WIP · World in Pocket

Palazzo Aldred

Montréal, Italy

Palazzo Aldred

The Aldred Building (French: Édifice Aldred; also known as Édifice La Prévoyance) is an Art deco building on the historic Place d'Armes square in the Old Montreal quarter of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Completed in 1930, the building was designed by Ernest Isbell Barott, of the firm Barott and Blackad

er, with a height of 96 metres (316 ft) or 23 storeys. Built at a cost of $2,851,076.00 (equivalent to $57,091,058 in 2025), Barott endeavored to design a modern building which would, at the same time, fit with the square's historic surroundings. The building's setbacks at the 8th, 13th, and 16th floors allow more light on the square and create a cathedral-like massing, reflecting the adjacent Notre-Dame Basilica. The building uses limestone, common to other buildings in the area. The Aldred Building also attempts to address both Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Street which do not meet at right angles, aligning with both streets until the third floor, where it then steps back and becomes square to Notre-Dame. The odd angle is small and not immediately noticeable from street-level. The building resembles New York's Empire State Building, completed the same year, and was built for John E. Aldred...

Listen to the audio guide for Palazzo Aldred Free on WIP — starts by itself when you arrive, even with the screen off

Nearby