Manitoba

2013 – Mere Hotel, Waterfront Drive, Winnipeg

Architect: David Penner Architect

A 67-room boutique hotel that opened in 2013 – essentially a simple black box surrounded by a facade of coloured bars.

1910 – Canada Building, 352 Donald St., Winnipeg

Architects: James J. McDiarnid

Fine Chicago-style building of six storeys. Of steel frame construction, it allowed for large window openings.

2015 – Alt Hotel, Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Stantec

Multi-purpose development with office accommodation as a podium for a small boutique hotel in a short tower.

1913 – Design Proposal for Manitoba’s Legislative Building, Winnipeg

Architect: G.A. Bligh Livesay

Competition entry for design of new provincial legistlature building in Winnipeg, designed by George Augustus Bligh Livesay (1867-1916).

1905 – Town Hall, Dauphin, Manitoba

Architect: Stuart Geekie

The former Dauphin Town Hall, a Romanesque Revival-style building was designed by Dauphin architect and local politician,

1886 – Post Office, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Constructed as the Winnipeg Post Office and Customs Office, it was only used as such until 1908, when a new post office building was constructed on Portage Avenue.

1913 – Snippets from the construction of Manitoba Parliament, Winnipeg

Architect: Francis Worthington Simon

From The Building News, February 16 1912: “Mr. Leonard Stokes, P.R.I.B.A., has been appointed by the Government of Manitoba to act as assessor in the competition for the new Government Buildings in Winnipeg.

1886 – Volunteer Monument, Main Street, Winnipeg

Architect: Samuel Hooper

Originally constructed on the grounds of the second Winnipeg City Hall in 1886. To make way for the new city hall,

1904 – Courthouse, Morden, Manitoba

Architect: Samuel Hooper

1929 – Blessed Margaret Church, St. Malo, Manitoba

Simple gothic barn church whose main architectural feature is the twin spires. Painted silver in the French-Canadian fashion, they’re a local landmark.