landscape/setting rather than an iconic building.

[Metro-One]

Here in Japan Banff Springs and the Empress Hotel in Victoria are used surprisingly often in advertisements / brochures as stock “foreign” images. Guessing most Japanese would not actually be able to place / name them but for some reason they have made it into the marketing realm here.

I have taught classes about famous landmarks / buildings before numerous times here and literally outside of The Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and Big Ben you would be surprised how few people can even name and place icons as famous as The Kremlin, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Sears Tower.

Almost no one has been able to name the Burj Khalifa.

Sometimes I think we forget that on this forum we all share a common interest (my friend even refers to this site as my autistic forum) and actually how less in tune with buildings, trains, highways, even climate the average person is.

[FFX-ME]

I'm not going to list any of the better known structures in NB like the Bell Alliant tower, but here are some nice architectural landmarks of the province

Algonquin resort in St Andrews


Government House in Fredericton