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Canada's ten highest buildings based on Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) heights. The list excluding under construction buildings and structures which constitute as towers. Subscribe us: ▶ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Engineering8 ▶ Our Tweets: https://twitter.com/YT_Engineering8 ▶ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Engineering8Channel ▶ Tumblr: http://engineering8.tumblr.com/ ▶ Google+ page: https://goo.gl/upGvEV 10. West Tower of Suncor Energy Centre, Calgary. Formerly called Petro-Canada Centre consisted of two granite office towers located downtown Calgary, Alberta. At 215.2m (706ft), west tower is currently 10th highest building in Canada. Complete construction in 28th of August, 1983 and officially opened in 1984. CC-BY by Thank you for visiting my page, https://goo.gl/BgUVYJ 9. TD Bank Tower, Toronto. The 222.8 m (731 ft) office building begun construction in 1967 and completed three years later and become the largest office complex in Canada at the time. Another five towers build shortly after that forming a what known today as Toronto-Dominion Centre. CC-BY by Robert Taylor, https://goo.gl/Pc5haN by marc falardeau, https://goo.gl/EWrxQx by George Socka, https://goo.gl/wSJiXk 8. 1250 René-Lévesque, Montréal Colloquially known as the IBM-Marathon Tower, it is an 47 floors office tower with heights of 226 m (741 ft) located in Montreal, Quebec. Completed and opened in 1992, it has over a 1 million of square feet floor space. CC-BY by Bruno Adamo, https://goo.gl/SBFzJx by Kurt Raschke, https://goo.gl/np36uM by abdallahh, https://goo.gl/dPJ6Kw 7. The Bow, Calgary The 236m (774 ft) high office tower is a headquarters for several energy corporations such as Encana Corporation and Cenovus Energy. Start to erect in 2007 with a cost of 1.3 billion CAD and become Alberta's tallest building until now. Designed by famous Fosters + Partners and Zeidler Partnership Architects. CC-BY by Thank you for visiting my page, https://goo.gl/7X4uCw https://goo.gl/kTwbhH 6. Commerce Court West, Toronto West tower, the tallest among four office towers in Commerce Court complex in financial district of Toronto, Ontario. Finished and opened officially in 1972 and become Canada tallest building at the time for 4 years at 239 m (784 ft). CC-BY by Dan Dickinson, https://goo.gl/2T09Dm by paul bica, https://goo.gl/G5dWaz by The City of Toronto, https://goo.gl/z9asn3 5. TD Canada Trust Tower, Toronto Formerly called Canada Trust Tower before 2000 before the property acquired by Toronto-Dominion Bank. Construction took two years and opened in 1992 with postmodernism architectural design theme. CC-BY by Kojach, https://goo.gl/fpxymC by marc falardeau, https://goo.gl/xXSme2 by Alex Indigo, https://goo.gl/FYJr4V 4. Aura, Toronto A multi-purpose usage building going live in 2014 with a height of 272 m (892 ft) from ground to all the way to the spire tip. Unlike other Toronto skyscrapers in the list, it is located outside of financial district—at 386 & 388 Yonge Street. Designed by Graziani + Corazza with floor count of 78. 3. Scotia Plaza, Toronto Maroon colored office tower with height of 274.9 m (902 ft) erected in 1985 and completed in 1988 with floor area of 2 million square feet on 68 floors. Developed by Olympia and York that later purchased by Scotiabank. Finally in 2012, the tower handed to a new and current owner, Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust for 1.27 billion CAD. CC-BY by Alex Indigo, https://goo.gl/dl9UZ9 by Joseph Morris, https://goo.gl/UQaXYK by Andrew Rivett, https://goo.gl/2k6B7D 2. Trump International Hotel and Tower, Toronto Appeared lower than Scotia Plaza which sits next to it, that because Trump tower just 6 feet taller with a help of its spire surpassing Scotia Plaza rooftop. Anyway, the building opened in 2012 with Donald Trump as minority owner as most of stake owned by Val Levitan and Alex Shnaider. CC-BY by Benny Lin, https://goo.gl/PBOrvb by Richard Alvin, https://goo.gl/jEoFXy 1. First Canadian Place, Toronto By rooftop, it is just 298.1 m (978 ft), which means Canada yet to have any supertall. Nonetheless, the building is the tallest in Canada for 41 years and counting since completion in 1975 and the third tallest structure after CN Tower and Inco Superstack. Initially the exterior was cladded with Carrara marble but later in 2008 was re-cladding with glass. CC-BY by Benny Lin, https://goo.gl/IBCgs0 by Vinod Sankar, https://goo.gl/ATGcih , https://goo.gl/iLU1pu by Robert Taylor, https://goo.gl/dYZQs2 Ether Disco by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100237 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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