Montreal’s McGill University has debuted an impressive new building housing its school of music. The project was a long time coming – planning began in 1994 for what was originally supposed to be a library and archive – but the final result is one of the more cutting-edge facilities enjoyed by any conservatory in North America. “Designers did not shy away from the chance to align several different research fields into a single, ambitious studio plan. Film soundtracks, multimedia applications, music recording, studio technology, sound engineering and even neurosciences have a home in the new space.” Oh, and did we mention that the architecture is spectacular.