The Bank of Canada building is one of the City’s more recognizable modern landmarks, located prominently at the beginning of Bank Street. The Arthur Erickson designed glass towers surround the original 1930s building on three sides and leave the historic north entrance intact. The reflective glass is contrasted by copper mullions and other elements, including columns that extend out beyond the facade and into the public realm on the building’s south facade.

The original landscaped areas around the building were very simple, the plaza on the Bank Street side of the towers was a large open court with benches and planters arranged in squares. The ground of the plaza featured the same materials used in the base of the towers. The exterior spaces surrounding the building underwent extreme renovation in 2014, which saw the construction of a museum for the Bank of Canada underneath a newly designed plaza. The construction in 2014 saw a complete revision of the spaces that border the building, including the removal of a small pavilion that was located on Sparks Street.