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Architecture of Manitoba

22 April 2010
1965 – Public Safety Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1965 – Public Safety Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Libling Michener & Associates On December 21 1964, Winnipeg City Council awarded a contract for the construction of the new Public Safety Building and Civic Parkade on land directly west of the...

31 July 2012
1966 – Manitoba Teachers Society, 191 Harcourt Street, Winnipeg

1966 – Manitoba Teachers Society, 191 Harcourt Street, Winnipeg

Architect: Libling Michener & Associates Constructed in two stages, the original McMaster House (to the west) and Bradley Square, but stylistically so similar that they now appear a singular building. An atrium entrance...

29 June 2010
1966 – St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1966 – St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Green, Blankstein, Russell Associates The present St. Nicholas Church was designed in the early nineteen sixties by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell Associates. The structure is built almost entirely of...

25 August 2010
1967 – Manitoba Museum & Planetarium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1967 – Manitoba Museum & Planetarium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Associated Architects for the Manitoba Centennial Centre The Manitoba Centennial Centre was a project begun in the 1960s aimed at reinvigorating the downtown. It includes the Centennial Concert Hall, the Manitoba Museum,...

28 April 2010
1967 – Royal Bank Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1967 – Royal Bank Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Large office building above a podium storey. The rectangular grid of the prefabricated cladding is pleasing to the viewer, if stark. The ground floor which acts as a podium for the main office...

15 April 2010
1968 – Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1968 – Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Étienne Gaboury These are the fourth and fifth churches built on this site since 1818. The fourth church or cathedral was built in 1908 and destroyed by fire in 1968. The interior...

14 April 2010
1968 – Église du Précieux-Sang, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1968 – Église du Précieux-Sang, St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Étienne Gaboury Perhaps local architect Étienne Gaboury’s best-known work, the Église du Précieux-Sang in St. Boniface was completed in 1967. Incorporating the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the church was designed...

29 June 2010
1969 – Richardson Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1969 – Richardson Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Smith Carter & Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP At 124 metres and 34 floors, this is one of the tallest buildings in the city, and sited at the traditional heart of the...

22 July 2010
1970 – Fairmont Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1970 – Fairmont Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Smith Carter Parkin Horrendously grim slab hotel block with windowless lower stories, the Fairmont is as far removed from the elegant and nearby Fort Garry in style as it is possible to...