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The East Memorial Building and West Memorial Building are a pair of government buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Construction started in 1949 to house the rapidly growing Department of Veterans Affairs. The buildings were thus originally named the Veterans Memorial Buildings. They were designed by George Roper Gouinlock (son of architect George Wallace Gouinlock) and H.L. Allward and appears to be a stripped down Art Deco style.
The National Capital Commission (NCC) in collaboration with Public Works and Government Services Canada erected a historical plaque:
A memorial is dedicated to the memory of 1701 Men of the Canadian Bank of Commerce who served in the Great War.
Some offices for the National Archives were also located in these buildings.
Renovations
The West Memorial Building was intended to be renovated from 2019-2023 to restore it to a usable condition, and from 2023-2028 the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court would occupy the premises while their building undergoes renovations.
The Supreme Court has announced that the 2026 spring term will be the last held in the Supreme Court building pending the renovations. The court will move to the West Memorial Building in the summer of 2026, and will begin to sit in the building in the fall term. It is anticipated that the renovations may take as much as a decade. The federal government has budgeted $1 billion for the renovations to the two buildings.