Canadian Centre for Architecture
Peter Rose + Phyllis Lambert (consulting) + Erol Argun (associate) · Montréal, Canada · 1989
The Canadian Centre for Architecture is designed as both a museum and an argument about architecture’s relationship to history. Peter Rose’s new limestone building wraps and incorporates the restored nineteenth-century Shaughnessy House, using scale and local materials to establish a deliberate dialogue between old and new. Galleries, library, study and conservation spaces are arranged around this hybrid ensemble, while a sculpture garden extends the institution across the adjacent urban infrastructure. The purpose-built CCA building opened in 1989.