Architecture & interiors

Montréal, Québec · Established 2014

Atelier North

We draw slowly and build for a cold climate.

Architecture · Interiors · Furniture · Heritage retrofit

Index

Six projects, 2022–2025.

Houses, workshops and the interiors that belong to them, mostly in Québec. Each one was modelled at 1:50 before a single drawing left the studio.

  • 01
    Duplex conversion240 m²

    Maison Bellechasse

    Montréal · 2025

  • 02
    Cabin, off-grid96 m²

    Val-David Cabin

    Laurentides · 2024

  • 03
    Glassblowing workshop610 m²

    Atelier Verre

    Québec City · 2024

  • 04
    House180 m²

    Fjord House

    Saguenay · 2023

  • 05
    Market hall retrofit1 400 m²

    Marché Saint-Henri

    Montréal · 2023

  • 06
    Workplace interior520 m²

    Rue Clark Offices

    Montréal · 2022

Selected project

Fjord House

Saguenay · 2023

A house for a family who wanted one room they would not want to leave in February. The plan is a single bar turned three degrees off the contour so the stair lands on rock rather than fill, and the roof drains away from the approach.

Client
Private
Location
Saguenay, Québec
Area
180 m²
Structure
Cross-laminated timber
Completed
2023
Team
Lindqvist, Roy, Delisle
SiteTwelve metres above the water on a north slope, road at the back, weather at the front.
SectionOne room deep and two storeys tall, so every space takes light from two sides.
DetailBlack spruce cladding, hand-brushed and left to grey; inside, the same boards planed and oiled.

Studio

A small practice, deliberately.

Atelier North is six people on the fourth floor of a converted textile building in Montréal. We work on houses, workshops, and the interiors that go with them.

A cold climate forgives very little. The envelope, the water and the light decide most of what a building will be, so we settle those first and let the plan follow. We would rather repeat one good detail than invent twenty.

We make the first of every joint in the shop before it is specified. Nothing is drawn here that has not been held in the hand.

People

  • Nora LindqvistFounding partner
  • Étienne RoyPartner, architecture
  • Priya RamanAssociate, interiors
  • Marc DelisleProject architect
  • Hana OseiDesigner
  • Jonas BergTechnologist, model shop

Practice

  • Architecture
  • Interiors
  • Furniture
  • Heritage retrofit

Contact

Tell us about the building.

Send the address, what is there now, and roughly when you would like to start. The first conversation is not billed.

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Studio
5445 avenue de Gaspé, Suite 402
Montréal, Québec H2T 3B2
Email
studio@ateliernorth.ca
Hours
Monday to Thursday, 9h–17h