State of the Nation
What is on the minds of architects in different regions of Canada? To find out, Canadian Architect spoke to dozens of architects from coast to coast—to coast.
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State of the Nation: Quebec
“It’s busier than I’ve ever seen it,” says Gavin Affleck of Montreal’s Affleck de la Riva architects, who has practiced for 30 years. “Students and graduates…
Biodome Museum Renewal Project
"We have many big, iconic buildings across Canada that would benefit from new intervention and reuse strategies with this kind of sensibility."
Pierre Lassonde Pavilion
"The success of this project is in its sectional diagram, as a snaking form that connects through the principal public spaces and suggests links to the rest of…
Québec Plans Development of Provincial Architecture Strategy
The Minister of Culture and Communications, Nathalie Roy, and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Andrée Laforest have announced a collaboration with the…
OAQ Awards of Excellence Announced
On April 5th, 2019, The Ordre des architects of Quebec (OAQ) revealed the winners of the 30th Awards of Excellence in Architecture at the Société des arts…
Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal
Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal is a landmark on Mount Royal with significant cultural and natural value. The most visited building in the province, it…
La précision du vague: Imagined urban landscapes exhibit on at UQAM
Carole Lévesque went in search of Montreal’s terrains vagues, abandoned or undeveloped patches of land, such as empty lots and wild greenspaces. The exhibition…
2019 Grands Prix du Design to be presented in January
On January 10th, the Grands Prix du Design will award about sixty prizes to the firms, projects and to the design and architecture professionals.The Grands…
Quebec’s ‘Murmures’ exhibition aims to spark youth architectural…
Architecture is central to the experience of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, which comprises four separate buildings: the Gérard Morisset Pavilion…