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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, now an iconic part of the Winnipeg skyline, is celebrating 10 years since opening its doors in 2014. Architect Antoine Predock embedded symbolism within the glass, rock and steel of the entire building, taking visitors on a journey upwards from darkness to light, along softly glowing alabaster walkways. What you see when you look at the building depends upon your perspective. Winnipeg's latest addition to its skyline includes the transformational $500-million dollar downtown plaza, True North Square. Here you'll find Hargrave Street Market, a gorgeous food hall that includes a craft brewery, with office space above and a separate residential tower. In the plaza between the buildings you'll find different activations year-round, from Salsa Sundays to ice sculptures. Sutton Place Hotels is set to open in 2026 as part of this multi-block development. The $65-million Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq was designed by US architect Michael Maltzan. Maltzan was inspired by the "light, scale and vastness" of the Arctic landscape when designing this building, while also admitting being "mesmerized by the quality of light in Winnipeg," which is reflected where the scalloped exterior holds shadows and plays with the sunlight like ice on the tundra. The Forks is a hive of activity for the world's hottest architects, who design striking warming huts as a part of an annual, international design competition, which are then displayed along the Nestaweya River Trail. Past invited artists have included Frank Gehry, Étienne Gaboury and Anish Kapoor and designs come from as far away as the Netherlands, Mexico, Estonia, France and Japan. The Exchange District is a National Historic Site of Canada notable for its astounding collection of turn-of-the-20th century cut-stone and terracotta architecture, as well as the modernist buildings of City Hall and Centennial Concert Hall. Now a thriving dining, shopping and arts and culture district, you'll frequently find crews in this charming area filming everything from Hallmark to Hollywood movies. For those who appreciate good architecture with their meals, visit celebrity favourite—the elegantly restored 1912 mansion of 529 Wellington steakhouse. Stay in a historic property with opulent architecture at The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre, or for more contemporary tastes, check into the Mere or Alt Hotel. Thermëa by Nordik Spa-Nature and Park Café at Assiniboine Park took special consideration into creating a calming, seamless environment incorporating the outdoors in their designs. Winnipeg Design Festival is Manitoba's largest design event, showcasing the province's boundary pushers in the fields of fashion, furniture, graphic arts, landscape, architecture, urban planning and more through various activities. WINNIPEG BY DESIGN Winnipeg's architecture scene is grabbing the attention of the global design community and beyond for its intriguing blend of old and new, with three distinct waves of development: "Chicago-style" influenced turn-of-the-20 th -century architecture, Modernist and today's "Renaissance" 21 st century architecture. Qaumajuq: Darcy Finley Downtown architecture: Salvador Maniquiz 19 Legends + Tales • Volume 11 • 2024