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In September JELD-WEN launched its first edition of the Inspiration Contest for architecture students at Quebec universities. Under the theme “Inspiration,” participants had to present a residential construction project featuring their source of inspiration and JELD-WEN products. A total of $10,000 in prizes was offered, along with a great opportunity for visibility and meetings with industry specialists. Students submitted their projects in November. In January 2009, a jury of industry professionals met to judge the projects.

Below are the contest winners:

• First prize: $5,000
  Project: “Sunflower” by Vincent Leclair and Patrick Mayer
  Take a look (French only)
• Second prize: $3,000
  Project: “Folie de neige” (Snow Madness) by Jonathan Pelletier, Anne-Marie Rondeau, and Marie-Noël Chouinard
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• Third prize: $1,500
  Project: “Ainsi habitait Zarathoustra” (Thus Lived Zarathustra) by Henrique Stabile
  Take a look (French only)
• “Inspiration” mention: $250
  Project: “Sunflower” by Vincent Leclair and Patrick Mayer
  Take a look (French only)
• “JELD-WEN Product Promotion” mention: $250
  Project: “Grimpe à ma fenêtre” (Climb Up to My Window) by Olivier Jacques
  Take a look (French only)

A special thanks to jury members:

• Claude Paquin
  editor of FORMES magazine, jury chair
• Jean-Paul Boudreau
  architect
• Paul Cartier
  architect
• Patricia Trottier, eng.
  general manager of the JELD-WEN plant in St-Apollinaire
• Frank Plaza
  Corporate Sales Manager, Direct Sales Chanel East, JELD-WEN

Prizes were awarded to the winning teams at the Université Laval School of Architecture year-end exhibit on Friday, May 8, 2009, at Espace 400e in Quebec City’s Old Port, where a number of architecture professors and professionals will be present. All entries were highly original and appealing, which did not make the jury’s task of choosing winners easy. JELD-WEN congratulates all those who took part!