Other Notable Structures
Other significant works of modern architecture in Montreal include the Brutalist Place Bonaventure, the world's largest building when it was completed in 1968, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Westmount Square and Roger Taillibert's controversial Olympic Stadium, which incorporates the world's tallest inclined tower, at 175 metres.
Montreal architects Pierre Boulva and Jacques David completed a number of modernist landmarks in the 1960s, including the Palais de justice de Montréal, 500 Place d'Armes, Théâtre Maisonneuve, the Dow Planetarium and the Place-des-Arts, Atwater and Lucien-L'Allier metro stations.
In 2006, the city was recognized by the international design community as a UNESCO City of Design, one of the three world design capitals.
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