Catholic School Centre
- Construction year
- 1968
- Architect
- MacMillian Long and Associates
- Builder
- Unknown
- Style
- Brutalist
- Typology
- Office
- Development era
- 1957 to 1982 (Modern)
- Designation
- Inventory listing only
This site is significant because:
- The property is a notable and rare Calgary example of the Brutalist architectural style. It was designed by McMillan Long & Associates; Jack Long (1925-2001), a principal in the firm, is recognized as a noteable, local architect.
-It was the first building completed as part of Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A, a seven-block area targeted as the beginning of a much larger 1960s urban renewal project. Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A was intended for government uses (including school board office), churches, and cultural facilities. Urban Renewal Scheme No. 1A was largely developed, but the larger project was not completed.
-The building, as well as the obelisk in the adjacent park, is decorated by 10,000 fired-clay tiles, each designed and executed by an elementary school student in the separate school student during the centennial year of Fort Calgary in 1975.
Character-defining elements: The character defining elements include: - Expressive concrete structure - Continuous horizontal glazing - Concrete solar screens - Crenulated parapet - Raised podium/plaza - Art obelisk
Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 23.