1967 – Winning Entry for Winnipeg Art Gallery Competition

Entry #45 was selected as the winning design and was later constructed. The Jury statement read “A museum should be a medium of communication between artifact and individual. Without complication the winning design admirably performs this task without complication; it is a bold, dynamic statement with indigenous qualities suitable to the city of Winnipeg. It is clearly a monumental solution, classic in every sense and a memorable unique form. In terms of site and urban context it is an excellent town planning concept since by form and spatial continuity it respects and strengthens the concept of Memorial Blvd. and the Legislative Building.

The design responds to the site. The absolute clarity of plan and building forms pays loyalty to the unique geometry of the triangulated site. The jury is firmly convinced this design is one of the finest if not the greatest triangular building designs yet achieved.

Recognizing the progressive and aggressive rule of the gallery, there is ingenuity of planning with direct and proper relationship of the various public, administrative, secure functions. The galleries are easily accessible to the public and provide rich, exciting and distinctive exhibition space. A higher degree of flexibility is possible while the use of natural light and artificial light is thoughtfully solved.

Through its bold yet elegant form, its sensitive scale and detail the building has unique and strong symbolism and will clearly offer the image of a progressive and dynamic Gallery.”