TREMBLAY, Alfred Henri (fl. 1927-1964) was active in Quebec City, P.Q. and became a member of the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects in 1927. He submitted a number of contemporary designs for houses in the Dominion Housing Act competitions held in 1936 and 1938, including a striking modernist scheme commended by the Jury as “a sophisticated and urbane performance…..it is the most modern of all those selected” (R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, April 1938, 81, descrip.). Tremblay retired from the P.Q.A.A. in 1964 (biog. L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 1990, 186; inf. Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects)
LAC BOUCHETTE, QUE., Roman Catholic monastery, 1947; with addition of Notre Dame de Lourdes Chapel, 1949-52 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, March 1947, 88, illus.; xxx, Jan. 1953, 3-7, illus. & descrip.; Architecture Batiment Construction, ix, Feb. 1954, 25-7, descrip. & illus.; Continuite [Quebec City], No. 39, Spring 1988, 33)
COMPETITIONS
DOMINION HOUSING ACT, competition design for a modernist residence, 1936 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, May 1936, 89, 96, illus.; C.H.G., xiii, Aug.-Sept. 1936, 17, illus.). Tremblay submitted two designs, No. 443, and No. 469. The latter received an Honorable Mention from the Jury.
DOMINION HOUSING ACT, competition design for a modernist residence, 1938. Design No. 104 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, April 1938, 81, 91, illus.; C.H.G., xv, May 1938, 58, illus.)
A FRENCH CANADIAN HOME, 1942. The Quebec Ministry of Agriculture and the Quebec Tourist Bureau sponsored a competition among architects in the province of Quebec to prepare designs for a variety of single family houses inspired by traditional architecture in that province. Tremblay was one of three winners with a design for "A Settler's Home" (Gazette [Montreal], 25 Nov. 1942, 13, illus. & descrip.