Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: 1250 René-Lévesque
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Preferred Title:
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1250 René-Lévesque
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Alternate Title:
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La Tour IBM-Marathon
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Image View:
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Distant view of IBM-Marathon, from the west (on Mount Royal)
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Creator:
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Kohn Pederson Fox (American architectural firm, founded 1976)
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Location:
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site: Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Location Note:
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1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque
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GPS:
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+45.497390-73.571086
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Date:
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1992 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Canadian
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern; Postmodern; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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office building
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Work Type 2:
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skyscraper
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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steel; granite and glass curtain wall
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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650 ft (height, 47-storey)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning
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Description:
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As of 2008, it is the second-tallest in the city, behind the nearby 1000 de La Gauchetière, which was completed the same year (1992). Despite being 6 m shorter than 1000 de La Gauchetière, it is built on higher ground and thus also reaches the maximum allowed elevation from sea level (that of Mount Royal). The design is partly dictated by the building's position at the western edge of the downtown core, with its shape forming a boundary between the commercial center and the residential periphery. As such it has a markedly rectangular footprint, being very elongated on a north-south axis. Emphasis is given to the east and west façades, which have opposed yet complementary appearances that strongly relate to the urban area they face. The modern-style western façade, facing the residential periphery, is a straight granite-clad wall covered with square windows, with irregular setbacks creating the appearance of several superimposed slabs. Conversely the postmodern-style eastern façade, facing the commercial cente
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-KP-IB-A6
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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