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Atelier l’Abri embraces “expressive potential of construction” with Montreal shed

July 24, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local architecture studio Atelier l’Abri has created a shed at a Montreal farmhouse with a galvanized steel and hemlock timber structure. Named Melba Pavilion, the 45-square-metre structure was designed as a workspace and storage for the surrounding Maison Melba property, which includes a residence, studio, workshop and greenhouse dedicated to sustainable agriculture. Located between the property’s greenhouse

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“Mad Men meets Apple store” at Ménard Dworkind’s revamp of IM Pei tower interior

June 26, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Local studio Ménard Dworkind has retrofitted a 1960s building designed by IM Pei with an office interior for a tech company in Montreal. The 3,330-square foot (310-square metres) space houses the offices of TEC Energy inside IM Pei’s 47-storey Place Ville Marie tower, a cruciform skyscraper completed in 1962 as headquarters for the Royal Bank

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Ædifica presents “vision of densification” for Cité Angus II housing block in Montreal

April 5, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade. Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a “full-scale sustainable development”. It will put multi-storey residential and businesses

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Ivy Studio installs colourful marble in Montreal’s Hayat restaurant

February 25, 2024 Dan Howarth 0

Montreal-based Ivy Studio has chosen a variety of dramatic marble to outfit a Middle Eastern restaurant, which features a colour palette influenced by “the earthy tones of the Syrian deserts”. In Montreal’s Old Port neighbourhood, the 1,500-square-foot (140-square metre) Hayat restaurant is designed to reflect the cuisine served by chef Joseph Awad. “This Middle Eastern

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Provencher Roy designs tower with dramatic cantilever for Montreal quay restoration

January 11, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local architecture studio Provencher Roy has included the “lighthouse”-like Port of Montreal Tower with cantilevered platforms in the renovation of a disused industrial pier in Montreal. Provencher Roy placed the 65-metre-tall tower on the edge of a pier in Montreal’s Old City that once served as a grain exporting hub for the region. It now

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Lemay redesigns open-air theatre in Montreal’s La Fontaine Park

December 1, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Local architecture studio Lemay aimed to rethink the relationship between “the built and the natural” in its revamp of Théâtre de Verdure, which consists of a stage on an island and a fan-shaped seating area. The open-air theatre is located within La Fontaine Park, which encompasses 34 hectares in Montreal’s Le-Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood. The Théâtre de

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Provencher Roy mixes recycled glass into concrete of sculptural Quebec bridge

November 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian architecture studio Provencher Roy has created Darwin Bridges, a curved bridge on Nuns’ Island outside of Montreal constructed with concrete that utilises recycled glass in its mixture. The structure replaces a set of two-lane bridges constructed in the 1960s to service the growing suburban community and connect it with the highway system. The original

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Appareil Architecture designs Montreal dental clinic to feel like “someone’s home”

November 12, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

The minimalist interior of this Montreal oral surgery clinic by local studio Appareil Architecture “adopts a residential aesthetic” to help patients and employees feel relaxed. The Maxillo Tandem clinic in the city’s Technopôle Angus neighbourhood provides maxillofacial surgery, which deals with diseases, injuries and defects of the mouth, teeth and jaws. The clinic’s founder, surgeon

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Ivy Studio converts historic bank building into offices for Montreal ad agency

July 29, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

The offices that Montreal’s Ivy Studio has designed for digital advertising agency Cardigan include a mesh-wrapped mezzanine and a “futuristic” basement within a former bank building. For Cardigan’s expanding team, Ivy Studio has renovated a stone building that was built as a bank in 1907, in the Rosemont area of Montreal. The structure has had

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MRDK uses arches and mosaics for Ciele Athletics store in Montreal

July 2, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Rounded walls and archways create a flow through this Montreal boutique, designed by local studio MRDK for Canadian sportswear brand Ciele Athletics. The first boutique for Ciele, which sells technical headwear and apparel for running, opened in April 2023 on Notre-Dame Street in Montreal – the brand’s hometown. The 3,000-square-foot (279-square-metre) flagship store was designed

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