To relate to both the urban context to the east and the aforementioned roadway to the west, the architects split the design into two bar-shaped buildings, five stories on the east side and ten stories on the west. Furthermore, each exterior is treated differently, with the low building made up of squarish punched windows in a dark brick facade, and the high building featuring ribbon windows in a metal-panel wall. Each building has ground floor retail, and they are linked by a multi-story glass link.

Cité Multimédia 8 in Montreal, Quebec by Menkès Shooner Dagenais Architects

2005.10.03