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Grande Bibliothèque du Québec (GBQ)

Stage 1

Stage 2

Patkau architects/ Croft Pelletier, architectes / Gilles Guité, architecte (Winner)

Zaha Hadid architects / Boutin Ramoisy Tremblay, architectes

Atelier Christian de Portzamparc / Jean-Marc Venne / Birtz, Bastien, architectes / Bélanger Galienne Moisan Plante / Élizabeth de Portzamparc

Saucier et Perrotte, architectes (Saucier+Perrotte) / Menkès Shooner Dagenais, architectes / Desvigne et Dalnoky, paysagiste / Go Multimédia intégration technologique

Les architectes Faucher Aubertin Brodeur Gauthier (FABG) / GDL / NOMADE architecture / Yann Kersalé / Ruedi Baur

winner

Patkau architects/ Croft Pelletier, architectes / Gilles Guité, architecte

GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE COMPETITION

Year	2000
Location	475, Boulevard de Maisonneuve Est Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Stage	Two stages
Competitors S1	5
Competitors S2	5

Surface area (m²)	33000 m²
Initial project cost	58,300,000 $

Client	La G.B.Q. agissait à titre de maître d'ouvrage du projet de construction (par l'intermédiaire du Bureau de planification et de gestion des projets dirigé par M. Jean Roy.)
Professional advisor	Louise Amiot
Jury president S1	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
Jury president S2	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
Doc. level	75%

Description

This international architectural competition to select an architect, consortium or team for the study and design of the Grande Bibliothèque de Québec was launched in January of 2000. This library was to be situated in Montréal within the quadrilateral formed by Berri, Ontario, Savoie and de Maisonneuve East streets. As a central public library, the building was to fulfill two functions: the loan of material from the Central Montréal Library Collection and the distribution of Québec heritage documentation, currently held within the National Library of Québec and solely available for internal consultation.

In this competition, the Grande Bibliothèque de Québec was not presented as an average building, but rather as a new national cultural institution, the most significant to be created since the Université de Québec at the end of the 1960s.

This was the first international architectural competition to be organized for the construction of a public building in Québec. The holding of this competition was a result of the Québec Ministry of Culture and Communications' desire to promote and establish architectural competitions within the province. This event was organized in two phases: the first involved an international Call for Candidates and the second phase consisted of a remunerated, non-anonymous concept elaboration. It is important to note that from the first phase of this competition, all participating international architects were required to collaborate with a provincial architectural firm.

Jury comments

List of Competitors

Competition staff and jury

Jury president S1	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
Jury S1	Georges Adamczyk, Professeur titulaire
	Lise Bissonnette, Journaliste et auteure
	Ruth Cawker, Architecte
	Yvon-André Lacroix, Directeur général
	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
	Hélène Laperrière, Urbaniste
	Mary Jane Long, Architecte
	Bernard Tschumi, Architecte
	Irene F. Whittome, Artiste

Jury president S2	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
Jury S2	Georges Adamczyk, Professeur titulaire
	Lise Bissonnette, Journaliste et auteure
	Ruth Cawker, Architecte
	Yvon-André Lacroix, Directeur général
	Phyllis Lambert, Architecte
	Hélène Laperrière, Urbaniste
	Mary Jane Long, Architecte
	Bernard Tschumi, Architecte
	Irene F. Whittome, Artiste


Technical Commitee	Louise Amiot
	Jacques Charbonneau
	Robert T. Charrette
	Hélène Roussel
	Jean Roy

Calendar

Press Review

Articles de presse:
La Presse: 08-01-97
La Presse: 26-03-97
La Presse: 27-03-97
La Presse: 26-05-97
La Presse: 20-06-97
La Presse: 16-07-97
La Presse: 22-07-97
La Presse: 22-07-97
La Presse: 26-07-97
La Presse: 01-08-97
La Presse: 06-08-97
La Presse: 17-10-97
La Presse: 01-11-97
La Presse: 25-10-97
La Presse: 09-11-97
La Presse: 10-11-97
La Presse: 11-11-97
La Presse: 12-11-97
La Presse: 13-11-97
La Presse: 14-11-97
La Presse: 20-11-97
La Presse: 29-11-97
La Presse: 10-12-97
La Presse: 18-12-97
La Presse: 12-01-98
La Presse: 19-02-98
La Presse: 21-03-98
La Presse: 24-03-98
La Presse: 07-04-98
La Presse: 07-04-98
La Presse: 07-04-98
La Presse: 08-04-98
La Presse: 17-04-98
La Presse: 20-04-98
La Presse: 24-04-98
La Presse: 09-05-98
La Presse: 26-05-98
La Presse: 02-06-98
La Presse: 04-06-98
La Presse: 06-08-98
La Presse: 07-08-98
La Presse: 22-08-98
La Presse: 24-08-98
La Presse: 19-09-98
La Presse: 02-12-98
La Presse: 06-01-99
La Presse: 18-02-99
La Presse: 19-02-99
La Presse: 04-03-99
La Presse: 15-04-99
La Presse: 02-06-99
La Presse: 04-06-99
La Presse: 22-10-99
La Presse: 06-11-99
La Presse: 07-11-99
La Presse: 05-12-99
La Presse: 21-01-00
La Presse: 22-01-00
La Presse: 24-01-00
La Presse: 26-01-00
La Presse: 04-03-00
La Presse: 13-03-00
La Presse: 30-03-00
La Presse: 07-04-00
La Presse: 11-04-00
La Presse: 17-04-00
La Presse: 19-05-00
La Presse: 23-06-00
La Presse: 23-06-00
La Presse: 23-06-00
La Presse: 25-06-00
La Presse: 26-06-00
La Presse: 27-06-00
La Presse: 28-06-00
La Presse: 30-06-00
La Presse: 04-07-00
La Presse: 05-07-00
La Presse: 06-07-00
La Presse: 07-07-00
La Presse: 29-08-00
La Presse: 10-10-00
La Presse: 16-10-00
La Presse: 11-01-01
La Presse: 27-04-01
La Presse: 16-05-01
La Presse: 13-07-01
La Presse: 11-09-01
La Presse: 04-12-01
La Presse: 04-12-01
The Gazette: 27-03-97
The Gazette: 03-06-97
The Gazette: 15-07-97
The Gazette: 16-07-97
The Gazette: 17-07-97
The Gazette: 05-08-97
The Gazette: 11-08-97
The Gazette: 18-09-97
The Gazette: 11-11-97
The Gazette: 12-11-97
The Gazette: 13-11-97
The Gazette: 14-11-97
The Gazette: 15-11-97
The Gazette: 20-11-97
The Gazette: 13-12-97
The Gazette: 18-12-97
The Gazette: 21-03-98
The Gazette: 25-03-98
The Gazette: 07-04-98
The Gazette: 16-05-98
The Gazette: 21-05-98
The Gazette: 04-06-98
The Gazette: 04-06-98
The Gazette: 06-08-98
The Gazette: 07-08-98
The Gazette: 22-08-98
The Gazette: 02-06-99
The Gazette: 29-01-00
The Gazette: 04-03-00
The Gazette: 11-03-00
The Gazette: 01-04-00
The Gazette: 01-04-00
The Gazette: 11-04-00
The Gazette: 30-06-00
The Gazette: 08-07-00
The Gazette: 22-07-00
The Gazette: 29-07-00
The Gazette: 04-12-01
The Gazette: 04-12-01
The Gazette: 16-05-02
Voir: 17-07-97
Voir: 30-10-97
Voir: 23-12-97
Voir: 09-04-98
Voir: 16-04-98
Voir: 26-03-98
Voir: 26-06-00
Voir: 06-09-01
Voir: 03-02-00
Ici: 09-04-98
Voir: 16-04-98
Journal Les Affaires: 17-11-01
Quotidien: 22-01-00
Quotidien: 26-01-00
Quotidien: 31-03-00
Quotidien: 04-12-01
Voix de l'Est: 22-01-00
Voix de l'Est: 13-07-01
Le Nouvelliste: 22-01-00
Le Nouvelliste: 30-06-00
Le Nouvelliste: 13-01-01
Le Nouvelliste: 13-07-01
Le Nouvelliste: 04-12-01
Tribune: 26-01-00
Tribune: 30-06-00
Tribune: 04-12-01
L'Actualité: 15-06-99
Droit: 26-01-00
Droit: 30-03-00
L'Acadie Nouvelle: 26-01-00
Le Journal de Québec: 04-12-01
Forum: 22-03-09

Revues spécialisées:
Canadian Architects: v.45 n.3, mars 2000
Canadian Architects: v. 45 n.8, août 2000
Canadian Architects: v.45 n.10, octobre 2000
ARQ #112, août 2000
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List of general documents

(not accessible)

Calendrier
Appel de candidatures
Formulaire d'inscription
Lettre
Cahier du jury
Cahier du jury
Règlement
Règlement
Plan
Plan
Plan
Plan
Plan
Questions et réponses
Questions et réponses
Questions et réponses
Questions et réponses

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