1. List of tallest buildings
    Other notable buildings  Con Mine  Northwest Territories Legislative Building  Greenstone Building  Mackenzie Place  Nunavut and Yukon 

2. Timeline of tallest buildings

3. See also

4. Maps

5. References

This list of tallest buildings in Yellowknife ranks skyscrapers over {{convert|30|m|abbr=on}} tall in the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Yellowknife is the capital and largest city in the Northwest Territories and the second largest in Northern Canada. As of 2011, the city contains 3 skyscrapers {{Convert|50|m|0|abbr=on}} and over, with a further 7 high-rise buildings that exceed {{Convert|30|m|0|abbr=on}} in height.^[1] The tallest building in the city, and the NWT, is the 17-storey, {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}} Centre Square – Northern Heights.^[2] This building was constructed in a postmodernist architectural style, representing the city's efforts to add visual interest into the skyline. The second-tallest building in the city is the Watermark Tower (Polar Apartments), standing at {{convert|50|m|abbr=on|0|}} tall with 15 storeys.

Having a population of almost 20,000 people, Yellowknife has a skyline that is disproportionately large, considering its size, population, and location.This is due to Yellowknife's position in a vast, resource-rich area in Northern Canada, a region larger than India.^[3][4] More specifically it is the capital of the Northwest Territories which comprise a large part of Northern Canada. Yellowknife is the largest city in the Northwest Territories, and, as such, many companies are headquartered or have bases in the city such as diamond mining and iron mining consortiums. The city acts as a distribution point for many of these resources. Yellowknife is connected to the southern Canadian city of Edmonton via the Yellowknife and Mackenzie Highways.

List of tallest buildings

This list ranks Yellowknife high-rises that stand at least {{convert|30|m|abbr=on|0}} tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Other notable buildings

Con Mine

At {{convert|76|m|0|abbr=on}} the Robertson headframe located at Con Mine was the tallest building in Yellowknife and the Northwest Territories. The headframe which was built in 1977, sat over a mine shaft {{convert|1859|m|0|abbr=on}} deep.^[16] The headframe was demolished on 29 October 2016.^[17][18][19]

Northwest Territories Legislative Building

The Northwest Territories Legislative Building is the home of the Government of the Northwest Territories. The most recent building was built in 1993 and commenced usage in 1994. The Legislative Assembly has used many permanent and temporary facilities throughout its history.

The current building is two stories tall with two round halls, the Great Hall and the Caucus Room. It is located in Yellowknife, and overlooks Frame Lake. It was designed by Ferguson Simek Clark/Pin Matthews (of Yellowknife) in association with Matsuzaki Wright Architects (of Vancouver), and landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander.

Greenstone Building

The Greenstone Building on Franklin Avenue downtown houses offices of 16 different federal government agencies. Before its completion in 2005, on time and under budget, those offices had been scattered in different locations. In 2007 it was certified LEED Gold by the Canadian Green Building Council for its environmental sustainability; among other features it generates some of its own electricity through building-integrated photovoltaics. It was the first building in the Canadian North to receive LEED certification of any level.^[20]

Mackenzie Place

Mackenzie Place, known locally as the High Rise, is a 17-storey building located in Hay River on the south side of Great Slave Lake. Although no accurate height is known it is sometimes called the tallest building in the NWT. An estimated height of {{convert|57.64|m|abbr=on}} is given for the building that was completed in 1975 and was until the building of Centre Square – Northern Heights in 1996 the tallest building for 40 years. Unlike Yellowknife there are no other buildings in Hay River of any height so it dominates the skyline and is visible from {{convert|75|km|abbr=on}} away.^{[21][22][23][24][25]}

Nunavut and Yukon

Of the three northern territories, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, the NWT is the only one that has buildings over 8 storeys tall. The tallest building in Nunavut is the 8 storey Tukturjuk Tower in Iqaluit at {{convert|29|m|abbr=on}}. The city of Whitehorse had, for many years, a by-law restricting the height of buildings to {{Convert|20|m|abbr=on}}. The by-law was changed in 2012 allowing for 8 storeys and a height of {{convert|25|m|abbr=on}}. As of 2016 the tallest building in Whitehorse is the Mah's Point condos which is {{convert|20|m|abbr=on}} and 6 storeys.^[26][27][22]

Timeline of tallest buildings

See also

• Society of Architectural Historians
• Architecture of Canada
• List of tallest buildings in Canada

Maps

• {{note|a|map1}} Centre Square – Northern Heights – {{Coord|62|27|15|N|114|22|14|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Centre Square - Northern Heights}}
• {{note|b|map2}} Watermark Tower (Polar Apartments) – {{Coord|62|27|15|N|114|21|40|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Watermark Tower (Polar Apartments)}}
• {{note|c|map3}} Northwest Tower – {{Coord|62|27|09|N|114|22|27|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Northwest Tower}}
• {{note|d|map4}} Scotia Centre – {{Coord|62|27|12|N|114|22|25|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Scotia Centre}}
• {{note|e|map5}} Coast Fraser Tower – {{Coord|62|26|57|N|114|21|53|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Coast Fraser Tower}}
• {{note|f|map6}} Precambrian Building – {{Coord|62|27|10|N|114|22|30|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Precambrian Building}}

• {{note|g|map7}} Anderson – Thomson Tower – {{Coord|62|27|02|N|114|21|48|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Anderson - Thomson Tower}}
• {{note|h|map8}} Bellanca Building – {{Coord|62|27|16|N|114|22|23|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Bellanca Building}}
• {{note|i|map9}} Northern United Place – {{Coord|62|27|05|N|114|22|36|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Northern United Place}}
• {{note|i|map10}} Explorer Hotel – {{Coord|62|27|27|N|114|22|22|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Explorer Hotel}}
• {{note|j|map11}} Northwest Territories Legislative Building – {{Coord|62|27|34|N|114|22|55|W|region:CA-NT_type:landmark|name=Northwest Territories Legislative Building}}

References

• Falklands green spider
• Falklands Islands Camber Railway
• Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey
• Falkland Skua
• Falklands Legislative Assembly
• Falklands Play
• Falklands Sound
• Falklands War Argentine surrender
• Falkner Allison
• Falkner (disambiguation)
• Falkner Glacier
• Falkneri
• Falkneri camerani
• Falkner (novel)
• Falkner's Island Lighthouse
• Falkner Square
• Falkner, Thomas
• Falknis
• Falknishorn
• Falknov nad Ohří
• Falknowo
• Falknowo Male
• Falknowo Małe
• Falko
• Falkoeping