Interior and exterior views of the building. This office building has a 'green roof', which reduces the amount of energy required to heat and cool the building. It also has an extensive shopping mall at the ground floor and an arboretum with a waterfall at the Queen Street entrance. The double-decker elevator cabs are found inside the atrium, which stretches the entire height of the building.
Reproduction from the National Photography Collection of the Public Archives Canada. View of Sparks Street showing streetcards, horse and carriages ca. 1900.
View of a commercial block located between St. Patrick and George Streets, facing west along Sussex Drive and rear area owned the the National Capital Commission.
Photograph of a long, two-storey office building with a white clapboard exterior, established as temporary offices for the Canadian war effort. A piece of paper adhered to the verso describes this structure as "Temporary Building No. 1".
Exterior views of concrete theatre building during construction and upon completion. Folder also includes interior views of auditorium seating, hanging glass sculptures by William Martin, lobby, and stairwells. The National Arts Centre received the 1971 Design Canada Concrete Awards Program Award of Excellence: "A fine concept on a difficult and restrictive site...splendid functional and space planning with a pleasing relationship to people...an outstanding example of in-situ and precast concrete work used together structurally and as a cladding."
Photograph of the exterior of a [school?] building. Piece of paper adhered to verso identifies the building as "B" building in Ottawa on Lisgar Street prior to demolition.
Photographs of the exterior of a brick building. Paper gives details of the decision to award this an Award of Merit: "... The original buildings to which the new Algonquin work was added was not considered to be of sufficient architectural merit to necessitate continuation of the forms and details and this has allowed the older work, but owing nothing to it visually...The Jury felt that the apparent thickness of exterior wall construction denoted by the sloping sills and generally massive forms belied the long masonry spans and cantilevered corners that are more turly expressive of concrete technology..."