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Birks Hotel, NEUF architect(e)s | International Design Awards Winners

Birks Hotel

CompanyNEUF architect(e)s

Lead DesignersAnh Le Quang

Design TeamNicole Vekemans, Marion Thiébaux

Project LocationMontreal, Canada

ClientJean Salette, PDG de Les Hôtels St-Martin Inc.

CreditsAdrien Williams, Alexandre Parent, Felix Audette

Prize(s)Gold in Architecture Categories / Hotels & Resorts

Project LinkView

Entry Description

Designed by renowned Montreal architect Edward Maxwell, the Birks building was originally built in 1894 for the Henry Birks & Sons jewellery store. This was one of the first businesses established around Phillips Square, along with Morgan’s department store (now Hudson’s Bay) and Montreal’s first art gallery. The client purchased the building in 2016 and lead a team of professionals to help realize an ambitious project: to transform and restore this historic building into a luxurious boutique hotel, while preserving the celebrated Birks jewelry store.

Bio

Founded in Montreal in 1971, NEUF architect(e)s has grown into one of Canada's largest and most diversified architecture and design firms. Its focus on relationships with clients and employees has led to the successful completion of over 10,000 projects serving communities around the globe. NEUF is recognized for delivering exceptional design services across many practice areas, helping build a rich portfolio for emblematic Canadian institutions, major real estate developers, and international leaders in sustainable innovation and new technologies.

Awards and Prize

L'Épicentre-Culturel(Laval, CA)
- Architizer A+Awards: Unbuilt Cultural - Finalist, 2025

The Montreal Chest Institute Rehabilitation (Montreal, CA)
- Design Educates Awards: Honorable Mention in Architectural Design, 2025
- IDA Design Awards: Architecture - Silver - Cultural Preservation / Restoration, 2024
- World Architecture Festival : Future Projects - Offices + Re-use, 2024
- DNA Paris Design Awards : Architecture Commercial & Offices - Honorable Mention, 2024
- Global Architecture and Design Awards - Rethinking The Future : Healthcare / Wellness (Concept), 2024

Unity (Montreal, CA)
- LOOP Design Awards, Interior - Offices, Winner, 2023

Bibliothèque Donalda-Charron (Gatineau, CA)
- World Architecture Festival, Completed Buildings - Civic & Community (finalist), 2023
- Prix d'excellence en architecture de l'Ordre des Architectes du Québec, Finalist, 2023
- LOOP Design Awards, Cultural Building, Winner + Public Buildings and Institutional, Honorable Mention, 2022
- IDA Design Awards, Architecture, Silver, Institutional, 2021
- Architecture MasterPrize, Interior Design - Public Spaces, 2021
- DNA Paris Design Awards, Cultural + Public + Civic, 2021

NEUF50
- Communication Arts, Design - Integrated Branding Programs + Books + Self-Promotion, Finalist, 2023

CHUM 2 (Montreal, CA)
- Architecture MasterPrize, Institutional Architecture + Healthcare, 2022

CHUM 1
- International Interior Design Association, Healthcare Interior Design Award, 2018
- The Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Award, 2018
- American Architecture Prize: Healthcare, Heritage, 2017
- World Architecture Festival, Display, Health Completed Projects, Old and New Completed Buildings, Finalist, 2017

Fasken (Montreal, CA)
- Architecture MasterPrize, Architectural Design - Renovation & Restoration, Honorable Mention, 2021
- IDA Design Awards, Architecture - Renovation, Honorable Mention, 2021

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