Adaptable Exterior

When one pictures the early West and First Nations people, one cannot help but imagine a traditional Tipi. This multi-use structure was a perfect balance of ease of construction and rigidity to withstand prairie life.

The Churchill Wire Centre is located in the heart of downtown and was built to house equipment for Edmonton Telephones.

Designed in 1939 but not built until the 1950s, the Federal Building is the newestexample of Art Deco influenced architecture in Edmonton.

Although it is difficult to find a corner grocery store like this one nowadays, they once were a community staple.

This modern hospital, designed by prominent Edmonton architect George Heath Macdonald, was opened in January 1948 by the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.

The heavily ornamented John McNeill Residence stands out on 97 Street in the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood.

This home is a good example of a very common house plan in Edmonton's mature neighbourhoods.

Norwood School is one of Edmonton's early brick schoolsand was designed in the Classical Revival style.

When one pictures the early West and First Nations people, one cannot help but imagine a traditional Tipi. This multi-use structure was a perfect balance of ease of construction and rigidity to withstand prairie life.

Designed by architect Alfred Marigon Calderon, the home expresses the elegant, simple, and natural aesthetic of the Prairie style.

John B. Mercer built this warehouse in 1911 to handle his growing liquor and cigar trade.

These park buildings were built in what is now Hawrelak Park in 1968 and are an example of Organic Modernist architecture.

No expense was spared in the construction of this beuatiful building overlooking the river valley.

The Edmonton Art Gallery (now the Art Gallery of Alberta) was originally a textbook example of Brutalist architecturebefore its recent extensive renovation.