Architecture: An Unaffordable Luxury for Montreal?

LECTURE PRESENTED ON JANUARY 21, 2015

Major construction projects, particularly cultural, are multiplying on the Montreal landscape, but not many of them truly enrich the city. Why is there such a gap between intentions and results? What is preventing Montreal from building significant cultural facilities?

Moderator:

• Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of Heritage Montreal

Speakers:

• Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director, espace pour la vie
• Claude Provencher, Senior Partner, architect and Co-founder, Provencher roy
• Frédérique Doyon, journalist, Le Devoir

Lecture presented by the McCord Museum and Heritage Montreal.

City Talks is a series of lectures bringing together city thinkers and builders to share their views on current practical urban issues affecting Montrealers.