Home of the Week: The Best of Quebec
A roundup of some of the finest home from the province of Quebec, first featured in our Home of the Week column.
This week we take a look back at five of the most stunning homes from Quebec featured in our weekly Home of the Week Column. From beach houses to ski chalets, the province has a bit of everything.
An Artfully Designed Home for an Art-Collecting Couple
The home is split into four sections, almost “mini-barns,” stacked in order one by one from the lakeside, forming a sort of accordion when viewed from above, to allow the front of the structure to take full advantage of the sunsets over Lake Memphremagog, which spans the international border with neighbouring Vermont.
Ghoche Architecte Designs a Subtle, Stylish Home for an Unexpected Location
A red sand beach might not be high on the list of features you’d expect to find in rural Quebec, but that is what the site for this home designed by Ghoche Architecte offered. It sits on the shore of Lac Archambault in the village of Saint-Donat, which is flanked by a second large lake, Ouareau, on the other side. The surrounding Lanaudière area is popular year-round for skiing, hiking, and water sports.
This Family Home Floats Over the Rocky Landscape in Quebec
After designing a renovation for a family of four in Montreal, architect Guillaume Pelletier was called back. “Because we had a great connection, they asked me to design their country house,” he says, referring to a new design he created for the family in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains. “They had bought this piece of land on top of a hill with a very small rocky plateau next to an impressive exposed cliff. Their goal was to be able to enjoy the green area on top of the cliff easily.”
An Architect Remakes His Quebec Chalet for the Next Generation
Known for its peaceful and picturesque rolling hills, Quebec’s Eastern Townships feel a world away. Here, on the calm waters of Lake Memphremagog, architect Louis T. Lemay enjoyed his modest personal retreat for two decades with his family. Finally, once the children had grown and needed more space and privacy, Lemay decided to expand the chalet for a better intergenerational living space.
Tucked in the Trees, This Bromont Ski Chalet Evokes Timeless Mountain Modernism
When designer Sylvain Bélanger, a partner at Muuk Architecture in Bromont, Quebec, received the brief to design a vacation home in the local Val-des-Irlandais housing development for a Montreal family of four, he was struck by the duality of their vision. “Their brief was ambitious yet focused,” he recalls. “They wanted to design a modernist-inspired mountain home with the warmth and soul of a classic alpine retreat.”
