Westmount Square

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title: "Westmount Square" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["apartment-buildings-in-quebec", "buildings-and-structures-completed-in-1967", "buildings-and-structures-in-westmount,-quebec", "international-style-architecture-in-canada", "ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe-buildings", "residential-buildings-in-quebec", "residential-skyscrapers-in-canada", "shopping-malls-in-montreal", "skyscraper-office-buildings-in-montreal", "skyscrapers-in-montreal"] description: "Residential and office complex in Westmount, Quebec" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmount_Square" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Residential and office complex in Westmount, Quebec ::

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Field	Value
name	Westmount Square
native_name	Carré Westmount
native_name_lang	Westmount Square
image	Westmount Square.jpg
image_size	250px
completion_date	1967
building_type	Office and Residential
location	Westmount, Quebec, Canada
coordinates
roof	83 m
floor_count	22
floor_area	30658 sqm
owner	Creccal Investments Ltd.
architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Greenspoon, Freedlander, Dunne, Plachta & Kryton
public_transit	Atwater
Terminus Atwater
references
website
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Westmount Square (French: Carré Westmount) is a residential and office complex located in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. There are two residential apartment buildings and two office buildings. These towers sit atop an underground shopping centre consisting of thirty-five shops. It is located between Sainte Catherine Street West and De Maisonneuve Boulevard West and between Wood Avenue and Greene Avenue. It is connected to Place Alexis Nihon, Dawson College, and the Atwater Metro station by a tunnel.

The complex was designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the International Style. Construction began in 1964 and the complex opened on 13 December 1967. The exterior facade features curtain walls, and is made of black anodized aluminium and smoked glass windows. It was modelled on Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago.

The office building, also known as Tower 1, has 22 floors and stands 83 m tall. The other office building has 2 floors and is known as the Tower 4 Pavilion; it was formerly the Eastern Airlines Building. The two residential towers each have 21 floors, and stand 69 m tall.

Westmount Square's shopping concourse houses boutiques and art galleries, with about one-third of the space reserved for private for-profit health clinics. Skylights were installed on the roof of the shopping concourse in 1990, which led to criticism among architectural preservationists.

References

References

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10. (16 February 2005). "Two-tiered Westmount Square". [[The Gazette (Montreal)]].
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