Pierrefonds Public Library

Architecture Competition

The borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro has launched an architecture competition across Quebec for the renovation and expansion of the Pierrefonds Public Library.

Purpose of the competition

This competition aims to create a building that reaches very high standards, required for Montréal: Family oriented, new information technologies, quality design and sustainable development.

Type of competition

This is a Québec-wide architecture competition in two stages, the first involving submission of proposals and the second involving project presentations, with compensation, by four finalists.

Eligibility

The competition is limited to architects, architectural firms and groups of architects who have had a place of business in Québec for at least three years.

Jury

Guylaine Beaudry, Webster Library Director, Concordia University
Michel Beaudry, Architect at Beaudry Architecte and member of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro Borough’s Architecture Committee
Dominique Jacob, Director of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro Culture, Sports, Leisure and Social Development Department
Phyllis Lambert, Architect and Founding Director and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture
Jacques Plante, Architect and Associate Professor at Université Laval author of numerous architecture books
Oscar Ramirez, Architect Associate at Cardin Ramirez Julien and designer of the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Registration and documents

Candidates wishing to submit an application must obtain the documents via the Système électronique d’appel d’offres (SÉAO).

Applicants must submit their questions in writing to Mrs. Michelle Décary, Architect and the Competition Professional Advisor, by e-mail at the following address: [email protected]

Place of submission and deadline

Proposals must be received by 11 a.m. on June 27, 2013, at the following address:

Concours d'architecture bibliothèque de Pierrefonds
a / s Michelle Décary, architecte
Mairie d'arrondissement Pierrefonds
Service du greffe
13665, boulevard de Pierrefonds
Pierrefonds (Québec)
H9A 2Z4