Centre Mont-Royal
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1000 Sherbrooke West is a skyscraper in downtown Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
. It is 28 stories, and 128 metres (419.9 ft) tall. It was designed by Rosen Caruso Vecsei Architects and completed in 1974. It was built in the modernist
architectural style, with a concrete and glass facade. It is located at 1000 Sherbrooke Street West next to Tour Scotia
, and opposite McTavish Street
. An important conference center, the Centre Mont-Royal, is located in this building.
Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is nearly enitirely located at the southern most slope of Mount Royal and is approximately bounded by Sherbrooke Street to the north, Papineau Avenue to the east, Guy Street or until Shaughnessy Village to the west,...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is 28 stories, and 128 metres (419.9 ft) tall. It was designed by Rosen Caruso Vecsei Architects and completed in 1974. It was built in the modernist
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
architectural style, with a concrete and glass facade. It is located at 1000 Sherbrooke Street West next to Tour Scotia
Tour Scotia
Tour Scotia is a skyscraper in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is 27 stories, and tall. It was designed by WZMH Architects and constructed in 1990. It was built in the postmodern architectural style, with granite and glass facades...
, and opposite McTavish Street
McTavish Street
McTavish Street is a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This street runs up the slope of Mount Royal, from Sherbrooke Street at its southern end, to Pine Avenue. Adjacent to the main campus of McGill University, as of May 28, 2010 the lower half of the street is a car-free zone.Plans call for the...
. An important conference center, the Centre Mont-Royal, is located in this building.