Palais de justice (Montreal)
| Palais de justice | |
|---|---|
Quebec Superior Court | |
| Construction started | 1965 |
| Completed | 1971 |
| Owner | Government of Quebec |
| Height | 73.92 m (242.5 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18 |
| Lifts/elevators | 26 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | David et Boulva |
| References | |
| [1][2] | |
The Palais de justice is a courthouse in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1 Notre-Dame Street East in the Old Montreal neighbourhood of the Ville-Marie borough. It was completed in 1971.
Though located in the
Allegrocube
Created by Charles Daudelin in 1973, Allegrocube is a cube-shaped abstract sculpture outside the Palais, 2.4 m in height, made of bronze.[5]
Older courthouses
The current Palais de justice de Montréal is the third building on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal to bear that name. The first was the Old Montreal Courthouse, now known as the municipal Édifice Lucien-Saulnier, designed by John Ostell (as well as Frederick Preston Rubidge) and inaugurated in 1856. Construction on the second, now known as the Édifice Ernest-Cormier and home to the Quebec Court of Appeal, began in 1922.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Palais de Justice, Montreal". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Palais de Justice". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Montréal's Architects: David et Boulva". Images Montréal. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "2007 BOMA Canada National Awards Finalists" (PDF). Building Owners and Managers Association of Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "Charles Daudelin". MONTREAL BY METRO. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ Rue Notre-Dame East, Old Montreal Web site