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Quebec Museum Competition, Canadian Building, Project, News, Design, Property

Quebec Museum Competition Canada : Architecture

National Museum of Fine Arts - Development in Canada



Quebec Museum Competition

International design competition to select architects for a new national museum of fine arts in Quebec City.

Process: three-stage
Est. value : $90m

Extension to the Quebec Provincial Museum

Deadline for submission of candidacies : 21 Aug 2009 at 3 pm, local time

Quebec Museum
photo © Les Photographes Kedl, 2004

Quebec Museum Pavilion Competition - Introduction


International Architectural Competition

The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) wishes to build a new pavilion on a site adjacent to its present complex on the Plains of Abraham in the heart of Quebec City. In order to choose the most significant project, it is organising an international architectural competition under the aegis of the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) and the government of Quebec. This competition will
observe the OAQ’s Guide des concours d’architecture with respect to both the manner in which it is held and its rules for fairness. The firm chosen to carry out the mandate must in addition conform to Quebec legislation, with respect in particular to that concerning the exercise of the architectural profession.

The construction of a new pavilion for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec promises to be decisive both for its intrinsic novelty and for its opening onto the urban space of the Grande Allée. The MNBAQ is looking for an unhesitatingly contemporary gesture which will transcend the heritage nature of its environment.
When the project is complete, the Museum will be notable for having architectural components dating from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. In this context, the new pavilion will enable the institution to enter the future by combining cutting-edge technology and a sustainable development approach. Architectural firms with experience in a related field who wish to meet the challenge launched by the MNBAQ can obtain all the information necessary to participate in the competition at the web site www.mnba.qc.ca. The competition will be held in French, the official language of Quebec.

Small image of the site:
Quebec Museum Site
photo © Les Photographes Kedl, 2004



Quebec Museum Pavilion Competition - Programme

First Stage : 15 teams shortlisted, 5 from Quebec
When : mid-June 2009
Shortlist selection based on experience with related projects
Design ideas submitted

Second Stage : 5 finalists shortlisted
When : mid-Nov 2009

Third Stage : winner selected
When : Feb 2010

Building to open in summer 2013

Organiser : Quebec Museum Foundation

Total cost of the project : 90 million

Estimated cost of the new building : 42 million

International Architectural Competition
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, Quebec City, QC G1R 5H3, Canada
agrandissement@mnba.qc.ca

www.mnba.qc.ca/concours.aspx






Key Quebec Building:

Palais des Congrés, Montreal, Quebec
Realisation: Les architectes Tétrault, Dubuc, Saia et associés
Hal Ingberg architecte (Independant architectural consultant and co-designer)

Montreal building
photo: Hal Ingberg
Palais des Congrés

Canadian Buildings

Montreal Architecture


 
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Quebec Museum Competition Building : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt