“The extra-large windows frame the lush greenery and bring it
inside.”
The edgy new work environment won over the 2017 AAP Jury
with its “Design Excellence, Innovation and Function” in the
Industrial category.
Two other Lemay projects just earned AAP recognition through
honourable mentions, as well.
It’s a fourth nod for the harmoniously integrated
downtown Montmagny Library (in the Infrastructure category),
which won a Wood Design Award in the Heritage category
this year from Cecobois, the centre of expertise in commercial
wood construction, and a 2015 Architecture Award from the
Quebec Library Association. Notable for its eloquent melding
of new construction with an existing former presbytery, the
library was also a runner-up in the Quebec order of architects’
Institutional and Public Buildings category in 2015.
It’s a first honourable mention for the sensational Paquet
Wharf and Esplanade in Lévis, Quebec, with its monumental
fountain. What was a barren, post-industrial ferry wharf has
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been transformed into a landmark and a grand entrance to
the City of Lévis: an international cruise ship wharf, a tourist
attraction, a historic interpretation site and a local gathering
space. It was in the running in the Public Architecture category.
Lemay’s much-awarded Bibliothèque du Boisé won two
American Architecture Prizes in 2016, the award’s first
year - one for Institutional Architecture and one for Cultural
Architecture.
About Lemay: Creative Intelligence. Collective Value.
Founded in 1957 as an architectural practice, Lemay is one
of Canada’s leading integrated design services firms, merging
architecture, urban design, interiors, landscape, engineering,
sustainability and branding into a multidisciplinary and
synergistic ensemble. With 10 offices worldwide (including
one in New York since 2015), it ranks 79th in the world
(World Architecture). Lemay has won over 300 awards and
distinctions. Leveraging its unique blend of creativity, capacity
and expertise, Lemay champions its clients’ aspirations,
enhances users’ quality of life and strives to build a brighter
future for our communities.
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