{"id":201759,"date":"2026-09-09T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/201759\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:00:47","slug":"appareil-architecture-renovates-a-montreal-triplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/201759\/","title":{"rendered":"Appareil Architecture Renovates a Montreal Triplex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evey sits in Montreal\u2019s dense residential Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood, on a lot adjacent to a green alley where, as <a href=\"https:\/\/appareilarchitecture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Appareil Architecture<\/a> describes it, \u201ceveryday activities intersect with the more discreet presence of the city.\u201d Appareil Architecture approached the property as a renovation and extension of one of the existing buildings lining the street.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-608602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/evey-appareil-architecture-9-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Modern kitchen with wood flooring, stainless steel dishwasher, potted plants, and large windows overlooking a spiral staircase and fenced patio.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by F\u00e9lix Michaud<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal triplex is a recognizable housing type: three units stacked behind a shared facade, built close against neighboring buildings on a narrow city lot, with a shared party wall that any renovation must work around.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-608596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/evey-appareil-architecture-21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Modern backyard with a wooden deck, red outdoor dining set, small pool, and a two-story building with large glass doors and exterior staircases.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by F\u00e9lix Michaud<\/p>\n<p>Appareil Architecture\u2019s approach did not \u201caim to rethink the typology of a Montreal triplex, but rather to subtly reorient the living conditions it offers,\u201d explains associate architect Marc-Olivier Champagne-Thomas. The scope of work included an extension and a renovation, yet the building\u2019s outward identity as a triplex stayed in place\u2014the real change happened inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/evey-appareil-architecture-montreal-triplex\/evey-appareil-architecture-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-608601 nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-608601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/evey-appareil-architecture-12.jpg\" alt=\"Modern kitchen with wood cabinetry and island, tall windows, bar stools, indoor plants, and a spiral staircase leading to an outdoor area.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by F\u00e9lix Michaud<\/p>\n<p>Champagne-Thomas ties that restraint to the site itself. The project, he says, \u201crevolves around negotiating a balance between the intimacy of the house and the implicit openness to the immediate urban context.\u201d Rather than resolving that duality, the renovation keeps it active, a tension he calls the project\u2019s guiding thread. The alley bordering the house is where that balance gets tested daily, a strip of the block where residents\u2019 routines and the wider city both pass through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/evey-appareil-architecture-montreal-triplex\/evey-appareil-architecture-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-608594 nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-608594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/evey-appareil-architecture-26.jpg\" alt=\"Modern backyard with a small pool, wooden deck, stone path, tall wooden fence, trees in the background, and a metal spiral staircase leading to an upper level.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by F\u00e9lix Michaud<\/p>\n<p>The spatial organization inside Evey, says interior designer Esther Leduc, \u201cis based on a continuous line that runs along the party wall,\u201d an axis that \u201cstructures the entire project and ensures its coherence.\u201d She describes it as a silent device, along which \u201ccirculation, visual openings, and moments of openness are aligned.\u201d A staircase to the basement, a run of interior windows, and a framed sightline between the front and back of the house all belong to that same line. It\u2019s a house built to be traversed, Leduc says, rather than compartmentalized.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/evey-appareil-architecture-montreal-triplex\/evey-appareil-architecture-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-608605 nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-608605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/evey-appareil-architecture-2.jpg\" alt=\"A modern bedroom with a wooden headboard, green bedding, and a glass partition revealing a white bathtub and a plant in the adjacent bathroom.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by F\u00e9lix Michaud<\/p>\n<p>                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/leo-lei-200x200-1-100x100.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"avatar\" alt=\"\"\/>                                    <\/p>\n<p>Leo Lei is the founder and editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/leibal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Leibal<\/a>, a publication dedicated to minimalist design, architecture, and interiors. Through his writing and curatorial eye, he highlights thoughtful contemporary work from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evey sits in Montreal\u2019s dense residential Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood, on a lot adjacent to a green alley where, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[63430,9351,17,63431,63432,63433,63434,17677,63435,50,241,63436,63437],"class_list":["post-201759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-appareil-architecture","tag-architecture","tag-canada","tag-esther-leduc","tag-evey","tag-hochelaga-maisonneuve","tag-home-renovation","tag-interior-design","tag-marc-olivier-champagne-thomas","tag-montreal","tag-quebec","tag-residential-renovation","tag-triplex-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}