Colorful glass facade along Rue de Bleury.
Photo: Hal Ingberg Architect
UNCONVENTIONALLY COLORFUL
by ArchitectureWeek
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In case the city of Montreal, Quebec needed a kickstart
into the 21st century, it certainly has one now. The
colorful expansion of the Palais des Congres doubles
the size of the existing convention center and puts the
city on notice that sober limestone and granite are
being challenged as the urban norm.
The colored-glass box was designed by a collaboration
of Tetreault, Parent, Languedoc et Associes with Saia
et Barbarese Architectes, AEdifica, and Hal Ingberg
Architect. Nearly the entire southwest facade is made
up of vertical panes of alternating pink, chartreuse,
blue, and yellow glazing.
The result is infectious: when sunlight strikes the
skin, adjacent spaces, both interior and exterior,
reflect the many colors. The 5- by 12-foot (1.5- by
3.6-meter) vertical panels were detailed so that
horizontal and vertical mullions are not visible from
the outside.
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