His major work is the central building of the Université de Montréal on the North slope of Mount Royal. This huge example of the Art Deco style was built between World War I and the middle of World War II and kept in a nearly pristine shape over the decades. The only major destruction of his designs took place within the interior spaces. They occurred in the 1970s when the great multistory hall of the central library was filled up with several smaller, one story rooms for the faculty of medicine and its library.
In addition to showing a great balance, in most of his buildings, between the disciplines of engineering and architecture, Cormier also had great skills as a painter and illustrator. He has left us many stunning renderings of his works, done in the planning stages.
In 1918 Cormier returned to Montréal, where he quickly became involved in professional activities and frequented a small circle of progressive artists closely associated with the magazine LE NIGOG (1918).
The house Cormier built for himself (1930-31) in the Golden Square Mile, an elegant Montréal neighbourhood, was indisputable proof of his rapid rise to professional success.
Cormier's measured adherence to modern style can be explained as much by his attachment to conservative principles as by his love of the fine arts.
Cormier, Ernest, architecte et ingénieur (Montréal, 5 déc.
En 1918, Cormier rentre à Montréal, où il s'insère rapidement dans le milieu professionnel et où il fréquente un petit cercle d'artistes progressistes, proche de la revue LE NIGOG (1918).
L'adhésion mesurée de Cormier à la modernité s'explique autant par son appartenance à une société somme toute assez conservatrice que par son attachement à l'enseignement beaux-arts.
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