The winners of the MAQ Young Architectural Critic Competition were announced in Montreal last April, at an event that featured a discussion between Emmanuel Caille from Paris, editor-in-chief of d?architectures (left) and New York author and critic Paul Goldberger (centre). | Les prix pour le concours ont été remis à Montréal, en avril dernier, dans le cadre d?une soirée comprenant une conversation publique entre Emmanuel Caille, rédacteur en chef d?architectures (Paris) et l?auteur et critique new-yorkais Paul Goldberger.
The MAQ Young Architectural Critic Competition, created in 2011 by the Maison de l?architecture du Québec (MAQ), aims to encourage architectural criticism by writers aged 34 and younger.
The 2015 competition, supported by the RAIC, received a record 88 submissions from across Canada (23 in French and 65 in English) on the theme ?A Library for the 21st Century.? Competitors analyzed more than 20 Canadian library buildings. First Prize in English went to ?Growing Pains,? by Kristen Smith, an architecture student at Ryerson University. Her text on Ryerson?s new Student Learning Centre, designed by Snøhetta and Zeidler Partnership Architects, appears on page 18.
Marie-Pier Bourret-Lafleur, a French literature graduate student at McGill University, took First Prize in French for her review of the Marc-Favreau Library, designed by Dan Hanganu Architectes. The winning entry appears on page 20.
Winners Kristen Smith (left) and Marie-Pier Bourret-Lafleur (...