Winnipeg designs earn top marks
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Premier Greg Selinger said Manitoba is undergoing a “renaissance of innovative architecture and design” as he presented awards for 15 projects at a ceremony at the Legislative Building on Wednesday.
Four categories were honoured: architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and small projects.
Awards of excellence in architecture were presented to:
Bloc_10 in Winnipeg
Architect: 5468796 Architecture Inc.
Owner/Client: Green Seed Development Corp.
The 10-unit condominium project reinvents the condominium, judges said. Each unit is modelled after a ‘white-box’ concept and crosses from one side of the building to the other, ascending three levels and providing multi-directional views of the outside.
Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg
Architect: Architecture49 Inc. with Antoine Predock Architect, P.C.
Owner/Client: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The museum is “a symbolic apparition of ice, clouds and stone in a field of prairie grass. Carved into the earth and dissolving into the city skyline, the abstract ephemeral wings of a dove embrace a mythic stone mountain of 450 million year old Tyndall limestone.”
The University of Manitoba Art Lab
Architect: LM Architectural Group with Patkau Architects Inc.
Owner/Client: University of Manitoba
The first phase of a redevelopment of the Tache Hall Residence into the new Music, Art and Theatre Complex. It houses the drawing and painting studios, classrooms, lecture theatre, printmaking, and art gallery that cannot be contained within the dormitory-style layout of the residence building.
The award of excellence in interior design went to:
Canada House – The Canadian High Commission, London
Interior Designer: Stantec Architecture Ltd.
Owner/Client: Government of Canada
Canada House celebrates design and manufacturing, which is represented through the cultural diversity and geographic uniqueness of Canada. Using historic images and found architectural elements, original details were preserved or recreated. It houses materials, furniture and artwork all unique to Canada.
The award of excellence in landscape architecture went to:
Millennium Library Park in Winnipeg
Landscape Architect: HTFC Planning & Design
Owner/Client: City of Winnipeg
This public space is described as “a vibrant urban oasis that brings together Manitobans and visitors from all walks of life. The park weaves together a prairie garden, an urban wetland, a river-bottom grove, a reading commons and a sun drenched lawn.”
The awards of excellence in the small projects category were:
OMS Stage in Winnipeg
Architect: 5468796 Architecture Inc.
Owner/Client: Exchange District BIZ and City of Winnipeg
“The design dismisses the forlorn band shell concept of a conventional stage and offers a multifunctional space that serves as a sculptural focal point, a performance space, and an interactive pavilion.”
Popple in Grand-Metis, Quebec
Landscape Architect: Suzy Melo & landscape architectural intern Meaghan Hunter
Owner/Client: Les Jardins de Metis / Reford Gardens
“The use of colourful curtains mimics the sounds and imagery of the trembling aspen on the existing site. Five vertical planes of multicoloured discs dance in the wind, creating a foreground and background that highlights the qualities of the surrounding trees.”