Westmount Square

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Westmount Square
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Westmount Square
General information
TypeOffice and Residential
Location Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°29′14.12″N73°35′15.82″W / 45.4872556°N 73.5877278°W / 45.4872556; -73.5877278
Completed1967
OwnerCreccal Investments Ltd.
Height
Roof83 m (272 ft)
Technical details
Floor count22
Floor area30,658 m2 (330,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Greenspoon, Freedlander, Dunne, Plachta & Kryton
Other information
Public transit access Montreal Metro.svg Line 1 (ARTM).png at Atwater
Autobusmontreal.svg Terminus Atwater
Autobusmontreal.svg STM Bus 24, 63, 90, 104, 138, 144, 356 and 360
Website
westmount-square.ca
References
[1] [2]

Westmount Square is a residential and office complex located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. There are two residential apartment buildings and two office buildings. These towers sit atop an underground shopping centre consisting of thirty-five shops. It is located between Saint Catherine Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard and between Wood Avenue and Greene Avenue. It is connected to Place Alexis Nihon, Dawson College, and the Atwater Metro station by a tunnel.

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The complex was designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International style. [3] [4] Construction began in 1964 and the complex opened on December 13, 1967. The exterior facade features curtain walls, [5] and is made of black anodized aluminum and smoked glass windows. It was modeled on Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago. [6] [7]

The office building, also known as Tower 1, has 22 floors and stands 83 metres (272 ft) tall. The other office building has 2 floors and is known as the Tower 4 Pavilion; it was formerly the Eastern Airlines Building. The two residential towers each have 21 floors, and stand 69 metres (226 ft) tall. [8]

Westmount Square's shopping concourse houses boutiques and art galleries, with about one-third of the space reserved for private for-profit health clinics. [9] Skylights were installed on the roof of the shopping concourse in 1990, which led to criticism among architectural preservationists. [10]

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