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Elveden Centre (Calgary)
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Elveden Centre is a high rise office complex in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
.
It was Calgary's first skyscraper
. Elveden House, the main tower, was built at a cost of $5,000,000 between 1959 and 1960, and rises twenty storey
s to a maximum height of 80 m, while the fourteen storey British American Oil Building cost $4,500,000 and was completed in 1961. A third tower, the fourteen storey tall Guinness House was completed in 1964 at a cost of $5,000,000.
The complex was designed by Rule, Wynn, Rule architects, and constructed by the Commonwealth Construction Company between 1959 and 1964.
The complex has 447814 ft (136,493.7 m)² of office space, with 172081 ft (52,450.3 m)² in the main tower.
In 2005, the Calgary Heritage Authority added Elveden House to its list as a Category A (top priority) site.
Calgary
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, Alberta
Alberta
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, Canada
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It was Calgary's first 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...
. Elveden House, the main tower, was built at a cost of $5,000,000 between 1959 and 1960, and rises twenty storey
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
s to a maximum height of 80 m, while the fourteen storey British American Oil Building cost $4,500,000 and was completed in 1961. A third tower, the fourteen storey tall Guinness House was completed in 1964 at a cost of $5,000,000.
The complex was designed by Rule, Wynn, Rule architects, and constructed by the Commonwealth Construction Company between 1959 and 1964.
The complex has 447814 ft (136,493.7 m)² of office space, with 172081 ft (52,450.3 m)² in the main tower.
In 2005, the Calgary Heritage Authority added Elveden House to its list as a Category A (top priority) site.