Connaught Building
- Interspace & Power
- Jul 9, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 22
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Architect: David Ewart
Style: Tudor-Gothic
Completed in: 1913
The Connaught Building is a government office building located on Sussex Dr. in Ottawa. It is currently owned by Public Services and Procurement Canada and used by the Canada Revenue Agency.
It was built in 1913 and designed in the Tudor-Gothic style by David Ewart, the Chief Dominion Architect. The architect chose the Tudor-Gothic architectural style not only to match with other nearby buildings that he designed but also to emphasize the style as a symbol of the British empire in a capital of Canada.
"Tudor-Gothic Style by David Ewart"
Named after the 10th Governor General of Canada, Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, it was built to house the Canada Customs, in response to the shortage of government buildings in the early 1900s. The same architect also designed nearby Royal Canadian Mint, former Dominion Archives and Canadian Museum of Nature.
The Connaught Building showcases the Tudor-Gothic architectural characteristics such as octagonal turrets, buttresses, flat-headed windows and the sandstone exterior cladding (the same Nepean sandstone as the Parliament buildings).
"Octagonal Turrets"
"Flat-headed Windows"
"Buttresses"
The executive meeting room is located on the 8th floor of the west side of the building with a magnificent balcony.
"Exterior of the Executive Meeting Room"
"Interior of the Executive Meeting Room"
"View of the Parliament from the Executive Meeting Room"
References:
CONNAUGHT BUILDING / L'ÉDIFICE CONNAUGHT, Brochure, Canada Revenue Agency
Connaught Building. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2024-07-07, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Building
Connaught Building National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada. Retrieved 2024-07-07 from https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=454
Ottawa : A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2008, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory, City of Ottawa
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