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5468796 Architecture is a design studio established in 2007 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Treaty 1 territory.Ìý

Practicing in the context of the urbanized Prairies, 5468796 adopts a brand of architecture based in the mainstream and seemingly mundane [profound] understanding of capital in architecture, and re-imagines how it can be re-invested for greater social good.Ìý

Basing the practice on two tenets — that the art of city-building has been lost, along with a diminished focus on creating buildings that define cities — 5468796 builds cities one project at a time. Individual projects are weaved into the urban fabric and design activism cultivates a culture of architecture against ambivalence. The outcomes are a critical response to pressing urban issues of multi-family housing and city-building in all its forms, from social housing to market-rate condominiums and master planning. The work has been peer-recognized by organizations such as the ²©²Ê (RAIC), Canada Council for the Arts, Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, Architectural League, and the World Architecture Festival.Ìý

Our projects challenge architecture (and an architect) to be broadened to that of a strategy (and a strategist). The role of a strategist is not limited to skillful form-making, technical achievement, or satisfying the client’s financial targets. It also includes concern for making good spaces for people both inside and outside of the program; weaving the project into the existing city fabric; being environmentally sustainable; finding the right partners and partnerships; operating in political and financial realms; and meeting the challenge of affordability—all while keeping the project on time and on budget.Ìý