Hydro-Québec Building



Picture Alexis Hamel 2008:01


Informations and facts

To understand the importance that had the construction of this building, we must take a look back in the 60ies with the famous slogan "Maîtres chez nous" from Liberal Jean Lessage.

Construction of the national electricity power company headquarters on this boulevard was putting at the same level Quebecois knowledge near Canadian institutions.

Several peoples find this building ugly or just ordinary but a zoom out is needed to evaluate the skyscrapers, the work of Gaston Gagnier, very modern with its curtains walls and a particular green.

This building is also known as the housing Prime Minister's office when it is in Montreal.

Hall wall sculptures of the building were made by Jean-Paul Mousseau.



Discover more:


   Architecture - skyscrapers

6 images
Old Montreal

Édifice Montreal Star II

231-235, rue Saint-Jacques

1930 12 Floors
4 images
Downtown

Édifice Bell

1050, Côte du Beaver Hall

1929 22 Floors
4 images
Downtown

University Tower

1255, rue Robert-Bourassa

1929 20 Floors
1 images
Old Montreal

Édifice Métropole

4, rue Notre-Dame Est

1929 10 Floors

Building achieved the same year (1962)

    Downtown

  • 620, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest / 1145, rue Union Building »»
  • 2-3 Place Ville-Marie »»
  • Canada Tax Agency »»
  • Royal Bank »»
  • Delano Condominiums »»
  • CNESST Building »»
  • Québecor Building »»
  • CIBC Tower »»
  • Les Cours de l'Ambassade »»
  • Place Telus Montreal »»
  • Place Ville-Marie »»
  • Parc-Extension

  • Koimisis Tis Theotokou Church »»
  • Saint-Laurent

  • Chalet du parc Houde »»
  • École primaire JMC »»
  • Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church »»
  • Ahuntsic / Cartierville

  • Sister of Providence Building »»
  • Nuns' island

  • Tourelle-Sur-Rive »»
  • NDG

  • Communication Studies and Journalism Building | Concordia »»
  • La Petite-Patrie

  • La Mission Hindou du Canada »»
  • Côte-des-Neiges

  • Scotia Bank Decarie »»
  • Hotel Ruby Foo's »»
  • Marguerite-d'Youville Building | UdeM »»
  • Plateau Mont-Royal

  • 250, boulevard Saint-Joseph Est Building »»
  • 55 Mont-Royal O »»
  • 801 Signature »»
  • Rosemont

  • Rue Chatelain Building »»
  • Cathédrale Orthodoxe ukrainienne Sainte-Sophie »»
  • Former Bellechasse Hospital »»
  • Villeray / Saint-Michel

  • Saint-Michel Church »»
  • Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  • Hochelaga Library »»
   Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1962)
    See History of Montreal Section
  • Opening of the Champlain bridge
  • Montreal's first underground tunnel between Place Ville-Marie and the Central Station
  Facts about Montreal

  • The larget company in Montreal is BCE Bell Canada with ~ 12 000 employees
  • Montreal is the more bicycle friendly city in north america
  • Density of Montreal population is 3625 hab./km2
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