The Architect · Hélène · Montréal
Maison Alcan
This is the building I bring students to for one lesson: how to join old and new without faking either. The 1980s Alcan headquarters preserved the Sherbrooke mansion façades and linked them to a modern office block through a glazed atrium passage. Walk through the atrium — it's publicly accessible — and read the seam.
An award-winning complex that stitches heritage Sherbrooke mansions to a modern atrium and tower — the model for sensitive heritage integration.
— Hélène, The Architect
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