Maison Atelier yh2, Montreal Building Project, Canadian Architecture development, Photos
Maison Atelier yh2 in Montreal
Office Building Development, QC, Canada – design by Yiacouvakis Hamelin architectes, yh2
10 Jun 2019
Maison Atelier
Architects: Yiacouvakis Hamelin architectes, yh2
Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada

photos © Maxime Brouillet
The yh2 architecture studio presents its new Maison Atelier, built in the backyard of the firm?s Maison Tour, built in 2000.

photos © Maxime Brouillet
Over the last 20 years, the architectural firm has transformed this typical Montreal lot twice:
First, with the creation of the Maison Tour, a home/studio combination organized around an inner courtyard bracketed by a three-story vertical house and a workshop in a former garage at the back of the yard.
photos © Francis Pelletier
Second, with the creation, based on the existing building at the back of the yard, of a second three-story home, the Maison Atelier yh2, independent of the original Maison Tour.

photo © Maxime Brouillet
The new Maison Atelier, completed in 2018, includes the yh2 offices on the ground floor and a new dwelling on the upper floors.

photos © Loukas Yiacouvakis
A lightweight structure on the second level links the two buildings, to comply with municipal by-laws prohibiting two detached buildings on a single lot. This aerial volume, made of patinated steel and glass, gives each house an extra room above the garden, without reducing the size of ...