architecture News Archive
Faculty of Architecture
Barkman Concrete Design Competition Winners Announced
December 5, 2020 —
Emma Dicks, Matthew Glowacki, and Bryce Stovin's design wins 1st place in Barkman Design Competition
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture launches new Podcast to celebrate ideas, design and culture
October 15, 2020 —
PRAIRIE DESIGN LAB a podcast on ideas, design, and culture by the Faculty of Architecture University of Manitoba and Terry MacLeod
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture student wins A+ Azure Design Award
October 7, 2020 —
M.Arch student Connery Friesen wins student award for his project titled “In the Spirit of Shibui: Re-Animating the Ruins of Fukushima”
Faculty of Architecture
Barkman Concrete Student Design Competition Announcement
September 16, 2020 —
The 2020 - 2021 Barkman Concrete Student Design Competition task is to design, layout, and detail steps or stairs to the sunken patio on the northside of the Architecture 2 Building.
Faculty of Architecture
COVID-19 Prompts Unique Living and Learning Solutions
September 9, 2020 —
In response to predicted studio closures throughout the 2020 - 2021 school year, a group of fourth-year Faculty of Architecture undergrads decided to form their own studio environment. To accommodate COVID-19 protocols, the group had to think creatively; this studio space will also be their home.
Faculty of Architecture
CAFÉ Montage
May 27, 2020 —
This short video montage synthesizes highlights from the CAFÉ Prairie forum and the Nation-to-Nation conversation on Indigenous principles, perspectives and practices in shaping Canada’s architecture
Desautels Faculty of Music
The acoustics of Iceland
January 27, 2020 —
ĂŤs, an interactive installation, the result of a collaboration between the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Architecture and Desautels Faculty of Music, was on display Jan. 29th - Feb. 5th
Indigenous
Proposals for the 2019 Indigenous Initiatives Fund are now being accepted
November 12, 2019 —
The Indigenous Initiative Funds are open to faculties, schools, colleges, libraries and administrative units to support unit-based projects that further the Indigenous Achievement goals and priorities outlined in Taking Our Place, the U of M’s Strategic Plan
Indigenous
Star Phoenix: Collaboration, Indigenous knowledge at heart of Muskrat House project
September 4, 2019 —
Reanna Merasty, a member of Barren Lands First Nation and an architecture graduate student at the University of Manitoba who worked on the project, said she appreciated that the development process involved community, Indigenous knowledge, sustainability, and regional influences in the materials
Faculty of Architecture
ZigZag Design as a Concrete Answer to Vehicular Attacks
March 1, 2019 —
Winning student competition design put into production