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As a UNESCO Creative City of Design, Montréal has developed numerous strategies to ensure greater recognition for designers and architects and to increase the quality of design of buildings and public spaces.
With this in mind, the city recently launched an international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition for the development of a site located in the heart of the “Quartier des spectacles” in downtown Montreal.
The project calls on architects, landscape architects and other design and development professionals to transform...
Montreal, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, has launched an international and multidisciplinary urban design competition for the redevelopment of the McGill College Avenue.
The city wishes to transform this iconic avenue, which spans an area of 16,000 square meters, into a sustainable, ecological and citizen-centered space. Located in the heart of the vibrant area of downtown Montréal, McGill College Avenue will be pedestrianized and converted into a square, connecting the two Montréal cultural landmarks of Mount Royal and Place Ville Marie...
In collaboration with the University of Montreal, the Tapiskwan initiative was launched in 2013 by the Atikamekw Nation Council. Supporting creative, social and economic development within the villages of Manawan and Wemotaci in the province of Quebec, every year a workshop is held to celebrate the traditions and culture of the Atikamekw Aboriginal community through design and crafts. With support from the university, the traditional creative styles are subtlety combined with contemporary techniques, allowing for two-way learning in which...
From 16 to 25 October 2017, Montréal, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, had the honour of hosting professionals from around the world as part of its very first World Design Summit. At the summit’s conclusion, an important declaration was adopted by many international organizations representing designers, architects, urban planners, and landscape architects. The declaration formalizes a common position around the use of design to resolve and overcome the huge economic, social, environmental, and social challenges, to achieve a more sustainable...
From 16 to 25 October, Montreal, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, hosts an international reunion of unequalled scope: the World Design Summit. Under the theme “Bring About Change by Design”, this global meeting brings together professionals working in the four corners of the globe and in the six design disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, graphic design, industrial design and interior design.
The World Design Summit has 3 distinct components: an Expo highlighting the main innovations and solutions in the area...
Montréal, Canada, a UNESCO Creative City of Design, is launching an international multidisciplinary landscape architecture competition for the planning of Place des Montréalaises, a new public space in the city. The competition seeks the most innovative ideas for the permanent construction of Place des Montréalaises, which includes a pedestrian overpass leading to the adjacent Champ-de-Mars metro station.
The city of Montréal has given high priority to the repurposing of areas bordering the Ville-Marie Expressway, aiming to restore ties...
The City of Montréal launched an international competition for the design of worksite information modules. The purpose of the modules — prototypes of which will be installed in summer 2017 on three specific sites — is to mitigate the adverse impacts of worksites on the quality of life of residents and the economic vitality of surrounding areas.
Upgrading underground infrastructure, incorporating new public transit networks, developing streets and new parks, as well as building and restoring major buildings and public artworks, are...
On 15 June, Mayor of Montréal, Denis Coderre and Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, met bilaterally giving them the opportunity to exchange on the role of Montreal within UNESCO, and the Creative Cities Network in particular. Montréal celebrates the 10th anniversary of its designation as a Creative City of Design. Its steadfast commitment to the Network made Montréal a key member.
“Be a UNESCO City of Design is about recognizing the strategic importance of designers and give them the opportunity to fully contributing to the city...
From 3 to 15 May 2016, artists from the Centre for media arts Perte de Signal of the Creative City of Montreal (Design) will be collaborating with artists from the Creative City of Dakar (Media Arts) to run together a collaborative workshop-residency untitled “Libremapping”, in the framework of the Afropixel Festival whose main topic developed for this 5th edition is the “Common city”.
The Afropixel Festival is organized by the Villa Kër Thiossane and aims to develop solidarity, neighborhood and civic actions through...
Held by the Kopula Collective on 12 March in Montreal, the first edition of Nordicité 2016 – Design and Sustainability in a Northern context symposium – sought to explore intersections of life in the North, design and environmental and social sustainability.
During the symposium, topics such as food, habitation, transport, multiculturalism, adaptations and well-being were approached from different disciplines; meanwhile transversal questions such as “how can design be used to improve the daily lives of northern...