Canadian War Museum - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.007 W 075° 43.021
18T E 443899 N 5029501
The Canadian War Museum is located in Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WMDANR
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/15/2011
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The Canadian War Museum is a striking and unique building because of the wing like structure on top of the building that reminds one of a sail or the wing of a plane. The building also reminds one of a bunker considering that the roof is partially grass-covered.
"The new, modern building emerges from the ground just west of Booth Street and rises progressively higher at its eastern end, closest to Parliament Hill. Its textured concrete walls and roof are somewhat reminiscent of a bunker, while a partially grass-covered roof is consistent with the Museum's theme of regeneration and its environmentally friendly design. The building rises in the east to a large fin, clad in copper that matches the rooftops of other prominent public buildings in the national capital. The small windows on the fin spell out in Morse code "Lest we forget" (in English) and "N'oublions jamais" (in French). The copper used on the interior of the building was recovered from the Library of Parliament during refurbishment of the Library's roof in 2004."
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