The Medical Arts Building (french: Édifice Medical Arts) is an office building in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada. Its address is 1538

Sherbrooke Street West Sherbrooke Street (officially in french: rue Sherbrooke) is a major east–west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of t ...

at the corner of Guy Street in the Golden Square Mile neighbourhood of

Downtown Montreal Downtown Montreal ( French: ''Centre-Ville de Montréal'') is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the borough of Vil ...

. It is 11 stories and 45.17 m tall. It was designed by Montreal architects

Ross and Macdonald Ross and Macdonald was one of Canada's most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane (known as Ross and MacFar ...

and is considered to be

Renaissance Revival architecture Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

. It was completed in 1923. Its structure is steel and its facade is mostly

brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...

, with

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

at the base as well as the upper floors of the building. The Medical Arts Building will be renovated as part of a 32 floor Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and luxury

condominium A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ...

development on the adjacent parking lots. The city says that the renovations done to the building will respect its architectural character.

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1538 MONIT - 1538 Sherbrooke W.
{{coord, 45, 29, 47, N, 73, 34, 52, W, type:edu_region:CA-QC, display=title Buildings and structures in Montreal Downtown Montreal Office buildings completed in 1923 Office buildings in Canada Renaissance Revival architecture in Canada Ross and Macdonald buildings