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At Montreal’s Insectarium, Visitors Are Immersed Into the World of Bugs

Designed by Berlin-based architects Kuehn Malvezzi and local firms Pelletier de Fontenay and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes, the insect museum is the largest in North America.

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A Montreal Office Blends Biophilia with Modernist Rationalism

Sid Lee Architecture transforms part of the Place Ville Marie in downtown Montreal into a living, breathing office based on I. M. Pei’s original grid-based design.

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Montreal’s First Vertical Village Places Wellness at its Core

Designed by local firm Lemay, the mixed-use complex features WELL-certified rental units, restaurants, offices, and the Humaniti Hotel Montreal from Marriott’s Autograph Collection.

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Post-Apocalyptic Hope Springs from Montreal Design Collaboration

FICTIONS, an immersive virtual exhibition put on by the Canadian Creators Collective, invites viewers to question the lines between art and design through an imagined future of the northern city.

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Jean Verville’s Montreal Triplex Promotes Compact and Communal Living

Once home to a former auto garage, the four-story building now consists of three apartments, a ceramic studio, and multiple gardens.

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KANVA Completes an Airy Redesign of Montreal’s Biodome

Building systems complement ecosystems in an airy, energy-efficient transformation that balances the needs of visitors and animals.

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A Kindergarten Near Montreal Uses Wood to Sustainable, Biophilic Effect

Montreal firm Taktik created a light-filled space with sophisticated materials to help enliven learning and exploration.

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As Above, So Below: The Reception Pavilion for the National Assembly of Quebec Digs Deep

Montreal firm Provencher_Roy inserted a new underground pavilion that aims to make the parliamentary complex more accessible and transparent than ever.

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A New Landscape in Montreal Weaves Together Icons of the City’s Expo 67

Encompassing a Buckminster Fuller–designed geodesic dome and an Alexander Calder sculpture, the intervention shows how the city is rethinking its world’s fair treasures.

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Montreal Revamps a Historic Pier, Creating a New and Vibrant Public Space

The city tapped local firm Provencher_Roy for the project, which saw the drab pier given a sleek makeover and greenspace with 30,000 flowering and aromatic plants.

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A Public Park in Montreal Aims to Right the Wrongs of Past Development Schemes

The city and local firm Groupe Rousseau Lefebvre turned a 1960s expressway into "a prestigious, functional, and user-friendly gateway to downtown."

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David Chipperfield Designs a Stark, Minimalist Store for SSENSE in Montreal

Thanks to its diverse programming, the new store is as much a much a cultural venue as it is a commercial space.