Magdalen House by Atelier L’Abri: Cedar, Stone and Salt Air

Magdalen House settles into the dunes of Quebec, in quiet dialogue with land and light, local architecture and craft.

Magdalen House settles into the dunes of Quebec, in quiet dialogue with land and light, local architecture and craft.

From repurposed convent benches to serendipitous sloping dinner sets and a design exploration of softness. The first edition of Montreal Design Week marked a turning point for the Quebec capital, confirming its status as an evolving UNESCO Design City.

Luca Fortin and Atelier mock/up’s ‘Faire le vide’ is a hidden secret alcove in a quiet conversation with the surrounding forest and water.

Passage Insolites 2023 festival: anamorphic paintings, minuscule mouse-scale businesses interiors, googly eyes on buildings, and more. We have selected five urban and architectural installations in the Canadian city.

Upside-down cars turned into planters, buried libraries and a monumental arch of gilded baguettes. Passages Insolites 2021 takes over Quebec City with serendipitous urban installations by local and international artists.

Bourgeois-Lechasseur architectes completes CABIN A, a cozy accommodation overlooking some of Québec’s most striking landscapes with an unexpected nautical graphic design.

Center Est-Nord-Est house by Bourgeois/Lechasseur architects shines a light on Québec villages. The structure’s monolithic volume combines the studio’s intimate knowledge of local rural landscapes with its modern-day vision.

An austere and fictitious border fence, a snow globe-turned into monument and an architectural sphere rolling down the alley… Check our favourite installations on show at PASSAGES INSOLITES 2019, Quebec City’s serendipitous urban art trail.