Winnipeg Modernism: Mid-Century Modernist Architecture, 1945 to 1975

304 Pages·2006·85.245 MB·English

by  Serena Keshavjee

KEY PROJECTS: Part I
1 Winnipeg International Airport (1964) 2000 Wellington Avenue
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
2 Manitoba Health Service (1959,1967) 599 Empress Street
Libling, Michener, and Associates
3 Rae and Jerry's Steak House (1957) 1405 Portage Avenue
Smith, Carter, and Katelnikoff
4 St George's Anglican Church (1956-57) 168 Wilton Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
5 Archdiocese of Winnipeg Chancery Office (1965) 50 Stafford Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
6 Shaarey Zedek Synagogue (1948-49) 561 Wellington Crescent
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
7 Executive House (1959) 390 Wellington Crescent
Libling, Michener, and Associates
8 Welgrove Apartments (1971) 323 Wellington Crescent
James Donahue
9 OSBORNE STREET ENSEMBLE
Great West Life Building (1959) 60 Osborne Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates, with Morani Morris
Osborne Medical Building (1953) 190 Osborne Street
Kurnarsky and Weinberg
Apex Building (1947) 200 Osborne Street
L. Finch
Manitoba Medical Service (1952-61) 210 Osborne Street
Northwood and Chivers
Green, Blankstein, Russell Offices (1951) 222 Osborne Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance (1954) 270 Osborne Street
Moody, Moore, and Partners
10 Winnipeg Art Gallery (1969-71) 300 Memorial Boulevard
Number Ten Architectural Group/Gustavo da Roza
11 Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg (1970-72) 515 Portage Avenue
Moody, Moore, Duncan, Rattray, Peters, Searle, and Christie
12 Richardson Building/Lombard Complex (1967-69) 1 Lombard Place
Smith, Carter, and Partners; Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, LLP
13 Northern Sales Building (1953) 135 Lombard Avenue
Waisman, Ross, and Associates
14 Winnipeg City Hall, Administration Building (1962-65) 510 Main Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
15 Centennial Concert Hall/Museum of Man and Nature (1967-70) 190 Rupert Avenue
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates; Moody, Moore, and Partners; Smith,
Carter, Searle, and Associates
16 Manitoba Theatre Centre (1969-70) 174 Market Avenue
Number Ten Architectural Group
17 Winnipeg Clinic (1942-61) 425 St. Mary Avenue
F. and W. Lount
18 Norquay Building (1959) 401 York Street
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
19 Winnipeg General Post Office (1953-55) 266 Graham Avenue
Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
20 Monarch Life Building (1959-61) 333 Broadway Avenue
Smith, Carter, Searle, and Associates
21 Precious Blood Church (1968) 200 Kenny Street
Gaboury, Lussier, and Sigurdson Architects
22 St. Boniface Civic Centre (1963) 227 Provencher Boulevard
Etienne J. Gaboury Architect

WINNIPEG MODERN
ARCHITECTURE 1945-1975
EDITOR SERENA KESHAVJEE
DESIGN HERBERT ENNS
Churchill Secondary School (1955)
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA PRESS
Photograph: Henry Kalen (c. 1961)
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WINNIPEG MODERN
ARCHITECTURE 1945-1975
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Green, Blankstein, Russell, and Associates
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Back Cover: Donahue Residence (1955)
Hosmer Boulevard
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Winnipeg modern : architecture, 1945-1975 / edited by Serena
Keshavjee.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-88755-181-5 (bound).-ISBN 0-88755-691-4 (pbk.)
1. Architecture~Manitoba~Winnipeg~History—20th century.
I. Keshavjee, Serena, 1961-
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Publication of this book has been made possible by the generous support provided by
Allan Waisman and by the Promotion of Architecture Program of the Canada Council for
the Arts.
Support for this book has also been provided by Stantec Architecture/GBR Architects;
Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated; LM Architectural Group; MMP
Architects, Incorporated; Number Ten Architectural Group; EQ3; KGS Group; Faculty
of Architecture, University of Manitoba; Manitoba Hydro; Gerald A. Libling; and Mel P.
Michener.
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Arts Council; and the Manitoba Department of Culture, Heritaae and Tourism.
This book is dedicated to my parents Fatehalli and Lucy Keshavjee,
and to the memory of Henry Kalen (1928-2004)
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements IX
Serena Keshavjee Introduction 3
Modified Modernism
David Burley Winnipeg's Landscape of Modernity, 1945-1975 29
Martin Tessler / Living Modernism 87
Herbert Enns
Serena Keshavjee The Campus as City 101
Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg
Kelly Grossman The Meaning of White 131
Herbert Enns Wide Open Space 153
Manitoba's Modernist Landscapes
Bernard Flaman The Winnipeg Airport 183
Modernism, Culture, and the Romance of Air Travel
Terri Fuglem Manitoba Mod 201
The Work of Gustavo da Roza II
Faye Hellner Etienne Gaboury 229
Manitoba Modernist
Aldona Dziedziejko Biographies of Manitoba Architects and Designers 245
Jenny Western Bibliography 259
Contributors 287