Saucier + Perrotte Architectes Wins the 2018 RAIC Gold Medal
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Montreal-based Saucier + Perrotte Architectes has been awarded the 2018 RAIC Gold Medal by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in recognition of its “significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture.”Led by Gilles Saucier and André PSaucier + Perrotte Architectes Wins the 2018 RAIC Gold Medal
Montreal-based Saucier + Perrotte Architectes has been awarded the 2018 RAIC Gold Medal by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in recognition of its “significant and lasting contribution to Canadian architecture.”Led by Gilles Saucier and André Perrotte, the firm has created several notable projects over the past 30 years — the Usine C (1995) and Cinémathèque Québécoise (1997) theaters in Montreal, the First Nations Pavilion at the Montreal Botanical Garden (2001), the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (2006), the Anne-Marie Edward Science Building at John Abbott College (2012), the Stade de Soccer Montreal (2015), and the recently completed Saint-Laurent Sports Complex (2017).The firm won appreciation from the jury for “pushing boundaries of innovation while maintaining a sense of elegance and refinement.” The five-member jury wrote in their citation: “They have built and maintained a high quality of work for decades. They are one of the few firms that are recognized both nationally and internationally. The work is always innovative and interesting. It’s timeless, consistently elegant, beautifully detailed. They integrate nature beautifully,” as noted by ArchDaily. Read more