Bois Franc Residential Development (Montréal, Canada) : A row of town homes
- Creator:
- Daniel Arbour et associés, Canadian urban planners, founded 1978
- Published/Created:
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
1992-2007 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- brick
stone - Notes:
- In front of the Bassin de la Brunante there are short, narrow streets and at the centre of each square is another square surrounded by homes. The names of the streets in Bois-Franc drew their inspiration from aerospace, exploration, nature and geography: Charles-Darwin street, Nelligan square, Place de l'Himalaya, etc. Municipal officials approved the master plan for the project in 1992. This plan outlined the construction and sale of 8,000 housing units over a surface area of 21,000,000 square feet. Due to a slower than anticipated development, in 1999, Bombardier Immobilier sought permission to develop a golf course that would cover more than nine million remaining square feet. Le Challenger golf course has been open since June 2002 at the site of the former landing strip at the airport run by Canadair.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Canada -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Canada -- 21st century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- New Urbanism
- Culture:
- Canadian
- Accession Number:
- 1A4-NU-BF-H2
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
residential districts (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning; Housing construction complexes; housing projects; complexes; mixed-use developments
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10170429
- PID:
- digcoll:1796020