1000 de La Gauchetière

1000 de La Gauchetière is a skyscraper in Montreal, Canada. It was completed in 1992 and is at an altitude of 205 meters the tallest building in the city. The skyscraper in the post-modern style is located in the central district Ville- Marie in the Rue de La Gauchetière, near the Place du Canada. It bears the number 1000, hence its name. Along with other high buildings around it major force in shaping the city skyline.

Description

Like all the skyscrapers of Montreal is 1000 de La Gauchetière subject to a height restriction under municipal building code. This states that no building to the summit of Mont Royal Montreal Mountain House may protrude ( 233 meters above sea level). The building has a distinctive triangular roof of copper and copper rotunda above the four entrances to the house corners. These were inspired by the neighboring Cathedral Marie -Reine -du- Monde de Montréal.

The name of the street and the skyscraper remember Daniel Migeon, sieur de La Gauchetière (1671-1746), a French officer, where the property once belonged. The building had planned the architecture firm Lemay & Associates and Dimitri Dimakopoulos & Associates. The construction work led Pomerleau, the largest construction company in the province of Quebec, from. After opening in 1992, the skyscraper was initially owned by Bell Canada and Teleglobe. Ten years later, earned him the Société immobilière Trans - Quebec, an affiliate of National Pension Insurance CDPQ.

1000 de La Gauchetière has a shopping center, a fitness center and a skating rink. Under the building is operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport Terminus Centre-ville, a bus station for lines in the southern suburbs. Montréal souterrain, the widely branched underground city, combining the skyscraper among other neighboring buildings, the main railway station Gare Centrale and the Metro station Bonaventure.