The National Gallery of Canada at 380 Sussex Drive in Ottawa was designed by Moshe Safdie & Associates for the federal government, through the Canadian Museums Construction Corporation. The infobox lists 1983, but the text says construction began in 1985. The building opened in May 1988.
The article describes glass and granite with a cathedral-like south facade, concrete pylons resembling flying buttresses and a Gothic-inspired ceiling. Materials are pink granite, glass, steel and concrete, with limestone in the Taiga Garden. Total floor area is 46,621 square meters, with 12,400 for exhibitions.
A 7.4 million dollar renovation in 2017 opened a Canadian and Indigenous art gallery. It is the national art museum and a Crown corporation, with 385,576 visitors in fiscal 2017 to 2018. The article gives no hours.
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