Medical Arts Building (Montreal)

Medical Arts Building
General information
Type Medical Offices
Location 1538 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Completed 1922
Height
Roof 45.17 metres (148.2 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 11
Floor area 72,608 square feet (6,745.5 m2)
Lifts/elevators 2 passenger, 1 freight
Design and construction
Architect Ross and Macdonald
References
[1][2][3]

The Medical Arts Building (French: Édifice Medical Arts) is an office building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its address is 1538 Sherbrooke Street West at the corner of Guy Street in the Golden Square Mile neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal. It is 11 stories and 45.17 m tall.[2]

It was designed by Montreal architects Ross and Macdonald[4] and is considered to be Renaissance Revival architecture.[2] It was completed in 1923. Its structure is steel and its facade is mostly brick, with limestone at the base as well as the upper floors of the building.[2]

The Medical Arts Building will be renovated as part of a 32 floor Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and luxury condominium development on the adjacent parking lots. The city says that the renovations done to the building will respect its architectural character.[5]

References

  1. "Medical Arts Building". SkyscraperPage.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Medical Arts Building (Montreal) at Emporis
  3. "1538 Sherbrooke W.". Monit Investments. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. Medical Arts Building (Montreal) at IMTL.org
  5. RAVENSBERGEN, JAN (2009-12-08). "Ville Marie council okays $200M hotel". The Gazette (Montreal).

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