MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA) is a group of dedicated designers and architects who are invested in the ideals of civic placemaking that amplifies the quality of life and gives value to social and cultural aspirations, whether they are centred on education, wellness and recreation, or the workplace. MJMA has evolved from a 25-year legacy of making community buildings to building communities—in towns and cities, on campuses, within organizations, and across playing fields—developing hybrid civic projects that combine overlapping public programs, supporting both personal and civic wellness. With a deep legacy of sports and recreation expertise, their design skills have led to work across numerous build-
ing types at various scales. Their increasingly diverse portfolio speaks to a culture of innovation at MJMA that drives their designs. This spirit of innovation, cultivated with clients who are enthusiastic about creating meaningful architecture that positively contributes to the built environment, has resulted in more than 75 national awards. Top row, left to right: David Miller, Robert Allen, Viktors Jaunkalns, Olga Pushkar, Jeremy Campbell, Siri Ursin. Bottom row, left to right: Tarisha Dolyniuk, Luis Arredondo, Aida Vatany, Jason Wah, Jedidiah GordonMoran, Timothy Belanger.
Atelier TAG is a small husband-and-wife practice led by Manon Asselin and Katsuhiro Yamazaki. Based in Montreal, the firm’s output has one of the country’s most consistent track records of design excellence. Since its inception, the studio has worked to reinterpret the civic function of architecture through the careful study of socio-cultural contexts within which a given program operates in order to create meaningful spaces. Atelier TAG’s growing body of work has allowed it to develop a design methodology focused on building technique and materiality. The work of the studio is a quest for simplicity, where the built space—through the calculated play of light and materiality—embodies the physical, the cultural, and the poetics of architecture. In recent years, Atelier TAG has been awarded two Governor General’s medals and the prestigious Prix de Rome in architecture by the Canada Council for the Arts. In parallel to her practice, Manon Asselin is a professor of architecture at the Université de Montréal. Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes was established in 1958 and has acquired a reputation for excellence in all aspects of construction and design, pursuing the approach to quality set by its founding partners. The firm has been involved in the realization of numerous award-winning projects including the Bibliothèque Raymond-Lévesque in St-Hubert, the Longueuil Campus of the Université de Sherbrooke, the Salle de Spectacles Dolbeau-Mistassini, and the Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, recent recipients of the Canadian Architect Award of Excellence. Clockwise from top left: Manon Asselin, Pawel Karwowski, Nicolas Ranger, Sergio De la Cuadra, Katsuhiro Yamazaki, Mathieu Lemieux-Blanchard, Cédric Langevin, Éole Sylvain. 16 canadian architect 12/13