New RAIC president Paule Boutin preserves the past, plans for the future

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Archiseek / Canada / News / 2008 / June 27

Montreal architect Paule Boutin, the incoming president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), set her sights on a career in the profession when she was 14 years old. “I was in Paris with my parents,” she recalled. “I realized when we were walking around admiring the architecture that this (designing buildings) was what I wanted to do. I made that decision right then and there.” Boutin never looked back. Since graduating from Laval University, the Quebec City-born Boutin has spent her entire career working as an architect in private practice in Montreal. In 1986, she co-founded the firm Boutin Boisse. Four years later, after her partner retired, she set up Paule Boutin architecte. A sole proprietor, Boutin specializes in church restoration projects. In 1986, she won an Orange Prize from Heritage Montreal for her work in this field

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