Medical Arts Building (Montreal)

The Medical Arts Building (French: Édifice Medical Arts) is an office building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its address is 1538 Sherbrooke Street West at the corner of Guy Street in the Golden Square Mile neighbourhood of Downtown Montreal. It is 11 stories and 45.17 m tall.[2]

Medical Arts Building
General information
TypeMedical Offices
Location1538 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Completed1922
Height
Roof45.17 metres (148.2 ft)
Technical details
Floor count11
Floor area72,608 square feet (6,745.5 m2)
Lifts/elevators2 passenger, 1 freight
Design and construction
ArchitectRoss and Macdonald
References
[1][2][3]

It was designed by Montreal architects Ross and Macdonald[4] and is considered to be Renaissance Revival architecture.[2] It was completed in 1923. Its structure is steel and its facade is mostly brick, with limestone at the base as well as the upper floors of the building.[2]

The Medical Arts Building will be renovated as part of a 32 floor Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and luxury condominium development on the adjacent parking lots. The city says that the renovations done to the building will respect its architectural character.[5]

References
  1. "Medical Arts Building". SkyscraperPage.
  2. Medical Arts Building at Emporis
  3. "1538 Sherbrooke W." Monit Investments. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. Medical Arts Building at IMTL.org
  5. RAVENSBERGEN, JAN (2009-12-08). "Ville Marie council okays $200M hotel". The Gazette (Montreal).

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