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CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS

The character defining elements of the West Memorial Building should be respected.
Its Classical-Moderne design, construction, materials and excellent craftsmanship as manifested in;
-its monumental scale and stepped massing constructed of steel and reinforced concrete clad in smooth-faced Indiana limestone with a plinth of Stanstead Granite from Québec capped with a modernized version of the Chateau-Style streamlined low-pitched battened copper roof with dormer windows and tall corner tower with pavilion roof;
-its references to classical design seen in the subtle articulation of base, shaft and entablature, the stylized Greek fretwork and its Modern Classical elements, including stepped volume, flattened detail, tall shadow piers between windows, bas-relief masonry sculpture depicting Canadian iconography, and its more planar treatment of its center section, with barely recessed, unadorned windows and the scaled down entrance and lobby indicating a move toward purer functionalism;
-the steel windows with horizontally-pivoted ventilators and the metal glazing bars
dividing most of the building’s windows into a grid of 12 small panes and the bronze entrance doors, with their 1950s-style grid-patterned lights and glazed frames;
-the Classical Beaux-Arts organization of the interior along major and minor axes and its interior detailing and craftsmanship reflecting the hierarchical importance of the various spaces, and the use of quality materials such as marble cladding the floors and dados, its Terrazo, quarry tile, and bordered linoleum flooring treatments, the lobby lightfixtures, the brass and enamel porcelain finish of the elevators, the brass hardware throughout the building, its woodwork elements, simple wood veneer doors, and washrooms with mint green structural glass or ceramic tiles, and plain tile flooring and commissioned murals.

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Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1958 Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: Sparks Street Ottawa, ON Canaa Sculptors Name: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/27/2018 elyob visited it