Abstract

Montréal’s Henry Foss Hall Building, erected between 1964 and 1966, is a major element of today’s Concordia University campus and a rare example in Canada of a high-rise building to hold originally an entire university. For over forty years it has been an eye-catcher, a giant white block visible from quite a distance. In 1994 it went
through an exterior cleaning procedure and in 2003 renovations were begun to rejuvenate the interior. Although for many years it was the focus of the university’s downtown campus, its architecture never attracted attention among the general public. By 2008, the seventh, eighth, eleventh, and twelfth floors had been reorganized and modernized. The other floors of the twelve storey building are to be renovated in the next few years.