Yesterday, some other architecture geeks and I made on of Montreal's sacred pilgrimages. We visited the gas station on Nun's Island designed by Mies van der Rohe. This is the stuff of my early design history teachings. Along with Westmount Square, it's one of Montreal's modernist landmarks. It's been out of commission and boarded up since late 2008 (see more from Spacing Montreal and the CCA), but the structure still stands, even though birds have built nests among the signature black beams. Below, photos of a most perfect little gas station.
Construction's started on the building. Here's an update:
http://montreal.openfile.ca/blog/2011/construction-underway-transform-famed-nuns%E2%80%99-island-gas-station