J.W. McConnell Building
The J.W. McConnell building seen from de Maisonneuve Blvd.
General information
Address	1400 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Town or city	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°29′49″N 73°34′42″W / 45.4969401°N 73.5783425°W / 45.4969401; -73.5783425
Named for	J.W. McConnell
Completed	1992
Opened	September 30, 1992[1]
Cost	$27.5 million CAD
Owner	Concordia University
Technical details
Floor count	10
Website
concordia.ca

The J.W. McConnell Building is an academic building on the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Built in 1992, it is named for John Wilson McConnell, a Canadian businessman and philanthropist whose foundation contributed to the building's erection. It sits between Bishop Street and Mackay Street on De Maisonneuve Boulevard in the Quartier Concordia. It is the home of the R. Howard Webster Library, the Departments of Education, English, Études Français, History, and Mathematics & Statistics. It is also home to the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, the J.A. DeSève Cinema, the Birks Student Centre and Welcome Centre, as well as many other services such as the Campus Bookstore and Print Services.^[2]

Shortly after its completion, the C$65 million building was criticized as "one of ugliest, most offensive new structures to be erected in Montreal since post-modernist architecture came into its prime."^[3] McGill University professor of architecture David Theodore wrote in 2000 that "Concordia's last major project was the 1992 J.W. McConnell building on de Maisonneuve Blvd., which houses the Webster library. Meant to be the heart of the downtown campus, it has been severely criticized; for example, for the clumsy incorporation of the terra cotta facade of the Royal George Apartments on Bishop St."^[4]

• Concordia Library Website
• Sir George Williams Campus Map

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