The Pierre Lassonde Pavilion?the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec's fourth building is interconnected yet disparate?is a subtly ambitious, even stealthy, addition to the city. Rather than creating an iconic imposition, it forms new links between the park and the city, and brings coherence to the MNBAQ.

© Bruce Damonte

Architects: OMA

Location: Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, Québec City, Canada

Project : Expansion of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)

Lead Design Architect: OMA (New York)

Partner In Charge: Shohei Shigematsu

Associate Architect: Provencher_Roy Architectes (Montreal)

Client: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Area: 14900.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Bruce Damonte, OMA

Team (Oma): Jason Long, Ceren Bingol, Patrick Hobgood, Luke Willis, Rami Abou-Khalil, Richard Sharam, Tsuyoshi Nakamoto, Sandy Yum, Sara Ines Ruas, Ted Lin, Markus von Dellingshausen, Andy Westner, Jackie Woon Bae, Carly Dean with Sue Lettieri, Michael Jefferson, Mathieu Lemieux Blanchard, Martin Raub, Demar Jones, Cass Nakashima, Rachel Robinson

Team (Provencher Roy Architectes): Michel Roy, Claude Provencher, Pascal Lessard, Jonathan Audet, Réal Baril, Anik Bastien-Thouin, Mélanie Caron, Véronique De Bellefeu...