1000 de La Gauchetière

1000 de La Gauchetière is Montreal's tallest building at 205 metres, completed in 1992 in a postmodern style that mixes granite cladding, steel, and a distinctive copper-clad roof. Located in the central Ville-Marie borough near Place du Canada, it forms a defining element of the city's skyline. The building is best known to locals for Le Carrefour, its year-round indoor ice skating rink at the base — one of the few climate-controlled skating surfaces in downtown Montreal. It connects directly to the underground city network, making it a genuine hub of Montreal's famously subterranean urban life.