Saucier+Perrotte Architectes, founded in 1988 by Gilles Saucier and André Perrotte, is a multidisciplinary architectural practice known globally for its institutional, cultural, and residential projects. The firm represented Canada at the prestigious Architecture Biennale of Venice in 2004 and has been honoured with numerous awards, including eight Governor General’s Medals and Awards (presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), three P/A Progressive Architecture honours (presented by Architecture Magazine), and two International Architecture Awards (presented by the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design, and Urban Studies). Saucier + Perrotte’s highly acclaimed buildings have been published the world over, reflecting the office’s status as one of Canada’s premier design firms.
Saucier + Perrotte has previously been part of important exhibitions: Les lieux de la couleur presented at the CCA in 2000; Childhood Landscapes; Topographical Unfoldings presented in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Buffalo (USA) between 2002 and 2004; and Substance Over Spectacle in Vancouver (2005). In 2002, the Canadian Centre for Architecture began archiving architectural drawings and models by Saucier + Perrotte, and in 2007, the CCA selected the firm to design its exhibition on the Oil Crisis of the 1970s, entitled 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas. In 2009, Saucier + Perrotte received the RAIC Award of Excellence for Best Architectural Firm in Canada, and more recently, in the fall of 2014, both partners received the first Ernest-Cormier Prize from the Quebec Minister of Culture and Communication for the overall quality of their work. Source: Saucier+Perrotte Architectes
