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Dan S. Hanganu is Rumanian by birth.
He completed his architectural studies
in Bucharest in 1961 prior to immigrating
to Canada in the 1970s. In 1978, he
opened his own architectural firm.
Ever since then, he has left his mark
on the Quebec architectural landscape
from one project to the next. Prestigious
buildings and residential projects
have established the renown of his
firm, which is distinctive for its
original, modern thinking in the treatment
of housing and urban issues.
In very few years, the size, variety
and budgets for his projects grew substantially
to include major multipurpose complexes
incorporating housing, offices and
commercial space. We mention as examples,
Val de l’Anse on Nun’s
Island, Petite Bourgogne and Habitations
Crémazie in Montreal and Village
du Mont-Tremblant. His commercial and
institutional projects include, among
others, the head office of Hydro-Québec,
the restoration of the 19th century
building housing the Centre d’Archives
de Montréal, the new Cirque
du Soleil head office and the renovation
of the Théâtre du Nouveau
Monde. To these, we must not forget
to add the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac,
the Musée d’archéologie
et d’histoire de Pointe-à-Callière,
the Pavillon de design at UQAM and
the new building for the École
des Hautes Études Commerciales.
The Ordre des architectes du Québec
has given him eight awards or mentions
of excellence and the Government of
Quebec, the Governor General, the Canadian
Wood Council and the Save Montreal
Society have, on repeated occasions,
recognized the quality of his work.
In 1987, Dan S. Hanganu’s firm
received first prize at the SIMPA competition,
an event that was to lead to the construction
of the Chaussegros-de-Léry complex.
To underscore the prestigious artistic
quality of his work, the Quebec government
awarded Dan S. Hanganu the Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas.
It is with great pride that the Institute
of Design Montréal has selected
Dan S. Hanganu as recipient of the
2004 Sam Lapointe Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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