REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE CRÉVHSL HEAD QUARTERS BGLA | Architecture + Design urbain
This project was recently awarded two prizes : best institutional building of less then 600 square meters and best concept and architectural details from CECO bois , an institution that promotes the use of wood in architectural projects .
Brière , Gilbert + associés , architectes have been working for the last two years on the design and construction of the « Conférence Régional des Élus de la Vallée-du-Haut-St-Laurent ( CRÉVHSL ) headquarters . The headquarters are located in an existing heritage building , on an outstanding river bank site , at 88 St . Laurent Street in the old St . Timothée village now called Salaberry-de-Valleyfield . The project , completed in fall 2011 , highlights both the landscape and the historical building .
The existing heritage building was built in 1851 and housed , until 1970 , a private boy ’ s school . Between 1970 and recently , the building was used as St-Thimothée city hall until it was sold to CRÉVHSL . In between 1851 and the day the CRÉVHSL acquired the building , many renovations had been done to the existing building leaving it in a terrible state . The director of the CRÉVHSL is both passionate of the preservation of historical buildings and contemporary architecture .
The CRÉVHSL project is a testimony of the firm ’ s philosophy and its ability to carry out relevant and innovative concepts . It also demonstrate the firms aptitude to achieve projects whose aspirations , values and quality are deeply linked to a sense of belonging and to the importance of place and history that emerges .
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