#042 l First Canadian Place l TORONTO l 298m l 72fl

D-Mac · October 14th, 2002, 11:35 PM

First Canadian Place
Toronto, Canada

HEIGHT: 298m/978 feet
FLOORS: 72
COMPLETION: 1975
ARCHITECT: Edward Durell Stone and Associates

The tallest building in Canada, the 72-storey First Canadian Place incorporates the Bank of Montreal's head office. Its innovative perimeter structural steel tube design is unique both in its highly efficient use of steel, and for an ease of assembly that enabled the building to be constructed very quickly, an extremely important economic factor in the pressurized development and real-estate climate of Toronto in the late 1970s.

The design resulted in large floor plates of approximately 30,000 square feet of virtually column-free space. The complex also includes a three-level banking shopping and entertainment podium and a five-acre landscaped park 35 feet above street level.

October 15th, 2002, 12:39 AM

8/10 White Makes stand out. Not anything special

Caledon1981 · October 15th, 2002, 01:31 AM

i like the horizontal repetition, rather than Aon's vertical .. makes it look taller .. . 7/10

RafflesCity · October 15th, 2002, 02:37 AM

7.5/10

Nice and massive but a bit dull.

Steely Dan · October 15th, 2002, 02:57 AM

8.0/10

a fine skyscraper (remember boxes are my favorites), but i much, much prefer Aon's vertical emphasis. Aon soars into the heavens and looks incredibly tall in person because of this soaring aspect. the horizontal of FCP makes it a little more clunky and less graceful. but it is still a very solid and sturdy design. and reentrant corners are always a nice and subtle touch.

AG · October 15th, 2002, 01:37 PM

Plain, boxy and dull. It is somewhat more impressive than Aon Center in Chicago though.

7.5/10

cgrassham · October 15th, 2002, 02:51 PM

Yawwwn, no I don't like this one at all I'm afraid. 5/10 for height

DrumCorpsAlum · October 16th, 2002, 12:51 AM

7/10. It's a box.

Jasonhouse · October 16th, 2002, 01:17 AM

I don't like it, and I never will. It's a corporate box, pure and simple. At least it is an honest design, that doesn't attempt to reach stratospheric hieghts with anemic spires. It looks like something that you would expect to see in Houston or Chicago IMO.

6.0/10

October 16th, 2002, 10:49 PM

I agree its not impressive, but when you see it in person it kind of grows on you.

8/10

KevD · August 25th, 2007, 06:50 AM

Well, i love box towers usually but only when the boxes have a vertical patterned facade. FCP is kinda ugly but it is a monster. 6/10.

Ersh · October 16th, 2002, 11:18 PM

Dull and uninspiring...5/10

giallo · October 19th, 2002, 01:37 AM

O.K. box. I agree that it looks better in person. 7.5.

Sitol447 · November 5th, 2004, 01:56 PM

7,5/10 - Nice B0X

SUNNI · October 19th, 2002, 02:06 AM

5/5, i think the colour is abit.... dull
but then its huge!

DrJoe · October 19th, 2002, 04:18 AM

I like it.

8/10

October 19th, 2002, 10:48 PM

It's just a dull box.

5/10

October 20th, 2002, 03:17 AM

another boring box.
3/10

ryanr · October 20th, 2002, 11:21 AM

Yeah, its a dull box but i rate it 6/10...

October 21st, 2002, 11:54 AM

God this thing is ugly. It does nothing interesting and looks like a construction trailer on end. Height does not even matter here for me as I wish this buiding could be hidden or reclad.

Aon in Chicago is much more successful IMO.

3/10

View Poll Results: First Canadian Place, Toronto
10	82	11.65%
9.5	20	2.84%
9	50	7.10%
8.5	47	6.68%
8	96	13.64%
7.5	67	9.52%
7	91	12.93%
6.5	47	6.68%
6	57	8.10%
5.5	21	2.98%
5	42	5.97%
4.5	11	1.56%
4	19	2.70%
3.5	9	1.28%
3 or less	45	6.39%
Voters: 704. You may not vote on this poll

October 14th, 2002, 11:35 PM	#1
D-Mac Old School Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Montréal Posts: 144 Likes (Received): 0	#042 l First Canadian Place l TORONTO l 298m l 72fl First Canadian Place Toronto, Canada HEIGHT: 298m/978 feet FLOORS: 72 COMPLETION: 1975 ARCHITECT: Edward Durell Stone and Associates The tallest building in Canada, the 72-storey First Canadian Place incorporates the Bank of Montreal's head office. Its innovative perimeter structural steel tube design is unique both in its highly efficient use of steel, and for an ease of assembly that enabled the building to be constructed very quickly, an extremely important economic factor in the pressurized development and real-estate climate of Toronto in the late 1970s. The design resulted in large floor plates of approximately 30,000 square feet of virtually column-free space. The complex also includes a three-level banking shopping and entertainment podium and a five-acre landscaped park 35 feet above street level. Last edited by ZZ-II; June 19th, 2008 at 11:37 PM.

October 15th, 2002, 01:31 AM	#3
Caledon1981 --------- Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: OKC Posts: 217 Likes (Received): 0	i like the horizontal repetition, rather than Aon's vertical .. makes it look taller .. . 7/10 __________________ --------

October 15th, 2002, 02:57 AM	#5
Steely Dan facist lord of the cosmos Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: old style city Posts: 2,598 Likes (Received): 5	8.0/10 a fine skyscraper (remember boxes are my favorites), but i much, much prefer Aon's vertical emphasis. Aon soars into the heavens and looks incredibly tall in person because of this soaring aspect. the horizontal of FCP makes it a little more clunky and less graceful. but it is still a very solid and sturdy design. and reentrant corners are always a nice and subtle touch. __________________ "I wish they'd hurry up and just destroy humanity already........... it's the waiting that I can't stand" - Philip J. Fry

October 16th, 2002, 12:51 AM	#8
DrumCorpsAlum Phoenix, AZ/Camden, SC Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ/Camden, SC Posts: 320 Likes (Received): 0	7/10. It's a box. __________________ http://www.galleychronicles.com http://www.facebook.com/DrumCorpsAlum

October 15th, 2002, 12:39 AM	#2
NickT Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	8/10 White Makes stand out. Not anything special

October 15th, 2002, 02:37 AM	#4
RafflesCity By Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S I N G A P O R E Posts: 26,215 Likes (Received): 2	7.5/10 Nice and massive but a bit dull.

October 15th, 2002, 01:37 PM	#6
AG Engineer in training Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Gladstone (ex. Adelaide) Posts: 2,022 Likes (Received): 0	Plain, boxy and dull. It is somewhat more impressive than Aon Center in Chicago though. 7.5/10

October 15th, 2002, 02:51 PM	#7
cgrassham Burned Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pontefract, UK Posts: 324 Likes (Received): 0	Yawwwn, no I don't like this one at all I'm afraid. 5/10 for height

October 16th, 2002, 01:17 AM	#9
Jasonhouse Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 12,270 Likes (Received): 8	I don't like it, and I never will. It's a corporate box, pure and simple. At least it is an honest design, that doesn't attempt to reach stratospheric hieghts with anemic spires. It looks like something that you would expect to see in Houston or Chicago IMO. 6.0/10

October 16th, 2002, 10:49 PM	#10
DaninTO Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	I agree its not impressive, but when you see it in person it kind of grows on you. 8/10

August 25th, 2007, 06:50 AM	#11
KevD Member since Sept. 2004 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 585 Likes (Received): 0	Well, i love box towers usually but only when the boxes have a vertical patterned facade. FCP is kinda ugly but it is a monster. 6/10. __________________ http://www.fieldsofgreen.ca

October 16th, 2002, 11:18 PM	#12
Ersh Skyscrapercity Hobbit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Atlanta, Ga Posts: 78 Likes (Received): 0	Dull and uninspiring...5/10 __________________ 9/11 - We will remember

October 19th, 2002, 01:37 AM	#13
giallo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shanghai Posts: 241 Likes (Received): 1	O.K. box. I agree that it looks better in person. 7.5.

November 5th, 2004, 01:56 PM	#14
Sitol447 WN Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Warszawa Posts: 533 Likes (Received): 0	7,5/10 - Nice B0X

October 19th, 2002, 02:06 AM	#15
SUNNI architect by day Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,059 Likes (Received): 0	5/5, i think the colour is abit.... dull but then its huge! __________________ kr.au

October 19th, 2002, 04:18 AM	#16
DrJoe Registered Idiot Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TO/Cobourg,Ont Posts: 1,712 Likes (Received): 2	I like it. 8/10 __________________ *

October 19th, 2002, 10:48 PM	#17
Sunflower Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	It's just a dull box. 5/10

October 20th, 2002, 03:17 AM	#18
Subdude Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	another boring box. 3/10

October 20th, 2002, 11:21 AM	#19
ryanr Registered non-User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 6,664 Likes (Received): 7	Yeah, its a dull box but i rate it 6/10...

October 21st, 2002, 11:54 AM	#20
enzo Guest Posts: n/a Likes (Received):	God this thing is ugly. It does nothing interesting and looks like a construction trailer on end. Height does not even matter here for me as I wish this buiding could be hidden or reclad. Aon in Chicago is much more successful IMO. 3/10

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