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Old Posted Oct 31, 2020, 2:54 AM
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St. John's doesn't have a lot of very attractive architecture as our grandest public buildings were destroyed in the great fires of 1846 and 1892.
Partly true, although many of the grandest public buildings, the legislature, the government house, the Basilica, the restored cathedral, all survived. The athenaeum is an example of one of the grandest ones that did not.

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At the centre of it is the 1946 Salt Fish Plant. As far as fish plants go, it's exceptionally beautiful. The whole historic district of Port Union has been mostly restored from literal ruin just a couple decades ago (this building, for example, had giant holes in it all of the place).
That's an interesting one no doubt, I have seen it in person, but real beauty is found in earlier industrial fisheries buildings from the turn of the nineteenth century, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista is the best example.
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I think it was the Marine Building:
It was the Dominion Building.
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It was the Dominion Building.
Yup I corrected myself above.
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Very nice, including the culvert. Coincidentally had just seen this image of the AGO with staircase in recent days:


https://www.lornechapmanphoto.com/

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Polar Bears International House, Churchill, MB (2019)



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https://polarbearsinternational.org/...ational-house/
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/po...aff-residence/
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The Benevolent Irish Society Building (now condos).

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The Benevolent Irish Society Building has historical value due to the age of the structure and its association with the Benevolent Irish Society and prominent Newfoundland citizens. It is one of few remaining buildings in St. John’s built before the great fire of 1892. Founded in 1806, the Benevolent Irish Society was unique in that it was nonsectarian and offered assistance to the needy regardless of their religion. The Benevolent Irish Society Building has cultural value because of the role it served in the community. In addition to its charitable activities, the Society was involved in the education of the young in St. John’s. Members of the Benevolent Irish Society saw education as an answer to improving the situation of the poor in the city. In addition to operating the non-denominational Orphan Asylum School, they provided monetary assistance to help establish Roman Catholic schools in the city. Roman Catholic schools also operated out of the Benevolent Irish Society Building for many years. Also of significance was the 1906 conversion of the third floor assembly hall into the Nickel Theatre. It was one of the first North American theatres to show silent films and remained a popular cinema and gathering place for several decades. The Benevolent Irish Society Building has aesthetic value as is it one of the few surviving Second Empire style masonry buildings in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Definitely gives a sense of some of the amazing buildings lost in that fire... Also in the Maritimes (exceeding the one picture format for site context), B2 Lofts in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects:




"Lunenburg is one of only two UNESCO World Heritage towns in North America. As such, it makes a good place to study the relationship between tradition and modernity; to prove that one can build modern architecture in a highly constrained, historic, urban context. This is a place for architectural restraint, or good manners (propriety). B2 Lofts is a mixed use, urban infill development, in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage District, of Lunenburg."
Photos: http://www.mlsarchitects.ca/b2lofts.htm

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Houses and horizon in Iqaluit, Nunavut


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Qualico Family Centre, Assiniboine Park Cafe, Winnipeg



"According to Bellamy, the goal for the design was to create a responsible, evocative and emotionally inspiring building rooted to its site, resonating with its specific place and greater context. Structure, space and materials, he says, are choreographed to the rhythms of nature, expressing the beauty and power of the landscape."

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The Bank of Hamilton, Bank of Commerce and Union Trust Buildings in Winnipeg, three of what were once nearly 20 financial institutions in Bankers' Row on Main Street.

The Bank of Hamilton (1915) replaced a Victorian-era Bank of Hamilton after its foundations were damaged during the construction of the Bank of Commerce in 1912. The Union Trust Building (1912) replaced a building that partly collapsed for the same reason. The smaller original Bank of Commerce building was dismantled and shipped to Regina to become the main branch there. The Bank of Commerce (by then the CIBC) relocated to the Richardson Building at right when it opened in 1969, leaving this block mostly derelict. Opposition to the proposed demolition of the Hamilton and Commerce Buildings in the late 1970s was a watershed moment for heritage preservation. The Hamilton and Union Trust buildings are wonderful examples of the use of terra cotta cladding in Winnipeg's boom years.

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^ Yes, a superb block and materials...

DeNormanville extension and renovation, Montreal (2019)

"DeNormanville is part of a first wave of protection-era additions exploring new avenues for more modest transformation of the city’s ubiquitous one-storey typology."


http://t--b--a.com/project/denormanville/

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I agree. Montreal has a pretty interesting and unique vernacular (perfectly illustrated by the two buildings on either side), and the best they can do is a couple of brick blocks? And they want applause for that?
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Builds a brick cube, photographs it with a lit window and wants to give a TED talk.

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To me one of the most iconic buildings, the most underrated momument in all of Canada, and one of the strangest buildings I've ever stepped into.

I don't have photos of the inside, but it's a strange mix of late art deco and 1960's kitch mall architecture.


St-Joseph's_2020_10_28 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


St-Joseph_02_2020_10_30 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Stairway_To_Heaven_2020_04_01 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Oratoire_St_Joseph_2020_04_01 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr


Cote-des-Neiges_2020_10_01 by Foofoo MacShoe, on Flickr

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To me one of the most iconic buildings, the most underrated momument in all of Canada, and one of the strangest buildings I've ever stepped into.

I don't have photos of the inside, but it's a strange mix of late art deco and 1960's kitch mall architecture.
We visited about 20 years ago and it was quite strange to see escalators in a place of worship (U.S. Mega Churches notwithstanding).
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Builds a brick cube, photographs it with a lit window and wants to give a TED talk.

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Do I spy a eurobike ... and an expensive shelf with nothing on it, capturing the essence of modern life.
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