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Image of a winter sidewalk, with ice and snow piled up.

NEWS

Winter shouldn’t translate to a lower quality of life

April 10, 2023

Falling is the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations in Winnipeg, and more than one-third of the province’s direct health-care costs are accounted for by injuries related to falls.

Image looking up at the entrance of the library on a crisp clear winter day.

NEWS

New life breathed into Carnegie Library

March 19, 2023

The City of Winnipeg Archives is finally getting a proper home, after a decade as a nomad in various warehouses across the city. Council is set to approve $12.6 million in funding to transform the Carnegie Library on William Avenue into a state-of-the-art archives facility.

Image of a street side in the winter, with people walking across the street and cars parked by the curb.

NEWS

Walkable cities become grist for conspiracy mill

February 27, 2023

Being a city planner might sound like a mundane job, plodding through zoning regulations that read like riddles written by Gollum from Lord of the Rings. But it can be a polarizing profession that evokes high emotions from citizens opposing change in their neighbourhood or reacting to the very mention of the words “bike lane.”

Rendering of the proposed mall design, with a big walkway and entrances to the mall and stores throughout. There are many people walking through the area and there is foliage and plants throughout.

NEWS

Reclaiming the spirit of the shopping mall

February 6, 2023

The origin of the North American shopping mall is a story of irony and frustration that sent an architect back to Europe resenting what his idea had become.

Image of Winnipeg's Exchange District, where people are gathered to watch a performance.

NEWS

Arts can lead in downtown renewal

January 16, 2023

When we compete with other cities for tourism, immigration, business investment and even for retention of our own young people, the quality of downtown and its ability to offer an urban lifestyle choice often factors centrally in any success.

NEWS

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign: Using Interior Wayfinding Signage as a Teaching Tool

September 28, 2021

Signage exists everywhere in our world. You see it when you drive down the street, you read it as you walk through malls and airports. It is in our grocery stores, in our workplaces, and it is most definitely in our schools.

NEWS

Retrofitting Makes Room for Residential

June 24, 2021

As architects, designers, and urban planners, building great buildings and communities is what we always strive to do. As we see built structures from our past become abandoned and disused, we are presented with opportunities to reimagine the roles these structures can play in the future of our communities.

Rendering of the exterior of a building, while people walk on the sidewalks nearby.

NEWS

Zoning affects a city’s social fabric

January 18, 2021

All North American cities use zoning to regulate the development of land and buildings. By assigning properties into different categories of parkland, commercial, residential and industrial uses, zoning establishes the rules for what can and can't be built.