Sommerville Residence in Montréal, Quebec

Sommerville Residence in Montréal, Quebec

Design: NatureHumaine, Architects. A couple with two young children wishes to renovate a row house dating back to the 1970s. Being part of a set of rowhouses designed uniformly, no changes were brought to the exterior appearance of the house.

Pioneering Habitat ’67 Exhibition in Montreal

Pioneering Habitat ’67 Exhibition in Montreal

The Université du Québec à Montréal Centre de Design will host a special exhibition examining architect Moshe Safdie’s pioneering urban housing complex Habitat ’67 and its lasting influence on the architectural field at large.

La Cardinale Residence in Montreal, Quebec

La Cardinale Residence in Montreal, Quebec

Architects: L. McComber. For a long time, this semi-detached house built in the 1950s in Montréal’s Ville-Saint-Laurent neighbourhood was home to a family of three young children.

Centrexpo Cogeco Drummondville, Québec

Centrexpo Cogeco Drummondvillet, Québec

Design: CCM2 architects + Bilodeau Baril Leeming architects. Natural and artificial light materializes and dematerializes walls and floors. Different opacities in the fenestration filters light in daytime and throws shadows on the floor as the day goes by.

The Growing Up Healthy Project Montréal

The Growing Up Healthy Project Montréal

Design: Provencher_Roy + Associés | Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes. The site’s close proximity to the protected area of Mount Royal informed the architects’ approach to creating a healthy environment. Based on the concept of “hypernature”.

GOUNOD Residence Montreal, Villeray duplex

GOUNOD Residence Montreal, Villeray duplex

Design: APPAREIL architecture. The young Montreal architects firm faced a major challenge when asked to renovate this Villeray duplex from A to Z. Its singular appearance distinguishes it from others and forms a bridge between past and present.

Terrasse VF in Montreal Plateau district

Terrasse VF in Montreal Plateau district

Interior designer Martine Brisson has designed a spacious, versatile back deck for an 1887 heritage home in Montreal’s Plateau district, now occupied by a single family.

Maison Lagarde in Montreal property, Le Plateau

Maison Lagarde in Montreal, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Design: la SHED architecture. The house is of modest scale and spaces have thus been conceived with the intent of maximizing available surface area. The kitchen, located on the ground floor, adheres to this concept with its compact and highly functional design scheme.

Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal, Québec

Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal, Québec

Inaugurated in 1912, this is the only great luxury hotel in Montreal to have survived to the present day without changing vocation. Famous for its façades and its elegant Adam-style interiors, the building is one of the gems of Montreal architecture.

Houses in Mont-Tremblant ski resort, Quebec

Houses in Mont-Tremblant ski resort, Quebec

Design: YH2 Architecture. On the banks of Lac Supérieur, 90 minutes north of Montreal, a mountain – once the property of a former religious congregation – now houses a creative and innovative model for integrating contemporary architecture in a natural environment.

Major figures from the world of design

Jan Gehl - major figures from the world of design

The World Design Summit Organization is proud to announce its first keynote speakers, for their event in 2017, two major figures in the design world and, more specifically, of urban design and architecture – Belinda Tato and Jan Gehl.

ÎLE BLANCHE Residence Montréal

ÎLE BLANCHE Residence Montréal kitchen interior

Design: APPAREIL architecture. The brief was to redesigned the apartment from A to Z in order to offer a functional and cozy decor. Custom furniture, including an array of integrated furniture, creates a whole with the architecture and reinforces the space’s refined character.

National Bank Trading Floor Montreal, Quebec

National Bank Trading Floor Montreal, Quebec

Design: Architecture49. The National Bank of Canada has unveiled its new trading floor in Montreal’s Sun Life Building. This facility remains the largest active trading floor in Quebec.