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5468796 Architecture renovates a historic pumphouse in Winnipeg, adding a pair of apartment buildings clad in corrugated metal

In the Exchange District, the post-industrial core of Downtown Winnipeg, local practice 5468796 Architecture has revived the James Avenue Pumping Station, a facility that once moved water across the city. Maintaining the station’s now dormant machinery, the firm suspended office space and a restaurant from a platform within the historic structure, while also adding two new apartment buildings to the

Diamond Schmitt powers Fanshawe College Innovation Village with blue BIPV panels

At Fanshawe College—one of Ontario’s largest public institutions of higher education—Diamond Schmitt has sutured a new building, known as the Innovation Village, into the center of the campus. Surrounded by the school’s existing brick buildings, the new structure is distinguished by its size and bold blue color. Diamond Schmitt’s intervention also boasts a number of high-performance features,