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Architecture of Manitoba

07 May 2010
1935 – Federal Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1935 – Federal Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Northwood & Chivers A fine office block in a mild Art Deco style. The stylised wheaf sheafs provide the decoration around the top of the building in place of the more traditional...

14 April 2010
1940 – Rockwood School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1940 – Rockwood School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Built to a standardised design used by the city, and not far from a similar design at Brock-Corydon School. The building has a central entrance-way with further entrances to the ends of the...

24 July 2011
1942 – Canadian National Building, Winnipeg

1942 – Canadian National Building, Winnipeg

Telecommunications building constructed by Canadian National Railways. Due to the importance of the services contained within, it was designed to the highest standards. Of fireproof construction, it was made of solid reinforced concrete...

30 July 2011
1947 – River Heights School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1947 – River Heights School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Built to a fairly standard design used throughout the 1940s and early 1950s in Winnipeg, River Heights School is an example of the larger variant of the design. A sprawling single storey building,...

29 June 2010
1948 – Ss. Vladimir & Olga Ukrainian Cathedral, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1948 – Ss. Vladimir & Olga Ukrainian Cathedral, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: John N. Semmens The cathedral’s famous stained glass windows, created by artist Leo Mol depict the history of the Ukrainian Catholic church.

29 June 2010
1949 – Inkster School, Inkster Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1949 – Inkster School, Inkster Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Built to a fairly standard design used throughout the 1940s and early 1950s in Winnipeg, Inkster School is a single story building with a taller entrance bay.

14 April 2010
1950 – Brock-Corydon School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1950 – Brock-Corydon School, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Built to a standardised design used by the city, and not far from a similar design at Rockwood School. The building has a central entrance-way with further entrances to the ends of the...

08 July 2010
1950s – 280 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1950s – 280 Smith Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Older building with a more recent facade, probably from the 1960s. The interior is unremarkable save for a double-height ground floor office.

01 July 2010
1952 – Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cook’s Creek, Manitoba

1952 – Church of the Immaculate Conception, Cook’s Creek, Manitoba

Architect: Fr. Philip Ruh The Church of the Immaculate Conception or as it is popularly known, the Cathedral of the Prairies is a Ukrainian Catholic Church built in the middle of the Manitoban...