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Repentigny Theater / FABG

Paula Pintos — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The new Repentigny Theatre is the result of an architectural competition aimed at offering patrons a variable configuration room with 350 seats for various cultural activities, while also providing a prominent space for classical music. The project completes a civic ensemble called Repentigny Cultural Space, conceived and developed at the heart of the municipality.

McGill University Power Plant / FABG

Paula Pintos — Mon, 17 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

McGill University needed a new building to house three 1.5 MW emergency facilities, generators that will protect research activities in the event of a power outage. The McGill University thermal power plant and the Wong, Rutherford, Administration, and Leacock pavilions are powered by a single emergency generator located in the Ferrier building in the immediate vicinity of the boiler room. This presents risks that should be limited by Housing New generators in separate spaces in the immediate vicinity.

Verdun Auditorium / FABG

Paula Pintos — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The major transformation of the Verdun auditorium and the Denis-Savard Arena is a project to completely rebuild the Denis-Savard arena and revalue the historic architecture of the auditorium by peeling off its metal envelope while modernizing the interior of the complex.

Canada F1 Grand Prix New Paddock / FABG

Paula Pintos — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000

As part of a renewal agreement for the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, the city of Montreal had to replace the existing temporary structures with a larger permanent building that would more adequately meet the needs of the event. The new paddock includes garages for the teams, offices for the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the promoter, a lounge area for 5,000 people, and a Multimedia Center for journalists and broadcasters. All furniture and equipment are shipped from abroad and installed for the duration of the event.

Joliette Art Museum / FABG

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:00:00 +0000

Today the Musée d’art de Joliette is recognized as Quebec’s most important regional art museum. While pursuing the objectives of conservation, dissemination and research established over half a century ago by its founders, the Musée continues to expand its permanent collection, which currently comprises some 8,500 works held in four collections: Canadian art, European art, contemporary art and archaeology.

Rosenberry Residence / Les architectes FABG

Daniela Cardenas — Wed, 18 May 2016 09:00:00 +0000

This residence located on a large wooded lot near Sutton in the Eastern Townships region is conceived as a bi-generational family cottage for a financier now based in Asia and his parents still living in Montreal sharing it for family holidays in summer and winter.

Mont-Laurier Multifunctional Theater / FABG

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Located in the Laurentian ountains, 250 kilometers northwest of Montreal, Mont-Laurier is a small town where the forest industry still plays a centralrole despite a declining demand for lumber. The building site is located on the southern embankment of the Lievre River between the cathedral and the public school.

Conversion of Mies van der Rohe Gas Station / FABG

Victoria King — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Nun’s Island is part of the Hochelaga archipelago located immediately southwest of Montreal. It’s urbanization followed the opening of the Champlain bridge in 1962 under an ambitious master plan carried out by Metropolitan Structures, a real estate giant who had built numerous projects in Chicago with the collaboration of Mies van der Rohe. The new community included three high rise apartment buildings by Mies office and it led, in 1966, to a commission from Standard Oil to design a prototypical gas station.

Stewart Museum / FABG

Kritiana Ross — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Montreal, January 27, 2012 – L'Arsenal du Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène, a former warehouse for ammunition and guns, was built between 1820 and 1824 and was converted into a military museum in 1956. The Stewart Museum has a large collection of over 30,000 objects and artifacts of Nouvelle France and the European influence in NorthAmerica. For this project, we revised the master plan of the site development and we did feasibility study which included a functional and technical program.

Theatre La Licorne / FABG

Kritiana Ross — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The new building of Théâtre la Licorne like the theater company that runs it , La Manufacture, has a strong bond with its surrounding area. It tends to communicate with the city and reflects the type of theater that it produces: straightforward and urban. Aesthetic choices made during the design phase also reflects the idea of "manufacture": Simplicity of form and the use of raw materials: glass, metal, concrete, brick... Apparent structure, ventilation ducts and plumbing. Elements borrowed from industrial buildings: cable trays, concrete floors...

Complexe sportif de l'Assomption / FABG

Nico Saieh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000

L'Assomption College is a private High school founded in 1884 in a small town near Montreal. This college, that hosts 1250 students, has become the heart of the social, cultural and sportive life of the Lanaudière region. It sponsored the construction of Hector-Charland theater, a 600 seats performance center on the Labelle boulevard and is next to the 1300 students CEGEP (general and professional college) including the regional archive center. The crumbling municipal hockey arena that was also built alongside the college needed to be replaced. It led to the decision to build a new sport center including a double gymnasium, workout and dance rehearsal rooms and a new ice rink. This project was the occasion for the municipality and the college to form a partnership for the common occupancy of the new building that led to a private funding campaign that mobilized the entire community.

Pierrefonds Community Center / FABG

Nico Saieh — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough located on the west end of Montreal's island contains a population of more than 65 000 inhabitants on a 30 kilometers strip of quasi suburban character. It shows a wide socio- economical diversity with more than 30% of tenants, 60% of allophones and 16% of its citizens living under the level of poverty.

Théâtre de Quat’sous / FABG

Nico Saieh — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Théâtre de Quat'sous was established in 1963 by a group of actors under the direction of Paul Buissonneau. Together they bought a synagogue located on Avenue des Pins in Montréal and transformed it into a small theater that never ceased to present daring productions from young creators including the mythical psychedelic happening “Osstidcho” in may 1968.