RBC Centre, Postmodern skyscraper in the Entertainment District, Toronto, Canada
RBC Centre is a 43-storey, 208-metre office tower at 155 Wellington Street West, outside Toronto's Financial District. Its flat facade is clad in grey-blue tinted glass panels divided by thin horizontal mullions into stacked rows. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and completed in 2009.
Completed in 2009 at 155 Wellington Street West, the RBC Centre was developed by Cadillac Fairview and built to LEED Gold standards, with an estimated 50% energy saving compared with buildings meeting the Canadian National Energy Code. In 2011 Toronto Star critic Christopher Hume named it and the neighbouring Ritz-Carlton Toronto among the most beautiful buildings completed in Toronto in the 21st century, citing their integration into the community and their revival of Wellington Street. Cadillac Fairview has owned and managed it jointly with the Ontario Pension Board since 2012.
The tower's name comes from its anchor tenant, the Royal Bank of Canada, and it was originally known as the RBC Dexia Building. It stands at 155 Wellington Street West, outside Toronto's Financial District, and connects to the PATH pedestrian network. In 2011 Toronto Star critic Christopher Hume named it and the neighbouring Ritz-Carlton Toronto among the most beautiful buildings completed in Toronto in the 21st century, praising how they revived Wellington Street.
The tower stands at 155 Wellington Street West, west of Toronto's Financial District, and links directly to the PATH pedestrian network. The Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Dexia are the main office tenants, so interior access is oriented to building users rather than sightseeing.
The tower stands at 155 Wellington Street West, outside Toronto's Financial District, and is linked to the PATH underground walkway. In 2011 Toronto Star critic Christopher Hume named it and the neighbouring Ritz-Carlton Toronto among the most beautiful buildings completed in the city in the 21st century, citing how they revived Wellington Street.
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