Images & Buildings of Montréal 
75 René-Lévesque Street Boulevard West / Rue Clark / Saint-Urbain | Montréal
Quebec, Canada
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.
This building is located in the «Secteur de valeur patrimoniale exceptionnelle Complexe Desjardins et Place des Arts» AKA : "Area of outstanding heritage value Complexe Desjardins and Place des Arts".
This building is also visible on those pictures
Patrimoine en devenir: l'architecture moderne du Québec
France Vanlaethem, 2012
LEED Projects & Case Studies Directory (USGBC)
U.S. Green Building Council, 2010
Sur les traces du Montréal Moderne et du domaine de L’Estérel au Québec. 
France Vanlaethem, Danielle Doucet, Sophie Mankowski, Conrad Gallant, 2008
Near subway station Place-des-ArtsOther name
Siège Social d'Hydro Québec, Édifice Jean-Lesage
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Architecture - skyscrapers
Building achieved the same year (1962)
DowntownParc-ExtensionSaint-LaurentAhuntsic / CartiervilleNuns' islandNDGLa Petite-PatrieCôte-des-NeigesPlateau Mont-RoyalRosemontVilleray / Saint-MichelHochelaga-Maisonneuve Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1962) See History of Montreal Section
Facts about Montreal
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