Architect: ACDF Architecture
Location: Montreal, Canada
Completion Date: 2023
Link, a brand new residential tower, has filled in an under-utilized lot in Montreal’s Shaughnaussy Village. The building took advantage of its location near four university campuses and serves as student housing.
The tower was designed by ACDF, a Quebecois firm that successfully argued for the preservation of three Victorian townhomes on the site. The surrounding block is characterized by concrete high-rises constructed in the mid-20th century. To that end, ACDF opted for a precast concrete facade. This material echoes the adjacent towers while paying homage to the neighborhood’s now all but by-gone Victorian architecture through the implementation of gabled and arched balconies.
It was through this mediation of different architectural eras that the tower acquired the name Link.
