First Canadian Centre
Office tower in Calgary, Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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First Canadian Centre is an office tower in Calgary, Alberta designed by Donald C. Smith (1929–2014) of the New York firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was the second SOM project in Calgary after Toronto-Dominion Square, which is on the neighbouring block to the south. The project was intended to include 41-storey and 64-storey towers connected by a banking hall. However, due to the early 1980s recession, the taller tower was never completed.
First Canadian Centre | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Office |
Address | 350 7 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 3N9 |
Coordinates | 51°02′49″N 114°04′12″W |
Completed | 1982[1] |
Height | |
Roof | 166.7 m (547 ft)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 41[1] |
Floor area | 48,275 m2 (519,630 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Main contractor | PCL Construction Management Inc. |
References | |
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Located at 350 7 Avenue SW in the city's downtown core, it stands at 167 metres (548 ft) or 41 storeys tall.[1] The skyscraper has a floor area of 48,275 m2 (519,630 sq ft) and was built in the international and late modernist architectural styles.[2]
The Bank of Montreal occupies most of the ground floor with a large retail bank branch.