Awards and recognitions
Year
Place des festivals | Quartier des spectacles
2009
Location
Montreal
Client
SHDM
Studio role
Project and design architect
Services
Complete services in urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, industrial design, graphic design
State of completion
Project completed in 2009
Statistics
Total area of public space and sidewalks of 14 400 m² / 155 000 ft²
AZ AWARDS - Jury Comment
2013
« This space is part green and part hard, which means during the course of a year it can have many different lives. Daoust Lestage has built an environment out of the whole cloth, and we should all be doing a lot more of that. »
Lynn Moore, The Gazette
2013
« THE CITY HOTTEST PLACE - Place des Festivals is more than gathering place for music; it serves as a focus for the new vision of the Places des Arts area, while linking old and new neighborhoods and providing a site for fun (…)
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AZ Awards - AZURE Magazine - Category landscape architecture | Place des festivals | Laureate
2013
AZ Awards - AZURE Magazine - People’s choice- Category landscape architecture | Place des festivals | Laureate
2013
Facteur D Awards - Urban design / urbanism - Secteur Place des Arts | Place des festivals | Laureate
2012
Ordre des Architectes du Québec - Awards of excellence - Category urban design | Place des festivals | Laureate
2011
National Post Design Exchange Awards - Silver award - Category urban design | Place des festivals | Laureate
2009
Wan Award - Category urban design | Place des festivals | Finalist
2010
Ontario Association of Architects - Design excellence award | Place des festivals et vitrines habitées | Laureate
2013
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada - Governor General’s Medal in Architecture | Place des Festivals and Vitrines Habitées | Laureate
2012
Photo Credits
Marc CramerAdrien WilliamsStephan Poulin