A reassembled landscape: that’s what Smith Vigeant Architectes offers with the Parc national des Îles-de-Boucherville’s discovery and service center. The buildings’ structure, made entirely of wood, honours the essences found in nature nearby. Thus, the Eastern Cedar is used as an outer cladding (in natural finish) and interior cladding (varnished or bleached), evoking the duality … Continued

Close to Beaver Lake, at 1260 Remembrance Street, we find three kiosks having a useful purpose. Designed as an artistic installation, the request made by Mount Royal and the Large Parks and Greening department’s administration, resulted in a partnership between Atelier Urban Face inc. and Pierre Morency Architecte. Each construction is inclined at a different … Continued

A major land reclamation company in Quebec, where this project of DAOUST LESTAGE + ABCP has transformed a former parking lot into a modern and diversified public square. Cars are now finding refuge in the parking lot built on the edge of the field. In the redesigned space, passers-by can enjoy the sun on the … Continued

The Hodgings and associates firm has taken advantage of the significant slope of this residential lot, crossed by a small stream channelled under the lawn and an old stone foundation, to design this inventive landscape showing very good engineering control. The stream flows through an aqueduct made of H-shaped steel beams supported by a wooden … Continued

Located on the banks of the Lachine Canal, the MYST project consists of two almost entirely glass towers connected by a bridge and completed by a commercial component on the ground floor. A long linear channel acting as a barrier with the adjacent land is outlined in black, reflecting the vegetation. The play of textures, … Continued

Subscribing to a desire to create open dialogue between architecture and nature, the vision for the exterior design of the Ericsson corporate campus in Saint-Laurent had to reconcile vast natural spaces and organizational needs that stemmed from the space’s professional functions. To preserve the exterior landscape, 1,100 underground parking spaces were divided within a four-storey … Continued

Located in Berczy Park, in the heart of Toronto’s historic district, this Victorian-inspired fountain offers a playful narration through a menagerie of dogs spewing water toward basins. Generating many smiles, the desire to surprise is at the limit of what is feasible in terms of architectural provocation. The fountain is a traditional gesture, but the … Continued

The Parc riverain Espace Fillion, in L’Ange-Gardien, provides citizens with a renewed privileged access to the shores of the Saint-Lawrence with its terrace designed to welcome various events. Its large marquise of steel and crossed-laminated timber offers a light silhouette in the riparian passageway. The suspended belvedere walkway cantilevered over the river is reminiscent of … Continued

Curé-Labelle Place, with its Victorian style, now embodies an ambitious and unique lighting concept, achieved by BC2 and CS Design. The central monument, the statue of Curé Labelle, is found in the middle. Repeating the original dimensions of the old church’s facade, the arch, formed by two white steel panels, becomes a modern ruin illuminated … Continued

Provencher_Roy has managed to develop optimized lighting solutions, adapted to the offices of Vigilant — a DRW Company. The furniture in wide-open work area does not reflect light. That’s how we avoid the glare getting in employees’ eyes. In addition, in the reception and relaxation areas, the electric light is filtered through decorative appliances and … Continued