former Metropolitan Life Building
now Wellington Building, House of Commons
180 Wellington Street, fronts on Sparks and Bank (map M)
Dan Everett Waid and J. Albert Ewart
1924-7 III

• considered to contribute to overall character of heritage conservation district
• monumental near-superblock
• symmetrical façades on 3 sides, axial plan from Wellington entrance
• Roman Corinthian Revival style, entablature with deep cornice
• Wellington façade has engaged columns "in antis"
• Bank and Sparls façades have pilasters instead of columns
• massive rusticated arcaded base
• cut-away corners required by Ottawa bylaws, similar to many other buildings
• uniquely, architects names are carved into cornerstone at Bank & Sparks
• restrained sympathetic addition by Marani, Morris & Allan 1957-61
• extravagant lobby mosaic by Barry Faulkner

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