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Architecture of Winnipeg

29 June 2010
1979 – Commodity Exchange Tower, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1979 – Commodity Exchange Tower, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Smith Carter At 117 metres and 31 floors, this tower decimates the surrounding streetscapes, rendering them soulless at street level. Even the attempt at a shopping mall underneath the building and the...

22 April 2010
1981 – Cargill Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1981 – Cargill Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Cooper Rankin Architects Awful monolithic groundscraper which along with the neighbouring Canada Post building, 200 Graham and the empty lots on the opposite side of the street has done much to reduce...

08 July 2010
1981 – Royal Trust Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1981 – Royal Trust Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Number Ten Architectural Group Grim mirror glass building with little detailing to interest the eye.

07 May 2010
1983 – Great West Life Assurance, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1983 – Great West Life Assurance, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Smith Carter & Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Designed as the corporate headquarters, the building is a large square in plan with large uninterupted expanses of stone facing. The entrance facade is...

15 April 2010
1983 – Interpretive Centre, Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1983 – Interpretive Centre, Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: MMP Architects / Carl Nelson Jr. The earlier building on the Fort Whyte Alive site responded to the windswept prairie landscape with the simple gesture of an enormous sloping cedar roof facing...

29 June 2010
1983 – MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1983 – MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Smith Carter MTS Place consists of two buildings, a shorter block of twelve floors and a taller narrow block of 24 floors. The building is directly attached to the side of the...

07 May 2010
1987 – One Canada Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1987 – One Canada Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Number Ten Architectural Group Unattractive office block that has dated poorly – the cladding colours being of their time.

22 April 2010
1988 – Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1988 – Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Stechesen Katz In 1986, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet began construction of a new Company home. This unique facility, which includes 10 dance studios (including a performance studio), physiotherapy room, administrative and production...

07 May 2010
1989 – 400 St Mary, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1989 – 400 St Mary, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Number Ten Architectural Group Modern large office block clad in a blue tinted glass and solid panel. In some light, the blue can be over-powering and at other times, the building can...