Grand Théâtre de Québec, Québec Building Renovation, Canadian Architecture, Images
Grand Théâtre in Québec City
Apr 30, 2021
Grand Théâtre de Québec
Architects: Lemay and Atelier 21
Location: Mont-Royal, Québec, Canada

The Grand Th̢̩tre de Qu̩bec restoration project has just been awarded four prestigious awards of excellence. Two have been presented by the Ordre des architects du Qu̩bec Рthe jury?s highest honors and the public?s choice. SAB Magazine has also recognized the project with the Green Building Award as well as the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, for its innovative prowess.

Prized for its brutalist architecture, the Grand Théâtre de Québec is a cultural icon. Lemay and Atelier 21 were tasked with restoring and protecting the building?s crumbling outer shell and its emblematic Bonet mural, inside.
The new envelope is a delicate response to a complex problem. In developing corrective measures for the building?s many weaknesses, the transdisciplinary team produced a sustainable, innovative solution: adding a transparent, glass curtain wall to the concrete structure.

The glass casing was carefully designed in continuity with the structure developed by Victor Prus, the original architect, and the mural work of Jordi Bonet, enshrined by Prus? protective outer shell.

Discrete and almost immaterial at times, it reflects its surroundings and becomes the main interface with the city, adding an additional theatrical act in the disc...