Based in Winnipeg, Peter Sampson Architecture Studio was established in 2008 and is developing a broad portfolio of institutional, experimental, and community-scaled work across central Canada. The studio commits to the practice and research of low-impact architecture emerging from both the natural and unnatural resources of the contexts in which it works. It takes pleasure in designing from the conditions of place. Peter Sampson teaches at the University of Manitoba and has taught at the Universities of Toronto and Waterloo. In 2012, with Will Bruder Architects, his studio was shortlisted for the Inuit Art and Learning Centre addition to the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
firm’s LEED-accredited architects and professional interior designers are involved in a wide range of large-scale institutional, commercial and residential projects across Canada, the United States, and abroad. Recently, they received an Award of Excellence in an international design competition sponsored by the City of Portland, Oregon. In addition to working with Peter Sampson Architecture Studio, the firm has collaborated with other practices on projects as far flung as Nunavut, Barbados and Ukraine. Left to right: Monica Hutton, Mathew Piller, Dirk Blouw, Ed Calnitsky, Peter Sampson, Bob Martin, Andrew Lewthwaite.
Calnitsky Associates Architects is a Winnipeg-based multidisciplinary architectural and interior design firm that was established in 1986. The
Pelletier de Fontenay is an architectural practice based in Montreal. Founded in 2010 by Hubert Pelletier and Yves de Fontenay, the studio is specifically interested in the relationship between the abstract concepts of architecture and their material incarnations, aiming to achieve a synthetic expression of form and culture. In their practice, geometric manipulation is a recurring design tool bringing coherence to their work. In the past three years, the firm has been shortlisted in a series of local competitions, and
was named the winner in the Aéroports de Montréal Entrance Signal competition. Parallel to their practice, Pelletier de Fontenay is working on an ongoing research project called Invariations, an abstract creative exploration of fundamental principles of architecture that was twice awarded grants by the Quebec Arts and Letters Council. Left to right: Hubert Pelletier, Yves de Fontenay, Étienne Issa. 12/13 canadian architect
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