https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1473 en-us To ensure safety for players and fans alike at an indoor sports facility, Montreal-based firm Saucier + Perrotte placed a Banker Wire M12Z-17 mesh wall.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13086 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13086-saucier-perrotte-upgrade-montr%C3%A9al-soccer-facility-with-mesh-wire-netting The indoor field of Québec’s Stade de Soccer de Montréal. Photo © Olivier Blouin The tilted partition seen from the corridor. Photo © Olivier Blouin The building’s exterior Photo © Olivier Blouin A crystalline building for a small college in rural Quebec engages nature in a dialogue about design, learning, and context.

]]> 1411-anne-marie-edward-science-building-saucier-perrotte-architectes.asp Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7588-anne-marie-edward-science-building-at-john-abbott-college Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College The 112,000-square-foot building bends around a 100-year-old gingko tree and connects to an existing curved passageway that is roofed with terra-cotta tiles.   Photo © Marc Cramer Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Although its mostly glass envelope contrasts with the masonry of its neighbors, Cor-ten panels on its north facade offer an abstracted allusion to the older buildings' brick construction.   Photo © Marc Cramer Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Both inside and out, the architects used a limited material palette dominated by gray glass, polished concrete, and white-painted gypsum board.   Photo © Marc Cramer Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Both inside and out, the architects used a limited material palette dominated by gray glass, polished concrete, and white-painted gypsum board.   Photo © Marc Cramer Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College The main stair rising through the atrium injects a dramatic note of color.   Photo © Olivier Blouin Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College As he has done in other projects, Gilles Saucier used the main stair as a powerful sculptural element that animates a large volume and lures people to use it. The architect struggled with finding the right hue, finally settling on a saturated ochre that adds warmth and alludes to the terra-cotta tiles found on nearby buildings.   Photo © Olivier Blouin Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes jim@jamesgauer.com (James Gauer) Iconic designs don't always make good places. Photogenic buildings that assert themselves as individual landmarks may ignore their context and fail to enhance the public realm.

]]> 1305-ubc-faculty-of-pharmaceutical-sciences-saucier-perrotte-architectes-and-hcma.asp Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7936-ubc-faculty-of-pharmaceutical-sciences The west facade of the pharmaceutical building provides a showstopping entrance, where glass-clad cubes are pulled out of the volume. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British Columbia The west facade of the pharmaceutical building provides a showstopping entrance, where glass-clad cubes are pulled out of the volume.Photo © Marc Cramer Occupying a corner site on the UBC campus, the rectilinear structure hovers above a base where sleek glass walls alternate with sturdy poured-in-place concrete, as shown on the south facade. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaOccupying a corner site on the UBC campus, the rectilinear structure hovers above a base where sleek glass walls alternate with sturdy poured-in-place concrete, as shown on the south facade.Photo © Marc Cramer The two wedge-shaped atriums of the pharmaceutical building are clad in cedar, and skewed openings in a canted white gypsum-board wall along the south end of the east atrium reveal glimpses of the pe UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaThe two wedge-shaped atriums of the pharmaceutical building are clad in cedar, and skewed openings in a canted white gypsum-board wall along the south end of the east atrium reveal glimpses of the perimeter circulation.Photo © Marc Cramer Cedar also lines the cubiform offices. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaCedar also lines the cubiform offices.Photo © Marc Cramer In the lobby, the poured-in-place-concrete structure looks like an angular tree trunk. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaIn the lobby, the poured-in-place-concrete structure looks like an angular tree trunk.Photo © Marc Cramer On the north edge of the sixth floor, a narrow skylit shaft brings natural illumination into the interior, separating the offices (banked on two levels) from the higher-ceilinged laboratories. The ski UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaOn the north edge of the sixth floor, a narrow skylit shaft brings natural illumination into the interior, separating the offices (banked on two levels) from the higher-ceilinged laboratories. The skinny light well runs perpendicularly to the two large cedar-clad atriums in the interior of the block.Photo © Marc Cramer The architects pixelated an image of two trees to morph the organic form into Cartesian geometry for the building's design. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaThe architects pixelated an image of two trees to morph the organic form into Cartesian geometry for the building's design. Photo © Marc Cramer The front elevation's stair, as viewed from below. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaThe front elevation's stair, as viewed from below.Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMA The front elevation's stair, as viewed from below. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesSaucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMAVancouver, British ColumbiaThe front elevation's stair, as viewed from below.Image courtesy Saucier + Perrotte Architectes and HCMA Located in historic Montreal, Scandinave Les Bains Vieux- Montréal is designed to engage the body’s senses through thermal therapy.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12359 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12359-scandinave-les-bains-vieux-montr%C3%A9al Photo © Marc Cramer Photo © Marc Cramer Photo © Marc Cramer Unexpected edge conditions and juxtapositions characterize not only the location of McGill University’s New Music Building (NMB—until it gets a donor name), but also the complexities of the department itself.

]]> 0707music.asp Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8035-new-music-building-at-the-schulich-school-of-music-mcgill-university A fluid interior renovation offers contemporary style for a modern film company.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12396 Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12396-jet-films-production-office Photography © Marc Cramer Photography © Marc Cramer Photography © Marc Cramer http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12383 Wed, 01 Nov 2000 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12383-cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que-qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise