111 Sussex Drive (Ottawa, Canada) : The south colonnade, tight view along south façade, looking east from entry pavilion
- Creator:
- Safdie, Moshe, 1938-
- Published/Created:
- 111 Sussex Drive, Green Island, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1958 ; 1992-1993 (alteration) - Date Depicted:
- 8/1/1993
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete
glass - Notes:
- The building today commonly referred to as the Old City Hall was the building that served as Ottawa's city hall from 1958 to 2000. Today it is officially known as 111 Sussex Drive and is owned by the Federal Government of Canada. The building is located on Green Island at the point where the Rideau River empties into the Ottawa. The International Style building was opened on August 2, 1958 by Princess Margaret as a member of the Canadian Royal Family. It is noted for the first building in Ottawa to be fully air conditioned. It was designed by John Bland of the firm of Rother, Bland and Trudeau and is considered one of the most important International Style buildings in Canada. Winning the Massey Medal for design in 1959, modifications were made by Moshe Safdie in 1992-1993. Today the building mainly houses foreign affairs employees.
- Variant Titles:
- Old City Hall (Ottawa)
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Canada -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist - Culture:
- Canadian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-SM-OC-B6
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
public buildings: municipal buildings: city halls (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors construction buildings; public buildings; municipal buildings; city halls
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/1/1993 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10092256
- PID:
- digcoll:1827024