Metro Georges-Vanier
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More pictures of obscure metro stations. Pierre W Major was the architect and the only other thing that he built that I can find online is the Saint-Justin Church.
A tile circle
A tile circle
A tile circle
My best guess would be that he kind of liked (or maybe was one of) Les Plasticiens even though it was built in the 70s.
A tile circle and a tile quadrilateral
A tile circle and a tile quadrilateral
A tile quadrilateral
Horizontal brick stripes
Horizontal brick stripes
Diagonal brick stripes
Un arbre dans le parc by Michel Dernuet, Claude Théberge, and Antoine Lamarche.
It appears that Michel Dernuet (who gets all the credit for the piece of art) actually paid the rent by working as a movie art director. That could go a long way to explaining some things.
Un arbre dans le parc by Michel Dernuet, Claude Théberge, and Antoine Lamarche.
Un arbre dans le parc by Michel Dernuet, Claude Théberge, and Antoine Lamarche.
View along the tracks
Descending the escalator
Interior view
Interior view of the frustum
I like the word frustum.
Indoor bench
The outdoor benches
The outdoor benches
The building
The building
The building
The building
The building and the frustum
The frustum
The frustum
The frustum
If you’d like more information on Metro Georges-Vanier, try these links. Metro de Montreal, Official STM site or PlanèteCastor.com.
Published: January 11th, 2012 Author: zeke Categories: Art, Métro, Montréal, Photo Essay, Public Art, Ramble, Sculpture, Visual Art Tags: Metro Georges-Vanier | 1 Comment »
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