Complex at the University of Montreal
1
,
and the Canadian High Arctic Research
Station (CHARS)
2
, slated to open in late
2017.
NFOE’s history can be categorized into
three principal eras. Established by Ernest
Barrot in 1912, and leading up to 1965,
projects realised across Canada included
administrative and institutional office build-
ings, a theatre, hotels, railway terminal
buildings, academic and university lecture
halls. In the era from 1965 and up to 1990’s,
the practice included the design of health-
care facilities, academic research laborato-
ries and work in the pharmaceutical and
manufacturing industries. From 1990’s to
“That has been an enduring key strong point of our firm—the capacity to
integrate programmatic and technical requirements in highly sophisticated,
controlled environments.” –Rafie Sossanpour, Director
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