1950s – 280 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Moody & Moore
Constructed as the Western Savings and Loan in 1950, and later extended in 1957 with the addition of extra floors.
1957 – 1 Chifley Square, Sydney, Australia
Architect: Rudder Littlemore & Rudder
Often described as one of Australia’s most iconic and graceful contemporary post war office buildings and built as the world headquarters for Qantas Empire Airways.
1957 – 170 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Architect: WZMH Architects / Oslen Worland
A 1950’s-era, 12-storey office building that was demolished back to its original structure for upgrading.
1957 – 385 St Mary, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Waisman Ross
Interesting two storey office building in a Miesian idiom. The end wall of the building which encloses the set back entrance is built in perforated blocks creating texture and allowing light through.
1957 – Chicago Sun Times, Illinois
Architect: Naess & Murphy
Because of its prime riverside location, the land beneath the oddly shaped, seven-story structure has long been coveted by developers pained by the profits uncaptured.
1957 – Christian Brothers School, Fairview, Dublin
Architect: O’Connor & Aylward
Best described as mid-century Irish religious institutional, this school for the Christian Brothers was built alongside an earlier building.
1957 – Dublin Corporation Unbuilt Proposal, Wood Quay, Dublin
Architect: Jones & Kelly
The site at Wood Quay had been earmarked as a site for the headquarters of Dublin Corporation since the 1950s.
1957 – McLay Memorial Hall, Henry Place, Belfast
Described in the News Letter on May 2, 1957: “A new £14,000 church hall for the congregation of Clifton Street United Presbyterian Church,
1957 – Nos. 16-17 Suffolk Street, Dublin
Architect: W.M. Mitchell & Sons
Mid century office building that replaced two ornate Victorian commercial buildings by J.J. O’Callaghan.
1957 – Seagram Building, New York
Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, with Philip Johnson (interiors)
Generally recognized as the finest example of skyscrapers in the International Style.
