Today, 1 July 2017, is Canada's 150th birthday and we've pulled together six contemporary cultural buildings in the country to mark the occasion. They include a white granite museum, a music centre of huge towers clad in bronze tiles and a gallery in the forest.
Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of The Constitution Act, which amalgamated what was Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single sovereignty as part of the British Empire in 1867.
One-hundred-and-fifty years later, the country is celebrating with a series of cultural events that involve music, film, arts and design.
We've decided to commemorate by selecting some of its best new public buildings, where visitors can learn about Canadian and international history and culture in architecturally impressive settings. Here's our top six:
Pierre Lassonde Pavilion, Quebec by OMA
OMA's New York office designed the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion as a series of stacked, stepped and rotated volumes that double the size of the existing Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec.
The studio teamed up local firm Provencher Roy to complete the extension to the museum, which opened to the public last summer and was described as the largest cultural project in Quebec City.
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