Bankers Hall is a building complex located in downtown
Calgary
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,
Alberta
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, which includes twin 52-storey office towers (197 metres high), designed by the architectural firm
Cohos Evamy in
postmodern architectural style.
The first building, known as Bankers Hall East, is located at 855 2nd Street SW and was completed in 1989. It was followed in 2000 by Bankers Hall West, at 888 3rd Street SW. After its completion, they became the tallest twin buildings in Canada.
Both buildings contain four-level podiums with an upscale retail gallery connected to the
Plus 15 skywalk network.
The Core Shopping Centre, the largest shopping complex in downtown Calgary, is directly connected via
Plus 15. The northeast corner of the complex incorporates the historic Hollinsworth Building, whose intricate
terra cotta facade has been fully restored.
The distinctive crowns of the buildings are intended to resemble
cowboy hat
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s when viewed from afar; Bankers Hall West is topped by a gold roof structure while the East building's crown is in silver. A
white cowboy hat has long been an iconic symbol of Calgary, being portrayed on the city's flag, and presented as gifts to foreign dignitaries by the civic government at "white hatting ceremonies".
The complex previously featured a fitness centre called Bankers Hall Club and, prior to that, a multiplex movie theater, however both facilities are now closed.
Shopping Mall
The bottom 4 floors of the Bankers Hall complex feature a
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...
of the same name, which has
skywalk connecting it to the larger
The CORE shopping centre to the north.
The shopping mall of Bankers Hall contains of retail floor area.
Major Tenant
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Gallery
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Calgary
*
List of shopping malls in Canada
References
External links
Bankers Hall
{{Malls in Alberta
Bank buildings in Canada
Twin towers
Shopping malls in Calgary
Brookfield Properties buildings
Postmodern architecture in Canada
Dialog (architectural firm) buildings