The Esplanade of Montréal’s Place des Arts—a gathering place for the city’s arts and culture community—was expanded and renovated in 2018, in order to return it to its vocation as a public space. As major renovation work was necessary, Place des Arts directors seized the opportunity to completely overhaul the Esplanade, a site now at […]

With its five concert halls, Place des Arts is the premier performing arts venue in Quebec. Since it was opened in 1963, this hub of culture had lost its readability, and the public area linking the theatres, subway and shops had become an incoherent cluster of spaces. The project was designed primarily to restore the identity […]

At a time when conserving religious heritage is a challenge worldwide, the architectural intervention made in 2011 for the MMFA’s Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion of Québec and Canadian Art is a stellar example of such conservation. Much lauded for its thorough architectural reflection, its exceptional urban integration and a design that bridges past and […]

The Mariners’ House, the fifth component of the Pointe-à-Callière complex, is a contemporary, urban project that exemplifies continuity and unity with the main pavilion of the museum, the Éperon, built in 1992.

As the custodian and primary source for our society’s collective memory, the National Archives has a mission to conserve and provide access to heritage documents. The site was originally home to three buildings from different, yet significant, periods in our history. Two of the buildings are deemed to have heritage value. The project concept was […]