Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario. Sudbury has 15 buildings that stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 12-storey, Tom Davies Square, an office building constructed in 1977. The second-tallest building in the city is Rockview Towers, standing at tall with 17 storeys. , the city contains 15 highrises over and only 2 skyscrapers that exceed in height.

The latest high-rise built in Sudbury is Laurentian University East Residence, a student accommodation building for students at Laurentian University. It was completed in 2012. There are currently no high-rises under construction; however, two are approved for construction in Sudbury, to be an extension to the Cherry Gardens complex. Three towers are also proposed at the former St. Joseph's Health Centre, 2 of which would hold the title for the tallest building in the city.

Tallest buildings This list ranks buildings in Greater Sudbury that stand at least 35 m (114.8 ft) tall, based on CTBUH height measurement standards. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank Building Address Location Height Floors CompletedUseNotes 1 Tom Davies Square 200 Brady Street Downtown 12 1977 Office 2 Rockview Towers 1250 Ramsey View Court Lockerby 17 1984 Residential 3= Bonik Tower 1016 Arthur Street New Sudbury 14 Residential 3= The R.D. Parker Building 935 Ramsey Lake Road Laurentian University 11 Office 5 Balmoral Apartments 720 Bruce Avenue Cambrian Heights 16 Residential 6 Starbury Towers 400 Telstar Avenue Moon Glow 13 Residential 7 Cherry Gardens 263 Brady Street Downtown 14 Residential 8 Temellini Apartments 901 LaSalle Boulevard New Sudbury 14 1973 Residential 9 Laurentian University East Residence 935 Ramsey Lake Road Laurentian University 12 2012 Residential 10= Lockerby Towers 256 Caswell Drive Moon Glow 13 Residential 10= Stop 2200 Apartments 2200 Regent Street South Moon Glow 12 Residential 10= City View Gardens 200 Ste. Anne Road Downtown 12 Residential 10= 1960 Paris Street 1960 Paris Street Moon Glow 12 Residential 14 University College Residence 935 Ramsey Lake Road Laurentian University 11 Residential 15 St Andrew's Place 111 Larch Street Downtown 11 Residential

Projects

Approved This is a list approved buildings that are planned to rise to over tall. Building Location Height Floors Use Project Manitou Tower ADowntown?17Residential Project Manitou Tower BDowntown?17Residential

Proposed This is a list of proposed buildings that are planned to rise to over tall. Building Location Height Floors Use28 Paris Street Tower BBell Park68.2 m (224 ft)20Residential 28 Paris Street Tower ABell Park56 m (184 ft)16Residential 28 Paris Street Tower CBell Park40 m (131 ft)12Residential

Other significant structures Inco Superstack

The Inco Superstack, with a height of , is the tallest chimney in Canada and the Western Hemisphere, and the second tallest freestanding chimney in the world after the GRES-2 Power Station in Kazakhstan. The Superstack is approximately 15 cm (6") shorter than the Empire State Building in New York City. It is also the second tallest freestanding structure of any type in Canada, ranking behind the CN Tower but ahead of First Canadian Place, and the 27th tallest freestanding structure in the world. The Superstack sits atop the largest nickel smelting operation in the world at Inco's Copper Cliff processing facility in the city of Greater Sudbury.

It was constructed in 1972 by Inco Limited at an estimated cost of 25 million dollars; from the date of its completion until the GRES-2 chimney was constructed in 1987, it was the world's tallest smokestack. Between the years 1972–75 it was the tallest freestanding structure in Canada.

The structure was built to disperse sulphur gases and other byproducts of the smelting process away from the city itself. As a result, these gases can be detected in the atmosphere around Greater Sudbury in a radius of the Inco plant. Prior to the construction of the Superstack, the waste gases contributed to severe local ecological damage.

In 2018, Vale announced that the stack will be decommissioned and dismantled beginning in 2020."Superstack dismantling will begin in 2020, Vale says". CBC Northern Ontario, September 19, 2018.

Mclennan Design firm has come up with a proposal to retrofit the Superstack via Adaptive Reuse, as a Renewable Energy structure, capable of providing enough electricity to power Copper Cliff or the VALE operations below. In their proposal called: "From Superstack to Solar Stack — Creating a New Icon for Sudbury"

Science North

Science North is an interactive science museum.

The complex, which is Northern Ontario's most popular tourist attraction, consists of two snowflake-shaped buildings on the southwestern shore of Lake Ramsey, just south of the city's downtown core, as well as a former ice hockey arena which includes the complex's entrance and an IMAX theatre. The snowflake buildings are connected by a rock tunnel, which passes through a billion-year-old geologic fault. This fault line was not known to be under the complex during the construction of the building in the early 1980s. Where the walkway reaches the larger snowflake, the Inco Cavern auditorium is frequently used for temporary exhibits, as well as for press conferences and other gala events.

See also

List of historic places in Greater Sudbury List of tallest buildings in Ontario

References