People with disabilities often face challenges in accessing resources and funding to pay for their housing and care. We explore what it takes to create housing to support them in their needs with Amie Gross (NYC), and Emily Barber (U of M Interior Design Masters student) specializing in Supportive Housing.
World-renowned French landscape architect Michel Desvigne tells us why transformation, transposition, and time are at the core of his success.
What makes an old building worth conserving? Three Winnipeg architects who have focused on heritage preservation work explain the challenges and values that infuse their work.
https://umfm-broadcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/013-Prairie_Design_Lab-EP_013-HOF-2021-01-13.mp3 You start out at a good architecture school in your hometown, but — you get restless. You want to experiment with learning & working in a different setting at a new school & workplace — far from home. Today on Prairie Design Lab, we talk with three people who left for Hong Kong, Oslo & Frankfurt to do just that. HONGKONG OSLO FRANKFURT
https://umfm-broadcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/012-Prairie_Design_Lab-EP_012-Cold-2021-01-06.mp3 Cold enough for you? The classic Canadian winter question. We explore the creative impetus that cold weather provides to two Canadian international design festivals. We celebrate the success of Winnipeg’s Warming Huts and Toronto’s Winter Stations. NUZZLES by RAW Design (photo: WarmingHuts)
With two world-class interior designers, we explore the fractious debate between interior design & interior decorating. We find out about the difference between LEED ratings for sustainability, building materials, energy efficiency, and the environment. We also discuss the new standard called WELL, which focuses on human sustainability. Guests: Lois Wellwood and Cindy Rodych
Episode 10 of Prairie Design Lab is titled “Leadership”. In it, three practice founders explore not the aesthetics of architecture but the effectiveness of imaginative leadership. Guests: Monica Adair, Marianne Amodio and Johanna Hurme
The story of an unexpected modernist who transformed Saskatchewan architecture. A Mennonite farm boy becomes, in his own words, not an architect but an “improver.” Guest: Trevor Boddy
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. Guests: Michael Cox, Deirdre Harris and Tony Zedda photo by Couvrette photo by DNC photo by Vince Fedoroff
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.