With its creative energy and its broad expertise, ACDF designs inspiring spaces in which North American pragmatism meets European flamboyance. Every creation is a careful response to the project's objectives and constraints in order to mobilize the full potential of the site and its surroundings. ACDF uses a clear and bold language that highlights the project's key design principles with sophisticated detailing and materials.The firm's major achievements established its reputation in Quebec, Canada and around the world. The 85-people team has a flexible structure that allows it to take on residential, commercial and institutional projects of every scale. This team structure encourages everyone in the firm to constantly reinvent themselves through design, research and experimentation. The firm's innovative work has been celebrated on many occasions. Among them, ACDF received in 2010 a Governor General's Medal in Architecture and in 2013, Maxime-Alexis Frappier, one of the firm's co-founder, received the Young Architect Award from the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada.