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John A. Russell Building – Architecture

Home to the Faculty of Architecture and the undergraduate Environmental Design program, the Russell Building is named after the faculty’s first dean and features classrooms and studio space for students studying architecture, interior environments and landscape and urbanism.

Centre Space

An open atrium space on the main floor of the Russell Building, Centre Space can be set up in a variety of configurations to support events or exhibitions.

Architecture/Fine Arts Library

This library houses the largest collection of information on art, design and planning in the province of Manitoba and supports the teaching and research needs of both the Faculty of Architecture and the School of Art.

FABlab

An interdisciplinary design laboratory within the Faculty of Architecture, FABlab supports education and research in the realm of digital fabrication, parametric design, modelling, mapping and full-scale prototyping.

Workshop

The Workshop supports the production of physical models in the Faculty of Architecture, including furniture prototypes and other full-scale mock-ups. A wide range of tools and equipment are available for plastic, woodworking and some types of metalwork.

The Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.)

Located directly south of the Russell Building, C.A.S.T. is an interdisciplinary research laboratory that supports and encourages critical and creative experimentation with technologies relevant to the design, construction and performance of the built environment.

An instructor seated on a stool in front of a chalkboard talks to a class in the John A. Russell Building.
White desks and white cubicle working areas in the John A. Russell Building.
An instructor wearing a black blazer and students seated in a classroom the John A. Russell Building.
Students walk through a brightly lit room in the John A. Russell Building that has many drawings and schematic designs on the walls and tables.
An architecture student wearing a yellow shirt and a colourful blue headscarf types on a laptop in the John A. Russell Building.
An architecture student wearing an orange shirt smiles while writing in a book in a drafting classroom in the John A. Russell Building.
A student with glasses and long dark hair is seated at a table using wood and glue to build a model in a classroom in the John A. Russell Building.
A brightly lit room in the John A. Russell Building for Architecture has many stacks of books and art supplies used to create models on the tables.
People walk around a room in the John A. Russell Building filled with architecture plans on easels and stands. The room has a sign saying ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN in red letters on a wood panel wall in the background.
Three students stand in a John A. Russell Building architecture classroom looking at a small wooden model of a city.