Innovative Affordable Architecture

With an architectural competition, the City of Montreal challenged the construction industry to design innovative, affordable residential solutions.

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December 10, 2004, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Good architecture should not be a luxury only for the rich. If that is what it has become, it is only because of the laziness of developers and architects themselves...This project is the result of a call for proposals launched by the city in May 2004, which challenged the construction industry to design innovative residential solutions for households wanting to own a home in the city. Eleven promoter-architect teamsa record numbersubmitted proposals."

Thanks to Francois Goulet

FULL STORY: Designing at the right price

Saturday, December 4, 2004 in The Montreal Gazette

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