His body of work is essentially centered towards sustainable development and energy efficiency. Besides working on institutional and commercial projetcs, Weber Laurent is especially known for the quality of his design in the private housing sector, including condominium, as well as non-profit housing, such as the developments of co-operative housing.

At the beginning of year 2000, he was mandated by the City of Montreal, to restore the Negro Community Center (NCC), a classified historic building, to house the only Afro-Canadian museum in Quebec. The same year, he received the Prize of Excellence from the Fondation Haitiano-Canadienne for the promotion of arts and culture.

In 2003, the development of the "Library of Rare Books" on the 4th floor of the Samuel Bronfman pavilion of the University de Montreal, a true book museum, as well as the "Carrefour of Information and Learning" on the 1st floor of the same pavilion, had earned him several mentions especially for the technology of the " dynamic wall " used in this project.

Weber Laurent is the principal architect of Group Lauvac Architecture Inc. After studying in pure and applied sciences at Bois-de-Boulogne college, he obtains a bachelors degree in Architecture at Laval University, then receives a masters degree in project management at the École des Sciences de la Gestion from the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Member of the Ordre des architectes du Québec ( MOAQ) in 1987 - Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada ( MIRAC) - Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), Montreal Chapter. Weber Laurent sits on several committees and boards of directors, notably, the Consultative Council of Town planning (CCU) of the Villeray district, Parc-Extention, St Michel of the city of Montreal.

In 2004, his 24 units housing project " Residence Chance project " built on the Benny Farm site of La Société Immobilière du Canada, in the Notre-Dame-de- Grace district, is actually considered a great success story and one of the best housing projects from a social point of view as well as a technical point of view, for its innovations in energy efficiency and sustainable development.

At present, one of his social housing projects, still under construction on the corner of Wellington and Charlevoix, in the district of Pointe Saint Charles, is quoted in La Société du Havre de Montreal's report, as a housing development model for this sensitive district of Montreal. This project is being realized in the scope of the program "Solidarité 5000 accommodations" of the city of Montreal, in association with the GRT Bâtir Son Quartier.

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