Atelier Carle

Atelier Carle is a Montreal-based architectural practice founded by Alain Carle, whose work spans more than three decades. In 2023 the studio entered a new phase through partnerships with long-standing collaborators. It is now led by Carle together with Abel Bravo Muñoz, Alexandre Lemoyne, Gabriel Ostiguy and Isaniel Lévesque, working across residential, commercial and interior projects.

The studio treats architecture as a perceptual practice grounded in what a natural or urban setting already offers. Its small-workshop culture depends on close exchange with clients, builders and consultants, avoiding a predetermined identity in favour of a project-specific order shaped by constraints, craft and participation.

Atelier Carle received the 2023 Architecture MasterPrize Firm of the Year award and has also been recognised by the Ordre des architectes du Québec, the Chicago Athenaeum and the Shenzhen Design Award. SONO was led by Alain Carle and project architect Isaniel Lévesque, with James Jabbour, Starr Wang, Baptiste Balbrick and Sarah Mei Mousseau.