Earlier this year, the Nature Museums of Montréal announced the winner of the international architectural competition for the new Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium. The design concept by Cardin Ramirez Julien in collaboration with Ædifica_Architecture + Design was selected ahead of four other entries by…

Montréal’s Nature Museums recently announced that Cardin + Ramirez & Associés architectes was chosen on May 21 by the selection jury in the architectural contest for the new Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium (previously on Bustler). The visual and…

The announcement was made, the ideas bubbled and the jury finally decided. Mathieu Koch, David-Alexandre Côté and Steve Blanchette, three Montreal designers, have won the first prize in the ideas competition for the illumination of the Gesù facade for their sensitive proposal, entitled “Rencontre sur les marches de l’église”.

Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, today announced the classification of Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada as a historic monument. Units 1011 and 1012, which are owned by architect and designer Moshe Safdie, were also classified. Mr. Safdie was present at…

Communication Design Montréal announced the Grands Prix of the third edition of the Creativity Montréal annual contest to over 500 design, architecture and communications professionals. These awards were presented in the commercial, office development and urban integration sectors. Grand Prix Winner: Michel…

The future Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium will be a new star in Montréal’s creative, design and cultural sky. The executive committee has given the go-ahead for the launch of an international architectural competition, to design this new scientific museum scheduled to open in spring 2012.

Montréal, 5 June 2008—The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), in collaboration with the Cities Programme of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), announces the winner of the third international competition for the James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City. The jury awarded the price to Robert Mangurian…