Architect:

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Completion:

1973

Description:

This building was constructed for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and still bears the CIBC logo at its summit. Fifty-seven stories tall, it was Canada’s tallest building until 1976. On the east side, it connects to a historic mid-rise building dating from 1930, and borders a modern plaza with a fountain and skylight to the pedestrian mall below ground level. The light stainless steel curtain wall and large windows create a bright presence, in spite of the building’s size, and bring light to the plaza. The two-story lobby, with wide plate-glass windows, allows views across the building and to Mies Van der Rohe’s Toronto Dominion Center across the street. Pei seems to pay homage to the Miesian style with his simple steel and glass grid, and the strong, unadorned supporting columns that accentuate the elevated building above the cool, stone lobby.

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Address:

199 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E9

Map/Directions/Info:

View 199 Bay Street on a larger map.

The building is located at Bay Street and Wellington Street West in Toronto's financial district.

Train: Yonge-University-Spadina line to Queen’s Park station 

Nearby:

BCE Place Galleria

Links:

Commerce Court, Wikipedia 

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners