Canterra Tower is a skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

 in Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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Located at 400 3rd Avenue SW, it stands at 177 metres (580.7 ft) or 45 storeys tall. The building was completed in 1988 and was designed by WZMH Architects

WZMH Architects

WZMH Architects is an architecture company based in Toronto, Canada. The firm was founded in 1961, and is known for the design of landmark structures, skyscrapers, major mixed use, commercial, institutional, residential and hospitality projects, as well as renovation and retrofit projects...

 in the postmodern

Postmodern architecture

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 style. It was built with glass curtain wall

Curtain wall

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s on all sides.

The building is managed by Oxford Properties

Oxford Properties

Oxford Properties is an investor, owner, developer and manager of commercial real estate of more than . of commercial & industrial space, more than half of it in the city of Toronto and its suburbs, from where the company is based, but also has regional head offices in New York and London...

, and major tenants include Devon Canada

Devon Energy

Devon Energy Corporation , is among the largest U.S.-based independent natural gas and oil producers. Based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the company's operations are focused on North American onshore exploration and production...

, an oil and gas company and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, one of Canada's largest law firms.

The Canterra Tower is a Class ‘AAA’ office tower located in the bustling Eau Claire District. It has an efficient floor plate and offers tremendous vista views of downtown, the mountains, the city and prairies, and it is one of the city’s top office buildings.