Prairie Design Lab

University of Manitoba Architecture grads work all over the world in communities large and small. In episode 8, titled "Remote," we introduce you to 3 graduates who have created robust opportunities far afield in small remote firms.

This week on Prairie Design Lab: a modest precocious rising star in architecture & design. How did Tom Fougere transform EQ3 into an international force? Find out what's next for this gifted Winnipegger.

Have you ever heard of Rooster Town? Most haven't. It was a Winnipeg neighbourhood that was home to 250 Métis people between 1900 & 1960. That is until the city forced everyone out to make room for the building of Grant Park Shopping Centre and High School. Was it racism or urban development, and what were the consequences? Prairie Design Lab takes an in-depth look."This is a photo of where the Sais family home stood in Rooster Town. Right where the small white shed stands now beside the PanAm Clinic with the PanAm Pool in the background." - Terry Macleod"This is the new library from the rear. It is built on land that used to be Rooster Town at Grant and Cambridge." - Terry Macleod"The Grant Avenue and Cambridge Street corner with the new Bill and Helen Norrie Library in Rooster Town." - Terry Macleod

Prairie Design Lab takes an in-depth look at how Michael Maltzan Architecture beat out 63 other worldwide architecture firms to design Winnipeg's Inuit Art Centre - Quamajuq. Jury member Herb Enns explains. Michael Robertson of Winnipeg's Cibinel Architecture tells us how he brought Maltzan's incredibly complex vision to life by never "no".Music snippet of "Inuusiq" provided by The Jerry Cans with permission.

The world's biggest collection of Inuit art will soon be displayed at the brand new Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Twelve years in the making, we will hear from those who made it happen. This includes WAG CEO Stephen Borys and leading expert on Inuit art Dr. Heather Igloliorte of Nunatsiavut as well as world-famous architect Michael Maltzan of Los AngelesThis was taken just out on Eclipse Sound off Pond Inlet at the northern tip of Baffin Island. We are standing in front of the iceberg that had got lodged in the sound and spent the winter there. We were looking to harvest icicles to bring back to the elders at Pond who cherished the ancient meltwater from the icebergs - Photo and caption by Terry MacleodA family on their Skidoo in Pond Inlet on Eclipse Sound. you can see their dog team beside them and their overturned komatik (wooden handmade sled). In the background are the mountains of the Bylot Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Pond Inlet is now known as Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut - Photo and caption by Terry Macleod

The upside of garbage. Renovating our abandoned landfills to create new parks is making a big difference in Winnipeg. What should we do with 2000 acre Brady Road Landfill — the only active one in the city? A brilliant young U of M landscape architect shares her vision for what Brady Road could become.

A diverse community of immigrants, refugees, indigenous and Canadian-born work together to renew and improve a failing downtown park. One of the world's leading experts on urban parks analyzes their efforts and outlines the changes occurring in parks from a global perspective.http://prairiedesignlab.com/

Prairie Design Lab presents - Episode 1: Lifecycle

Today’s episode, #28, is the final one of the first sea­son of PDL. Don’t wor­ry. We’ll be back in the fall. Today we explore the impact of 30 years of the stu­dent-pro­duced Ware­house Jour­nal, and we offer you the chance to win a copy.

Ten years after set­ting indige­nous achieve­ment as a strate­gic pri­or­i­ty at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba, hear about its impact. Two pro­fes­sors and a stu­dent from The Fac­ul­ty of Archi­tec­ture are see­ing many more indige­nous stu­dents, more schol­ar­ships for them, more activism, and more con­nec­tions to indige­nous com­mu­ni­ties across the west­ern hemisphere.