Sun Life Building
| Sun Life Building | |
|---|---|
| French: Édifice Sun Life | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 1155, rue Metcalfe Montreal, Quebec H3B 2V6 |
| Coordinates | 45°30′0.75″N 73°34′12.81″W / 45.5002083°N 73.5702250°WCoordinates: 45°30′0.75″N 73°34′12.81″W / 45.5002083°N 73.5702250°W |
| Construction started | 1913 |
| Completed | 1931 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 24 |
| Lifts/elevators | 25 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Darling, Pearson and Cleveland Le Groupe Arcop |
| References | |
The Sun Life Building (French: Édifice Sun Life) is a historic 122 m (400 ft), 24 storey office building at 1155 Metcalfe Street on Dorchester Square in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The building was completed in 1931 after three stages of construction. It was built exclusively for the Sun Life Insurance Company. Although the then-new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 Saint Jacques Street in Montreal was taller by several floors, the Sun Life Building was at the time the largest building in square footage anywhere in the British Empire. The Sun Life Building went through three different stages of construction, the first one starting as early as 1913, but it was not until 1931 that its main 24-storey tower was erected, thus completing the project.
The stages of construction were as follows:
Today, the "Sun Life" is Montreal's 17th tallest building and stands in the middle of the central business district centred on Dorchester Square, dwarfed by neighbouring Place Ville-Marie and the nearby CIBC building.
The first Sun Life Building, designed by Buffalo architect Richard Waite, was built in 1889 and expanded by Robert Findlay in 1890. The red brick building was home to Sun Life until 1913, when the company moved to the first stage of the newer building.
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