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TR09 Québec and the Quiet Revolution: The Head Office of Hydro-Québec
Tour showcasing the Siège Social d’Hydro-Québec by Gaston Gagnier
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Date and time
Thursday, April 13 · 1:30 - 2:30pm EDT
Location
Hotel Bonaventure Montréal 900 Rue De La Gauchetière Ouest Montréal, QC H5A 1E4 Canada
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- 1 hour
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Nicola Tullio Pezolet, Concordia University, Tour Leader
$20 USD • AIA CES: 1 LU • ML2 • Capacity: 10
The tour will showcase one of Montréal’s iconic modernist skyscrapers, the Siège Social d’Hydro-Québec by Gaston Gagnier (the headquarters of Québec’s national hydro-electric company). We will also discuss an architecturally integrated light mural by neo-avant-garde artist Jean-Paul Mousseau, “Light and Movement in Color,” which was commissioned for the entrance lobby.
Tour departs from the lobby of the Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal.
Image: Inauguration of Jean-Paul Mousseau’s Lumière et mouvement dans la couleur in the lobby of the Hydro-Quebec headquarters, Montreal, 1962. Photograph courtesy of the Archives d’Hydro-Québec (document H02_701773_75130-1)
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The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes, and urbanism worldwide for the benefit of all. SAH serves a network of local, national, and international institutions and individuals who, by vocation or avocation, focus on the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life.