The Legislative Building – A Symbol of Winnipeg’s History and Grandeur

Choose a Winnipeg building from the list below. I
Winnipeg Buildings to choose from:
• University of Winnipeg, formerly Wesley College, 1896.
• Bank of Montreal, 335 Main Street, 1911-13.
• Legislative Building, 440 Broadway, 1913-1920.
• Canadian National Railway Station, 123 Main St., 1909.
• Paris Building, 259 Portage Avenue, 1915-1917 or Electric Railway Chambers, 213 Notre Dame Avenue.
• Thunderbird House, 715 Main Street, 2000.
• John A. Russell Building, University of Manitoba, 84 Curry Place, 1959.
• The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Boulevard, 1971 OR Qaumajuq, 2021.
• University Centre (University of Manitoba Student Union Building), University of Manitoba, 65 Chancellor’s Circle,
1966-69.
• Migizii Agamik, University of Manitoba, 114 Sidney Smith St., 2008.
• A building of your own choice, but you must clear it with me first.
PART A: TOMBSTONE OF BUILDING (One page).
1. Provide tombstone information on the building (name, architect, address, date) at the top of the page. Include two
photographs of the building (1) full face of the facade (2) detail of material (taken by yourself if possible).
2. Under image 1, you will provide all the citation information on the building in caption format.
3. Between the images write the following: Materials: (brick, wood, concrete, stucco, terra cotta tile, etc.
4. Under image 2, identify yourself as the photographer, detail of building, date etc. in caption format.
Part B: (500 -750 words) RESEARCH ESSAY FORMAT – DOUBLE-SPACED; FONT 12 (DO NOT INCLUDE HEADINGS)
a) HISTORY: Identify and give a brief history of the architectural style, with examples of precedents. Include proper building
name, architect, location and date.
b) CHARACTERISTICS: Describe the architectural style’s characteristics and apply this to your building, providing detailed
examples. Provide some discussion on the architect and her/his work and give examples of other projects that they have
completed.
c) MATERIALS: Do further research on the façade/exterior of your building from a materials perspective. Your analysis should
include an identification and contextualization of the material.
Questions you might think about include: define the material; where was it made or quarried, what companies were involved; is there any
interesting history about the material?
I expect at least 5 academic sources from the library/reading list in your bibliography.