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19-767: Richardson Building may refer to: in Canada Richardson Building (Winnipeg) in New Zealand Richardson Building (University of Otago) , a building of the University of Otago in Dunedin which houses the University of Otago Faculty of Law in the United States Richardson Block , Boston, Massachusetts, listed on

38-545: A $ 3-million renovation of Winnipeg Square, an adjoining underground shopping centre. 49°53′46″N 97°08′16″W  /  49.89607°N 97.1378°W  / 49.89607; -97.1378 Leo Mol Leonid Molodozhanyn OC OM RCA (January 15, 1915 – July 4, 2009), known as Leo Mol , was a Ukrainian Canadian stained glass artist, painter and sculptor. Born Leonid Molodozhanyn in Polonne , Russian Empire (now Ukraine ), Mol learned

57-416: A $ 500,000/year cleaning budget, which included 83 cleaning staff. Waste management of the skyscraper featured 6,000 pounds (2,700 kg) daily trash disposal, which was funneled to a compactor in the basement and picked up daily. Exterior management included window cleaning for four days in each April and October. Air conditioners for the building operate from two floors, the 4th and 32nd. Two such machines on

76-400: A headquarters at Portage and Main. Designed by Smith Carter Searle and Associates, with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill as consulting architects, it was completed in 1969 and still serves as the headquarters of James Richardson & Sons, Limited . The original cost estimate for the building was $ 29 million. Excavation of the site began 19 October 1967. In order to support the skyscraper,

95-489: A high-powered pump in the basement, as well as a 5,000 US gallons (19,000 L) emergency water supply on the 34th floor and a diesel generator for emergency lighting. Shortly after opening, the 31st floor was reserved as an Observation Deck where Winnipeggers could view the city and on a clear day see the Selkirk Water Tower. This floor is currently used as offices. In 2000, a bronze sculpture by Leo Mol

114-613: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richardson Building (Winnipeg) In 2011, the CBC moved its digital television transmitters for CBWT-DT and CBWFT-DT to the Richardson Building, on a new antenna that raised the pinnacle of the building to 151.8 metres (498 ft), once again making it the tallest structure in Winnipeg. The current Richardson building

133-425: Is the second attempt at building a headquarters for James Richardson & Sons, Limited at Portage and Main. The original building was planned to stand 17 storeys tall and cost $ 3 million. Demolition had just begun when the 1929 stockmarket crash hit. Plans for the building were postponed and the lot was unused for nearly forty years. On 23 February 1967, James Richardson and Sons re-announced that they would build

152-508: Is title North Watch, and depicts a man and his devoted dog. Through 2010 and 2011, the shopping concourse below the building was renovated as part of a larger $ 10-million project that included work the former Bank of Canada Building at 161 Portage Ave and the Lombard Avenue parkade. The renovation included new granite flooring, new wall and ceiling coverings and a new conference centre. The renovation came approximately two years after

171-500: The 1.2 hectare Leo Mol Sculpture Garden in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park which comprises a gallery, a renovated studio, and an outdoor display. The garden was unveiled on June 18, 1992 and has been expanded twice since. It is supported by private donations, and Mol personally donated 200 bronze sculptures to the city of Winnipeg. The sculptures are of religious leaders, prominent people, the human form, and wildlife. Mol died July 4, 2009, at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He

190-439: The 32nd floor weigh 700 short tons (640 t) and 900 short tons (820 t) each. They are flanked by a pair of 500-horsepower boilers which were fueled by natural gas, but could be transitioned to oil for days of extreme cold. A tank in the basement held 12,000 US gallons (45,000 L) of fuel oil, enough for four days of heat at −34.4 °C (−29.9 °F). In case of emergency, the building had fire hoses on each floor, and

209-879: The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Massachusetts Richardson Building (Union City, Oklahoma) , listed on the NRHP in Oklahoma Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Richardson Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richardson_Building&oldid=1253557826 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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228-663: The St. Volodymyr Institute in Toronto. 1970, Terry Fox 1982. On Parliament Hill in Ottawa stands his impressive over life-size standing portrait figure of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker 1985. Also on Parliament Hill stands an impressive bronze statue of Elizabeth II . The maquette of Sir William Stephenson C.C. (code-named "Intrepid") is displayed in a place of honour within CIA Headquarters, Langley, VA, USA In 1989, he

247-567: The Vatican. He also has a sculpture of Taras Shevchenko on display on Washington's Embassy Row . Other important subjects who Mol sculpted include members of the Group of Seven , A. J. Casson , A.Y. Jackson and Frederick Varley . Mol also sculpted Sir Winston Churchill 1966, Winnipeg editorial cartoonist Peter Kuch (1917-1980), Dwight D. Eisenhower 1965, John F. Kennedy 1969, Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook ca. St. Volodymyr located at

266-758: The art of ceramics in his father's pottery workshop. Mol studied sculpture at the Leningrad Academy of Arts from 1936 to 1940. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union he was deported to Germany where he was influenced by Arno Breker . In 1945, he moved to The Hague , and in December, 1948, he and his wife, Margareth (whom he married in 1943), emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba . In 1949, he held his first ceramics exhibition in Winnipeg. More than three hundred of Mol's works are displayed in

285-668: The construction involved augering through 50 feet (15 m) of clay above the granite boulders and limestone bedrock underneath the location to install caissons . The construction featured 64 major concrete caissons, some of which contained almost 100 short tons (91 t) of concrete, extending down nearly 85 feet (26 m) below ground. The caissons were drilled through an additional 15 feet (4.6 m) of granite boulder and 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of limestone bedrock. The foundation work involved pouring more than 4,800 short tons (4,400 t) of high-strength concrete and 50 short tons (45 t) of steel. The topping-off ceremony

304-515: Was 94. In 2002, his monumental bronze sculpture Lumberjacks (1990), which now stands in Assiniboine Park was featured on a 48¢ Canadian postage stamp in the sculptors series. Mol's small bronze sculpture of lumberjacks (1978) was his inspiration for a monumental bronze sculpture. He was always known as a particularly prolific artist and some of his most famous works include likenesses of three different Popes which stand in museums in

323-474: Was held on 4 November 1968, when the final concrete was poured on the top level. As of 1981, the skyscraper held a working population of approximately 3,000. The building had 43,758 light bulbs and approximately 500 sinks and toilets and was managed by 150 operations staff. Operational costs of the building at the time included a monthly electricity bill of as much as $ 40,000, $ 110,000/year heating, $ 20,000/year water, and $ 1 million/year real estate tax, as well as

342-673: Was made an Officer of the Order of Canada . In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba . He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . He received honorary degrees from the University of Winnipeg , the University of Alberta and the University of Manitoba . Mol was also made an honorary academician of the Canadian Portrait Academy (Hon. CPA) in 2000. Leo Mol's papers are held by

361-475: Was unveiled in the Richardson Plaza alongside the Richardson Building. The sculpture depicts children on an oak tree, and was commissioned by Hartley Richardson. It weighs almost 1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb). At the time it was the largest sculpture Mol had produced. In 2012, a sculpture by Ivan Eyre was installed as a permanent display outside the Richardson Building. The Winnipeg artist's piece

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