Following the success of their first stationary boutique, the Baltic Club owners opened a second location in Montreal, this time on Mount-Royal Avenue in the Plateau borough. Despite its great location in the heart of the city, the selected space has one important constraint: its narrow width of 9’6” made it quite a challenge for dynamic circulation and product display. The objective was to design a functional space that truly portrayed the playful world found in the company’s varied products.
New café and pottery studio Les Faiseurs—located at 6564 Saint-Laurent Blvd.—is now open for business. Customers are invited to discover contemporary ceramics in a unique space which combines a boutique showcasing artwork by local ceramists, a pottery studio offering classes and introductory workshops, as well as a café serving beverages in handmade ceramics courtesy of DOMPIERRE.
The project is a rear-yard extension to a two-storey, semi-detached single-family home. The singularity of the project is in its form and siting, resulting from the history of the property.
Initially, the lot was a passageway between two houses. This “alley” was an integral part of the adjacent lot. Then the owner built an extension, encroaching on the alley. A few years later, the owner’s son decided to take over the remaining space to construct a bachelor unit. As a result, the intermediate space between the two lots now contained a new, two-storey unit. Over the years, the lot was subdivided and became one of the smallest occupied lots in Montreal, with a width of only 1.47 m at its narrowest part. The bachelor unit was put up for sale and bought by the current owner, who did not know that a part of one of the walls did not belong to him and that the plumbing was shared with the adjacent property!
In summer 2018, Desjardins Movement’s online services’ spaces will move to the Montréal Tower. The premises, vacant since 1987, are currently being transformed into office space. The interior design follows the architectural work carried out by Provencher_Roy. Desjardins will be the first tenant and has a 15-year lease. Its call centres and administrative offices will take up seven of the tower’s 12 storeys, or 80% of the rental space available at this iconic site. During the work undertaken in 2015 to refurbish and renovate the tower, which had been planned well in advance by the Olympic Park administration, Provencher_Roy replaced the existing prefabricated concrete envelope with a curtain wall for more abundant transparency and fenestration, thereby augmenting the presence of natural light within while respecting the original architecture.
The CCNDG is the last project on the Benny Farm, a redeveloped WW2 veterans housing complex in the NDG borough. CCNDG is the last piece placed in a decades-long story of social activism, memory and collaborative design process that consistently rejected expediency for an expanding and inclusive idea of community. The project was the winning scheme for an architectural competition held in 2010. The community required a 21st century ‘third space’ library, one that was more socially and digitally accessible and engaged.
One of North America’s largest public transportation projects, the Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) will transform the Greater Montreal Region public transport experience with some of the nation’s most inspiring, meaningful and transformative architecture and design.
The future owners were captivated by this completely glazed, brightly lit space, with Mount Royal as its backdrop, its immense terrace stretching from east to west and a wealth of services close at hand. Located in a 40-floor tower that had been completed just months before, the apartment was still a concrete shell. But it was long and narrow, a layout that did not suit the clients’ needs, so they turned to the Desjardins Bherer team for assistance. The firm reimagined the configuration and layout in order to integrate three bedrooms and a study.
Espace CDPQ is an investment and development hub bringing together partners and collaborators around the same ambition: accelerating the growth and globalization of Quebec SMEs. By creating workspaces designed for collaborative work and creativity, Lemay cleverly translated the vision of its client, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
After 5 years of work, the inauguration of the new Webster Library at Concordia University took place on March 23rd with the participation of Hélène David, Minister responsible for Higher Education and Minister for the Status of Women, and Mr. François William Croteau, Borough Mayor of Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, member of the Executive Committee and responsible for the Smart City, Information Technology and Innovation. The event was chaired by Guylaine Beaudry, Vice-provost of Digital Strategy and Chief Librarian, Graham Carr, Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs, and Alan Shepard, President and Vice-chancellor of Concordia University.
VAD Designers d’espaces—in collaboration with National Bank’s Premises Department—developed and orchestrated a new dynamic workspace concept at the financial corporation’s current head offices. The project, which introduces new ways of working, is gradually unfolding across the floors of the National Bank Tower, located at 600 de la Gauchetière.
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