Montréal UNESCO City of Design
An ever-evolving project |
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| Did you notice our new visual identity, launched today on our website and in this newsletter? No revolution here but instead the natural evolution of an initiative that is gathering more and more support as the Montreal design community, the citizens, and the various decision makers are gradually taking ownership of a designation that belongs first and foremost to them. We will announce in a few weeks a series of activities to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the designation of Montréal as "UNESCO City of Design". In the meantime, today's readjustment of our visual identity gives you a glimpse of where we are heading with this initiative that aims at being proactive, inclusive, and, as always, centered around our goal of shining the spotlight on Montreal designers and their work. |
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Graz UNESCO City of Design
UNESCO Creative Cities Network welcomes 28th member
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| On March 14, 2011, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova designated the Austrian city of Graz as a City of Design, making Graz a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. With its solid experience in the field of design, Graz has pledged to develop design and the creative industries as strategic tools in its social, economic and cultural development. We welcome our friends in Graz! |
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Landscape Architecture Competition
NIPpaysage wins the architecture competition for development of the park at Place de l’Acadie |
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| The competition jury selected NIPpaysage as the winning team among the three finalists. This competition, held in connection with a project to redevelop Place de l'Acadie and Place Henri-Bourassa, was intended primarily to produce a concept for areas to refresh the surrounding air in order to help fight the urban heat island effect. |
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Architectural Competition
Saucier + Perrotte Architectes – Hughes Condon Marler Architects / SNC Lavalin team to design new Saint-Laurent Sports Complex |
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| The winning team’s concept stood out from the other proposals for, among other things, the quality of the architectural achievement, the simplicity of the concept, the creation of a distinctive and characteristic image for the city plan, respect for the facility’s surface area, the effectiveness of the sustainable development strategies and its potential to evolve. |
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Architectural Competition
The Saul Bellow Library gets a makeover |
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| The expansion and redevelopment of Saul Bellow Library in Lachine borough is the object of an architectural competition launched on February 16. The jury received several entries in the competition’s first stage, and the finalists will be announced soon. |
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Proclamation
Montréal will mark World Landscape Architecture Month in April 2011 |
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| The Ville de Montréal is proud to join members of various professional associations and the general public in marking April as World Landscape Architecture Month. This recognition of various design sectors comes in addition to similar proclamations for interior design (May 29), industrial design (June 29), architecture (October 4) and urban planning (November 8). |
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Launch
Montréal en paysages, a book by Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec and Sylvain Paquette
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| Montréal en paysages is the culmination of thinking on urban landscapes by two researchers at the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design at Université de Montréal and the result of this Chair’s work internationally. Supplementing international debates on the future of cities, this book provides a frame of reference and a recognized management approach. The book, to be launched on Friday, April 15, is a contribution to the Montréal UNESCO City of Design initiative. |
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Exhibition
Montréal en parcours invites you to city hall |
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| As part of World Landscape Architecture Month, proposals for urban walks will be exhibited from April 15 to 26 in the city hall lobby. These proposals for walks in Montréal were developed last fall by graduating students in the landscape architecture school at Université de Montréal and are the result of a “research/project” experiment promoting a goal supported by the Montréal UNESCO City of Design initiative, namely the presentation of Montréal urban landscapes. |
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