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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.
Many of the city's office towers were completed during this period, such as the First Canadian Centre and the Canterra Tower office towers. A ten-year lull in building construction came after the expansion, though Calgary experienced a larger second building expansion beginning in the late 90s and continuing into the present. [ 7 ]
TELUS House (originally AGT Tower) Edmonton: 1971–1974 134.4 m (441 ft) 33 Bow Valley Square 2: Bow Valley Square: Calgary: 1974–1976 143 m (469 ft) 39 Scotia Centre: Scotia Centre: Calgary: 1976–1982 155.1 m (509 ft) 41 First Canadian Centre: First Canadian Centre: Calgary: 1982–1984 167 m (548 ft) 41 Suncor Energy Centre - West ...
First Canadian Place under construction in 1975. First Canadian Place is named for Canada's first bank, the Bank of Montreal. The main building in the complex was intended to be known as "First Canadian Bank Tower." [6] Designed by B+H Architects with Edward Durell Stone as a design consultant, construction was completed in 1975.
Royal Trust Tower (part of the TD Centre) Three of the Toronto-Dominion Centre's five towers, (left to right) the Ernst & Young Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower, and the Royal Trust Tower. Toronto: 182.9 m (600 ft) 46: 1969: 183 m (600 ft) 67 Centennial Place I: Calgary: 182.6 m (599 ft) 40: 2010: 165.2 m (542 ft) (182.6 m (599 ft) spire) 68
The TD Tower would soon be followed by Commerce Court West, the 14th tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1972. Later, Canada's current tallest building, the First Canadian Place, became the eighth tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1975.
First Canadian Place: 298 / 978 78 1976 Toronto: Tallest building in Canada since 1976; 6th tallest building in the world at the time of its completion; Tallest building in the world outside of Chicago and New York City at the time of its completion; Tallest building completed in Ontario in the 1970s. Formerly known as First Bank Tower [3] [4] 2
First Canadian Place (First Bank Tower) Toronto, Ontario: 355 m (1,165 ft) antenna 298 m (978 ft) 72 1975 First Canadian Place: 4 Commerce Court West Toronto, Ontario: 287 m (942 ft) antenna 239 m (784 ft) 57 1972 Commerce Court West: 5 Hebron platform: Grand Banks of Newfoundland: 278 m (912 ft) [2] [3] n/a 2017 Hebron Oil Platform: 6 The St ...