A Sense of Wonder / Infinite Buildings: Buildings Inside Buildings

As we begin to enjoy the holiday season, we’re greeted with many opportunities to experience wonder – at community gatherings, parties and performances, and even at work, at home and walking down the street. In Montreal, Canada, a project by architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque is a chance to see and feel wonder, in the form of “infinite buildings” – of transforming a small space into one of generous volumes, and of infinite architectural prose. From the project narrative: “In 2019, architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque was awarded five design and architecture prizes for his singular project, Infinite Buildings.” “Last October 14, he was presented with the Architecture MasterPrize Interior Design of the Year Award at a gala held in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. In June, Jean-Maxime Labrecque had already won an Azure Magazine AZ Award at a gala that took place at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works, while earlier in the year, he had …