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Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal
Montréal Accommodation Building Development, Québec, Canada ? design by Provencher_Roy Architects
30 Dec 2016
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Montreal
Design: Provencher_Roy, architects
A new glass envelope for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel

?The project involved a major contemporary updating of a heritage building,? noted Claude Provencher, senior partner in Provencher_Roy. ?It was quite a challenge to provide the hundred-year-old hotel with a new face without altering its personality. And today, we are proud that we were able to help return the ?Great Lady? to its former glory and ensure that it will be with us for many years to come.?
Inaugurated in 1912, the Ritz-Carlton is the only great luxury hotel in Montreal to have survived to the present day without changing vocation. Famous for its façades and its elegant Adam-style interiors, the hotel is one of the gems of Montreal architecture. Yet, despite its undeniable qualities, the Ritz-Carlton no longer responded to touristic demand, which has been undergoing profound changes over the last number of years.

Rejuvenating a vibrant symbol of Montreal
The hotel?s management wished to make the modifications needed to make the hotel profitable. The project, with a total area of 43,000 m2, included renovation of the historic hotel?s 130 original rooms and its public spaces, as well as a 12,500 m2 expansion to ...