Architecture

Infill Housing Project

Shannon Moore
On downtown Vancouver’s Comox Street, wedged between Edwardian and Elizabethan-style homes, sits Haeccity Studio Architecture’s new Infill Housing Project, a three-storey walk-up on a modest, 33-ft. by 121-ft. lot. Responding to the…
Building Design

Hotel Birks Montréal

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Originally built in 1894 on Phillips Square for Henry Birks’s jewellery store, and designed by Montréal architect Edward Maxwell, Birks building underwent numerous modifications and alterations over the years, leading to poor conditions…
Architecture

Maison de la littérature

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Montreal-based Chevalier Morales Architectes, the recipient of the RAIC 2018 Emerging Architectural Practice Award, has gained some note of late for cultural projects that take sensitivity to their surrounding communities seriously. One…
Building

Le Jardinier

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Recently completed, Le Jardinier (“The Gardener”) has already made a name for itself by being awarded the 2018 INOVA Award by the Urban development institute of Quebec (IDU) in the Multi-residential projects of $ 50 million…
Building

Sportium Saint-Hubert

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Designed by Indesign Inc., the spatial and material attributes of Sportium stem from the sporting mindset, that of stadiums, sports fields, and athletes aiming for the podium. The building is conceived to stand alone, and to stand out and…
Architecture

Cégep Marie-Victorin Phase II

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Cégep Marie-Victorin, a public educational institution in the northeast part of Montreal, offers a wide variety of programs, including several in the arts (Graphic Design, Interior Design and Visual Arts). Since 2009, the institution has…
Architecture

Dow Planetarium

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On December 11, the new Centech premises were officially inaugurated in the former Dow Planetarium by the Director General of the École de technologie supérieure, Mr. Pierre Dumouchel, and by the Director of Technological Entrepreneurship…
Building

Rigaud City Hall

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Construction was recently completed on Rigaud City Hall, a new civic administration facility for a small Quebec community fifty kilometres west of Montreal. Located at the confluence of the Rigaud and Ottawa rivers, Rigaud is noted for its…