If you’re an architect or even just someone who keeps up with architectural designs, it’s very likely that you’ve heard of or seen a Moshe Safdie design or two. After all, Safdie is an influential architect who has produced a number of iconic designs throughout the world, such as Habitat 67 and the Jewel Changi Airport. He’s even earned a number of awards, including a position in the Order of Canada, a gold medal from the American Institute of Architects, and the Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award.

It’s something that those of us at Kryton think fondly of as we’ve seen his talent during some projects that we’ve helped to protect from water ingress. One of the more internationally recognized ones would be the Marina Bay Sands resort. (For more details, don’t hesitate to take a peek at our case study!)

But our first one would be the 1991 expansion for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (also known as the Musée des beaux-arts de Montreal in French). Back then, concrete waterproofing admixtures were not yet a well-known option. But the museum and Safdie were willing to take a chance on our very own Krystol Internal Membrane™ (KIM^®). To find out why and see just what KIM had to offer this prestigious project, let’s look back at the history of what is now known as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ third expansion or the Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion.

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