Photo by Eric Branover. Courtesy Kollectif.net
To mark its 15th anniversary, Quebec-based architecture news site Kollectif has launched a social media campaign under the hashtags #quiestlarchitecte and #WhoIsTheArchitect. The effort aims to underscore the importance of naming architects and designers when buildings are featured in the news and on social media.
Kollectif calls on the public to add the hashtags #WhoIsTheArchitect or #WhoIsTheDesigner in the comments section when they see an unattributed building online. “This simple gesture serves to reinforce a positive design culture and to encourage best practices in architecture,” write the organizers. “It’s also a mark of respect for the work of architects and designers, who have the same right to recognition as artists or photographers.” To further their efforts, Kollectif collaborated with artist-photographer Eric Branover to create a series of images showing prominent public places in Quebec, along with their designers. The images are posted on Kollectif’s Facebook and Instagram pages, and we’ve rounded up a selection below.
Architect Manon Asselin (Atelier TAG) at the Bibliothèque Raymond-Lévesque, in Saint-Hubert, designed in collaboration with Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects.

 
Architect Gilles Saucier (Saucier + Perrotte architectes) at the Stade de soccer de Montréal, designed in collaboration with HCMA.

 
Architect Marie-Eve de Chantal (LemayMichaud) insi...