Architecture of Winnipeg Archives - Archiseek.com The City of Winnipeg is located at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, almost at the geographic centre of North America. The Exchange District Historical site is the original site of comme...

500 Winnipeg buildings, with over 2500 photos, now listed!
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" The office building problem called for four variations on one theme— several compositions and styles adapted to the same plan, involving a study of mass and detail."

"From time to time a whole Saturday is devoted to a twelve-hour design of some small structure cr decorative composition, rendered in pencil or pen and ink."

"The men of the department who are in service are ureed to "keep their hands in" by making sketches wherever they may be and. where it is not impossible, even doing sketch problems in design of subjects suggested by the department."

A 1917 report on Manitoba University Architectural Education
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1979 - Wellington Arms, 277 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: IKOY Smart terrace of attractive townhouses in front of a nineteen-storey high-rise apartment building, all with strong geometric lines. The

1979 - Wellington Arms, 277 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg
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Image 1: Ivan Saunders, 1974, for Parks Canada.
Image 2: Caricature, 1909, ‘Manitobans As We See ’Em’ by the Newspaper Cartoonists’ Association of Manitoba.

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1961 - No.10 Donald Street, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Waisman Ross Built by Waisman Ross as their own architectural studio. After a series of mergers starting in 1964, the firm eventually became

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Admiring the architectural model of the new City Hall, Winnipeg's third.

"So how many years before we remove the little fountain?" #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture #canadianarchitecture

1904 - Firehall No.3, Maple Avenue, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Alexander & William Melville One of a collection of similar firehalls constructed by Scottish-born architects Alexander & William Melville. The

1904 - Firehall No.3, Maple Avenue, Winnipeg
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1963 - 825 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Macleod Reimer & Webster Remarkably fresh looking today, 825 Sherbrook Street housed Western Canada's first pre-school for Deaf children, the

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1881 - Gerrie Block, Princess Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Lost Buildings of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Charles A. Barber The Gerrie Block completed in 1881, was at the time Winnipeg’s largest building. Described by Parks Canada architectural

1881 - Gerrie Block, Princess Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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1963 - Preliminary design for Cultural Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba - Unbuilt Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Associated Architects for the Manitoba Centennial Centre Preminiary design for what became the Winnipeg Centennial Centre including museum,

1963 - Preliminary design for Cultural Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba
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1899 - No. 1 Fire Hall, 110 Albert St., Winnipeg - Lost Buildings of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Henry S. Griffith Built to replace the old Central Station on William Ave. at Charlotte. Part of a cluster of municipal buildings including the

1899 - No. 1 Fire Hall, 110 Albert St., Winnipeg
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1990 - Hydro Substation No.2, 263 York Avenue, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Green Blankstein Russell Associates This building was designed by Green Blankstein Russell in a vaguely Post-Modern style, while the Design and

1990 - Hydro Substation No.2, 263 York Avenue, Winnipeg
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1955 - Dayton Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Green Blankstein Russell Associates Built after its predecessor store burned down in the enormous Time Building fire of June 1954, this

1955 - Dayton Building, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
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1981 - 1777 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Green Blankstein Russell Associates A vast warehouse built for the Cam Gard Supply Ltd, an elecronics parts wholesaler later part of Gendis, a

1981 - 1777 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg
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1965 - Sherbrook Inn, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Duncan Rattray Peters Searle Originally opened as the Westminster Motor Hotel, it has a single storey commercial frontage on Sherbrook Street,

1965 - Sherbrook Inn, Winnipeg
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1970s - Unbuilt Tower, Portage & Main, Winnipeg - Unbuilt Winnipeg - Archiseek.com A design for the corner of southeast corner of Portage and Main alongside the Royal Bank building of 1967. Eventually 360 Main was constructed on this

1970s - Unbuilt Tower, Portage & Main, Winnipeg
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1926 - Unbuilt Design for All Saints Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Unbuilt Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Northwood & Chivers While the body of the church was constructed as illustrated albeit with a shorter nave, neither the tower, nor the

1926 - Unbuilt Design for All Saints Anglican Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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1963 - Oldfield, Kirby & Gardner Building, No.55 Donald St., Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Moody Moore & Partners Known as Oldfield, Kirby & Gardner Building, but for a time also known as the Crown Life Building. A major renovation

1963 - Oldfield, Kirby & Gardner Building, No.55 Donald St., Winnipeg

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1964 - 171 Donald Street, Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: George A. Stewart Former credit union building constructed in two stages but in such a way that it may have been an intended part of the

1964 - 171 Donald Street, Winnipeg
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1893 - Church of the Immaculate Conception, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Lost Buildings of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com An incredibly ornate, inside and out, church of 1893 that burned down in the 1970s.

1893 - Church of the Immaculate Conception, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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1960 - Midtown Plaza, No.59 Donald St., Winnipeg - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Libling Michener & Associates The nine-storey apartment block shares many similarities of the architect’s design at Grosvenor House of a year

1960 - Midtown Plaza, No.59 Donald St., Winnipeg
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1903 - Alternative design for Union Bank Tower, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Unbuilt Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Darling & Pearson This design was published in 1903. Historic skyscrapers tended to be split into three parts – the base, usually ground floor

1903 - Alternative design for Union Bank Tower, Winnipeg, Manitoba #winnipeg #unbuiltwinnipeg #winnipegarchitecture
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1965 - Buchanan School, Winnipeg, Manitoba - Architecture of Winnipeg - Archiseek.com Architect: Pratt Lindgren Snider Tomcej and Associates Beautiful rendering on a sprawling single storey elementary school almost on the western edge of

1965 - Buchanan School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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IKOY Office Building

IKOY Office Building

IKOY Office Building

Was carrying the camera as opposed to phone today, and took the opportunity to take photos of the IKOY Building

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Interior ramps of CMFHR

Visited the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, in Winnipeg, for first time in years. The building is still the star, as i wrote back in 2015 for the RIBA Journal. Design and materials have held up so well, still looks fresh and fantastic #winnipeg #winnipegarchitecture

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