A playful work of art emanates from the installation established on Saint-Denis Street on the Plateau-Mont-Royal. Seventy-four wooden frames, painted in seven hues of navy blue, pivot one after the other emerging on the sideway like a wave that has just fallen. This interactive chatting area integrates perfectly the street, inviting passers-by to spontaneously interact, … Continued
A wonderful urban initiative, beyond design, that revitalizes and takes ownership of an underused site. The reinvented park is a promenade through amusing installations, games and shows that has renewed itself differently every year since 2014. Nineteen creative teams, including many multidisciplinary design- ers and design’s up-and-comers, have encouraged creative expressions and new trends in … Continued
Carta Architecte + Designer took over 3539 LaSalle Boulevard and transformed it. The building’s specific right-angled triangular form is reminiscent of the Flatiron Building’s isosceles form. It creates a link between the street’s space and that of Victor Alley, in the heart of the Verdun borough, thus allowing both spaces to connect. Its facade is … Continued
The Laureau insurance brokers were looking for new office space for their head office. The result? A building erected in the middle of a field in Napierville! The architect drew inspiration from local farms for the project’s design. The dark wooden slats covering the build- ing and the pitched roof unveil a rural aesthetic. The … Continued
Faithful to the company’s dynamic spirit, the design focuses on colour in all its dimensions, offering a wonderful diversity. An extremely calibrated application that promotes a sense of belonging through an identifying signage for each of the teams and through transparency to defragment the space, inviting for exchanges and communication. The play on reflections, thanks … Continued
Maximize natural light, frame views and encourage meetings: here is the goal of law firm Stikeman Elliott in the remodeling of their offices. Saucier+Perrotte architectes’s solution? To articulate a circulation plan designed as a tree. Firmly rooted in nature, the tree becomes the image around which the eight-storey offices are rethought. A central staircase leads … Continued
This is the motto that drives MENKÈS SHOONER DAGENAIS LETOURNEUX in designing this day-care centre. All details are thought-out to awake and feed the imagination, a vector of communication, learning and growth of young children. Large luminous spheres are suspended over the entrance, just like multicoloured suns shining in and soothing the kids there for … Continued
Saint-Jude presbytery, which dates from 1930, was a convent in the 1960s and was transformed into an art centre. The place of worship’s retransformation had to meet the challenge of moving towards a near avant-garde, functional evolution while preserving the soul of the space. The original woodworks have been kept, and the choice of a … Continued
Special mention for a project by Blouin Orzes Architects that is both sober and remarkable. With its grand, simple volume mea- surement, this multifunctional room with bright yellow walls located in Kuujjuarapik, offers an easily identifiable central location dedicated to Inuit culture. With the look of a grand house, it integrates perfectly well with the … Continued
This orthodontic clinic’s design was planned to create a soothing atmosphere for the clientele. The generous and rounded walls, the neutral colours, the open space plan and the appropriate lighting contribute to a warm but sober aesthetic appeal. The satin finish of the Russian Birch’s pale colour used for the suspended benches in the waiting … Continued