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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Ottawa, Ontario, Canadaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1958 (creation); 1992-1993 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorSafdie, Mosheen_US
dc.date1958en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-10T14:34:46Z
dc.date.available2013-05-10T14:34:46Z
dc.date.issued1958en_US
dc.identifier215351en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 231en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122698
dc.descriptionThe south colonnade, tight view along south façade, looking east from entry pavilion; 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. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 1/10/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumconcrete; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.title111 Sussex Driveen_US
dc.title.alternativeOld City Hall (Ottawa)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SM-OC-B6en_US
vra.culturalContextCanadianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecity hallen_US
dc.contributor.displayMoshe Safdie (Canadian architect, born 1938)en_US


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