Buildings and structures in the Halifax Regional Municipality

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The following is a list of buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia with articles on Wikipedia.

  • 1801 Hollis Street (22 floors, 87 metres) - 1801 Hollis Street is an office building also located near Halifax's waterfront and is home to many prominent businesses.
  • Alderney Landing
  • Bank of Commerce Building (16 floors, 66 metres) - Also known as the CIBC building.
  • Bank of Montreal Building (18 floors, 73 metres) - The BMO building is located near the waterfront, and is home to the Bank of Montreal in Halifax.
  • Fenwick Tower (32 floors, 98 metres) - Fenwick Tower (formerly known as Fenwick Place) was a residence for the nearby Dalhousie University, and is now a private apartment building.
  • Halifax Metro Centre - Hockey arena home to the Halifax Mooseheads, with a capacity of 10,000-15,000, depending on the event.
  • Loyola Residence Tower (22 floors, 67 metres) - The Loyola Residence Tower is a residence of Saint Mary's University.
  • Maritime Centre (20 floors, 78 metres) - The Maritime Center is an office building that was formerly the headquarters of Maritime Telephone and Telegraph, which the building was named after.
  • Province House - Canada's oldest seat of government, built in 1819.
  • Purdy's Wharf - An office complex of two towers, a smaller office building, and a parkade located on the waterfront. They use the waters of Halifax Harbour to cool the buildings.
    • Tower 1 (20 floors, 74 metres)
    • Tower 2 (22 floors, 88 metres)
  • Queen Square - (19 floors) - The tallest building in the downtown core of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
  • Royal Centre is a 13 storey office tower in the downtown core of Halifax. It was built in 1960.
  • Scotia Square Complex - A system of buildings connected by pedways and tunnels. It houses a mall, two hotels, and three offices towers.
  • Shirreff Hall is presently the oldest university residence building in use at Dalhousie University.
  • St. Mary's Basilica - A Roman Catholic church in Downtown Halifax, built in 1820. Recently designated a National Historic Site.
  • TD Tower (18 floors, 73 metres) The TD Tower is an office building home to the Toronto Dominion bank in Halifax.
  • Tuft's Cove Generating Station (157 metres) - Distinctive striped smokestacks of a fossil-fuel burning electrical generating station.
  • Unnamed Hariri Pontarini Architects project recently approved 27 storey twin buildings.
  • Veith houseThe former Halifax Protestant Children's Orphanage