Advisory: Architecture’s extraordinary open house held tonight

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Advisory, Architecture, News Release

A year’s worth of student work will be on display tonight for one of the best-known open houses at the University of Manitoba. The FAUM Annual Student Exhibition Celebration will occupy two buildings and is an opportunity for the public, media and parents to see the creative studio work of Faculty of Architecture undergraduate and […]

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News release: Architecture students win big for eco proposal

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Architecture, News Release

Three master’s students in city planning will receive a cheque for $25,000 today from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for a proposal they wrote on urban sustainability. Students Chris Baker, Kaeley Wiseman, and Richard Mahé were one of four Canadian university teams to win TD’s $100,000 Go Green Challenge.
Their submission is entitled New […]

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Advisory: The ditch is built, now where the heck is the rhombicuboctahedron?

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Advisory, Architecture, News Release, Students

A student tradition that’s been around since 1977 will take over the south grounds of the Faculty of Architecture all day today as the architects, interior designers and urban planners of the future gnash, gnarl and slide their way through an ice-covered trench surrounded by 10-15 foot walls of snow.

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News release: Architecture students and grads offer kids design workshops

February 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Architecture, News Release, Students

The Manitoba chapter of Architects Without Borders Canada (AWB) and University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture students and graduates are excited to offer design workshops at Art City, a youth drop-in center at 616 Broadway. These after school workshops will offer children, youth and adults an introduction to various aspects of design. AWB members will […]

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Photoblog: Winnipeg Love and Hate

November 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Alumni, Architecture, Photos

University of Manitoba architecture grad Bryan Scott has been making a name for himself with his photoblog Winnipeg Love and Hate.
Bryan’s goal with his blog and photos is to raise the profile of Winnipeg’s under-appreciated buildings and architecture.
I hope to “depict a Winnipeg that often goes unseen and unnoticed; a multi-layered, architecturally rich city […]

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News Release: Architecture students set to launch 17th annual art book

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Architecture, News Release, Students

Faculty of Architecture students are getting ready for the release of the annual journal, Warehouse 17, on Friday, October 3, 2008.
The 256-page, student-edited, colour publication focuses on how students see the next generation of architecture and, in the case of some projects, suggests a newer vision of Winnipeg. Much like an art book, Warehouse 17 […]

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