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Winnipeg Architecture Foundation The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation (WAF) is a registered charitable organisation, advancing awareness and appreciation of the built environment.

BRIDGE-STAIRS FOR JOHN HEJDUK, 2026, by third-year Architecture students and Eduardo Aquino at the University of Manitob...
10/07/2026

BRIDGE-STAIRS FOR JOHN HEJDUK, 2026, by third-year Architecture students and Eduardo Aquino at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture (FAUM).

Join us this Thursday, 8 October at the John A Russell Building at the University of Manitoba for the launch of In the Works: Warming Huts by FAUM 2011–2026, a new publication from the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation (WAF) in partnership with FAUM.

The book brings together photographs, writings and student experiences, tracing fifteen years of design experimentation along Winnipeg’s Red and Assiniboine rivers.

Edited by Maddie Swendrowski-Yerex, Kristina Banera and Owen Tintor, with contributions from Lawrence Bird, Peter Hargraves, Mimi Locher, Eduardo Aquino, Sotirios Kotoulas and Daniel Guenther.

This is the third volume published by WAF documenting FAUM student and faculty designs for the Warming Huts architecture competition.

Copies will be available for purchase at the launch. Unable to attend? The book is now available to order for shipping through the WAF Shop.

Photos courtesy of Faculty of Architecture | University of Manitoba

Manitoba The Forks

We're pleased to announce In the Works: Warming Huts by FAUM 2011–2026, published by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundatio...
10/01/2026

We're pleased to announce In the Works: Warming Huts by FAUM 2011–2026, published by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation (WAF) in partnership with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture (FAUM).

Join us on Thursday 8 October, 5:00 pm at the John A Russell Building at the University of Manitoba for the official launch of the publication, with copies available for purchase.

Edited by Maddie Swendrowski-Yerex, Kristina Banera and Owen Tintor, with contributions from Lawrence Bird, Peter Hargraves, Mimi Locher, Eduardo Aquino, Sotirios Kotoulas, Kristina Banera and Daniel Guenther. This is the third volume published by WAF documenting FAUM student and faculty designs for the Warming Huts architecture competition.

The publication brings together photographs, writings and student experiences, tracing fifteen years of design experimentation along Winnipeg’s Red and Assiniboine rivers.

In the Works will be available from 8 October, with pre-orders for shipping now available through the WAF Shop.

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Congratulations to architect Leslie J Stechesen, who was awarded Life Membership in the Manitoba Association of Architec...
09/24/2026

Congratulations to architect Leslie J Stechesen, who was awarded Life Membership in the Manitoba Association of Architects at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting.

Les was also the inaugural recipient of the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation’s Legacy Award, recognising his distinguished contributions to architecture, the city and the built environment.

Over the years, Les has generously donated drawings and other material from his collection to WAF, helping to preserve and make accessible an important part of Winnipeg’s architectural history.

WAF is delighted to celebrate this well-deserved honour.

Discover more about Les and his work through his biography on our website.

WHY PEOPLE LIKE CONCRETE HOMESFrom the WAF Collection. A 1945 publication, by the Portland Cement Association, Chicago, ...
09/24/2026

WHY PEOPLE LIKE CONCRETE HOMES

From the WAF Collection. A 1945 publication, by the Portland Cement Association, Chicago, exploring the qualities and possibilities of concrete homes.

Curious about concrete? Join WAF for The History of Concrete, with screenings from 25 September at Dave Barber Cinematheque.

Part of the Architecture+Film series, presented by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation in partnership with Dave Barber Cinematheque, with support from the Manitoba Arts Council.

Dave Barber Cinematheque Manitoba Arts Council

09/15/2026

Alena Rieger | Friction and Failure: A Proposal for Architectural History

🗓️ September 16, 2026
⏰ 12:00 pm
📍 Centre Space, John A. Russell Building
Demolition, Disappearance, Theft: Interludes in Architectural History
 
“It seems obvious to me that someone should reconstruct the entire file from the elements that we each have, and make a precise chronological analysis of it,” wrote one of the key custodians of Victor Horta’s art nouveau icon Maison du Peuple (1895–1899) in 1986. The fable of the demolition and reappearance of Maison du Peuple is well known. But why, eight decades after construction, two after demolition, was this an obvious necessity? And why, now six decades after demolition, does it remain relevant to do so?
 
Image Credit
Marcel M. Celis, Transport and installation of the remains of the Maison du Peuple. Courtesy of urban. Brussels.

A final boarding call, that was perhaps too soon.Do you recall the former Winnipeg International Airport Terminal?Widely...
09/05/2026

A final boarding call, that was perhaps too soon.

Do you recall the former Winnipeg International Airport Terminal?

Widely recognised as one of the finest examples of mid-century modern architecture in the country, the terminal complex consisted of the administration building and control tower, the concourse building and an arrival/departure lounge.

This postcard, in our collections, captures the scale and sophistication of the terminal complex.

The control tower remains in operation, serving the new terminal opened in 2011.

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