SonoLux

The SonoLux hotel treats its entire footprint as an active exhibition space. Set inside a 1914 National Trust building in Old Montreal, its 36 rooms function as part of a rotating contemporary art program that changes every six months. The curatorial direction comes through collaborations with PHI, while the lobby features a generative installation developed with Behaviour Interactive that responds to sound and visitor movement.

The property runs on two parallel tracks: LUMI, where chef Graham Hood builds tightly composed tasting menus with a focus on individual ingredients, and Subterra, an audio lounge shaped by Fred Everything’s approach to genre history and deep-cut selections. Lighting by Solotech and design work by Geiger Huot and Zabb Design round out a concept that blends gallery, listening room, and guesthouse in a neighbourhood already saturated with hospitality experiments.