seele canada

the highest level of façade expertise

Spectacular architectural icons are rising in Canada’s cities, and seele canada Inc. has the expertise to turn these visions into reality. Offering the full range of seele’s façade construction services, the company focuses on premium steel-and-glass and all-glass façades. Backed by seele, Inc.’s experience in North America and a top-tier supplier network in Canada, seele ensures the highest quality at every stage of the project.

Notable examples include the West Block Rehabilitation Project of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, where seele modernised the neo-gothic ensemble with a vaulted glass roof over the central courtyard. This space now serves as a chamber for the House of Commons, offering optimal light, shade and temperature control. seele also designed and installed the roof and columns.

Another key project is the Grand Hall at Place Ville Marie in Montreal, seele’s first all-glass construction in Canada. As part of the esplanade’s revitalisation, seele installed a glass pavilion, creating access to an underground food hall and shopping centre and transforming the area into a vibrant urban gathering spot.

Vaulted roof of the West Block Rehabilitation Project in Ottawa from seele Canada with a white steel substructure and trapezoidal glass panes through which one can see into the meeting room. In the background, blue sky, two ornate towers, modern buildings and a Canadian flag with a red maple leaf — **public building | west block rehabilitation project**
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Interior view of the Eaton Centre Bridge pedestrian bridge by seele Canada made of a dark steel frame and white illuminated glass panes, with a metal handrail and an illuminated baseboard, a tapering tunnel with black and white stripes — **infrastructure | eaton centre bridge**
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View from below of a transparent all-glass construction by seele Canada for the Place Ville Marie shopping centre, consisting of a glass roof supported by glass fins — **food hall and shopping centre | grand hall**
montreal

View from above of the glass roof of the Place Ville Marie shopping centre made of 18 rectangular panes of insulating glass from seele Canada in the middle of a grey square with lighting, plants and seating areas between modern high-rise buildings in Montreal, Canada. — **food hall and shopping centre | grand hall**
montreal

construction under extreme conditions

Whether facing extreme weather or unique country-specific challenges, seele consistently rises to meet the demands of every project. To accomplish complex building envelopes, extensive tests are usually necessary in advance. Particularly in the case of highly sophisticated solutions with complex geometries, the impact of extreme thermal cycling loads must be tested on critical construction details. In accordance with international standards, corresponding tests are carried out on full-scale mock-ups under extreme conditions.

thermal cycling tests carried out by seele

One typical test involves the thermal cycling test procedure, in which the structure is exposed to extreme temperature loads. For our projects Brookfield Place in Calgary and West Block Rehabilitation Project in Ottawa, for example, three mock-ups were exposed to temperatures ranging from -35°C to +82°C. The goal was to estimate the loads in critical situations so that important findings could be obtained regarding how the design performs.