Book Review: Manitoba Women in Design
Manitoba Women in Design
By Marieke Gruwel (Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, 2024)
Manitoba is an important site for the history of women architects…
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Winning Installation of Benchmark 2023 Unveiled in Victoria Beach, Manitoba
The winning installation of Benchmark 2023 contains four aluminum seating loops placed adjacent to a secluded Victoria Beach forest trail.
In Memoriam: Étienne Joseph Gaboury, 1930-2022
Étienne Joseph Gaboury, “father of landmarks,” and “Mr. Church,” has passed away peacefully on October 14, 2022 at the age of 92.
Born in Bruxelle, Manitoba,…
Unstacking the Deck
In 2011, a student asked architect and historian Lisa Landrum, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture:…
Decolonizing the Design Process with Five Indigenous Land-Based Paradigms
“… a space that is somehow meaningfully organized and on the very point of speech, a kind of articulated thinking that fails to reach its ultimate translation…
Polar Bears International House and Staff Residence
Two buildings for Polar Bears International contend with the complex logistics of building on Hudson Bay.
All the Right Angles: Windsor Park Library, Winnipeg, Manitoba
PROJECT Windsor Park Library, Winnipeg, Manitoba
ARCHITECTS david penner architect + h5 architecture
TEXT Lawrence Bird
PHOTOS Click.Studio / Lindsay Reid…
MANITOBOGGAN receives two Olympic Committee Awards
MANITOBOGGAN, a toboggan shelter and set of slides at St. Vital Park in Winnipeg designed by PUBLIC CITY ARCHITECTURE, has won two awards for exemplary,…
State of the Nation
What is on the minds of architects in different regions of Canada? To find out, Canadian Architect spoke to dozens of architects from coast to coast—to coast.
State of the Nation: Manitoba
Over the past two decades, Winnipeg has gone through a cultural and commercial renaissance, with residents returning to live and work in the urban core, and a…
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Receives 2019 Prix Du XXe Siècle For Architecture
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the National Trust for Canada have announced that the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg is the…
Warming Huts installations return to Winnipeg this week
The Warming Huts are back! Presented by Artis REIT, Winnipeg's popular winter installations return for 2019, with engaging new installations. Started in 2009,…
Submissions open for Manitoba’s Benchmark Design Competition
Storefront Manitoba and the Winnipeg Trails Association launched the 2018 / 2019 Benchmark Design Competition, an international competition that aims to…
Dieter Rams documentary screens in Winnipeg next month
On November 28, the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation invites the public to the Manitoba premiere of "RAMS," a new film directed by Gary Hustwit, with music by…
Our Lady Of The Prairies, Holland, Manitoba
An hour from Winnipeg, a forgotten architectural gem is set on the prairie.
Skewing the Square: Parallelogram House, St. Paul, Manitoba
A luxurious bungalow stems from the initial move of pulling at the corners of a familiar shape.