This new elementary school is part of a residential neighbourhood that includes several circus institutions (TOHU, National Circus School), a CHSLD and Frédéric-Back Park. A re-envisioned elementary school — With its open architecture, the new school consolidates the existing fabric by transforming a formerly abandoned site into a dynamic hub which improves community life. The […]

Inaugurated in 1966, the Ottawa Station is an International Style building distinguished by the use of glass, steel, and raw concrete. It was granted the status of “Heritage Railway Station” in June of 1996. Adapting a heritage building for contemporary use — The wing refurbishment project consists of a major redevelopment, featuring a lounge for […]

The renewal of PDP3 is founded on a premise of repairing the legacy of PdP3 in many dimensions The building is one of the largest federal office buildings in Canada and is the headquarters for both PSPC and Shared Services Canada (SSC). The renewal of PDP3 is founded on a premise of repairing the legacy […]

HEC Montréal’s Hélène Desmarais Building: A contemporary face for an historic institution What if training the leaders of the future started with immersion in responsible architecture in tune with its surroundings? Designing a new 24,000-m2 building in downtown Montréal to expand the horizons of the oldest business and administration School in the country was the […]

Arbora is an ecoresponsible housing development located on a former industrial site. The site is bound by William, de la Montagne, Eleanor and Ottawa streets, in the Griffintown neighbourhood of Montreal’s Le Sud-Ouest borough. The project contributes to the revitalization of the neighbourhood and to shaping a new urban residential area that is sustainable, innovative, […]

Can architecture change our relationship to democracy? The answer in this particular case comes in a spiral ramp that forms a scenographic trail from the entrance of the Québec National Assembly’s reception pavilion to the heritage building’s core. Inaugurated in May 2019, the pavilion presented an opportunity to transform the ties between citizens and their […]

The Îlot Balmoral, built for the Société d’habitation et de développement de Montréal, is characterized by its huge bright red opening, whose vibrant color creates a strong link with the Quartier des spectacles thanks to an architectural language that revisits the universe of the arts. This opening divides the building into two distinct blocks and […]

TOD – TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT The Bois-Franc TOD project is part of the new metropolitan orientations aimed at linking urban planning and sustainable mobility by orienting development around public transit infrastructures in the greater Montreal area. The Bois-Franc intermodal station, located at the limits of the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville, is destined to become […]

EXPANSION The new Pierre Lassonde Pavilion of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, realized by the OMA* AMO Architecture P.C. / Provencher_ Roy, imparts a newfound architectural cohesiveness to the Musée and increases by 90% the exhibition space. Linked to the existing museum complex by a 130.6 meters long passageway, the building aims to weave […]

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