concrete building, 72-unit project in the Mont-
Royal neighbourhood.
“The first one is always a learning experience
and we just did that one,” Scalia recalls. “By the
time we started to do another one, time went
by, and then we took on one of our nicest proj-
ects of all time.”
That project, the prolific six building Le Do-
maine André-Grasset, was built over the span
of six years between 2004 and 2010. Taking
planning and design lessons from Jardins du
ParcJarry, André-Grasset was lauded by the
industry for its design and usage. In 2005, it
became a finalist, along with Samcon’s De Lor-
imier condo project in Quartier Sainte-Marie,
for the Domus Prize in the “Project and/or resi-
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