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Business Development Bank of Canada in Montréal
14 Aug 2021
Architects: Atelier TAG and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Business Development Bank of Canada at Place Ville Marie
The remodeling of the corporate head office of the Business Development Bank of Canada at Place Ville Marie underlines the great potential and richness of Montreal’s modern architectural heritage. From a sustainability perspective, the project aims to innovate in its response to changes in work patterns linked to new technologies, and with an eye to growing preoccupation for the well-being of workers. Located in the iconic tower of I.M. Pei since 1994, the Business Development Bank of Canada wanted to regroup the 1 000 employees of its head office, dispersed across adjacent buildings, under one roof.
The BDC now occupies more than 16 000 m2 (173 000 ft2). The proposed architectural concept for the workspace presents an innovative socio-spatial model in response to the emerging needs of a new generation of knowledge workers. The first stage of the project confirmed the potential of the redevelopment of several floors of the 1968 tower and consolidated BDC’s desire to respond responsively to the growing urban ecological challenges of the 21st century.

A legacy of the modern period, office towers are typically composed of a series of horizontal space...