1873 – Old Post Office, Quebec City, Quebec
Architect: Pierre Gauvreau
Quebec’s central postal office building,
Quebec’s central postal office building,
Originally opened by the Belfast & County Down Railway in 1848,
Competition entry for design of new provincial legistlature building in Winnipeg,
Designed by Hector Guimard who is better known for his work on the Paris Metro,
The former Birks Jewellers building on Portage Avenue has a neo-Egyptian theme of terracotta decoration.
According to the Irish Builder,
Hand, Harris &
Plans entered in the Dublin Town Planning Competition of 1914.
A fine white terra cotta facade with influences from the Chicago School,
“The street front of the bank at Barrie,