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Provencher Roy
Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes Inc. or Provencher_Roy is a Canadian architectural firm founded in Montreal in 1983, by architects Claude Provencher (1949-2022) and Michel Roy. History Claude Provencher and Michel Roy met in 1974 while working at Papineau Gérin-Lajoie Le Blanc, a Montréal-based architecture firm. They founded their own practice in 1983: Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes. Line Belhumeur and Alain Compéra were appointed as partners in the firm as work began on the Montréal World Trade Center in 1992: a revitalization project that would both breathe new life into the city’s historic centre and establish the firm’s reputation. In 2005, Provencher_Roy acquired Beauchamp Bourbeau, a firm specializing in sustainable development. Claude Bourbeau, the firm’s principal, joined Provencher_Roy as an additional partner. In the same year, Provencher_Roy also bought a 50% stake in the interior design company Moureaux Hauspy et Associés Designers. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Provencher
Claude Provencher Ordre des architectes du Québec , OAQ, OAA, AAPPQ, ARAC (RCA), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, FRIAC (Plessisville, Quebec, Plessisville, June 11, 1949 – May 6, 2022) was a Canadian architect. In 1983, together with Michel Roy he founded the architecture firm Provencher_Roy in Montréal. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern urban architecture. Biography Claude Provencher was born in Plessisvile, Québec in June, 1949. He graduated in Architecture from the University of Montréal in 1974. He went on to work for the architecture firm Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, Leblanc Architectes, where he met his would-be partner Michel Roy. After 10 years in this firm, the two founded Provencher_Roy in 1983. Provencher led the practice as senior designer for four decades, taking it through a considerable number of architectural and urban design projects, and being recognized by more than 70 prizes and mentions. In 2011, he contributed to the creation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |