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15 April 2010
1915 – 1181 Portage Avenue (Robert Fletcher Building), Winnipeg, Manitoba

1915 – 1181 Portage Avenue (Robert Fletcher Building), Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: John Graham Originally built as a Ford Assembly Plant, this fine building is now used as offices. The building’s clean lines and vast windows would have been very contemporary in 1915 when...

15 April 2010
1881 – Riel House, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1881 – Riel House, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Riel House, a National Historic Site is the family home of the Métis leader and founder of Manitoba, Louis Riel. It was here, in the living room of his mother’s house, that Riel’s...

15 April 2010
1907 – Our Lady of the Prairies Monastery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1907 – Our Lady of the Prairies Monastery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Archbishop Taché of St. Boniface persuaded the Abbot of Bellefontaine, France, to establish a home for Trappist monks in St. Norbert. The Trappists were an independent branch of the Cistercian Order which began...

15 April 2010
1852 – Ross House, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1852 – Ross House, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ross House had its beginnings in 1852 when construction commenced on William Ross’s log home. Ross was appointed Post Master in 1855 by the Council of Assiniboia and he operated the post office...

15 April 2010
1992 – Leo Mol Sculpture Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1992 – Leo Mol Sculpture Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Stechesen Katz Architects Leo Mol (born Leonid Molodoshanin) was born in Ukraine in 1915, studied at the Leningrad Academy of Arts, and later continuing his studies in Berlin and The Hague. In...

15 April 2010
2000 – Alloway Reception Centre, Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2000 – Alloway Reception Centre, Fort Whyte Alive, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: Syverson Monteyne Architecture / Carl Nelson Jr. This facility establishes a gateway controlling access to the overall Fort Whyte Alive site and houses the Buffalo Stone Café, the Nature Shop, meeting rooms...

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...

15 April 2010
1930 – The Pavilion, Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1930 – The Pavilion, Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Northwood & Chivers The previous Pavilion was built in 1908 to a design by John D. Atchison but it burned in 1929. The new pavilion was built in 1930 to the designs...

14 April 2010
2003 – I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2003 – I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Very striking building on the hospital campus, facing across the river to downtown Winnipeg. Clad with coloured glass panels and with a conical glass feature, the building sits on a rough concrete plinth...