Paul Laurendeau

Paul Laurendeau is an award-winning architecture studio established in Montreal since 1995. He is interested in creative work of all scale with clients that seek a personal vision. In 2003, he was awarded a Prize of Excellence from the Order of Architects of Quebec for the conversion of an early modern car showroom to house a design agency. In 2005, he received the Prize of Excellence for the design of an artistic event in a decommissioned incinerator. In 2005, he won his first competition to design a 500-seat theatre in Northern Quebec, reinterpreting the 19th century theatre typology in a contemporary language. In 2011, he won the competition for the design of the Cogeco Amphitheatre in Trois-Rivières, Québec, a monumental 9000-seat 40 M$ cultural summer venue, for which he received in 2016 the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture of Canada. In 2018, he was finalist for the Repentigny Theatre competition and the Agora des arts. He is currently working on a black box theatre in Sherbrooke, Quebec and an Aquatic Complex in Montreal.