Tag Quebec, Canada

20-08-2021

Naturehumaine’s Memphremagog Lake House

At the end of 2020 Canadian architectural studio Naturehumaine completed a big private home in Cantons de l'Est on the shore of Lake Mamphremagog in Québec. The home is inspired by the nearby abbey of St. Benoit-du-Lac in various ways, including the grey colour of the external cladding and the natural lighting, most of which comes from above. Three different volumes contain the living room, bedroom area, and garage/workshop. The big home is covered and decorated with quality materials and furnishings in a contemporary style that ensures energy efficiency.

20-08-2021

22nd International Garden Festival in Canada

The International Garden Festival is celebrating its 22nd edition with the theme Magic lies outside. A message of hope to enhance creativity and add colour to this world.

12-04-2021

Winners of the 2021 Prix d’excellence en architecture

Eleven Canadian projects have been awarded the Prix d’excellence en architecture 2021, announced by the Ordre des architectes du Québec during an online gala held on April 1. The Grand Prix d’excellence en architecture 2021 and the ‘Prix du public’ (People’s Choice) were presented to the renovation of the Grand Théâtre de Québec, by architectural studio Lemay and Atelier 21, who brought new life to a theatre designed by architect Victor Prus and opened in 1971.

05-10-2020

A look at the 21st edition of the International Garden Festival

This year’s International Garden Festival at Reford Gardens in Canada entitled Métissages - blending or crossbreeding - was somewhat out of the ordinary. The five design teams selected from among 200 submissions following an international call for applications were unable to travel to Grand-Métis in June. Still, the Festival team built their installations to make sure the event could go ahead as planned.

22-05-2020

Lemay designs an all-round view for the Bromont Summit Chalet

Bromont – Montagne d’expériences is North America’s biggest illuminated ski resort. Last year the company that operates it appointed prominent Canadian architectural studio Lemay to build a new chalet at the top of the slopes on Mt. Brome, designed to blend in with its surroundings and offer visitors all-round views. Wood is the key to this sober contemporary architecture discretely embracing the shape of the mountain.

12-09-2018

Quinta edizione di Passages Insolites a Quebec

The fifth edition of Passages Insolites (Unusual Passages), created by EXMURO with the support of the City of Quebec, is running until 15 October in Quebec, Canada.

24-04-2018

Landscape Pavilion by Anne Carrier architecture

The architects from Canadian firm Anne Carrier architecture designed the new visitor centre for Seigneurie-des-Aulnaies, a registered Quebec cultural heritage site, basing the concept on the characteristic elements of the surrounding landscape to showcase the site's most interesting landscape and heritage features.

08-01-2018

Atelier Paul Laurendeau Cogeco Amphitheatre, Trois-Rivières, Canada

Cogeco Amphitheatre, designed by architect Paul Laurendeau in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, quickly became an important urban landmark and an engine driving economic growth and tourism throughout the region.

18-08-2017

A heated indoor football pitch in Quebec City, Canada

A considerably large sports facility in Quebec City also contains an indoor football pitch